LA Galaxy are welcoming Austin for yet another key game following their 2-3 result against 2nd-placed Los Angeles FC.
- LA Galaxy have yet to win a game.
- All of Austin's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
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
Three Major League Soccer home games done for LA Galaxy, who are not happy collecting 1 point from these matches.
Galaxy's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 2-3 versus Los Angeles FC (placed 2nd). Klinsmann had a busy but productive day in the Los Angeles FC match. Despite making seven saves the loss could not be prevented. Puig (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.9/10. Puig hit the woodwork once, hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 8 of 12 times and had 83 successful passes (of 92 total).
Prior to that, an away loss at Houston Dynamo.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier LA Galaxy matches with similar probabilities have ended with 3 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats (from 8 games).
The LA Galaxy fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 4 in 3 matches.
Austin form and stats
Austin are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Major League Soccer, having played 3 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses).
The attacking players of Austin have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 265 minutes.
Austin's last game was the home draw against Vancouver Whitecaps (0-0). Stuver was the team player of the game with the player rating of 8.03. The agile goalkeeper Stuver topped it up with a clean sheet.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Los Angeles FC wasn't a success with a 0-3 loss.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Austin when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 5 matches with the visitors losing 4 times, drawing 0 and winning 1 game.
The visitors have scored 2 goals from 3 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game.
Head 2 Head
Galaxy-Austin H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: LA Galaxy three wins, Austin one win, zero draws. one of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  J. Gallagher 3 goals |   J. Neal 1 goals |  D. Joveljić 1 goals |
LA Galaxy missing players
Austin missing players
| LA Galaxy | Austin | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 12 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 71% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 86% |
| 71% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 71% |
| 57% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 43% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 14% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 57% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 33% | 43% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 43% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 67% | 43% |
| 8.1 | 11.7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 3.3 | 4.6 |
| 5.1 | 4.7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 8.3 | 7.7 |
| 2.9 | 2.3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16.6 | 20.7 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 11 | 12.3 |
| 4.9 | 6.3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.7 | 4.4 |
| 15% | 21% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 14% | 19% |
| 14.7 | 13 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17 | 19.3 | 16.4 |
| 4.7 | 4.7 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 6.3 | 6 |
- All of Austin's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- All of LA Galaxy's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Austin have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Austin have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- LA Galaxy have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- LA Galaxy have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- LA Galaxy have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- LA Galaxy have yet to win a 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 | Saint Louis City | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 18 |
| 2 | Los Angeles FC | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 17 |
| 3 | Seattle Sounders | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 16 |
| 4 | Dallas | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 |
| 5 | SJ Earthquakes | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 14 |
| 6 | Minnesota United | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
| 7 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 8 | Houston Dynamo | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 10 |
| 9 | Portland Timbers | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -3 | 8 |
| 10 | Austin | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 8 |
| 11 | Colorado Rapids | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -5 | 7 |
| 12 | Real Salt Lake | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -9 | 6 |
| 13 | LA Galaxy | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -7 | 3 |
| 14 | Sporting KC | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -9 | 3 |
