Major League Soccer match guide and facts: Dallas welcome LA Galaxy

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sun 31.July
Match begins: 01:00 (UTC)
Venue: Toyota Stadium (20500 seats)

Plenty of highs and lows for these teams this season, sitting in positions near the center of the Major League Soccer table. Here's the Dallas - LA Galaxy latest:

Insights:
  • Dallas have won significantly more corners at home than away.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

Dallas and LA Galaxy should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Dallas form and stats

5-3-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Major League Soccer numbers at home for Dallas so far this season.

It's back home for Dallas, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Real Salt Lake away with the result 1-0. Ferreira found the net in that victory. A big relief, as that was the first league victory after going winless in seven games in a row. The goalie Paes was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.83 out of ten. Paes topped it up with a clean sheet.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Austin that ended 1-1.

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 23 games) they have won 10 times, drawn 9 and lost 4.

An interesting fact: 9 of the most recent 12 league games from this football club have seen goals scored by both sides.

Dallas are traveling soon after this match as the Major League Soccer match at Seattle Sounders awaits in three days.

Dallas have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Toyota Stadium with 17 goals in 11 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches.

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LA Galaxy form and stats

3-2-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for LA Galaxy in their Major League Soccer matches away. With two straight losses from their last two away games, LA Galaxy are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

The club members enjoyed LA Galaxy's previous game versus Atlanta United, a 2-0 win played at home. Those three points felt good as this club had gone three league rounds without victory. Goalkeeper Bond got the top player rating of the team with 8.04/10. Bond topped it up with a clean sheet.

Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Colorado Rapids's place.

LA Galaxy are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 1 draw and 8 defeats. From a total of 11 matches.

Galaxy find the net regularly in their away games. 10 goals from 9 away fixtures in the league. 11 goals have been conceded by LA Galaxy in these games. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

These competitors have met previously this season: LA Galaxy - Dallas 1-3. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's seven Dallas victories, one draw and two LA Galaxy wins. Over/under statistics; eight of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

DallasJ. Ferreira
J. Ferreira
12 goals
DallasP. Arriola
P. Arriola
9 goals
LA GalaxyD. Joveljić
D. Joveljić
9 goals

Dallas missing players

LA Galaxy missing players

Dallas LA Galaxy
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
22 11 3 Played P 2 9 21
8 5 3 Won W 1 3 9
8 3 0 Drew D 0 2 3
6 3 0 Lost L 1 4 9
32 17 8 Scored S 5 10 30
25 11 1 Conceded C 4 11 27
91% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 95%
77% 91% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 56% 67%
50% 36% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 33% 48%
36% 18% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 33% 38%
5% 9% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 22% 24%
64% 64% 33% BTTS BTTS 100% 44% 48%
23% 18% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 33%
23% 18% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 24%
 
4.5 6 8 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5.8 6.8
4.5 4.1 3.3 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 4 4
2.5 1.7 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.8 2.3
2 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
11.7 13.5 15 Shots (avg) S ( 12.5 13.9 14.6
4 4.5 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4.3 4.8
37% 35% 44% Goal Efficiency G E 62% 26% 30%
 
11.3 7.5 4.7 Shots against (avg) S A 11.5 11.2 11
3.6 2.8 1.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.7 3.8
Key stats in Major League Soccer this season:
  • Dallas have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Dallas haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Los Angeles FC 21 14 3 4 42 22 11 8 2 1 26 12 10 6 1 3 16 10 20 45
2 Austin 22 12 5 5 45 28 10 5 3 2 25 12 12 7 2 3 20 16 17 41
3 Minnesota United 22 10 4 8 31 26 11 5 3 3 16 10 11 5 1 5 15 16 5 34
4 Real Salt Lake 22 9 6 7 28 27 11 7 3 1 18 7 11 2 3 6 10 20 1 33
5 Dallas 22 8 8 6 32 25 11 5 3 3 17 11 11 3 5 3 15 14 7 32
6 Nashville SC 22 8 7 7 28 28 9 3 4 2 12 10 13 5 3 5 16 18 0 31
7 Portland Timbers 22 7 9 6 35 31 11 5 4 2 20 13 11 2 5 4 15 18 4 30
8 LA Galaxy 21 9 3 9 30 27 12 6 1 5 20 16 9 3 2 4 10 11 3 30
9 Seattle Sounders 21 9 2 10 28 25 11 6 1 4 19 13 10 3 1 6 9 12 3 29
10 Vancouver Whitecaps 22 7 5 10 24 37 11 5 3 3 14 14 11 2 2 7 10 23 -13 26
11 Houston Dynamo 22 7 4 11 28 31 12 4 4 4 16 14 10 3 0 7 12 17 -3 25
12 Colorado Rapids 21 6 6 9 25 29 11 6 3 2 17 8 10 0 3 7 8 21 -4 24
13 SJ Earthquakes 21 5 7 9 34 43 10 4 4 2 20 19 11 1 3 7 14 24 -9 22
14 Sporting KC 23 5 5 13 19 40 10 3 2 5 8 11 13 2 3 8 11 29 -21 20

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Major League Soccer (often known simply as MLS) is the top level of football (soccer) in the United States and Canada. MLS has 24 teams divided into two conferences, Eastern and Western. Each team play 34 fixtures to decide a league table champion. The top fourteen teams then compete in playoff to crown a MLS Cup champion.