Battling LA Galaxy pray to pull off a small shock when they greet top side Houston Dynamo in the upcoming league game. It’s 13th vs 4th and the home regulars will have modest expectations.
- LA Galaxy is in the best form (4-1-1) in Major League Soccer
- Houston Dynamo have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
Houston Dynamo have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2500 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
LA Galaxy form and stats
5-2-4 (win-draw-lost) are the Major League Soccer numbers at home for LA Galaxy so far this season. There’s a good atmosphere here at Dignity Health Sports Park after three straight home wins.
It's back home for LA Galaxy, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating SJ Earthquakes away with the result 3-2. Joveljić, Boyd and Puig found the net in that victory. Puig has scored in three games in a row. Outstanding! Midfield player Puig got a match rating of 7.85 in that game, the max score being 10. Puig scored one goal, dribled past the opponent 5 of 6 times and had 73 successful passes (of 89 total).
Ahead of that match, LA Galaxy won a home game hosting Chicago Fire (3-0).The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Galaxy have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 17 games) they have won 9 times, drawn 2 and lost 6.
Some stats: A review of the 10 latest league games reveals that 8 of them had at least one goal from each side.
A decent goal production from LA Galaxy in their home games so far, with 19 goals from 11 league matches. LA Galaxy's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 15 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. When Galaxy hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Sporting KC, Colorado Rapids, Austin and Portland Timbers), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 3 of 3 times.
Houston Dynamo form and stats
Houston Dynamo have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Major League Soccer, after 2-3-8 (13 played).
363 minutes! That's how long the Houston Dynamo goalkeeper Steve Clark and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Houston Dynamo won their last game, 2-0 versus Columbus Crew played at home. Clark was the team player of the game with the player rating of 8.01. The agile goalkeeper Clark topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that one, a nice away victory 3-0 at Real Salt Lake.We have checked recent matches where Houston Dynamo have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 21 games were 3 victories, 4 draws and 14 defeats.
Stats flash: 10 of the last 12 league matches involving this club have had only one (or no) side scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in sports betting terms).
The visitors have scored 10 goals from 13 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. In the opposite end, Houston have conceded 23 goals in their away games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The two duelists also played each other earlier on this match year: Houston Dynamo - LA Galaxy 3-0. Stats for the last ten meetings between these two sides are: three wins for LA Galaxy, three draws and four wins for Houston Dynamo. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Bassi 9 goals |   T. Boyd 6 goals |  C. Baird 6 goals |
LA Galaxy missing players
Houston Dynamo missing players
| LA Galaxy | Houston Dynamo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 11 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 13 | 26 |
| 7 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| 7 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 8 | 10 |
| 31 | 19 | 5 | Scored | S | 0 | 10 | 36 |
| 39 | 15 | 6 | Conceded | C | 3 | 23 | 31 |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 92% | 92% |
| 83% | 91% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 69% | 69% |
| 62% | 73% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 54% | 54% |
| 38% | 36% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 8% | 19% |
| 17% | 9% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 12% |
| 58% | 73% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 38% | 31% |
| 21% | 18% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 23% | 42% |
| 33% | 9% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 46% | 35% |
| 6.2 | 7.5 | 7.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 3.5 | 4 |
| 4.9 | 4.3 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.5 | 5.2 | 5.7 |
| 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.5 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 14.6 | 17.2 | 17.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.5 | 9.9 | 11.7 |
| 5.1 | 5.9 | 6.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.6 | 4.2 |
| 25% | 29% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 21% | 33% |
| 14.2 | 13 | 14.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9 | 12.4 | 11.6 |
| 4.6 | 4.3 | 6.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.3 | 3.7 |
- Houston Dynamo have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- LA Galaxy have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- LA Galaxy have the fewest clean sheets (2) at home in Major League Soccer
- LA Galaxy have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- LA Galaxy haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- LA Galaxy is in the best form (4-1-1) in Major League Soccer
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Saint Louis City | 26 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 52 | 33 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 37 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 19 | 47 |
| 2 | Los Angeles FC | 25 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 39 | 27 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 40 |
| 3 | Seattle Sounders | 27 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 32 | 27 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 5 | 40 |
| 4 | Houston Dynamo | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 36 | 31 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 5 | 38 |
| 5 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 25 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 42 | 35 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 7 | 37 |
| 6 | Real Salt Lake | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 36 | 39 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 19 | -3 | 37 |
| 7 | Minnesota United | 25 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 32 | 31 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 1 | 35 |
| 8 | SJ Earthquakes | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 31 | 35 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 23 | -4 | 35 |
| 9 | Dallas | 25 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 27 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 18 | -1 | 33 |
| 10 | Austin | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 36 | 41 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 28 | -5 | 32 |
| 11 | Sporting KC | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 34 | 36 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 21 | -2 | 29 |
| 12 | Portland Timbers | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 30 | 42 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 26 | -12 | 29 |
| 13 | LA Galaxy | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 31 | 39 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 24 | -8 | 28 |
| 14 | Colorado Rapids | 25 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 37 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 27 | -21 | 19 |
