Colorado Rapids vs Los Angeles FC Major League Soccer prediction & result
Final score: Colorado Rapids 1-0 Los Angeles FC.
Before kick-off the model made it 43% Colorado Rapids, 27% draw, 30% Los Angeles FC — fair odds of 2.33, 3.70 and 3.33. Fair odds are simply 100 ÷ the probability; they are the model's own number, not a bookmaker's price.
Most likely scoreline: 1-0.
The model called the exact scoreline.
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Has the model earned this number?
It puts Colorado Rapids at 43% here. Across 2488 settled matches, 1123 forecasts have landed in the 40–50% band; those outcomes actually happened 44.4% of the time, against an average forecast of 43.8%. In this range the two line up, so the figure above can be read literally.
Every settled prediction on this site is scored against an uninformed baseline, band by band, and published whether or not it flatters the model — see the full record.
Match analysis
Match timeline
Match stats — Colorado Rapids vs Los Angeles FC
Goals against chances
Expected goals totals what the openings were worth, so the gap between it and the score is the finishing — and the luck. Under half a goal either way is called level: xG is an estimate and a smaller gap than that is inside its own error.
Line-ups
- 41N. HansenG
- 4R. CannonD
- 6R. HoldingD
- 5L. WilliamsD
- 29M. NavarroD
- 13W. FrederickM
- 8H. OjediranM
- 10P. AaronsonM
- 88Y. MazizM
- 77D. YapiM
- 9Rafael NavarroF
- 31A. BeaudryG
- 33K. ThompsonD
- 2K. RosenberryD
- 24N. CobbD
- 49N. Tchoumba
- 93G. MinoungouF
- 16A. HarrisF
- 7D. SealyF
- 32D. PhillipF
- 31C. CarterG
- 24R. HollingsheadD
- 5R. PorteousD
- 91Nkosi TafariD
- 23Y. CheberkoD
- 66M. ChoiniereM
- 4E. SeguraM
- 11T. TillmanM
- 19T. BoydF
- 17J. EbobisseF
- 18J. ShaffelburgF
- 1H. LlorisG
- 45K. NielsenD
- 33A. LongD
- 22J. TerryM
- 8M. DelgadoM
- 7Son Heung-MinF
- 21R. RaposoM
- 99D. BouangaF
- 90T. MihalicF
Form going into Colorado Rapids vs Los Angeles FC
Colorado Rapids
- W2-0Sporting Kansas City16 August 2026
- W1-0Austin2 August 2026
- L0-1away to St. Louis City26 July 2026
- W1-0San Diego23 July 2026
Los Angeles FC
- L0-1San Diego16 August 2026
- D1-1away to Vancouver Whitecaps1 August 2026
- W4-0Sporting Kansas City26 July 2026
- W3-1Real Salt Lake23 July 2026
- W3-0away to Los Angeles Galaxy18 July 2026
Up to 5 matches before kick-off, most recent first. The model works from each side's rolling expected-goals ratings rather than from these results directly, so read them as context — how the ratings are built.
Major League Soccer table
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Colorado Rapids | 25 | 11 | 2 | 12 | 33 | 32 | +1 | 35 |
| 6 | Los Angeles FC | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 41 | 27 | +14 | 40 |
Where the two sides stand today, not on the day of this match. Full table
Head-to-head: Colorado Rapids vs Los Angeles FC
- 20 August 2026Colorado Rapids 1–0 Los Angeles FCMajor League Soccer
- 23 April 2026Los Angeles FC 0–0 Colorado RapidsMajor League Soccer
- 19 October 2025Colorado Rapids 2–2 Los Angeles FCMajor League Soccer
- 10 July 2025Los Angeles FC 3–0 Colorado RapidsMajor League Soccer
- 26 February 2025Los Angeles FC 1–0 Colorado RapidsCONCACAF Champions League
- 19 February 2025Colorado Rapids 2–1 Los Angeles FCCONCACAF Champions League
Leading scorers: Colorado Rapids and Los Angeles FC
Colorado Rapids
No player in Major League Soccer's leading scorers — 33 league goals as a side.
Los Angeles FC
- D. Bouanga13 goals5 assists
Top 3 by league goals this season. Player availability is not part of the model — injuries and suspensions are a planned improvement.