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

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.

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