Soccer betting preview: Austin welcomes Los Angeles FC in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sun 08.Oct
Match begins: 00:30 (UTC)
Venue: Al Saqr Stadium (5000 seats)

Austin ended up with a 3-0 result facing DC United in their previous match, a match to keep in mind. The next job is this bright Los Angeles FC team.

Insights:
  • Austin have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Los Angeles FC have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in Major League Soccer

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.

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Austin form and stats

All-inclusive Major League Soccer stats at home this season for Austin are 7-4-5 (wins-draws-losses).

Austin won their last game, a Major League Soccer match played at a neutral venue that ended 3-0 versus DC United. A huge relief, as that was the first three points in the league after playing, but not winning, eight consecutive fixtures. Stuver loved the game against DC United. With a stunning eight saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 3-0 victory. Goalkeeper Stuver got the top rating on the team in that game; 9.11 out of ten. Stuver topped it up with a clean sheet.

Heartbreak before that as Austin lost 0-1 at Colorado Rapids's place.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Austin have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won 7, drawn 2 and lost 4.

Sports bettors should know that 10 of the most recent 13 league games from this football club have had at least one goal from each team.

A decent goal production from Austin in their home games so far, with 26 goals from 16 league matches. 18 goals have been conceded. When Austin hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Sporting KC, Colorado Rapids, Minnesota United and LA Galaxy), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.

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Los Angeles FC form and stats

Los Angeles FC have only collected 15 points from their away games in the Major League Soccer, after 3-6-6 (15 played). Visiting Los Angeles FC has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.

Angeles are travelling after their nice 5-1 home win in the match against Minnesota United (placed 12th). Those three points felt nice as this club had gone three league games without winning. As mentioned above, Los Angeles FC was the only team on the pitch versus Minnesota United in their previous game, winning 5-1. This could be a tougher task. It's hard not to mention Bouanga's lethal finishing against Minnesota United. three goals were a big reason for the important victory. Bouanga, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 9.91. Bouanga scored three goals, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.

A 0-1 loss hosting Real Salt Lake before that.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Los Angeles FC playing away and similar expectations, we found 11 relevant matches. Results were 1 Los Angeles FC win, 6 draws and 4 defeats.

The attacking power of Los Angeles FC when travelling is not overwhelming with 13 goals scored from 15 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Angeles have seen the ball go into their own net 19 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Los Angeles FC - Austin 3-0 was the outcome when these two sides last met, also in this season. Last seven meetings with these squads: Austin won two, Los Angeles FC were winners in five and we saw zero draws. five games with more than 2,5 goals, two matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Los Angeles FCD. Bouanga
D. Bouanga
16 goals
AustinS. Driussi
S. Driussi
11 goals
Los Angeles FCC. Vela Garrido
C. Vela Garrido
9 goals

Austin missing players

Los Angeles FC missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Austin Los Angeles FC
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
32 16 3 Played P 5 15 32
10 7 0 Won W 2 3 13
8 4 1 Drew D 2 6 9
14 5 2 Lost L 1 6 10
46 26 3 Scored S 7 13 49
50 18 5 Conceded C 6 19 36
97% 94% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 73% 84%
81% 75% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 73% 75%
66% 69% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 47% 56%
25% 19% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 13% 28%
16% 12% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 7% 16%
62% 56% 67% BTTS BTTS 80% 47% 50%
19% 38% 33% Clean Sheets C S 20% 33% 34%
22% 12% 33% Failed to Score F T 20% 47% 31%
 
5.3 6.3 5.7 Corners for (avg) C F 4.6 4.8 6
6.4 5.8 5.3 Corners against (avg) C A 7.8 5.7 4.7
1.7 1.9 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.4 2 2.1
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
12.1 13.2 14.3 Shots (avg) S ( 12.8 12.2 15.2
4.3 4.6 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 3.9 5.4
33% 36% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 28% 22% 28%
 
14.6 13.6 14 Shots against (avg) S A 14.4 11.3 10.1
5.4 4.9 5.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.2 3.9 3.6
Key stats in Major League Soccer this season:
  • Austin have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Los Angeles FC have the fewest conceded goals (19) away in Major League Soccer
  • Los Angeles FC have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in Major League Soccer
  • Los Angeles FC have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  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 33 17 5 11 62 43 16 11 2 3 41 15 17 6 3 8 21 28 19 56
2 Seattle Sounders 32 13 10 9 39 32 16 7 5 4 19 11 16 6 5 5 20 21 7 49
3 Los Angeles FC 32 13 9 10 49 36 17 10 3 4 36 17 15 3 6 6 13 19 13 48
4 Vancouver Whitecaps 32 12 10 10 54 47 16 8 5 3 34 18 16 4 5 7 20 29 7 46
5 Real Salt Lake 31 13 7 11 43 45 16 6 4 6 23 24 15 7 3 5 20 21 -2 46
6 Houston Dynamo 32 12 9 11 43 36 16 10 4 2 31 10 16 2 5 9 12 26 7 45
7 Portland Timbers 32 11 10 11 44 51 16 9 3 4 28 19 16 2 7 7 16 32 -7 43
8 SJ Earthquakes 32 10 12 10 37 41 16 8 6 2 24 15 16 2 6 8 13 26 -4 42
9 Dallas 31 10 11 10 35 34 15 7 5 3 21 14 16 3 6 7 14 20 1 41
10 Austin 32 10 8 14 46 50 16 7 4 5 26 18 16 3 4 9 20 32 -4 38
11 Sporting KC 32 10 8 14 42 48 16 8 2 6 27 20 16 2 6 8 15 28 -6 38
12 Minnesota United 32 9 11 12 40 46 16 3 9 4 19 18 16 6 2 8 21 28 -6 38
13 LA Galaxy 31 8 11 12 46 56 15 6 5 4 28 23 16 2 6 8 18 33 -10 35
14 Colorado Rapids 31 5 11 15 24 47 16 3 8 5 13 15 15 2 3 10 11 32 -23 26

Table
  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 33 17 5 11 62 43 16 11 2 3 41 15 17 6 3 8 21 28 19 56
2 Seattle Sounders 32 13 10 9 39 32 16 7 5 4 19 11 16 6 5 5 20 21 7 49
3 Los Angeles FC 32 13 9 10 49 36 17 10 3 4 36 17 15 3 6 6 13 19 13 48
4 Vancouver Whitecaps 32 12 10 10 54 47 16 8 5 3 34 18 16 4 5 7 20 29 7 46
5 Real Salt Lake 31 13 7 11 43 45 16 6 4 6 23 24 15 7 3 5 20 21 -2 46
6 Houston Dynamo 32 12 9 11 43 36 16 10 4 2 31 10 16 2 5 9 12 26 7 45
7 Portland Timbers 32 11 10 11 44 51 16 9 3 4 28 19 16 2 7 7 16 32 -7 43
8 SJ Earthquakes 32 10 12 10 37 41 16 8 6 2 24 15 16 2 6 8 13 26 -4 42
9 Dallas 31 10 11 10 35 34 15 7 5 3 21 14 16 3 6 7 14 20 1 41
10 Austin 32 10 8 14 46 50 16 7 4 5 26 18 16 3 4 9 20 32 -4 38
11 Sporting KC 32 10 8 14 42 48 16 8 2 6 27 20 16 2 6 8 15 28 -6 38
12 Minnesota United 32 9 11 12 40 46 16 3 9 4 19 18 16 6 2 8 21 28 -6 38
13 LA Galaxy 31 8 11 12 46 56 15 6 5 4 28 23 16 2 6 8 18 33 -10 35
14 Colorado Rapids 31 5 11 15 24 47 16 3 8 5 13 15 15 2 3 10 11 32 -23 26

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