Perhaps a welcome break from league football as California Utd Strikers & LA Galaxy face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the US Open Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Major League Soccer game only three days ago. That game was also an away game, at Austin. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
California Utd Strikers form and stats
A strong away win for California Utd Strikers against Flower City Union the last match.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Syracuse Pulse and winning 1-0.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for California as they are travelling to their away game against Bay Cities in the NISA. That match is three days after this one.
LA Galaxy form and stats
They also participated in US Open Cup last season. This ended in the 8th finals.Playing away, LA Galaxy have won 3 games, drawn 1 and suffered 2 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 1-0 victory visiting Austin. Midfield player Delgado was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.41/10. Delgado scored one goal, hit two key passes and had 44 successful passes (of 54 total).
Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Real Salt Lake's place.A quick return to home after this game, as Galaxy are hosting Dallas in the Major League Soccer only three days away.
LA Galaxy find the net regularly in their away games. 7 goals from 6 away fixtures in the league. LA Galaxy are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 5 times in 6 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  J. Hernández Balcázar 5 goals |  S. Coulibaly 1 goals |  E. Alvarez 1 goals |
California Utd Strikers missing players
LA Galaxy missing players
| California Utd Strikers | LA Galaxy | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 6 | ||
| 43 | 22 | Scored | S | 17 | 41 | ||
| 22 | 11 | Conceded | C | 16 | 31 | ||
| 92% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 68% | ||
| 44% | 31% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 16% | ||
| 64% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 16% | ||
| 5.5 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.9 | ||
| 5.6 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.3 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.1 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 9.9 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13 | 13.2 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 4.6 | ||
| 39% | 49% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 32% | ||
| 8 | 6.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.6 | 11.2 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 3.9 | ||
| 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 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 23 |
| 2 | Austin | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 20 |
| 3 | Dallas | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 4 | LA Galaxy | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 19 |
| 5 | Real Salt Lake | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -5 | 16 |
| 6 | Nashville SC | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 15 |
| 7 | Minnesota United | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 14 |
| 8 | Houston Dynamo | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 12 |
| 9 | Colorado Rapids | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -1 | 12 |
| 10 | Portland Timbers | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -5 | 12 |
| 11 | SJ Earthquakes | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -7 | 9 |
| 12 | Sporting KC | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | -8 | 9 |
| 13 | Seattle Sounders | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 7 |
| 14 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 14 | -10 | 7 |
