Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Los Angeles FC & 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’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.
Los Angeles FC form and stats
Los Angeles FC participated in US Open Cup the last season, where they reached the round of 16.This stadium, Gibbo Stadium, has been a fortress for Los Angeles FC in the Major League Soccer so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 5-1-0.
Los Angeles FC's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-1 versus SJ Earthquakes. The home side are looking to build on that result. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of Cherundolo when Vela scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 63rd minute. Attacking player Bogusz edged out all others in that fixture and was awarded a match rating of 7.84 out of 10. Bogusz hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 6 of 6 times.
Before that, Los Angeles FC drew at home versus Sporting KC.The Angeles manager Cherundolo has got the team scoring with 15 from 6 home games in the league. From these home matches, Los Angeles FC have conceded only 5 goals.
LA Galaxy form and stats
They also participated in US Open Cup last season. This ended in the quarter-finals.LA Galaxy have only collected 2 points from their away games in the Major League Soccer, after 0-2-5 (7 played).
Joveljic was the last player to score for the away team. LA Galaxy haven't scored a league goal in the last 180 minutes.
Galaxy play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-3 to DC United. Puig, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.62. Puig hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 59 successful passes (of 69 total).
It was a Major League Soccer defeat before that one as the away game against Columbus Crew wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.A new game in only four days for LA Galaxy, the Major League Soccer home match versus Charlotte. Busy days.
LA Galaxy are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {1 goals} from 7 away games. In the opposite end, LA Galaxy have conceded 13 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings featuring these teams: Angeles won four, LA Galaxy triumphed in four and we saw two draws. eight games with more than 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Bouanga 10 goals |  C. Vela Garrido 4 goals |  K. Opoku 2 goals |
Los Angeles FC missing players
LA Galaxy missing players
| Los Angeles FC | LA Galaxy | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Won | W | 2 | 8 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 7 | 12 | ||
| 49 | 29 | Scored | S | 9 | 32 | ||
| 25 | 14 | Conceded | C | 20 | 41 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 92% | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 84% | ||
| 72% | 77% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 60% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 20% | ||
| 60% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 64% | ||
| 36% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 16% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 64% | 28% | ||
| 5.5 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 5.8 | ||
| 4.9 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 4 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 15 | 16.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.3 | 14.2 | ||
| 6 | 6.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.7 | ||
| 36% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 22% | 25% | ||
| 10.3 | 9.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 11.6 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4 | ||
| 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 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 25 |
| 2 | Seattle Sounders | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 23 |
| 3 | Saint Louis City | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 22 |
| 4 | Dallas | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 22 |
| 5 | SJ Earthquakes | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | -1 | 18 |
| 6 | Minnesota United | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 18 |
| 7 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 17 |
| 8 | Portland Timbers | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -2 | 16 |
| 9 | Austin | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -5 | 16 |
| 10 | Houston Dynamo | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 15 |
| 11 | Real Salt Lake | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -9 | 15 |
| 12 | Colorado Rapids | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -9 | 12 |
| 13 | Sporting KC | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -12 | 10 |
| 14 | LA Galaxy | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 13 | -13 | 9 |
