Stadium regulars at Dignity Health Sports Park haven’t celebrated many home wins this season, with LA Galaxy lying uncomfortably in the 13th spot. The visiting Portland Timbers will believe to shield their higher league position in this fixture.
- LA Galaxy have the most conceded goals (51) in Major League Soccer
- Portland Timbers is in the best form (5-1-0) in Major League Soccer
One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Portland Timbers have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 6-7-12 (win-draw-loss) from 25 matches.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1500 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
LA Galaxy form and stats
The story so far in the Major League Soccer for LA Galaxy at their home stadium (Dignity Health Sports Park) is 6 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats.
The home team returns to Dignity Health Sports Park after drawing with Austin (placed 12th) on their last time out; the game ended 3-3. There was plenty of action in the dying minutes of the game against Austin as Barrios's goal in the 90th minute completed a cancellation of 1-3 and secured a draw after 90 minutes. Barrios was able to secure the draw 3-3 in the game against Austin after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today? Midfielder Puig was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.82 (out of ten) in that game. Puig hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 62 successful passes (of 73 total).
Before that game, the 4-3 home victory against Minnesota United.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Galaxy handle that role? We have found 17 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 8 wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats.
If you like betting on "both teams to score": A review of the 11 most recent league games shows that 9 of them had at least one goal scored by each team.
The manager Vanney will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Seattle Sounders in only four days.
LA Galaxy have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Dignity Health Sports Park with 25 goals in 14 league matches. LA Galaxy's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 20 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Portland Timbers form and stats
There's been little loot from Portland Timbers's travels as they have only collected 12 points from 15 away games in the Major League Soccer. Portland Timbers only have 2 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 6 draws. The fact that Portland have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.
Impressive finishing from Alves, Moreno and Mora secured the home win 3-2 against Colorado Rapids in their previous game. Midfielder Moreno was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.64. Moreno scored one goal, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Before that, Portland Timbers secured a home win against SJ Earthquakes with the score 2-1.Portland Timbers are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 6 wins, 6 draws and 10 defeats. From a total of 22 matches.
Take note that 9 of this team's 11 latest league fixtures have ended with three goals or more.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Portland as they have only managed to score 13 times from 15 away games in the league. Portland Timbers's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 29 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Galaxy have won or drawn the last 5 fixtures (3-2-0) versus Portland Timbers.The latest head to head meeting ended Portland Timbers - LA Galaxy 0-0, earlier this season.
Top Goalscorers
  E. da Silva Ferreira 9 goals |   R. Puig Martí 7 goals |  T. Boyd 6 goals |
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| LA Galaxy | Portland Timbers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 15 | 31 |
| 8 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 11 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 11 |
| 42 | 25 | 3 | Scored | S | 4 | 13 | 41 |
| 51 | 20 | 2 | Conceded | C | 9 | 29 | 48 |
| 86% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 73% | 84% |
| 83% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 67% | 71% |
| 66% | 71% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 60% | 61% |
| 45% | 43% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 40% | 39% |
| 24% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 33% | 29% |
| 62% | 71% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 60% | 65% |
| 21% | 21% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 27% | 26% |
| 31% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 40% | 26% |
| 6.2 | 7.5 | 8.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 3.5 | 4 |
| 4.8 | 3.8 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.2 | 6.1 | 5.4 |
| 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.3 | 2.5 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14.8 | 17.2 | 19 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 10.1 | 12.1 |
| 5.4 | 6.3 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.3 | 4.2 |
| 27% | 28% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 26% | 32% |
| 13.6 | 11.9 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.2 | 13.7 | 12.1 |
| 4.8 | 4.3 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 5.5 | 4.6 |
- LA Galaxy have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- LA Galaxy have the most conceded goals (51) in Major League Soccer
- LA Galaxy have the most conceded goals in the first half (27) in Major League Soccer
- LA Galaxy have the most scored goals in the second half (28) in Major League Soccer
- LA Galaxy have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Portland Timbers have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Portland Timbers is in the best form (5-1-0) 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 | St. Louis City | 31 | 16 | 5 | 10 | 58 | 39 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 37 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 19 | 53 |
| 2 | Los Angeles FC | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 44 | 34 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 10 | 45 |
| 3 | Seattle Sounders | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 37 | 31 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 6 | 45 |
| 4 | Houston Dynamo | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 42 | 35 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 25 | 7 | 43 |
| 5 | Real Salt Lake | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 42 | 45 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 24 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 21 | -3 | 43 |
| 6 | Portland Timbers | 31 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 41 | 48 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 29 | -7 | 42 |
| 7 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 29 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 47 | 43 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 27 | 4 | 41 |
| 8 | SJ Earthquakes | 31 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 36 | 40 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 25 | -4 | 41 |
| 9 | Dallas | 29 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 34 | 33 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 1 | 39 |
| 10 | Sporting KC | 31 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 41 | 44 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 24 | -3 | 38 |
| 11 | Minnesota United | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 38 | 40 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 23 | -2 | 37 |
| 12 | Austin | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 43 | 49 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 31 | -6 | 35 |
| 13 | LA Galaxy | 29 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 42 | 51 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 31 | -9 | 34 |
| 14 | Colorado Rapids | 29 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 21 | 45 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 32 | -24 | 22 |
