Carrying a 5 point advantage in the league table, LA Galaxy club members crave to see their team get max points from this fixture against Los Angeles FC.
- LA Galaxy haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Los Angeles FC have the most dropped points from leading position (19) in Major League Soccer
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for LA Galaxy and Los Angeles FC.
LA Galaxy form and stats
The story so far in the Major League Soccer for LA Galaxy at their home stadium (Dignity Health Sports Park) is 7 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats. Galaxy has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager G. Vanney and the players.
Galaxy are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Real Salt Lake. Heartbreak for Galaxy in their last match as Real Salt Lake's A. A. Julio Santos scored the winning goal deep into overtime. The gifted forward Javier Hernández bettered all the other players in that fixture and got a match rating of 7.43 out of 10. Hernández scored one goal, hit two key passes and had 24 successful passes (of 28 total).
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Austin (0-2).This is expected to be a close game, with LA Galaxy perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Galaxy as a small favourite), we find six games. LA Galaxy has won two of these, drawn one and lost three.
A decent goal production from Galaxy in their home games so far, with 21 goals from 13 league matches. Galaxy's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 15 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Los Angeles FC form and stats
There's been little loot from Los Angeles FC's travels as they have only collected 10 points from 13 away games in the Major League Soccer. Los Angeles FC only have 3 wins to counter their 9 defeats and 1 draw. Recent form does not give Los Angeles FC much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. LA Galaxy will be a tough nut to crack.
The manager B. Bradley was unhappy after their last game, a Major League Soccer match played at their home ground Banc of California Stadium. Angeles suffered a 1-2 loss to Portland Timbers (placed 4th). Daniel Musovski, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.4. Musovski scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Prior to that match, the Angeles manager B. Bradley faced defeat when travelling to SJ Earthquakes and losing 0-2.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Angeles in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Los Angeles FC, one draw and seven defeats.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Angeles as they have only managed to score 12 times from 13 away games in the league. Angeles have conceded 19 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The participants have met each other before in this season, with the match result Los Angeles FC - Galaxy 3-3 logged in the official records. Statistics for the prior ten meetings involving these two contenders are: four wins for Galaxy, three draws and three wins for Los Angeles FC. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Top Goalscorers
  J. Hernández Balcázar 11 goals |   D. Rossi Marachlian 6 goals |  C. Arango Duque 6 goals |
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| LA Galaxy | Los Angeles FC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 13 | 5 | Played | P | 2 | 13 | 27 |
| 11 | 7 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 11 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 9 | 12 |
| 38 | 21 | 8 | Scored | S | 2 | 12 | 39 |
| 44 | 15 | 4 | Conceded | C | 2 | 19 | 40 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 89% | 85% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 85% | 93% |
| 67% | 54% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 54% | 63% |
| 30% | 23% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 22% |
| 15% | 15% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 63% | 69% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 62% | 70% |
| 15% | 23% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 15% | 19% |
| 22% | 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 23% | 11% |
| 5.3 | 5.4 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.8 | 5.6 |
| 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 9 | 5.7 | 4.7 |
| 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12.8 | 14.6 | 15.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 17.5 | 14.7 | 16.1 |
| 4.6 | 5.6 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.2 | 5 |
| 31% | 29% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 22% | 29% |
- LA Galaxy haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Los Angeles FC have the fewest matches over the total-line (6) in Major League Soccer
- Los Angeles FC have the fewest points from losing position (2) in Major League Soccer
- Los Angeles FC have the most dropped points from leading position (19) in Major League Soccer
- Los Angeles FC 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 | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 41 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 19 | 51 |
| 2 | Sporting KC | 27 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 47 | 29 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 18 | 49 |
| 3 | Colorado Rapids | 26 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 38 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 48 |
| 4 | Portland Timbers | 27 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 44 | 44 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 0 | 43 |
| 5 | Real Salt Lake | 27 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 44 | 42 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 29 | 2 | 39 |
| 6 | LA Galaxy | 27 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 38 | 44 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 29 | -6 | 38 |
| 7 | Minnesota United | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 30 | 32 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 25 | -2 | 37 |
| 8 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 31 | 34 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 20 | -3 | 34 |
| 9 | Los Angeles FC | 27 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 39 | 40 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 19 | -1 | 33 |
| 10 | SJ Earthquakes | 27 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 35 | 41 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 22 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 19 | -6 | 33 |
| 11 | Dallas | 28 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 39 | 47 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 32 | -8 | 27 |
| 12 | Houston Dynamo | 28 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 31 | 41 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 24 | -10 | 27 |
| 13 | Austin | 27 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 27 | 43 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 22 | -16 | 22 |