On paper, this looks like a comfortable win for Dallas. On the scoreboard, it reads 2-2, and that gap between the stats and the result shows how thing the margins are in this league between good teams and great ones.
Dallas had the chances, the territory, and the better underlying numbers. What it didn’t have was a clean game management needed to make the most of those advantages.
Let’s dive into the stats from Saturday night.
xG Battle/Attacking numbers
Again, FC Dallas was the better team on the night. The stats say just that. FCD ended the night with a 1.81-to-0.79 xG advantage. They had 13 shots to LA’s nine, with five of those coming on target. Petar Musa converted twice, and now sits atop the MLS Golden Boot race with nine goals on the season.
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