LA Galaxy - New York City: Small difference between teams in Major League Soccer clash

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sun 27.February
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Dignity Health Sports Park (27000 seats)

It's a fresh Major League Soccer campaign and LA Galaxy are impatient to get started here at Dignity Health Sports Park. New York City are guesting and this looks to be a rip-roaring season launch.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 4500 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the CONCACAF Champions League.

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LA Galaxy form and stats

Last season, LA Galaxy's league results were 13 wins, 9 draws and 12 losses, producing 8th spot in the Major League Soccer. Over these 34 matches they scored 50 goals and conceded 54. Performing at their own stadium in the previous season LA Galaxy generated 8-5-4 (win-draw-lost) with 29 goals and 22 conceded.

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 LA Galaxy as a small favourite), we find six games. LA Galaxy has won one of these, drawn two and lost three.

It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for LA Galaxy, who have participated in six training matches. LA Galaxy have won 3 of these, drawn 2 and were beaten in 1 game.

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New York City form and stats

Let's have a look at how New York City performed last season in the Major League Soccer: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 14 victories, 9 draws and 11 defeats. In total they scored 56 and conceded 36 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 5 and lost 8 with 19/23 goals scored/conceded.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with New York City playing away and similar expectations, we found 19 relevant matches. Results were six York wins, five draws and eight defeats.

Just as the home team, New York City have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 3 New York City wins, 1 draw and 0 losses.

Head 2 Head

Last five meetings between these teams: LA Galaxy won one, New York City triumphed in four and we saw zero draws. two games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with less than 2,5 goals.

LA Galaxy missing players

New York City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
LA Galaxy New York City
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
LA Galaxy Last season New York City
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   20 38
13 8   Won W   5 16
9 5   Drew D   7 11
12 4   Lost L   8 11
50 29   Scored S   24 63
54 22   Conceded C   27 40
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 95%
91% 88%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   85% 79%
65% 59%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   55% 50%
29% 29%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   20% 26%
15% 18%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 16%
65% 76%   BTTS BTTS   75% 58%
15% 18%   Clean Sheets C S   10% 32%
21% 6%   Failed to Score F T   20% 16%
 
5.1 5.1   Corners for (avg) C F   4.2 4.6
5 4.6   Corners against (avg) C A   3.9 4.4
1.6 1.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.8 2.2
1 0   Red cards R C   7 9
 
12.7 14.5   Shots (avg) S (   13.2 14.5
4.8 5.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.5 5.1
31% 30%   Goal Efficiency G E   27% 32%
 
14.1 13.4   Shots against (avg) S A   11.1 10.3
5.2 5.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.2 3.8

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Austin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Colorado Rapids 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Dallas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Houston Dynamo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 LA Galaxy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Los Angeles FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Minnesota United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Nashville SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Portland Timbers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Real Salt Lake 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Seattle Sounders 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 SJ Earthquakes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Sporting KC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Vancouver Whitecaps 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Colorado Rapids 34 17 10 7 51 35 17 9 7 1 31 14 17 8 3 6 20 21 16 61
2 Seattle Sounders 34 17 9 8 53 33 17 8 5 4 28 15 17 9 4 4 25 18 20 60
3 Sporting KC 34 17 7 10 58 40 17 9 5 3 32 17 17 8 2 7 26 23 18 58
4 Portland Timbers 34 17 4 13 56 52 17 11 2 4 35 22 17 6 2 9 21 30 4 55
5 Minnesota United 34 13 10 11 42 44 17 10 3 4 24 14 17 3 7 7 18 30 -2 49
6 Vancouver Whitecaps 34 12 13 9 45 45 17 10 3 4 25 17 17 2 10 5 20 28 0 49
7 Real Salt Lake 34 14 6 14 55 54 17 9 4 4 30 21 17 5 2 10 25 33 1 48
8 LA Galaxy 34 13 9 12 50 54 17 8 5 4 29 22 17 5 4 8 21 32 -4 48
9 Los Angeles FC 34 12 9 13 53 51 17 8 6 3 34 23 17 4 3 10 19 28 2 45
10 SJ Earthquakes 34 10 11 13 46 54 17 5 5 7 25 24 17 5 6 6 21 30 -8 41
11 Dallas 34 7 12 15 47 56 17 5 7 5 25 21 17 2 5 10 22 35 -9 33
12 Austin 34 9 4 21 35 56 17 7 2 8 27 25 17 2 2 13 8 31 -21 31
13 Houston Dynamo 34 6 12 16 36 54 17 6 6 5 21 22 17 0 6 11 15 32 -18 30

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Austin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Colorado Rapids 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Dallas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Houston Dynamo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 LA Galaxy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Los Angeles FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Minnesota United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Nashville SC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Portland Timbers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Real Salt Lake 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Seattle Sounders 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 SJ Earthquakes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Sporting KC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Vancouver Whitecaps 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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