Football match betting preview: New England vs LA Galaxy

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Mon 29.August
Match begins: 00:00 (UTC)
Venue: Gillette Stadium (66829 seats)

Stats, recent trends, results, player info, head-2-head, selected XIs and a lot else: Tipsway offers all you need to know on New England - LA Galaxy!

Insights:
  • New England have the most dropped points from leading position (26) in Major League Soccer
  • LA Galaxy have the most scored goals in the second half (25) in Major League Soccer

LA Galaxy play their home matches on grass, while this match will take place on artifical turf. Up to date data for LA Galaxy when featuring on artifical turf are 2 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats from seven matches. They have scored 11 goals and conceded 18 times in these games.

These teams have little in common geographically as LA Galaxy have to travel 4800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

This looks to be an intriguing game with lots of action and bustle as both sides are well refreshed since they last played a game. Let's get started!

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New England form and stats

New England have played 12 Major League Soccer games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-5-2 (wins-draws-losses).

In their previous game, the manager Arena led his New England to a defeat away at Montreal Impact. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Gillette Stadium. The first setback in the shape of a loss after going undefeated in five league rounds. As you see from the result above, New England suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one. Midfielder Gil was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.4 (out of ten) in that game. Gil hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 50 successful passes (of 55 total).

A 2-2 draw away before that, with Toronto the opponent.

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 England have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 8 games) they have won 2 times, drawn 5 and lost 1.

The match schedule is unforgiving for New England as they have a new game in only three days, a Major League Soccer match thankfully also at home. Chicago Fire are visiting.

England has scored 16 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches.

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LA Galaxy form and stats

LA Galaxy have only collected 11 points from their away games in the Major League Soccer, after 3-2-6 (11 played). A depressing four defeats in a row for LA Galaxy in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Los Angeles FC.

LA Galaxy played 3-3 against Seattle Sounders in their previous match. Drawing 3-3 against Seattle Sounders after 90 minutes last time out was very disappointing after leading the match 2-0. Their manager Vanney needs to evaluate why the team couldn't defend their result. As mentioned above, LA Galaxy drew the match against Seattle Sounders. Manager Vanney brought on Joveljić to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked. Hernández, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.65. Hernández scored one goal.

Before that, Galaxy secured a home win against Vancouver Whitecaps with the score 5-2.

We have checked recent matches where LA Galaxy have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 11 games were 2 victories, 1 draw and 8 defeats.

Galaxy have another game away in just three sleeps, a Major League Soccer game vs Toronto. A strenuous itinerary for the visitors!

LA Galaxy are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 12 away goals from 11 games (in the league). LA Galaxy have conceded 16 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Previous ten meetings between these squads: England won four, LA Galaxy were winners in five and we saw one draw. nine games with over 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

LA GalaxyJ. Hernández Balcázar
J. Hernández Balcázar
11 goals
LA GalaxyD. Joveljić
D. Joveljić
10 goals
New EnglandG. Bou
G. Bou
7 goals

New England missing players

LA Galaxy missing players

New England LA Galaxy
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
26 12 4 Played P 0 11 25
8 5 1 Won W 0 3 10
10 5 3 Drew D 0 2 4
8 2 0 Lost L 0 6 11
38 16 7 Scored S 0 12 40
40 12 5 Conceded C 0 16 37
88% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 91% 96%
77% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 55% 68%
65% 42% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 36% 52%
46% 25% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 36% 44%
19% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 27% 32%
65% 58% 75% BTTS BTTS 0% 45% 52%
27% 33% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 27% 28%
19% 17% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 36% 24%
 
4.9 5.5 6.2 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5.4 6.4
5.7 4.8 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4.1 4.1
1.8 1.7 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.9 2.5
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
13.1 13.8 13.2 Shots (avg) S ( 0 12.9 13.9
4.4 4.2 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4.1 4.7
33% 32% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 27% 34%
 
13.6 10.7 9.8 Shots against (avg) S A 0 12.3 11.6
4.6 4.1 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 4.6 4.2
Key stats in Major League Soccer this season:
  • LA Galaxy have the most scored goals in the second half (25) in Major League Soccer
  • New England have the most dropped points from leading position (26) in Major League Soccer

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Philadelphia Union 27 14 9 4 51 20 13 8 5 0 30 7 14 6 4 4 21 13 31 51
2 Montreal Impact 26 14 4 8 47 41 13 7 2 4 24 16 13 7 2 4 23 25 6 46
3 New York City 26 13 6 7 48 30 13 8 3 2 31 15 13 5 3 5 17 15 18 45
4 New York RB 27 11 8 8 41 33 13 3 5 5 19 18 14 8 3 3 22 15 8 41
5 Orlando City 26 10 6 10 30 37 12 5 0 7 15 23 14 5 6 3 15 14 -7 36
6 Inter Miami 26 10 6 10 34 42 14 8 3 3 27 23 12 2 3 7 7 19 -8 36
7 Columbus Crew 25 8 11 6 34 29 13 5 4 4 18 13 12 3 7 2 16 16 5 35
8 New England 26 8 10 8 38 40 12 5 5 2 16 12 14 3 5 6 22 28 -2 34
9 Cincinnati 26 8 10 8 43 46 13 4 5 4 25 22 13 4 5 4 18 24 -3 34
10 Charlotte 27 10 2 15 34 42 13 8 0 5 21 12 14 2 2 10 13 30 -8 32
11 Atlanta United 26 7 9 10 36 40 13 6 4 3 23 18 13 1 5 7 13 22 -4 30
12 Toronto 27 8 6 13 40 47 14 7 2 5 25 22 13 1 4 8 15 25 -7 30
13 Chicago Fire 26 8 6 12 28 36 13 5 4 4 12 10 13 3 2 8 16 26 -8 30
14 DC United 26 6 4 16 28 55 14 4 3 7 18 26 12 2 1 9 10 29 -27 22

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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.