Dignity Health Sports Park: LA Galaxy vs Dallas Major League Soccer preview

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Thu 08.July
Match begins: 02:30 (UTC)
Venue: Dignity Health Sports Park (27000 seats)

There should be a significant difference in quality between these teams based on table positions so far, with LA Galaxy leading Dallas by 10 points.

Insights:
  • LA Galaxy have the most conceded goals in the second half (12) in Major League Soccer
  • Dallas have the fewest points (0) away in Major League Soccer

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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.

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LA Galaxy form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at Dignity Health Sports Park as LA Galaxy have scored 9 goals to get 12 points from 6 games. The overall stats in the Major League Soccer are 4-0-2 (wins-draws-losses). We have seen two home losses in a row now for LA Galaxy, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.

Galaxy's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-2 versus Sporting KC (placed 2nd). Samuel Grandsir (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.52/10. Grandsir hit the woodwork once, hit three key passes and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 2 times.

In the game before, an away victory match versus SJ Earthquakes with a 3-1 scoreline.

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 Galaxy's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played two games, won one match, drawn zero and lost one.

A decent goal production from Galaxy in their home games so far, with 9 goals from 6 league matches. Galaxy's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 7 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Dallas form and stats

Dallas, who have the fewest points (0) away in Major League Soccer, have been very modest guests so far, leaving with zero points in all their 4 away matches played so far in the Major League Soccer. It's all red in the travel logs of Dallas, having lost four matches in a row as the visiting team.

Dallas delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Vancouver Whitecaps (placed 13th) in their previous match; a Major League Soccer game. Ricardo Pepi, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.15. Pepi scored one goal, hit four key passes and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times.

That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus New England.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Dallas when being an outsider away as they are today, we find six matches with the visitors losing five times, drawing one and winning zero games.

Dallas are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed 1 goal from 4 away games. Dallas have conceded 9 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Galaxy victories, one draw and seven Dallas wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

LA GalaxyJ. Hernández Balcázar
J. Hernández Balcázar
9 goals
DallasR. Pepi
R. Pepi
5 goals
GalaxyS. Klještan
S. Klještan
2 goals

LA Galaxy missing players

Dallas missing players

LA Galaxy Dallas
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
11 6 2 Played P 1 4 11
7 4 2 Won W 0 0 2
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 5
4 2 0 Lost L 1 4 4
17 9 3 Scored S 0 1 13
17 7 0 Conceded C 3 9 17
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 91%
91% 83% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 75% 82%
73% 50% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 55%
27% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 36%
18% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 9%
55% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 25% 64%
18% 33% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 9%
27% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 75% 36%
 
3.8 4 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 8 4 5.5
4.8 4.7 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 2 3.5 3.5
1.3 2 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.5 2.5
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.9 13.8 19.5 Shots (avg) S ( 21 12.5 14.6
4.2 5.3 6.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 2.5 4.4
37% 28% 23% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 10% 27%
Key stats in Major League Soccer this season:
  • Dallas have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Dallas have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Dallas have lost all their away matches so far.
  • Dallas have the fewest points (0) away in Major League Soccer
  • Dallas have the fewest scored goals (1) away in Major League Soccer
  • Dallas have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Dallas haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • LA Galaxy have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Dallas have scored away.
  • LA Galaxy have the most conceded goals in the second half (12) in Major League Soccer
  • LA Galaxy haven’t played a single 0-0 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 Seattle Sounders 12 7 5 0 21 8 7 4 3 0 14 4 5 3 2 0 7 4 13 26
2 Sporting KC 13 8 2 3 24 15 7 5 2 0 15 7 6 3 0 3 9 8 9 26
3 LA Galaxy 11 7 0 4 17 17 6 4 0 2 9 7 5 3 0 2 8 10 0 21
4 Colorado Rapids 10 5 2 3 16 12 5 3 1 1 11 7 5 2 1 2 5 5 4 17
5 Los Angeles FC 11 4 3 4 13 12 6 3 2 1 9 5 5 1 1 3 4 7 1 15
6 Houston Dynamo 12 3 6 3 16 17 6 3 3 0 9 6 6 0 3 3 7 11 -1 15
7 Minnesota United 11 4 3 4 12 14 6 3 1 2 7 5 5 1 2 2 5 9 -2 15
8 Real Salt Lake 10 3 4 3 14 12 7 2 3 2 9 7 3 1 1 1 5 5 2 13
9 Austin 12 3 4 5 10 12 3 1 2 0 4 1 9 2 2 5 6 11 -2 13
10 Portland Timbers 11 4 1 6 14 19 5 3 0 2 8 5 6 1 1 4 6 14 -5 13
11 Dallas 11 2 5 4 13 17 7 2 5 0 12 8 4 0 0 4 1 9 -4 11
12 SJ Earthquakes 12 3 2 7 14 22 6 2 0 4 9 11 6 1 2 3 5 11 -8 11
13 Vancouver Whitecaps 11 2 3 6 12 18 4 2 0 2 4 3 7 0 3 4 8 15 -6 9

Read more about Major League Soccer

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.