Major League Soccer: Los Angeles FC expected to win home fixture versus SJ Earthquakes

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sun 09.Jul
Match begins: 02:30 (UTC)
Venue: Gibbo Stadium (3000 seats)

3rd position in the Major League Soccer table for Los Angeles FC so far, a fine campaign. The match-going ticketholders hope for more joy as 6th-placed SJ Earthquakes visit Gibbo Stadium.

Insights:
  • Los Angeles FC have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Major League Soccer
  • SJ Earthquakes have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

These are hustling days for the host team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Major League Soccer. That game was an away game at LA Galaxy, so at least Angeles are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Los Angeles FC form and stats

Los Angeles FC are steadily winning Major League Soccer games and points here at Gibbo Stadium. 6 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 10 games. Los Angeles FC has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Cherundolo and the players.

Angeles are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus LA Galaxy. The versatile forward Vela bested all the other footballers in that fixture and got a match rating of 7.53 out of 10. Vela hit four key passes.

Heartbreak before that as Los Angeles FC lost 0-2 at Dallas's place.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Los Angeles FC, as the Major League Soccer home game vs Saint Louis City is only four days away.

Angeles have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Gibbo Stadium with 18 goals in 10 league matches. Los Angeles FC are not conceding a lot of goals here at Gibbo Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 10 matches.

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SJ Earthquakes form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for SJ Earthquakes so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-6 (win-draw-lose).

SJ Earthquakes's last game was the home draw against LA Galaxy (2-2). Espinoza got a match rating of 7.84 in that game, top player of the team. Espinoza scored one goal, hit four key passes and had 20 successful passes (of 23 total).

A 1-2 loss hosting Saint Louis City before that.

Sports betting statistic: Both sides have scored goal(s) in 10 of this club's last 13 league fixtures.

A quick return to home after this game, as Earthquakes are hosting Seattle Sounders in the Major League Soccer only four days away.

The attacking power of SJ Earthquakes when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 10 league matches away. Earthquakes have conceded 19 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Los Angeles FC - SJ Earthquakes 2-1 was the score in these teams' latest h2h game, played this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Angeles victories, zero draws and six SJ Earthquakes wins. Over/under statistics; nine of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Los Angeles FCD. Bouanga
D. Bouanga
11 goals
SJ EarthquakesC. Espinoza
C. Espinoza
9 goals
SJ EarthquakesJ. Ebobisse
J. Ebobisse
7 goals

Los Angeles FC missing players

SJ Earthquakes missing players

Los Angeles FC SJ Earthquakes
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
20 10 4 Played P 3 10 21
9 6 2 Won W 1 1 7
5 2 0 Drew D 0 3 7
6 2 2 Lost L 2 6 7
29 18 7 Scored S 2 9 25
23 9 5 Conceded C 6 19 28
85% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 86%
75% 70% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 80% 76%
60% 60% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 70% 67%
25% 30% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 30% 19%
15% 20% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 5%
50% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 33% 70% 67%
35% 40% 25% Clean Sheets C S 33% 20% 29%
30% 20% 25% Failed to Score F T 33% 20% 19%
 
6.3 7.3 5.8 Corners for (avg) C F 2.7 4.9 5.2
5 4.2 3.2 Corners against (avg) C A 7 7.1 5.3
2 1.8 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.5 2.2
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
15.3 17.5 19.5 Shots (avg) S ( 10.7 10.4 11.5
5.4 6.2 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.6 3.2
27% 29% 32% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 35% 37%
 
10.2 9.3 11 Shots against (avg) S A 18.7 16.7 13.9
3.8 3.4 4.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7.3 5.7 4.8
Key stats in Major League Soccer this season:
  • Los Angeles FC have the fewest dropped points from leading position (2) in Major League Soccer
  • SJ Earthquakes have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • SJ Earthquakes have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Saint Louis City 20 11 2 7 39 24 11 7 1 3 26 10 9 4 1 4 13 14 15 35
2 Seattle Sounders 21 9 5 7 25 18 12 6 3 3 14 5 9 3 2 4 11 13 7 32
3 Los Angeles FC 20 9 5 6 29 23 10 6 2 2 18 9 10 3 3 4 11 14 6 32
4 Real Salt Lake 21 8 6 7 26 31 10 2 4 4 11 16 11 6 2 3 15 15 -5 30
5 Dallas 21 8 5 8 23 23 11 6 2 3 16 10 10 2 3 5 7 13 0 29
6 SJ Earthquakes 21 7 7 7 25 28 11 6 4 1 16 9 10 1 3 6 9 19 -3 28
7 Houston Dynamo 20 8 3 9 24 26 9 7 1 1 17 3 11 1 2 8 7 23 -2 27
8 Austin 20 7 5 8 25 28 11 5 3 3 16 10 9 2 2 5 9 18 -3 26
9 Vancouver Whitecaps 19 6 7 6 30 26 10 5 4 1 21 9 9 1 3 5 9 17 4 25
10 Sporting KC 22 6 6 10 26 30 11 5 1 5 18 13 11 1 5 5 8 17 -4 24
11 Minnesota United 19 6 6 7 21 25 8 2 5 1 10 7 11 4 1 6 11 18 -4 24
12 Portland Timbers 21 5 7 9 23 31 10 4 3 3 14 10 11 1 4 6 9 21 -8 22
13 LA Galaxy 20 4 7 9 20 32 9 3 2 4 13 14 11 1 5 5 7 18 -12 19
14 Colorado Rapids 20 2 8 10 14 29 9 0 5 4 5 9 11 2 3 6 9 20 -15 14

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Major League Soccer (often known simply as MLS) is the top level of football (soccer) in the United States and Canada. MLS has 24 teams divided into two conferences, Eastern and Western. Each team play 34 fixtures to decide a league table champion. The top fourteen teams then compete in playoff to crown a MLS Cup champion.