Toronto manager Bradley looking for three points in LA Galaxy showdown

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Wed 31.August
Match begins: 23:30 (UTC)
Venue: BMO Field (30991 seats)

Toronto are aiming to stop thinking about the league table ahead of this game against LA Galaxy. Here's everything you should know before the game!

Insights:
  • Toronto have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Major League Soccer
  • LA Galaxy have won significantly less corners away then at home.

LA Galaxy have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 4000 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

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.

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Toronto form and stats

Toronto have collected 23 points from their Major League Soccer home games so far after 7-2-5.

Toronto enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Charlotte's place. The match ended 2-0 with Bernardeschi and Insigne scoring. Bernardeschi, who plays in attack, was the best performer for the team in that game, scoring a rating of 8.81 (out of 10). Bernardeschi scored one goal, served one assist, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.

Prior to that, an away loss at Inter Miami.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Toronto handle that role? We have found 12 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 5 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Major League Soccer game versus Montreal Impact in only four days. This game is also played here at BMO Field.

Toronto have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at BMO Field with 25 goals in 14 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Toronto defense is not exactly impregnable. 22 goals conceded from 14 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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LA Galaxy form and stats

Playing away, LA Galaxy have won 4 games, drawn 2 and suffered 6 defeats in the Major League Soccer this season.

LA Galaxy play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting New England (placed 9th). Goalkeeper Bond was absolutely vital in the LA Galaxy victory against New England, making seven saves. Attacker Hernández got a player rating of 8.42 in the game. "Man of the match" Hernández scored one goal, served one assist and hit one key pass.

Ahead of that game was the 3-3 draw at home against Seattle Sounders.

We have checked recent matches where Galaxy have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 12 games were 3 victories, 1 draw and 8 defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Sporting KC in just four days.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far LA Galaxy have scored 14 goals in 12 league games away. 17 goals have been conceded by LA Galaxy in these games.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Toronto four wins, two draws and LA Galaxy four victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

LA GalaxyJ. Hernández Balcázar
J. Hernández Balcázar
12 goals
LA GalaxyD. Joveljić
D. Joveljić
10 goals
TorontoJ. Osorio
J. Osorio
9 goals

Toronto missing players

LA Galaxy missing players

Toronto LA Galaxy
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
28 14 4 Played P 2 12 26
9 7 0 Won W 1 4 11
6 2 1 Drew D 1 2 4
13 5 3 Lost L 0 6 11
42 25 4 Scored S 1 14 42
47 22 7 Conceded C 0 17 38
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 92% 96%
86% 93% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 58% 69%
64% 86% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 42% 54%
36% 43% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 42%
14% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 31%
64% 79% 75% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 54%
11% 7% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 25% 27%
29% 14% 25% Failed to Score F T 50% 33% 23%
 
5.1 5.9 8.5 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 5 6.2
5 5.1 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 4 4.1
1.8 1.9 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2.9 2.5
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
11.2 12.3 14.2 Shots (avg) S ( 15 12.4 13.6
4.4 4.8 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 4.2 4.7
34% 37% 24% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 28% 34%
 
14.5 12.7 8.2 Shots against (avg) S A 7.5 12.8 11.9
5.5 4.9 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1 4.8 4.3
Key stats in Major League Soccer this season:
  • LA Galaxy have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Toronto have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Toronto have the fewest clean sheets (1) at home in Major League Soccer
  • Toronto have the fewest clean sheets (3) in Major League Soccer
  • Toronto haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 28 15 9 4 57 20 14 9 5 0 36 7 14 6 4 4 21 13 37 54
2 Montreal Impact 27 15 4 8 49 41 13 7 2 4 24 16 14 8 2 4 25 25 8 49
3 New York City 27 13 6 8 49 32 13 8 3 2 31 15 14 5 3 6 18 17 17 45
4 New York RB 28 12 8 8 44 34 14 4 5 5 22 19 14 8 3 3 22 15 10 44
5 Orlando City 27 11 6 10 32 38 13 6 0 7 17 24 14 5 6 3 15 14 -6 39
6 Columbus Crew 26 8 12 6 36 31 13 5 4 4 18 13 13 3 8 2 18 18 5 36
7 Inter Miami 27 10 6 11 35 45 14 8 3 3 27 23 13 2 3 8 8 22 -10 36
8 Cincinnati 27 8 11 8 45 48 14 4 6 4 27 24 13 4 5 4 18 24 -3 35
9 New England 27 8 10 9 39 42 13 5 5 3 17 14 14 3 5 6 22 28 -3 34
10 Atlanta United 27 8 9 10 39 42 14 7 4 3 26 20 13 1 5 7 13 22 -3 33
11 Toronto 28 9 6 13 42 47 14 7 2 5 25 22 14 2 4 8 17 25 -5 33
12 Charlotte 28 10 2 16 34 44 14 8 0 6 21 14 14 2 2 10 13 30 -10 32
13 Chicago Fire 27 8 6 13 28 38 14 5 4 5 12 12 13 3 2 8 16 26 -10 30
14 DC United 27 6 4 17 30 58 14 4 3 7 18 26 13 2 1 10 12 32 -28 22

Read more about Major League Soccer

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.