Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when LA Galaxy welcomes Montreal Impact

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Date: Sun 22.September
Match begins: 02:30 (UTC)
Venue: Dignity Health Sports Park (27000 seats)

With their 8 point advantage in the league table, LA Galaxy fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Montreal Impact.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Championship. That game was a home fixture for Montreal Impact, against Toronto. But now it's all about beating LA Galaxy!

Montreal Impact have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 4600 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

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LA Galaxy form and stats

LA Galaxy are steadily winning Major League Soccer games and points here at Dignity Health Sports Park. 10 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats is the summary from 15 games.

LA Galaxy's last game was hosting Sporting KC (placed 9th) and winning 7-2. A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Colorado Rapids.

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 one game, won 1 match, drawn 0 and lost 0.

LA Galaxy are traveling soon after this match as the Major League Soccer match at Real Salt Lake awaits in four days.

LA Galaxy can score goals in their home matches. After 15 league matches they have found the net 31 times. LA Galaxy's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 20 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Montreal Impact form and stats

There's been little loot from Montreal Impact's travels as they have only collected 14 points from 16 away games in the Major League Soccer. Montreal Impact only have 4 wins to counter their 10 defeats and 2 draws. Bitter travels for Montreal Impact as they have lost seven games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the New York RB.

Montreal Impact won their last game, 1-0 versus Toronto played at home. A loss against Cincinnati was the result prior to that, in a Major League Soccer home game.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Montreal Impact playing away, we found eight games. Results were 1 away win, 1 draw and 6 home wins.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Championship trip to Toronto.

Montreal Impact have scored 23 goals on their travels this season, from 16 away games in the league. The Montreal Impact manager W. Cabrera has some worries about the defense as 36 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

LA Galaxy-Montreal Impact H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: LA Galaxy 3 wins, Montreal Impact 1 win, 3 draws. 2 of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Z. Ibrahimović
26 goals / 4 assists
S. Taïder
9 goals / 6 assists
O. Okwonkwo
7 goals

LA Galaxy missing players

Montreal Impact missing players

LA Galaxy Montreal Impact
Total Home Home vs low Statistics Stat Away vs mid Away Total
30 15 3 Played P 1 16 31
14 10 2 Won W 1 4 11
3 1 0 Drew D 0 2 4
13 4 1 Lost L 0 10 16
49 31 9 Scored S 2 23 42
49 20 4 Conceded C 1 36 57
97% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 90%
90% 93% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 81%
63% 67% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 88% 74%
33% 33% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 31% 26%
20% 20% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 19%
53% 67% 67% BTTS BTTS 100% 75% 58%
27% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 19% 23%
23% 13% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 19% 29%
 
5.5 5.6 4.3 Corners For (avg) C F 6 4.7 4.8
5.9 5.9 4.7 Corners Against (avg) C A 7 4.1 3.7
2.2 2 1.7 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 4 1.8 1.8
3 1 0 Red Cards R C 0 3 3
Key stats This season:
  • 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.
  • Montreal Impact have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

LA Galaxy
15-08-19 MLS LA Galaxy 2 - 0 Dallas
18-08-19 MLS LA Galaxy 2 - 2 Seattle Sounders
26-08-19 MLS Los Angeles FC 3 - 3 LA Galaxy
01-09-19 MLS Seattle Sounders 4 - 3 LA Galaxy
12-09-19 MLS Colorado Rapids 2 - 1 LA Galaxy
16-09-19 MLS LA Galaxy 7 - 2 Sporting KC
22-09-19 MLS LA Galaxy 02:30 Montreal Impact
26-09-19 MLS Real Salt Lake 01:30 LA Galaxy
29-09-19 MLS LA Galaxy 23:30 Vancouver Whitecaps
06-10-19 MLS Houston Dynamo 20:00 LA Galaxy
Montreal Impact
17-08-19 MLS Montreal Impact 3 - 3 Dallas
24-08-19 MLS Toronto 2 - 1 Montreal Impact
29-08-19 MLS Montreal Impact 2 - 1 Vancouver Whitecaps
31-08-19 MLS Montreal Impact 0 - 3 DC United
14-09-19 MLS Montreal Impact 0 - 1 Cincinnati
18-09-19 CH Montreal Impact 1 - 0 Toronto
22-09-19 MLS LA Galaxy 02:30 Montreal Impact
25-09-19 CH Toronto 23:30 Montreal Impact
29-09-19 MLS Montreal Impact 21:00 Atlanta United
06-10-19 MLS Montreal Impact 20:00 New York RB

  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 30 19 7 4 77 33 14 11 2 1 41 17 16 8 5 3 36 16 44 64
2 Seattle Sounders 31 14 8 9 50 47 16 10 4 2 33 21 15 4 4 7 17 26 3 50
3 Minnesota United 30 14 6 10 49 40 15 9 5 1 26 11 15 5 1 9 23 29 9 48
4 Real Salt Lake 30 14 4 12 42 38 15 11 1 3 28 12 15 3 3 9 14 26 4 46
5 LA Galaxy 30 14 3 13 49 49 15 10 1 4 31 20 15 4 2 9 18 29 0 45
6 Dallas 31 12 8 11 47 42 15 9 5 1 31 15 16 3 3 10 16 27 5 44
7 SJ Earthquakes 30 13 5 12 49 46 15 10 2 3 31 17 15 3 3 9 18 29 3 44
8 Portland Timbers 30 13 4 13 45 44 14 7 2 5 24 17 16 6 2 8 21 27 1 43
9 Sporting KC 30 10 7 13 44 54 15 7 3 5 26 25 15 3 4 8 18 29 -10 37
10 Colorado Rapids 31 10 6 15 51 58 16 8 2 6 33 29 15 2 4 9 18 29 -7 36
11 Houston Dynamo 30 10 4 16 41 51 15 8 4 3 25 16 15 2 0 13 16 35 -10 34
12 Vancouver Whitecaps 31 7 9 15 32 54 15 5 4 6 15 21 16 2 5 9 17 33 -22 30

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