Minnesota United have had problems winning points this league season. Could the gang get some sugar when LA Galaxy come to visit Allianz Field?
- Minnesota United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- LA Galaxy have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Major League Soccer
These teams have little in common geographically as LA Galaxy have to travel 3100 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Minnesota United and LA Galaxy.
Minnesota United form and stats
3-1-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Major League Soccer numbers at home for Minnesota United so far this season. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Minnesota United to get some points in this home game.
No payout for Minnesota United in their previous match, an away game at Seattle Sounders that ended in defeat 1-3. Midfield player Reynoso got a match rating of 8.13 in that game, the max score being 10. Reynoso hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 9 of 13 times and had 40 successful passes (of 49 total).
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Minnesota have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 7 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 2 and lost 2.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Minnesota United as they are travelling to their away game against Dallas in the Major League Soccer. That match is four days after this one.
Minnesota have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Allianz Field with 9 goals in 6 league matches. Minnesota United have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
LA Galaxy form and stats
As the visiting team in Major League Soccer matches, LA Galaxy have produced an overall stat of 3-1-2 so far.
The manager Vanney was unhappy after their last game, played at their home venue Dignity Health Sports Park. Galaxy suffered a 1-3 loss to Dallas (placed 2nd). Midfielder Costa was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.3. Costa scored one goal, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 39 successful passes (of 45 total).
hometeam won As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 11 similar matches played by LA Galaxy in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for LA Galaxy, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Houston Dynamo in just four days.
Galaxy find the net regularly in their away games. 7 goals from 6 away fixtures in the league. LA Galaxy are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 5 times in 6 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Stats for the prior ten meetings featuring these two participants are: one win for Minnesota United, three draws and six wins for LA Galaxy. Over 2,5 goals: eight times; under 2,5 goals: two games.Top Goalscorers
  J. Hernández Balcázar 5 goals |   R. Lod 4 goals |  E. Reynoso 2 goals |
Minnesota United missing players
LA Galaxy missing players
| Minnesota United | LA Galaxy | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 6 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 12 | 9 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 7 | 12 |
| 12 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 91% |
| 64% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 33% | 36% |
| 36% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 33% | 36% |
| 18% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 33% | 27% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 17% | 9% |
| 45% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 33% | 36% |
| 27% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 45% |
| 27% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 27% |
| 5.5 | 6.2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.3 | 6.1 |
| 5.2 | 4.3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 1 | 3.7 | 3.6 |
| 2.2 | 1.8 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.7 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | 13.8 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 13 | 13.7 |
| 3.7 | 4.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4 | 3.8 |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 29% | 29% |
| 14.9 | 12.3 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8 | 9.7 | 9.6 |
| 5.1 | 4.7 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 2.3 | 2.9 |
- LA Galaxy have the fewest points from losing position (0) in Major League Soccer
- LA Galaxy have the most clean sheets (3) away in Major League Soccer
- Minnesota United have played more matches over 2,5 goals 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 | Los Angeles FC | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 23 |
| 2 | Dallas | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 22 |
| 3 | Austin | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 20 |
| 4 | LA Galaxy | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 19 |
| 5 | Real Salt Lake | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -4 | 19 |
| 6 | Houston Dynamo | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 15 |
| 7 | Colorado Rapids | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 15 |
| 8 | Portland Timbers | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 15 |
| 9 | Nashville SC | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | -1 | 15 |
| 10 | Minnesota United | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| 11 | Seattle Sounders | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -2 | 10 |
| 12 | SJ Earthquakes | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -7 | 10 |
| 13 | Sporting KC | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 19 | -13 | 9 |
| 14 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 14 | -10 | 8 |
