This could be an interesting match as Minnesota United have their presumed home advantage while LA Galaxy are ahead 8 points in the Major League Soccer table.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Minnesota United form and stats
0 victories, 1 draw and 0 defeats. That’s what Minnesota United have to build on here. Two draws in a row at home now for Minnesota United.Minnesota United lost their last game at Toronto after a 3-4 scoreline. Before that, Minnesota United drew at home versus New York City.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Major League Soccer game versus DC United in only four days. This game is also played here.
It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Minnesota United at home. 3 on target and 3 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.
LA Galaxy form and stats
LA Galaxy are doing rather OK so far in their away games, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss). Impressively, the visitors are on a five-match winning run which they hope continue versus Minnesota United.LA Galaxy won their last game, 2-1 versus Houston Dynamo played at home. Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Philadelphia Union.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Real Salt Lake in just four days.
It's early days yet, but LA Galaxy has scored 2 and conceded 2 goals from their travels so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
The teams have played each other before this season, with the result LA Galaxy - Minnesota United 3-2 entered in the official records. Numbers for the last five meetings between these two teams are: 0 wins for Minnesota United, 1 draw and 4 wins for LA Galaxy.Top Goalscorers
  Z. Ibrahimović 7 goals / 1 assists |   C. Quintero 5 goals / 3 assists |  A. Rodríguez 3 goals / 1 assists |
Minnesota United missing players
LA Galaxy missing players
| Minnesota United | LA Galaxy | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 7 | 1 | Played | 2 | 7 |
| 17 | 3 | Scored | 2 | 13 |
| 15 | 3 | Conceded | 2 | 7 |
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | 0% | 57% |
| 57% | 100% | Over 3.5 | 0% | 14% |
| 57% | 100% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 14% |
| 86% | 100% | Both teams to score | 0% | 57% |
| 14% | 0% | Clean Sheet | 50% | 29% |
| 0% | 0% | Failed To Score | 50% | 14% |
| 4.3 | 9 | Corners For (avg) | 4.5 | 6.3 |
| 5.3 | 2 | Corners Against (avg) | 4 | 4.9 |
| 2 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 3.5 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 0 | Red Cards (total) | 0 | 0 |
- Neither of the teams have played a single 0-0 game.
- Minnesota United has scored in all of their 1 home matches.
- Minnesota United has failed to keep a clean sheet in 1 home matches.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Los Angeles FC | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 15 | 19 |
| 2 | LA Galaxy | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 18 |
| 3 | Seattle Sounders | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 16 |
| 4 | Dallas | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 16 |
| 5 | Houston Dynamo | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 |
| 6 | Minnesota United | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 10 |
| 7 | Real Salt Lake | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 10 |
| 8 | Sporting KC | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 9 |
| 9 | SJ Earthquakes | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -7 | 6 |
| 10 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 5 |
| 11 | Portland Timbers | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -9 | 4 |
| 12 | Colorado Rapids | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -11 | 2 |
