Minnesota United supporters put their faith in manager Heath to deliver victory against LA Galaxy

Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sun 08.Oct
Match begins: 00:30 (UTC)
Venue: Allianz Field (19400 seats)

Minnesota United are eager to increase their points at their own stadium in this soon-to-be-played game versus LA Galaxy.

Insights:
  • Minnesota United is in the worst form (0-2-4)
  • LA Galaxy have the most conceded goals (56) in Major League Soccer

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 3100 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

L D L L L

Minnesota United form and stats

All-inclusive Major League Soccer stats playing at home this season for Minnesota United are 3-9-4 (wins-draws-losses).

Minnesota faced defeat in their previous match, away at Los Angeles FC (1-5). Minnesota United were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one. Minnesota United's goalkeeper Clair was extremely busy against Los Angeles FC, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning ten saves.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus SJ Earthquakes.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Minnesota 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 6 wins, 5 draws and 5 defeats.

Minnesota United are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 19 goals in 16 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Minnesota United have conceded 18 in these home matches.

L D D W L

LA Galaxy form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for LA Galaxy so far with only 12 points returning home. The records show 2-6-8 (win-draw-lose).

It might be tough going out on the road again for Galaxy, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-2 versus Seattle Sounders (placed 2nd). That loss was their first after three consecutive league games winning points. LA Galaxy were so close to getting something from the game against Seattle Sounders, but ended up with egg all over their face after conceding the deciding goal six minutes into overtime. Boyd got a match rating of 7.32 in that game, top player of the team. Boyd hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.

A 3-3 draw was the result before that, hosting Portland Timbers.

LA Galaxy are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 6 draws and 7 defeats. From a total of 16 matches.

Goal hungry football fans should note that 12 of this club's 13 most recent league games have ended with three or more goals.

Galaxy find the net regularly in their away games. 18 goals from 16 away fixtures in the league. LA Galaxy have conceded 33 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The latest archived scoreline featuring both these contenders is the LA Galaxy - Minnesota United 4-3 played earlier this season. Head-to-head data (for the prior ten meetings): Minnesota won two games, three matches ended with a draw and LA Galaxy have five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: seven / three.

Top Goalscorers

Minnesota UnitedB. Hlongwane
B. Hlongwane
8 goals
LA GalaxyR. Puig Martí
R. Puig Martí
7 goals
Minnesota UnitedE. Reynoso
E. Reynoso
6 goals

Minnesota United missing players

LA Galaxy missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Minnesota United LA Galaxy
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
32 16 3 Played P 3 16 31
9 3 1 Won W 0 2 8
11 9 0 Drew D 3 6 11
12 4 2 Lost L 0 8 12
40 19 4 Scored S 3 18 46
46 18 5 Conceded C 3 33 56
97% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 33% 81% 87%
78% 81% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 81% 84%
47% 31% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 62% 68%
22% 12% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 44% 45%
16% 12% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 31% 26%
62% 75% 33% BTTS BTTS 33% 56% 65%
25% 19% 33% Clean Sheets C S 67% 19% 19%
16% 12% 33% Failed to Score F T 67% 44% 29%
 
5.5 7.2 8.3 Corners for (avg) C F 5.3 4.8 6
5.8 5.1 7 Corners against (avg) C A 7.3 5.9 5
1.8 1.9 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.7 2.2 2.2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 3 4
 
13.6 16.4 17 Shots (avg) S ( 14.3 12.1 14.3
4.5 4.7 6.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.3 4.4 5.3
28% 25% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 19% 25% 28%
 
14.6 11.6 11.7 Shots against (avg) S A 17 15.2 13.6
4.6 3.6 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 5.2 4.7
Key stats in Major League Soccer this season:
  • LA Galaxy have the most conceded goals (33) away in Major League Soccer
  • LA Galaxy have the most conceded goals (56) in Major League Soccer
  • LA Galaxy have the most conceded goals in the first half (30) in Major League Soccer
  • LA Galaxy have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Minnesota United have the most dropped points from leading position (22) in Major League Soccer
  • Minnesota United have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Minnesota United is in the worst form (0-2-4)

  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 33 17 5 11 62 43 16 11 2 3 41 15 17 6 3 8 21 28 19 56
2 Seattle Sounders 32 13 10 9 39 32 16 7 5 4 19 11 16 6 5 5 20 21 7 49
3 Los Angeles FC 32 13 9 10 49 36 17 10 3 4 36 17 15 3 6 6 13 19 13 48
4 Vancouver Whitecaps 32 12 10 10 54 47 16 8 5 3 34 18 16 4 5 7 20 29 7 46
5 Real Salt Lake 31 13 7 11 43 45 16 6 4 6 23 24 15 7 3 5 20 21 -2 46
6 Houston Dynamo 32 12 9 11 43 36 16 10 4 2 31 10 16 2 5 9 12 26 7 45
7 Portland Timbers 32 11 10 11 44 51 16 9 3 4 28 19 16 2 7 7 16 32 -7 43
8 SJ Earthquakes 32 10 12 10 37 41 16 8 6 2 24 15 16 2 6 8 13 26 -4 42
9 Dallas 31 10 11 10 35 34 15 7 5 3 21 14 16 3 6 7 14 20 1 41
10 Austin 32 10 8 14 46 50 16 7 4 5 26 18 16 3 4 9 20 32 -4 38
11 Sporting KC 32 10 8 14 42 48 16 8 2 6 27 20 16 2 6 8 15 28 -6 38
12 Minnesota United 32 9 11 12 40 46 16 3 9 4 19 18 16 6 2 8 21 28 -6 38
13 LA Galaxy 31 8 11 12 46 56 15 6 5 4 28 23 16 2 6 8 18 33 -10 35
14 Colorado Rapids 31 5 11 15 24 47 16 3 8 5 13 15 15 2 3 10 11 32 -23 26

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 Saint Louis City 33 17 5 11 62 43 16 11 2 3 41 15 17 6 3 8 21 28 19 56
2 Seattle Sounders 32 13 10 9 39 32 16 7 5 4 19 11 16 6 5 5 20 21 7 49
3 Los Angeles FC 32 13 9 10 49 36 17 10 3 4 36 17 15 3 6 6 13 19 13 48
4 Vancouver Whitecaps 32 12 10 10 54 47 16 8 5 3 34 18 16 4 5 7 20 29 7 46
5 Real Salt Lake 31 13 7 11 43 45 16 6 4 6 23 24 15 7 3 5 20 21 -2 46
6 Houston Dynamo 32 12 9 11 43 36 16 10 4 2 31 10 16 2 5 9 12 26 7 45
7 Portland Timbers 32 11 10 11 44 51 16 9 3 4 28 19 16 2 7 7 16 32 -7 43
8 SJ Earthquakes 32 10 12 10 37 41 16 8 6 2 24 15 16 2 6 8 13 26 -4 42
9 Dallas 31 10 11 10 35 34 15 7 5 3 21 14 16 3 6 7 14 20 1 41
10 Austin 32 10 8 14 46 50 16 7 4 5 26 18 16 3 4 9 20 32 -4 38
11 Sporting KC 32 10 8 14 42 48 16 8 2 6 27 20 16 2 6 8 15 28 -6 38
12 Minnesota United 32 9 11 12 40 46 16 3 9 4 19 18 16 6 2 8 21 28 -6 38
13 LA Galaxy 31 8 11 12 46 56 15 6 5 4 28 23 16 2 6 8 18 33 -10 35
14 Colorado Rapids 31 5 11 15 24 47 16 3 8 5 13 15 15 2 3 10 11 32 -23 26

More from USA - Major League Soccer

Read more about Major League Soccer

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.