A total of 20 league rounds have been played and LA Galaxy are 3 points in front of Atlanta United. What happens?
- LA Galaxy have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Atlanta United have the most matches over the total-line (11) in Major League Soccer
5 - 7 - 12 with 26-34. What does this mean? Well, these are the statistics for Atlanta United when playing on grass like they will do today. Wins - draws- losses and goals scored-conceded. Atlanta United play their home games on artifical turf so that's why we provide these numbers.
It's quite the trip for Atlanta United when visiting LA Galaxy as the cities are 3500 kilometers apart.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
LA Galaxy form and stats
5 victories, 1 draw and 5 defeats. That’s what LA Galaxy have to build on here at Dignity Health Sports Park in the Major League Soccer. Galaxy has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Vanney and the players.
LA Galaxy faced defeat in their previous match, away at Colorado Rapids (0-2). The forward Costa outshone all the other footballers in that fixture and got a match rating of 7.33 out of 10. Costa hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.
Preceding that match was a defeat to SJ Earthquakes (2-3).The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from LA Galaxy's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 6 games, won 2 matches, drawn 1 and lost 3.
A decent goal production from Galaxy in their home games so far, with 18 goals from 11 league matches. LA Galaxy's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 16 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Atlanta United form and stats
Atlanta United have only collected 5 points from their away games in the Major League Soccer, after 1-2-6 (9 played).
Atlanta United delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Orlando City in their previous game. Attacker Araújo got a player rating of 7.71 in the game. "Man of the match" Araújo hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 7 of 9 times.
Before that, Atlanta secured a home win against Real Salt Lake with the score 2-1.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Atlanta United when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 4 matches with the visitors losing 3 times, drawing 1 and winning 0 games.
Goal-happy betting people should observe that 11 of this team's 13 most recent league matches have ended with three or more goals.
Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Atlanta United have conceded 16 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
As for the last four games between these two teams, there's zero Galaxy victories, one draw and three Atlanta United wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less. The games between these teams have sometimes been "violent", having seen 2 red cards from the last four duels.Top Goalscorers
  D. Joveljić 8 goals |  J. Hernández Balcázar 7 goals |   R. Cisneros Morell 6 goals |
LA Galaxy missing players
Atlanta United missing players
| LA Galaxy | Atlanta United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 9 | 20 |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 6 | 8 |
| 28 | 18 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 29 |
| 27 | 16 | 6 | Conceded | C | 2 | 16 | 31 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 65% | 73% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 78% | 85% |
| 50% | 64% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 78% | 75% |
| 40% | 45% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 22% | 30% |
| 25% | 27% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 50% | 55% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 70% |
| 30% | 27% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 15% |
| 25% | 18% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 22% | 20% |
| 7 | 8.1 | 11 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 5.3 | 6.2 |
| 4 | 4.1 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 6.2 | 5 |
| 2.4 | 2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.2 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 14.9 | 15.8 | 20 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 14.2 | 15.8 |
| 4.8 | 5.1 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.4 | 5.3 |
| 29% | 32% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 22% | 27% |
| 11.1 | 11 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 13 | 12.2 |
| 3.9 | 4 | 5.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.2 | 3.2 |
- Atlanta United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Atlanta United have the most matches over the total-line (11) in Major League Soccer
- Atlanta United haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- LA Galaxy have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- LA Galaxy 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 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 40 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 42 |
| 2 | Austin | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 42 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 18 | 41 |
| 3 | Real Salt Lake | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 26 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 2 | 33 |
| 4 | Minnesota United | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 29 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 31 |
| 5 | Nashville SC | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 0 | 30 |
| 6 | Dallas | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 31 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 29 |
| 7 | Portland Timbers | 21 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 33 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 3 | 27 |
| 8 | LA Galaxy | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 28 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 27 |
| 9 | Seattle Sounders | 20 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 26 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 26 |
| 10 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 34 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 23 | -11 | 26 |
| 11 | Houston Dynamo | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 27 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 17 | -2 | 25 |
| 12 | Colorado Rapids | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -3 | 24 |
| 13 | SJ Earthquakes | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 33 | 41 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 22 | -8 | 22 |
| 14 | Sporting KC | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 38 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 29 | -19 | 20 |
