LA Galaxy will aim to make use of their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s adversaries. The hosts are currently 4 points behind Austin.
- LA Galaxy have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Major League Soccer
- Austin have the most scored goals (27) in Major League Soccer
These are hectic days for the hosts, as they were in action only four days ago in the US Open Cup. This match was also played here at Dignity Health Sports Park. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Austin have had more rest.
LA Galaxy form and stats
LA Galaxy have played 6 Major League Soccer games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-0-3 (wins-draws-losses). Galaxy are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Dignity Health Sports Park, having lost their two previous games here.
LA Galaxy's previous fixture was a US Open Cup game also played at home, ending 3-1 against Los Angeles FC. The home team hope to to build on that result.
Ahead of that match, Galaxy lost 0-3 at home to Houston Dynamo.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does LA Galaxy handle that role? We have found 18 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 11 wins, 1 draw and 6 defeats.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Galaxy here at Dignity Health Sports Park in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (5 from 6 games). On the other hand, LA Galaxy have conceded 8 goals.
Austin form and stats
3 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. That’s the product of Austin playing as the away team in the Major League Soccer this season.
Austin delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Orlando City in their previous game. The match against Orlando City looked like a defeat for Austin, but they did not accept the outcome and clawed their way back to 2-2. Djitté equalized in the 90th minute. As mentioned above, Austin drew the match against Orlando City. Manager Wolff brought on Djitté to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked. Midfield player Driussi was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.61/10. Driussi scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 43 successful passes (of 47 total).
Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Los Angeles FC.We have checked recent matches where Austin have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 11 games were 2 victories, 0 draws and 9 defeats.
Austin has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 10 goals from 6 games. As for defending, Austin rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 9 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This duo encountered each other earlier this match year: Austin - LA Galaxy 0-1. Previous three meetings featuring these teams: Galaxy won two, Austin triumphed in one and we saw zero draws. zero games with more than 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Driussi 8 goals |   J. Hernández Balcázar 5 goals |  M. Urruti 4 goals |
LA Galaxy missing players
Austin missing players
| LA Galaxy | Austin | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 | 5 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 27 |
| 14 | 8 | 4 | Conceded | C | 1 | 9 | 14 |
| 92% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 46% | 50% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 77% |
| 38% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 83% | 69% |
| 23% | 17% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 38% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 17% | 23% |
| 38% | 33% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 83% | 62% |
| 38% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 23% |
| 31% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 15% |
| 6.6 | 7.7 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.7 | 4.8 |
| 3.5 | 3 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 6.7 | 4.8 |
| 2.3 | 2.2 | 4.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3.8 | 2.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13.8 | 14.8 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 10.7 | 13.2 |
| 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7 | 4 | 4.4 |
| 26% | 24% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 42% | 47% |
| 10.5 | 10.2 | 15 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 14.8 | 13.1 |
| 3.6 | 4.2 | 7.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 6.3 | 4.8 |
- Austin have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Austin have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Austin have scored more than double the goals of LA Galaxy.
- Austin have the most scored goals (27) in Major League Soccer
- Austin have the the best goal difference (+13) in Major League Soccer
- Austin haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- LA Galaxy have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- LA Galaxy have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Major League Soccer
- LA Galaxy have the fewest scored goals (5) at home in Major League Soccer
- LA Galaxy have the the worst goal difference (-3) at home in Major League Soccer
- LA Galaxy have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- 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 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 26 |
| 2 | Austin | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 24 |
| 3 | Dallas | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 22 |
| 4 | Real Salt Lake | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 | -3 | 22 |
| 5 | LA Galaxy | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | -1 | 20 |
| 6 | Nashville SC | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 19 |
| 7 | Houston Dynamo | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 18 |
| 8 | Colorado Rapids | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 18 |
| 9 | Minnesota United | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 18 |
| 10 | Portland Timbers | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -3 | 15 |
| 11 | SJ Earthquakes | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -6 | 14 |
| 12 | Seattle Sounders | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -2 | 13 |
| 13 | Sporting KC | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 20 | -12 | 13 |
| 14 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 16 | -10 | 11 |
