14 points separate the teams so far this season, LA Galaxy having performed best. Can Dallas strike back?
- Dallas have not yet lost a game at home.
- LA Galaxy have the most conceded goals in the second half (15) in Major League Soccer
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Dallas and LA Galaxy.
These teams have little in common geographically as LA Galaxy have to travel 2900 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Dallas form and stats
Overall Major League Soccer stats at home this season for Dallas are 2-5-0 (wins-draw-losses). With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Dallas to get some points in this home game.
Dallas are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 199 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by F. Jara).
Dallas faced defeat in their previous match, away at Colorado Rapids (0-2). Justin Che, defender, was given a rating of 7.14/10 in that game, top of the team. Che hit two key passes and won 12 of 15 duels.
A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Portland Timbers.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 Dallas have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found eleven games) they have won six times, drawn five and lost zero.
Dallas have proved capable of finding the net in their games here with 12 goals in 7 league matches. 8 goals have been conceded.
LA Galaxy form and stats
The visitors, who have the most scored goals (11) away in Major League Soccer, are W3-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Major League Soccer.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Real Salt Lake (placed 8th) in their previous outing. The Major League Soccer match ended in a draw 2-2. Midfield player Víctor Vázquez was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.33/10. Vázquez scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, hit four key passes, dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 40 successful passes (of 50 total). An inspired comeback made the scores level in LA Galaxy's duel with Real Salt Lake. It looked bad at 0-2 but the team were not done and fought back to 2-2 after Rayan Raveloson found the equalizer.
A 1-2 defeat away at Vancouver Whitecaps before that.We have checked recent matches where LA Galaxy have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those nine games were three victories, one draw and five defeats.
Galaxy has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 11 goals from 7 games. For Galaxy, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: LA Galaxy - Dallas 3-1. Dallas-LA Galaxy H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Dallas seven wins, LA Galaxy two wins, one draw. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  J. Hernández Balcázar 9 goals |   R. Pepi 5 goals |  R. Raveloson 3 goals |
Dallas missing players
LA Galaxy missing players
| Dallas | LA Galaxy | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 14 | 12 | 0 | Scored | S | 6 | 11 | 23 |
| 23 | 8 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 14 | 22 |
| 93% | 86% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 79% | 86% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 50% | 57% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 79% |
| 36% | 43% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 43% | 36% |
| 7% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 14% |
| 57% | 86% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 71% | 64% |
| 7% | 14% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 43% | 14% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 21% |
| 5 | 6.4 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 3.4 | 3.6 |
| 3.6 | 3.6 | 8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.5 |
| 2.4 | 2.4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 0.7 | 1.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13.7 | 15.9 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.3 | 9.9 | 11.7 |
| 4 | 5.4 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.3 | 4.3 |
| 25% | 32% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 48% | 38% |
- All of LA Galaxy's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Dallas have not yet lost a game at home.
- Dallas have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Dallas have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- LA Galaxy have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- LA Galaxy have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- LA Galaxy have the most conceded goals in the second half (15) in Major League Soccer
- LA Galaxy have the most scored goals (11) away in Major League Soccer
- LA Galaxy haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Seattle Sounders | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 29 |
| 2 | Sporting KC | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 27 |
| 3 | LA Galaxy | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 25 |
| 4 | Colorado Rapids | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 24 |
| 5 | Los Angeles FC | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 21 |
| 6 | Portland Timbers | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -3 | 19 |
| 7 | Minnesota United | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -3 | 18 |
| 8 | Real Salt Lake | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 17 |
| 9 | Houston Dynamo | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -3 | 16 |
| 10 | Austin | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -4 | 13 |
| 11 | SJ Earthquakes | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -8 | 13 |
| 12 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -9 | 13 |
| 13 | Dallas | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 15 | -9 | 11 |