6 points separate the two duelists in this Major League Soccer match. LA Galaxy hold both the points- and home advantage.
- LA Galaxy have the most conceded goals (26) in Major League Soccer
- Portland Timbers have the most conceded goals in the first half (13) in Major League Soccer
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Portland Timbers play their home games on artifical turf, while this game is played on grass. Recent stats for Portland Timbers when playing on grass are 14 wins, 7 draws and 15 defeats from 36 matches. They have scored 63 goals and conceded 60 times in these games.
It's quite the trip for Portland Timbers when visiting Galaxy as the cities are 1500 kilometers apart.
LA Galaxy form and stats
LA Galaxy are steadily winning Major League Soccer games and points here at Dignity Health Sports Park. 5 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 7 games.
In their previous game, the manager G. Vanney led his Galaxy to a defeat in the Major League Soccer match away at Dallas. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Dignity Health Sports Park. Víctor Vázquez, who plays in attack, was the top performer for the team in that game, scoring a rating of 7.4 (out of 10). Vázquez hit four key passes, dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 29 successful passes (of 35 total). As you see from the result above, LA Galaxy suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Real Salt Lake that finished 2-2.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Galaxy handle that role? We have found 16 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are twelve wins, one draw and three defeats.
The Galaxy fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 12 goals in 7 league matches. On the other hand, Galaxy have conceded 8 goals.
Portland Timbers form and stats
There's been little loot from Portland Timbers's travels as they have only collected 4 points from 7 away games in the Major League Soccer. Portland Timbers only have 1 win to counter their 5 defeats and 1 draw. Portland seem to be suffering from homesickness with two consecutive losses away. Third time lucky?
It might be tough going out on the road again for Portland, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-2 versus Minnesota United (placed 6th). Attacker Yimmi Chará got a player rating of 7.35 in the game. "Man of the match" Chará dribled passed the opponent 4 of 4 times and had 40 successful passes (of 48 total).
Before that, Portland secured a home win against Los Angeles FC with the score 2-1.Portland are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is five wins, three draws and three defeats. From a total of eleven matches.
The visiting Portland have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 7 goals from 7 games. Portland Timbers have conceded 16 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Portland Timbers - LA Galaxy 3-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Galaxy two wins, one draw and Portland Timbers seven victories. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Hernández Balcázar 9 goals |   F. Mora Aliaga 4 goals |  R. Raveloson 3 goals |
LA Galaxy missing players
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| LA Galaxy | Portland Timbers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 23 | 12 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 18 |
| 26 | 8 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 16 | 22 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 93% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 86% | 79% |
| 80% | 57% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 71% | 71% |
| 40% | 29% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 43% | 21% |
| 13% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 29% | 14% |
| 60% | 57% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 57% | 57% |
| 13% | 29% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 21% |
| 27% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 21% |
| 3.9 | 3.7 | 9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.7 | 4 |
| 4.4 | 4.3 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 8.3 | 7.6 |
| 1.4 | 1.9 | 6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.9 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.9 | 13.6 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 10.6 | 12.4 |
| 4.2 | 5.3 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.3 | 3.9 |
| 37% | 32% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 30% | 33% |
- LA Galaxy have the most conceded goals (26) in Major League Soccer
- LA Galaxy have the most conceded goals in the second half (17) in Major League Soccer
- LA Galaxy haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Portland Timbers have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Portland Timbers have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Portland Timbers have the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Major League Soccer
- Portland Timbers have the most conceded goals in the first half (13) in Major League Soccer
- Portland Timbers 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 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 32 |
| 2 | Sporting KC | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 27 |
| 3 | LA Galaxy | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 23 | 26 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 18 | -3 | 25 |
| 4 | Colorado Rapids | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 24 |
| 5 | Los Angeles FC | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 22 |
| 6 | Minnesota United | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -2 | 21 |
| 7 | Real Salt Lake | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 20 |
| 8 | Portland Timbers | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 16 | -4 | 19 |
| 9 | Houston Dynamo | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -3 | 17 |
| 10 | Dallas | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 15 | -5 | 14 |
| 11 | SJ Earthquakes | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -8 | 14 |
| 12 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 17 | -9 | 14 |
| 13 | Austin | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -5 | 13 |