LA Galaxy have traveled here for an interesting fight against the hosts Houston Dynamo. Prepare for the match with this Major League Soccer preview!
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for LA Galaxy, who are travelling more than 2500 kilometers to play this game.
Houston Dynamo form and stats
It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Houston Dynamo, who have participated in one training match. Houston Dynamo have won 1 of these, drawn 0 and were beaten in 0 games.
Last season, Houston Dynamo's league statistics were 12 wins, 4 draws and 18 losses, resulting in a 10th position in the Major League Soccer. Over these 34 matches they scored 49 goals and conceded 59. Playing at home last season Houston Dynamo managed 10-4-3 (win-draw-lost) with 31 goals and 19 conceded.
LA Galaxy form and stats
It's a day of discovery for LA Galaxy as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which LA Galaxy have played two with the results W2-D0-L0 (win-draw-lost). In these games LA Galaxy has scored 6 goals and conceded 2 times.
Let's have a look at how LA Galaxy performed last season in the Major League Soccer: They landed a 5th position in the league table after playing out 16 victories, 3 draws and 15 defeats. In total they scored 58 and conceded 59 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 5 - drew 2 and lost 10 with 22/34 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Houston Dynamo won four, LA Galaxy won four and two draws. eight games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.Houston Dynamo missing players
LA Galaxy missing players
| Houston Dynamo | LA Galaxy | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Houston Dynamo | Last season | LA Galaxy | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 19 | 36 | ||
| 12 | 10 | Won | W | 6 | 17 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 18 | 3 | Lost | L | 11 | 16 | ||
| 49 | 31 | Scored | S | 27 | 63 | ||
| 59 | 19 | Conceded | C | 40 | 65 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 95% | 97% | ||
| 85% | 88% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 89% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 59% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 68% | 69% | ||
| 38% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 37% | 36% | ||
| 21% | 12% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 26% | 25% | ||
| 68% | 71% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 61% | ||
| 9% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 26% | 22% | ||
| 24% | 12% | Failed to Score | F T | 26% | 19% | ||
| 5.5 | 6.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.4 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.9 | 5.8 | ||
| 2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.1 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 464 | 271 | Total Shots | T S | 270 | 499 | ||
| 147 | 90 | Shots on Target | S O | 94 | 185 | ||
| 33% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 34% | ||
| Last season | 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 | 34 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 85 | 37 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 48 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 37 | 17 | 48 | 72 |
| 2 | Seattle Sounders | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 52 | 49 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 34 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 28 | 3 | 56 |
| 3 | Minnesota United | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 52 | 43 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 29 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 23 | 30 | 9 | 53 |
| 4 | Real Salt Lake | 34 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 46 | 41 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 31 | 15 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 26 | 5 | 53 |
| 5 | LA Galaxy | 34 | 16 | 3 | 15 | 58 | 59 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 36 | 25 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 22 | 34 | -1 | 51 |
| 6 | Portland Timbers | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 52 | 49 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 29 | 3 | 49 |
| 7 | Dallas | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 54 | 46 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 38 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 30 | 8 | 48 |
| 8 | SJ Earthquakes | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 52 | 55 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 32 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 35 | -3 | 44 |
| 9 | Colorado Rapids | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 58 | 63 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 36 | 29 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 22 | 34 | -5 | 42 |
| 10 | Houston Dynamo | 34 | 12 | 4 | 18 | 49 | 59 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 18 | 40 | -10 | 40 |
| 11 | Sporting KC | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 49 | 67 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 30 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 37 | -18 | 38 |
| 12 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 34 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 37 | 59 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 36 | -22 | 34 |