Tacoma Defiance and LA Galaxy II have both delivered a "par" performance up to now, to use a golfing expression. The teams both occupy mid-table positions in the USL Championship.
- Tacoma Defiance have the fewest scored goals in the first half (13) in USL Championship
- LA Galaxy II haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
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.
It's quite the trip for LA Galaxy II when visiting Defiance as the cities are 1800 kilometers apart.
Tacoma Defiance form and stats
7 victories, 4 draws and 4 defeats. That’s what Tacoma Defiance have to build on here at Cheney Stadium in the USL Championship.
S. Adeniran was the last player to score a league goal for Tacoma Defiance and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Tacoma Defiance haven't scored in 270 minutes. Nothing to worry about in defence for Tacoma Defiance, as their goalkeeper Stefan Cleveland has completely shut out the opponents for 224 minutes in the USL Championship.
The spoils were shared in Defiance's previous game, also at home. Visiting Oakland Roots (placed 6th) travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline.
0-0 away at Sacramento Republic before that.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Defiance have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found three matches with the results: Won two, drawn zero and lost one.
The Defiance fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 21 in 15 matches. From these home matches, Tacoma Defiance have conceded only 14 goals.
LA Galaxy II form and stats
7 wins, 1 draw and 7 losses. That’s the product of LA Galaxy II playing as the away team in the USL Championship this season.
Galaxy lost away at Charleston Battery (1-3) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick.
That result followed a home victory 5-0 versus El Paso Locomotive.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found four similar matches played by LA Galaxy II in our archives, and the results are: one win for LA Galaxy II, one draw and two defeats.
The visiting Galaxy have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 22 goals from 15 games. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as LA Galaxy II have conceded 29 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The newest reported match involving both these participants is the LA Galaxy II - Defiance 1-1 played not long ago this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - five - two (Tacoma Defiance wins - draws - LA Galaxy II wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. Judd 15 goals | J. Hernandez 13 goals |  S. Adeniran 10 goals |
Tacoma Defiance missing players
LA Galaxy II missing players
| Tacoma Defiance | LA Galaxy II | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 15 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 15 | 30 |
| 9 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | 11 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 13 | 4 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 7 | 13 |
| 33 | 21 | 5 | Scored | S | 7 | 22 | 53 |
| 38 | 14 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 29 | 53 |
| 87% | 87% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 67% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 87% | 90% |
| 47% | 47% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 60% | 60% |
| 27% | 27% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 40% | 40% |
| 7% | 7% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 33% | 37% |
| 53% | 60% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 53% | 53% |
| 23% | 27% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 27% | 27% |
| 37% | 27% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 20% |
| 5.3 | 7.1 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7 | 4.9 | 4.7 |
| 4.6 | 2.7 | 6.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.5 | 3.7 | 4.4 |
| 2.3 | 2.4 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 5 | 2.2 | 2.4 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8.1 | 9.5 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 19.5 | 10.7 | 11.9 |
| 3.4 | 4.4 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 4.5 | 5.2 |
| 32% | 32% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 54% | 32% | 34% |
- LA Galaxy II haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Tacoma Defiance have the fewest points from losing position (6) in USL Championship
- Tacoma Defiance have the fewest scored goals in the first half (13) in USL Championship
- Tacoma Defiance have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
- Tacoma Defiance have won significantly more corners at home than away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Phoenix Rising | 30 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 66 | 33 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 39 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 23 | 33 | 65 |
| 2 | San Diego Loyal | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 47 | 38 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 22 | 9 | 47 |
| 3 | Orange County | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 41 | 36 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 46 |
| 4 | LA Galaxy II | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 53 | 53 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 31 | 24 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 0 | 39 |
| 5 | Tacoma Defiance | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 33 | 38 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 24 | -5 | 35 |
| 6 | Oakland Roots | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 31 | 40 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 24 | -9 | 35 |
| 7 | Sacramento Republic | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 34 | 40 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 18 | -6 | 34 |
| 8 | Las Vegas Lights | 30 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 39 | 73 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 21 | 32 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 18 | 41 | -34 | 21 |