LA Galaxy have come here for an action-packed game against the hosting Portland Timbers. Get ready for the match with this thorough Major League Soccer preview!
This field has artifical turf, which is not LA Galaxy's regular surface at their own football pitch. When appearing on artifical turf LA Galaxy have performed like this: Played nine matches yielding 1 win, 1 draw and 7 defeats with the goal production 8-28 (scored/conceded).
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1500 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Portland Timbers and LA Galaxy should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Portland Timbers form and stats
Portland Timbers must be fairly happy with 5 points from their first three Major League Soccer games here at Providence Park.
The home fans saw a 1-1 draw versus Orlando City last time out and are looking for a win here. Paredes (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.4/10. Paredes scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 34 successful passes (of 41 total).
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Dallas (1-4).This is expected to be a close game, with Portland perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Portland Timbers as a small favourite), we find nine games. Portland Timbers has won three of these, drawn two and lost four.
Portland Timbers has scored 4 league goals at home this season, in 3 matches.
LA Galaxy form and stats
Things could have gone better for LA Galaxy in their Major League Soccer away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.
LA Galaxy's previous game was their home loss versus Orlando City (0-1). Vázquez, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.85. Vázquez hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 46 successful passes (of 55 total).
Preceding that game, the 2-3 loss visiting Seattle Sounders's place.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with LA Galaxy playing away and similar expectations, we found seven relevant matches. Results were three LA Galaxy wins, one draw and three defeats.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, LA Galaxy has managed 3 goals and let in 3 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings featuring these contenders: Portland won six, LA Galaxy triumphed in four and we saw zero draws. ten games with over 2,5 goals, zero matches with less than 2,5 goals. The games between these teams have had a tendency to be hot-tempered, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.Top Goalscorers
  Y. Chará Zamora 2 goals |   J. Hernández Balcázar 2 goals | C. Paredes Maciel 1 goals |
Portland Timbers missing players
LA Galaxy missing players
| Portland Timbers | LA Galaxy | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 67% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 40% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 40% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 80% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 20% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 2.8 | 3.7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 6.5 | 8 |
| 7.4 | 7.3 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 2 | 2.8 |
| 3.6 | 4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.5 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.4 | 12.7 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 17 | 16.5 |
| 3.2 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 3.5 |
| 38% | 44% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 38% | 29% |
| 15 | 12.7 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 6.5 | 6.8 |
| 5 | 4.3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Portland Timbers | Last season | LA Galaxy | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 20 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 20 | 13 | Won | W | 5 | 13 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 9 | ||
| 13 | 4 | Lost | L | 8 | 12 | ||
| 63 | 41 | Scored | S | 21 | 50 | ||
| 54 | 24 | Conceded | C | 32 | 54 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 94% | 91% | ||
| 61% | 65% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 71% | 65% | ||
| 32% | 30% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 29% | ||
| 18% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 12% | 15% | ||
| 61% | 65% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 65% | ||
| 29% | 30% | Clean Sheets | C S | 12% | 15% | ||
| 11% | 5% | Failed to Score | F T | 35% | 21% | ||
| 4.1 | 5.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.1 | ||
| 6.6 | 5.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 5 | ||
| 2.1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.6 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 13.3 | 16.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.9 | 12.7 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.8 | ||
| 40% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 31% | ||
| 14.3 | 13.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.8 | 14.1 | ||
| 4.8 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 5.2 | ||
| 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 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | Real Salt Lake | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 3 | Minnesota United | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 | Austin | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 |
| 5 | Dallas | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 6 | Colorado Rapids | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 7 | LA Galaxy | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 8 | Portland Timbers | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 9 | Sporting KC | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -4 | 6 |
| 10 | Houston Dynamo | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 11 | Seattle Sounders | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 12 | Nashville SC | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 4 |
| 13 | SJ Earthquakes | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 1 |
| 14 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -7 | 1 |
