Seattle Sounders are finding life sweet in the top league spots while LA Galaxy are more involved in staying out of trouble and relegation. Who will get the points?
- Seattle Sounders have the fewest conceded goals (31) in Major League Soccer
- LA Galaxy have the most conceded goals (54) in Major League Soccer
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.
Seattle Sounders form and stats
All-inclusive Major League Soccer results playing at home this season for Seattle Sounders are 6-5-4 (wins-draws-losses).
The Sounders coach Schmetzer and his gang return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Nashville SC. Roldán (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.41/10. Roldán hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 33 successful passes (of 39 total).
Before that match, a win away at Colorado Rapids.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Seattle Sounders's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 15 games, won 6 matches, drawn 3 and lost 6.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Major League Soccer game versus Vancouver Whitecaps in only three days. This game is also played here at CenturyLink Field.
Seattle Sounders has scored 17 league goals at home this season, in 15 matches. Sounders have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
LA Galaxy form and stats
There's been little loot from LA Galaxy's travels as they have only collected 12 points from 15 away games in the Major League Soccer. LA Galaxy only have 2 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 6 draws.
LA Galaxy delivered a 3-3 draw playing at home against Portland Timbers (placed 7th) in their previous fixture. A bizarre match with lots of goals last time out for Galaxy, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that game, will this fixture be as enjoying? Attacker Costa got a player rating of 8.83 in the game. "Man of the match" Costa scored one goal, signed up for two assists, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.
A 3-3 draw at Austin's stadium before that.Looking at the earlier recent performances of LA Galaxy when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 5 matches with the visitors losing 4 times, drawing 1 and winning 0 games.
Goal hungry football fans should note that 11 of this side's 12 latest league fixtures have ended with three or more goals.
LA Galaxy have another match that requires travelling in just three days, a Major League Soccer game vs Minnesota United. A gruelling timetable for the guests!
The visiting Galaxy have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 17 goals from 15 games. LA Galaxy have conceded 31 goals in these games. LA Galaxy has visited these top teams three times, and 2 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
The dueling parties have fought before this season: LA Galaxy - Seattle Sounders 1-2. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's six Sounders victories, three draws and one LA Galaxy win. Over/under statistics; eight of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less. Ruidíaz loves to meet LA Galaxy and have scored 7 goals in these encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Morris 10 goals |   R. Puig Martí 7 goals |  T. Boyd 6 goals |
Seattle Sounders missing players
LA Galaxy missing players
| Seattle Sounders | LA Galaxy | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 15 | 30 |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 10 | 5 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 7 | 11 |
| 37 | 17 | 7 | Scored | S | 6 | 17 | 45 |
| 31 | 10 | 4 | Conceded | C | 7 | 31 | 54 |
| 84% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 87% |
| 61% | 53% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 83% |
| 39% | 33% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 60% | 67% |
| 19% | 13% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 47% | 47% |
| 13% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 67% | 33% | 27% |
| 42% | 27% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 53% | 63% |
| 39% | 60% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 35% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 47% | 30% |
| 5.7 | 7 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 5.1 | 6.2 |
| 4.9 | 4 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 5.7 | 4.8 |
| 1.6 | 1.8 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 2.3 | 2.2 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 11.9 | 13.1 | 13.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 12.5 | 14.6 |
| 3.6 | 4.1 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.7 | 5.4 |
| 33% | 28% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 55% | 24% | 28% |
| 10.6 | 8.5 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18.7 | 15.1 | 13.5 |
| 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.7 | 5.3 | 4.8 |
- LA Galaxy have the most conceded goals (54) in Major League Soccer
- LA Galaxy have the most conceded goals in the first half (29) in Major League Soccer
- LA Galaxy have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Seattle Sounders have the fewest conceded goals (31) in Major League Soccer
- Seattle Sounders have the fewest matches over the total-line (12) in Major League Soccer
- Seattle Sounders have the most matches under the total-line (19) in Major League Soccer
- Seattle Sounders 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 | St. Louis City | 32 | 17 | 5 | 10 | 62 | 40 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 41 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 22 | 56 |
| 2 | Seattle Sounders | 31 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 37 | 31 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 6 | 46 |
| 3 | Real Salt Lake | 31 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 43 | 45 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 24 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 21 | -2 | 46 |
| 4 | Los Angeles FC | 31 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 44 | 35 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 9 | 45 |
| 5 | Houston Dynamo | 31 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 42 | 35 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 25 | 7 | 44 |
| 6 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 31 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 51 | 47 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 29 | 4 | 43 |
| 7 | Portland Timbers | 32 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 44 | 51 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 32 | -7 | 43 |
| 8 | SJ Earthquakes | 32 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 37 | 41 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 26 | -4 | 42 |
| 9 | Dallas | 31 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 35 | 34 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 1 | 41 |
| 10 | Minnesota United | 31 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 39 | 41 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 23 | -2 | 38 |
| 11 | Sporting KC | 32 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 42 | 48 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 28 | -6 | 38 |
| 12 | Austin | 31 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 43 | 50 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 32 | -7 | 35 |
| 13 | LA Galaxy | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 45 | 54 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 23 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 31 | -9 | 35 |
| 14 | Colorado Rapids | 31 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 24 | 47 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 32 | -23 | 26 |
