The season is still fairly new and the Major League Soccer table has to be read with caution. So far Seattle Sounders find themselves in 1st position and Los Angeles FC are placed 11th.
- Seattle Sounders have the most scored goals (11) in Major League Soccer
Sounders have less rest than Los Angeles FC in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Major League Soccer game only four days ago. That game was an away game at SJ Earthquakes, so at least Sounders are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Seattle Sounders form and stats
As mentioned below, Seattle Sounders are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 Major League Soccer games.
A good away victory last time out for Seattle Sounders, who won 1-0 against SJ Earthquakes (placed 2nd). Midfield player Cristian Roldán got a match rating of 8.33 in that game, the max score being 10. Roldán scored one goal and hit three key passes.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Portland Timbers and winning 2-1.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 Sounders have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 15 games) they have won seven times, drawn four and lost four.
Seattle Sounders has the goal stats of 7-0 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Los Angeles FC form and stats
Still no away game victory in the Major League Soccer for Los Angeles FC with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.
Angeles play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-2 to LA Galaxy (placed 3rd). Midfield player Eduard Atuesta was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.01/10. Atuesta hit five key passes and dribled passed the opponent 4 of 5 times.
Before that, Los Angeles FC travelled to Houston Dynamo and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.Angeles are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, two draws and two defeats. From a total of four matches.
Los Angeles FC have the goal stats of 2-3 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Los Angeles FC - Sounders 1-1 earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Sounders victories, two draws and four Los Angeles FC wins. Over/under statistics; seven of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Ruidíaz Misitich 5 goals |  B. Smith 2 goals |  F. Montero Muñoz 2 goals |
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| Seattle Sounders | Los Angeles FC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | 7 | 4 | Scored | S | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 60% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 25% |
| 20% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| 60% | 100% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1.5 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1 | 0.8 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.4 | 15.5 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.5 | 13.5 | 14.2 |
| 4.6 | 7.5 | 8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.2 |
| 48% | 47% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 22% | 29% |
- Seattle Sounders have the fewest conceded goals (2) in Major League Soccer
- Seattle Sounders have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (1) in Major League Soccer
- Seattle Sounders have the most clean sheets (3) in Major League Soccer
- Seattle Sounders have the most scored goals (11) in Major League Soccer
- Seattle Sounders have the most scored goals in the second half (8) in Major League Soccer
- Seattle Sounders have the the best goal difference (+7) at home in Major League Soccer
- Seattle Sounders have the the best goal difference (+9) in Major League Soccer
- Seattle Sounders is in the best form (4-1-0)
| Seattle Sounders | Last season | Los Angeles FC | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 27 | 16 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 11 | Won | W | 2 | 10 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 7 | 9 | ||
| 52 | 38 | Scored | S | 14 | 53 | ||
| 33 | 17 | Conceded | C | 24 | 44 | ||
| 93% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 85% | 88% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 70% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 82% | 76% | ||
| 41% | 44% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 45% | 52% | ||
| 15% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 32% | ||
| 67% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 73% | 72% | ||
| 26% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | ||
| 15% | 6% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 16% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 13.2 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 15.4 | ||
| 4.6 | 5.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 5.4 | ||
| 42% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 39% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Seattle Sounders | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 13 |
| 2 | SJ Earthquakes | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | LA Galaxy | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
| 4 | Houston Dynamo | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 5 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 6 | Colorado Rapids | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 7 | Sporting KC | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 7 |
| 8 | Real Salt Lake | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 9 | Austin | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| 10 | Dallas | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 11 | Los Angeles FC | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 12 | Portland Timbers | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 3 |
| 13 | Minnesota United | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -6 | 3 |