{"id":29689,"date":"2014-12-04T14:46:35","date_gmt":"2014-12-04T19:46:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/?p=29689"},"modified":"2014-12-04T15:11:21","modified_gmt":"2014-12-04T20:11:21","slug":"by-the-numbers-lavne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/?p=29689","title":{"rendered":"By the Numbers: #LAvNE"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(These stats include MLS playoff games)<\/em><\/p>\n

With the New England Revolution set to take on the Los Angeles Galaxy\u00a0in the MLS Cup Final on Sunday,\u00a0New England Soccer Today<\/em> took a look at how the two clubs stack up in some key statistical areas.<\/p>\n

Scoring Breakdown:<\/strong> The LA Galaxy were one of the best teams from open play this season, scoring a league-high 59 goals during the run of play, eight more than the New York Red Bulls who finished second with 51.\u00a0 In addition, open play accounted for 78.7 percent of the Galaxy\u2019s total goals, which was the third-highest rate in the MLS.\u00a0 The Galaxy also scored 10 goals from set pieces, while netting four penalty kicks, a goal on the counter attack, and an own goal.<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, the Revolution had a much more diverse portfolio of goals, as they were middle of the pack with 35 goals scored from open play, while scoring 7 on the counter attack, tied for first in the MLS, and 14 from set pieces, which was fourth in the MLS.<\/p>\n

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Breaking Into The Box: <\/strong>The Galaxy and Revolution are among the MLS leaders with percentage of shots from inside the 6 yard box, with 7 percent of their shots coming from within this area, which ranks fourth and fifth, respectively.\u00a0 The Galaxy have had greater success shooting from within the 18-yard box, with 52 percent of their shots coming within this area, whereas the Revolution rank second to last in the MLS with 44 percent of their shots coming from the same zone.\u00a0 The Revolution rely on longer range shots, with 49 percent of their shots from outside the box, which ranks third in the MLS.\u00a0 The LA Galaxy shoot 41 percent from outside the box, the fourth lowest percentage in the league.<\/p>\n

The LA Galaxy also keep opponents out of their 6 yard box, with only 4 percent of their opponent\u2019s shots coming from within the box, which is the third-lowest rate in the MLS.\u00a0 The Revolution are in the middle of the pack of the MLS (7th<\/sup> in the league) with 5 percent of opponent\u2019s shots from within six yards.\u00a0 The Revolution do allow shots from within the 18 yard box, as 55 percent of opponents shots are within 18 yards, which is third highest in the MLS.\u00a0 Galaxy opponents fire 51 percent of their shots from within the 18 yard box, which is 7th<\/sup> in the league.\u00a0 Galaxy opponents shot 45 percent of their total shots from outside the box, while the Revolution opponents shot 40 percent from long distance, fourth lowest in the league.<\/p>\n

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Straight Down The Middle: <\/strong>The Galaxy are third in the MLS with 66% of their attempts coming from the middle of the field, while the Revolution typically attack from the sides, with only 59% of their shots coming from the middle, ranking 17th<\/sup> in the MLS.\u00a0 The Revolution are accustomed to attacks down the center of the field, with 66 percent of their shots faced coming from the center of the field, which 4rd<\/sup> highest percentage in the MLS.\u00a0 The Galaxy are also on the lower end of the spectrum, with only 58 percent of their opponents shots coming from the center of the field, third lowest in the MLS.<\/p>\n

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Applying the Pressure<\/strong>: New England leads the MLS in time spent in the oppositions third (32%).\u00a0 The LA Galaxy are towards the top of the league in time spent in the opposing third (28 percent, 6th<\/sup> best) as well as spending only 24 percent of the time in their own zone (24 percent, 3rd<\/sup> best in the MLS).\u00a0 The Revolution are not far behind, with 25\u00b1 percent of the action being spent in their zone, fourth best in the MLS.<\/p>\n

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Pass Completion and Possession:<\/strong> The Galaxy are second in the MLS in passing accuracy, completing 81.9 percent of their passes.\u00a0 The Revolution have completed 75.7 percent, ranking last in the league.\u00a0 The Galaxy also are among the top of the MLS in possession with 53.5 percent over the course of the season, while the Revolution rank 14th<\/sup> in the MLS with 48.4 percent.<\/p>\n

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Hitting The Mark<\/strong>: The Galaxy and Revolution rank first and second, respectively, in the MLS in shots on target per game.\u00a0 The Galaxy also are first in total shots per game with 15.7, which is 1.7 shots higher than the Crew in second place.\u00a0 The Revolution rank sixth in shots per game with 13.7.\u00a0 The Revolution\u2019s attack isn\u2019t as strong on the road, with 12.1 shots per game and 4.3 shots on target per game on the road, which ranks 7th<\/sup> in both categories.\u00a0 The LA Galaxy rank second in shots per home game with 16.9 and shots on target game with 6.3.<\/p>\n

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Scouting Report<\/strong>: The Galaxy\u2019s primary formation is a 4-4-2, starting with this formation in 24 of their 38 matches and compiling a 13-6-5 record in those matches.\u00a0 They have also utilized a 4-1-2-1-2 at times, in 12 of the 38 matches, but this formation has had weaker results with a 5-4-3 record.\u00a0 The Galaxy also have three of the recently named Best XI with defender Omar Gonzalez, midfielder Landon Donovan, and forward Robbie Keane being named to the team.\u00a0 Team leaders are presented in the table below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Goals<\/td>\nRobbie Keane – 19<\/td>\nGyasi Zardes – 16<\/td>\nLandon Donovan – 13<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Assists<\/td>\nLandon Donovan – 15<\/td>\nRobbie Keane – 12<\/td>\nMarcelo Sarvas – 7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shots<\/td>\nRobbie Keane – 122<\/td>\nGyasi Zardes -74<\/td>\nLandon Donovan – 66<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shots on Goal<\/td>\nRobbie Keane – 54<\/td>\nGyasi Zardes – 30<\/td>\nLandon Donovan – 24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rating*<\/td>\nOmar Gonzalez \u2013 7.60<\/td>\nRobbie Keane \u2013 7.58<\/td>\nLandon Donovan \u2013 7.55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

*According to whoscored.com; Minimum 20 Games<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A look at how the Galaxy and Revolution stack up in some key statistics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":29700,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[24,3],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nesoccertoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Zardes-Shuttleworth.png?fit=487%2C263&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29689"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29689"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29689\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29703,"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29689\/revisions\/29703"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/29700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nesoccertoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}