Major League Soccer: Two contenders in fair form get together for this match. LA Galaxy might have a slight advantage with their 4th spot in the table?
- Minnesota United have the fewest scored goals (12) at home in Major League Soccer
- LA Galaxy have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
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.
It's quite the trip for LA Galaxy when visiting Minnesota as the cities are 3100 kilometers apart.
Minnesota United form and stats
6-2-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Major League Soccer numbers at home for Minnesota United, who have the fewest scored goals (12) at home in Major League Soccer, so far this season.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 197 minutes without scoring a league goal. A. Hunou was the last player to find the net.
Minnesota faced defeat in their previous match, away at Sporting KC (0-4). Defender Michael Boxall got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 6.84/10. Boxall hit one key pass and won 6 of 6 duels. As you see from the result above, Minnesota United suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one.
A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Seattle Sounders.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.
Minnesota are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 12 goals in 11 games. Minnesota are not conceding a lot of goals here at Allianz Field in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 11 matches.
LA Galaxy form and stats
4 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of LA Galaxy playing as the away team in the Major League Soccer this season. Galaxy have had a generous will to share for some time now, running a streak of three draws in a row.
Galaxy delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Houston Dynamo (placed 12th) in their previous match; a Major League Soccer game. The attacker Javier Hernández got a match rating of 7.43 in that game. Hernández scored one goal, dribled passed the opponent 3 of 5 times and had 22 successful passes (of 26 total).
A 1-1 draw at Colorado Rapids's stadium before that.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 seven defeats. From a total of eleven matches.
The visiting LA Galaxy have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 16 goals from 11 games. The Galaxy manager G. Vanney has some worries about the defense as 22 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
This was the final score when the contenders faced each other previously this season; Minnesota - LA Galaxy 0-1. Stats for the preceeding eight meetings featuring these two teams are: zero wins for Minnesota United, two draws and six wins for LA Galaxy. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: two games.Top Goalscorers
  J. Hernández Balcázar 10 goals |   R. Lod 6 goals |  R. Raveloson 5 goals |
Minnesota United missing players
LA Galaxy missing players
| Minnesota United | LA Galaxy | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 11 | 24 |
| 8 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 24 | 12 | 1 | Scored | S | 5 | 16 | 37 |
| 29 | 7 | 0 | Conceded | C | 8 | 22 | 37 |
| 96% | 91% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 65% | 45% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 91% | 88% |
| 39% | 27% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 82% | 67% |
| 26% | 9% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 45% | 33% |
| 4% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 18% | 17% |
| 43% | 27% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 64% | 67% |
| 30% | 55% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 9% | 17% |
| 30% | 27% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 27% | 17% |
| 5.5 | 7.1 | 7.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.7 | 4.5 | 5 |
| 4.4 | 3.7 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 5.4 | 5 |
| 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 15.1 | 18.6 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 10.2 | 12.6 |
| 4 | 4.5 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 3.3 | 4.5 |
| 26% | 24% | 11% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 44% | 34% |
- LA Galaxy have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- LA Galaxy haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Minnesota United have the fewest conceded goals (7) at home in Major League Soccer
- Minnesota United have the fewest scored goals (12) at home in Major League Soccer
- Minnesota United have won significantly more corners at home than away.
| 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 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 43 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 17 | 46 |
| 2 | Seattle Sounders | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 36 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 17 | 45 |
| 3 | Colorado Rapids | 23 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 34 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 43 |
| 4 | LA Galaxy | 24 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 37 | 37 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 22 | 0 | 38 |
| 5 | Portland Timbers | 24 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 34 | 41 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 24 | -7 | 34 |
| 6 | Real Salt Lake | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 40 | 35 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 5 | 33 |
| 7 | Los Angeles FC | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 37 | 34 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 33 |
| 8 | Minnesota United | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 24 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 22 | -5 | 31 |
| 9 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 29 | 33 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 19 | -4 | 29 |
| 10 | Dallas | 25 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 36 | 40 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 28 | -4 | 27 |
| 11 | SJ Earthquakes | 24 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 28 | 35 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 16 | -7 | 27 |
| 12 | Houston Dynamo | 25 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 28 | 37 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 22 | -9 | 23 |
| 13 | Austin | 24 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 22 | 36 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 19 | -14 | 19 |