Preview | LAFC against La Galaxy – 2025 MLS season

🏟 | BMO Stadium – Los Angeles, approx. – Gates open at 6 p.m.

🖥 | MLS season pass on Apple TV

🎪 | Fanfest in the Christmas Tree Lane on the north side of the BMO stadium from 3:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

🛍 | LAFC headquarters from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. via the outer entrance and 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. via indoor entrance.

🕹 | Step the arcade from 5:30 p.m. to 7.30 p.m. and 90 minutes after the final whistle.

LAFC welcomes its rivals in Southern California on Saturday evening to the BMO Stadium for the 26th episode of the controversial Metropolitan Derby, known as El Tráfico. The series between LAFC and the Galaxy, whose stadiums are separated by a 12-mile route from Autobahn, has been the most exciting in the league since their first square eight years ago.

The Galaxy, one of MLS's founding clubs, began in 1996. Since the first MLS season of Black & Gold in 2018, these two sides have met 25 times in all competitions. The older club has a SLIM 10W-9L-6D edge, including the 2W-0L-0D advantage from LAFC in MLS Cup playoff games.

Competitiveness, star power and thin margins were the trademark of this derby. The galaxy scored 54 goals in the series on 53 goals from LAFC. Only nine of their 25 meetings were decided by more than one goal. Sixteen were a gate decisions or tie.

LAFC occurs on Saturday evening with 13 games in a row in a row, in which it suffered only one defeat (7W-1l-5D). The Black & Gold is currently in fourth place in the Western Conference with an overall record of 10 W-5L-5D (35 points) and three wins in a row in the MLS game, including a 1-0 victory in Minnesota on Wednesday evening. But form is often irrelevant when LAFC and the galaxy meet.

“These derbies are different,” said head coach Steve Cherundolo. “You don't have to think of stripes in these games. You only have to prepare for the unexpected. Every time we play each other, there are always exciting moments, and I expect more from BMO on Saturday. We will be ready for it.”

Cherundolo, who announced three months ago, that he will withdraw after the 2025 MLS season has a record of 6W-5L-1D against the galaxy since he arrived in LAFC in 2022, including two strips of winnings with three games. In the history of the derby, the galaxy have never won three games in a row. LAFC was the only MLS team that defeated the Galaxy in the 2024 MLS Cup title season of the GS '2024 MLS Cup last year.

LAFC is currently in ninth place in the 30-team race around the supporter sign (the MLS Club with the best record of the regular season). LAFC has at least two games in the three teams in the Western Conference classification (San Diego, Vancouver and Minnesota). LAFC and Inter Miami played very few games in MLS (20) – at least two less than any other team in the league.

The three-time all-star Denis Bouanga leads the Black & Gold in goals (11) and Assists (seven) in MLS this season. Bouanga scored his 11th MLS goal of the year and 85th for LAFC in all competitions on Wednesday evening and only scored eight goals that Carlos Vela was shy for most in club history (93).

France, born in France, scored eight goals in all competitions in eight games against the galaxy and scored in each of her last five meetings. His next goal against the galaxy will bring him to a tie with the former Galaxy striker Zlatan Ibrahimović for second place on the list of the scorer of the derby goal scorer. Only Vela has scored more goals in this series (12).

The 1-0 win on Wednesday evening against Minnesota was Lafc's second street victory of the year in the MLS game and his first at the home game of the Loons, Allianz Field.

The black & gold played back without captain and starting center, Aaron Long, who had suffered a Achilles injury on July 12 on July 12th. Touching as wingbacks.

Over 90 minutes, the determined defense effort from LAFC delivered only three shots on the goal of the most dangerous attacks in the league. Everyone was edited conveniently by goalkeeper Hugo Lloris, who wore the captain's bracelet and recorded his eighth clean sheet in the league game in 2025.

After the galaxy lost 2-1 against Austin against Austin on Wednesday evening, he sits in the 15th place in the west (3W-14l-6D, 15 points). The club, based in Carson, continues to fight after its MLS Cup Championship season, which is largely due to the absence of the playmaker of the midfield Riqui Puig, the player of 2023 and 2024 and a best XI selection of 2024 mls 2024 mls. Puig (17 goals, 19 templates in all competitions in 2004) injured themselves in his knees in the playoffs last season, and although he recently returned to a limited training session, he is not expected in the near future.

In his absence, Puig's team showed signs of progress. Before the defeat of Austin, the galaxy had only one of her previous six games and went 3W-1l-2D in this period. After their 2-2 draw with LAFC on May 18, the galaxy went over its next nine excursions with 3W-4L-2D and collected 11 of the 15 total points they deserve this season.

Midfielder and German legend Marco Reus took on the role of the moderator in the Galaxy attack and leads the team in goals (five) and assists (seven). Reus hit LAFC twice when the teams scored 2-2 on May 18 in Carson.

You will receive an early 1-0 lead in Carson in May. LAFC won only a league game this season in which it collected the first goal.

Reus achieved six minutes after the game of May 18, before LAFC campaigned, and achieved a 2-1 lead in the final minutes twice. A late-time free kick was past Lloris to offer the last 2: 2 points that contributed to the 1W-5L 4D record from LAFC when the first goal in the MLS game committed.

His attack creates opportunities against a team that lasted in MLS-vacationed goals (45 in 23 games), the 27th in Tord differential (minus 20), and still has to win an MLS Road game in 2025.

Goalkeeper John McCarthy (formerly LAFC) started on May 18 against The Black & Gold, but since then Novak Mićović has been in the goal in every game and scored 3W-4L-2D in this range and gave 12 goals in nine games.