Perhaps a welcome break from league football as LA Galaxy & Los Angeles FC face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the US Open Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither LA Galaxy nor Los Angeles FC as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
LA Galaxy form and stats
The LA Galaxy followers got no joy from their last match, also played here at Dignity Health Sports Park: A 0-3 defeat against Houston Dynamo. The gifted forward Joveljić bested all teammates in that match and was awarded a match rating of 7.35 out of 10. Joveljić hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.
Before that, LA Galaxy played out a Major League Soccer draw 1-1 when visiting Minnesota United.This is expected to be a close game, with LA Galaxy perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Galaxy as a small favourite), we find 8 games. LA Galaxy has won 3 of these, drawn 2 and lost 3.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Major League Soccer game versus Austin in only four days. This game is also played here at Dignity Health Sports Park.
LA Galaxy have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and six practice matches played. These training games have ended with 3 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; LA Galaxy scored 16 goals and let in 12 goals during these six games.
Los Angeles FC form and stats
Last season their US Open Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.Los Angeles FC play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Columbus Crew. Attacker Vela got a player rating of 8.01 in the game. "Man of the match" Vela scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Austin.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Los Angeles FC playing away and similar expectations, we found 14 relevant matches. Results were 2 Los Angeles FC wins, 2 draws and 10 defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting SJ Earthquakes in just three days.
Just as the home team, Los Angeles FC have been through a few friendly games in the intense training period that just finished. The results from these training matches are 1 Angeles win, 1 draw and 2 losses.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings featuring these squads: LA Galaxy won four, Los Angeles FC were winners in three and we saw three draws. seven games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Vela Garrido 6 goals |   J. Hernández Balcázar 5 goals |  J. Cifuentes Charcopa 3 goals |
LA Galaxy missing players
Los Angeles FC missing players
| LA Galaxy | Los Angeles FC | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 9 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 14 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 39 | 22 | Scored | S | 17 | 54 | ||
| 36 | 19 | Conceded | C | 15 | 31 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 68% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 52% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 56% | 60% | ||
| 40% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 20% | ||
| 56% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 68% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 22% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 11% | 8% | ||
| 6.6 | 7.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 6.5 | ||
| 4 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 4.5 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 2.5 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 13.2 | 13.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.4 | 15.6 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 5.6 | ||
| 30% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 38% | ||
| 10.5 | 10.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.4 | 11.7 | ||
| 3.7 | 4.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.6 | 4.3 | ||
