This could be an interesting match as Minnesota United have their presumed home advantage while LA Galaxy are ahead 6 points in the Major League Soccer table.
- Minnesota United have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- LA Galaxy have the most conceded goals in the second half (18) in Major League Soccer
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
It's quite the trip for LA Galaxy when visiting Minnesota as the cities are 3100 kilometers apart.
Minnesota United form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Allianz Field as Minnesota United have scored 12 goals to get 19 points from 9 games. The overall stats in the Major League Soccer are 6-1-2 (wins-draws-losses). There’s a good atmosphere here at Allianz Field after three straight home wins.
The Minnesota United supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Houston Dynamo in Major League Soccer and win 2-0. Emanuel Reynoso (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.2/10. Reynoso served one assist and hit five key passes.
2-2 away at Vancouver Whitecaps before that.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Minnesota have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 18 games) they have won eleven times, drawn four and lost three.
The manager A. Heath will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to SJ Earthquakes in only three days.
Minnesota United are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 12 goals in 9 games. Minnesota United have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
LA Galaxy form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Major League Soccer travels is 3 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats.
Galaxy's last game was the home draw against Vancouver Whitecaps (1-1). Derrick Williams, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.81. Williams hit one key pass and won 11 of 11 duels.
That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Real Salt Lake.Galaxy are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, two draws and six defeats. From a total of ten matches.
After this away game LA Galaxy return home for a Major League Soccer game against Colorado Rapids. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Galaxy are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 11 away goals from 8 games (in the league). For Galaxy, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
Stats for the former seven meetings featuring these two parties are: zero wins for Minnesota, two draws and five wins for LA Galaxy. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: one game.Top Goalscorers
  J. Hernández Balcázar 9 goals |   R. Lod 6 goals |  R. Raveloson 4 goals |
Minnesota United missing players
LA Galaxy missing players
| Minnesota United | LA Galaxy | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 9 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 18 |
| 7 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 21 | 12 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 11 | 29 |
| 21 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 5 | 18 | 28 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 71% | 56% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 41% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 100% | 72% |
| 29% | 11% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 50% | 39% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 17% |
| 47% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 62% | 61% |
| 35% | 56% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 18% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 38% | 22% |
| 5.2 | 6.6 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 4.1 | 4.3 |
| 4.5 | 3.7 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 4.5 | 4.6 |
| 1.5 | 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 1.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 14.8 | 17.9 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 10.5 | 12.6 |
| 3.9 | 4.1 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.2 | 4.7 |
| 32% | 32% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 42% | 34% |
- All of LA Galaxy's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- LA Galaxy have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- LA Galaxy have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- LA Galaxy have the most conceded goals in the second half (18) in Major League Soccer
- LA Galaxy haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Minnesota United have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Minnesota United 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 | Sporting KC | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 13 | 34 |
| 2 | Seattle Sounders | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 33 |
| 3 | LA Galaxy | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 29 | 28 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 1 | 32 |
| 4 | Colorado Rapids | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 28 |
| 5 | Minnesota United | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 26 |
| 6 | Los Angeles FC | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 11 | -1 | 23 |
| 7 | Portland Timbers | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 23 | 29 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 20 | -6 | 23 |
| 8 | Real Salt Lake | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 21 |
| 9 | Dallas | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 17 | -2 | 21 |
| 10 | SJ Earthquakes | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 14 | -6 | 21 |
| 11 | Houston Dynamo | 18 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 19 | -6 | 18 |
| 12 | Austin | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 13 | -7 | 16 |
| 13 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 18 | -9 | 16 |