Los Angeles FC greet Colorado Rapids as odds-on favourites: Full match preview

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sat 26.February
Match begins: 20:30 (UTC)
Venue: Banc of California Stadium (22000 seats)

It's the first game of the new season for Los Angeles FC and Colorado Rapids. The sheet is blank, the potential unlimited.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1600 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

The visiting Colorado Rapids played their last game only three days ago, a CONCACAF Champions League match.

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Los Angeles FC form and stats

The season before, Los Angeles FC's league statistics were 12 wins, 9 draws and 13 losses, leading to 9th spot in the Major League Soccer. Over these 34 matches they scored 53 goals and conceded 51. Appearing as the host team in the former season Los Angeles FC generated 8-6-3 (win-draw-lost) with 34 goals and 23 conceded.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Angeles matches with similar probabilities have ended with two wins, one draw and three defeats (from six games).

With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Los Angeles FC friendly games in pre-season: Los Angeles FC played four friendlies, won 1, drew 1 and lost 2. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Los Angeles FC scored 8 goals and conceded 6 in these four games.

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Colorado Rapids form and stats

Last season was a triumph for Colorado Rapids in the national league as they took home the Major League Soccer trophy. The championship was secured after 17 wins, 10 draws and only 7 defeats. As this is an away game, it's natural to look at the stats for away matches last season: Won 8, drew 3 and lost 6.

It's a day of discovery for Colorado Rapids as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Colorado Rapids have played one with the results W0-D1-L0 (win-draw-lost). In these games Colorado has scored 1 goal and conceded 1 time.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head data (for the prior six meetings): Los Angeles FC won four games, zero matches ended with a draw and Colorado Rapids got two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / two

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Total First Half Second Half
Los Angeles FC Colorado Rapids
Total Home vs top 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
Los Angeles FC Last season Colorado Rapids
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 35
12 8   Won W   8 17
9 6   Drew D   3 10
13 3   Lost L   6 8
53 34   Scored S   20 51
51 23   Conceded C   21 36
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 91%
94% 100%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   65% 74%
62% 71%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 46%
26% 41%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   29% 26%
15% 18%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 6%
74% 76%   BTTS BTTS   47% 51%
18% 24%   Clean Sheets C S   35% 37%
9% 0%   Failed to Score F T   24% 20%
 
5.6 6   Corners for (avg) C F   4.8 5
4.9 4.2   Corners against (avg) C A   4.9 4.3
1.5 1.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.3 2.1
1 0   Red cards R C   2 2
 
15.8 17.2   Shots (avg) S (   12.9 13.5
5.3 6.2   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.4 4.4
30% 32%   Goal Efficiency G E   27% 33%
 
10.5 8.9   Shots against (avg) S A   14.9 12.7
3.4 3.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.4 4.3

  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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