Striving Austin cross their fingers to pull off a surprise when they greet enterprising LA Galaxy in the next league round. It’s 13th vs 4th and the home crowd will have so-so confidence.
- Austin have the fewest scored goals (25) in Major League Soccer
- LA Galaxy have the most conceded goals in the second half (25) in Major League Soccer
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Austin form and stats
Austin's results here in the Major League Soccer have been very modest with 3 victories, 2 draws and 7 defeats. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Austin with their five defeats in a row. Not since the Portland Timbers game, 36 days ago, have they avoided a loss.
Austin's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 3-4 versus SJ Earthquakes (placed 10th). Did Austin get overconfident in their match against SJ Earthquakes? We'll let you decide, but they did lose a 3-1 lead to end up with a 3-4 defeat. A goal frenzy last time out for Austin, with a total of 7 goals in the match against SJ Earthquakes. Fun stuff to watch! Midfield player Alexander Ring got a match rating of 7.45 in that game, the max score being 10. Ring scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Before that game, the home loss against Los Angeles FC with the scoreline 1-2.There will be little rest for Austin after this match as they are travelling to Colorado Rapids for a Major League Soccer game in only three days.
A decent goal production from Austin in their home games so far, with 18 goals from 12 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Austin defense is not exactly impregnable. 21 goals conceded from 12 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 11 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
LA Galaxy form and stats
The visitors are W4-D3-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Major League Soccer.
Galaxy play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-3 to Minnesota United (placed 7th). Rayan Raveloson got a match rating of 7.35 in that game, top player of the team. Raveloson dribled passed the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 67 successful passes (of 70 total).
A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Houston Dynamo.LA Galaxy have another game away from home in just three nights, a Major League Soccer match versus Real Salt Lake. A difficult schedule for the visiting team!
The visiting LA Galaxy have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 16 goals from 12 games. The Galaxy manager G. Vanney has some worries about the defense as 25 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
The teams have met each other previously this season, with the final score LA Galaxy - Austin 2-0 logged in the official records.Top Goalscorers
  J. Hernández Balcázar 10 goals |   D. Fagúndez Pepe 6 goals |  C. Domínguez Ruiz 5 goals |
Austin missing players
LA Galaxy missing players
| Austin | LA Galaxy | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 25 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 16 | 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 25 | 18 | 0 | Scored | S | 6 | 16 | 37 |
| 40 | 21 | 2 | Conceded | C | 8 | 25 | 40 |
| 88% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 68% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | 88% |
| 44% | 58% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 83% | 68% |
| 24% | 42% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 42% | 32% |
| 16% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 16% |
| 44% | 58% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 58% | 64% |
| 16% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | 16% |
| 52% | 42% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 33% | 20% |
| 5.8 | 6.5 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.9 |
| 6 | 5 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 5.1 | 4.8 |
| 1.8 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13.5 | 14.9 | 14.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.8 | 9.9 | 12.4 |
| 3.7 | 4.5 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.1 | 4.4 |
| 27% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 43% | 34% |
- Minija have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Minija have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in 1. Lyga
- Minija haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Žalgiris II have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Žalgiris II have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Žalgiris II have the most conceded goals (28) away in 1. Lyga
- Žalgiris II have the most matches over the total-line (9) in 1. Lyga
- Žalgiris II have the most scored goals (27) away in 1. Lyga
- Žalgiris II have the most scored goals in the second half (31) in 1. Lyga
- Žalgiris II have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Žalgiris II haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Bookie | Minija | Draw | Žalgiris II |
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