The first leg ended Alajuelense-Los Angeles FC 0-3. All is set for the decider in this CONCACAF Champions League Round of 16 fixture!
Alajuelense have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 5700 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Los Angeles FC and Alajuelense.
Los Angeles FC form and stats
Angeles was eliminated in the finals last season in the CONCACAF Champions League.Perfect Major League Soccer season at home so far for Los Angeles FC 2 wins from 2 appearances.
The Los Angeles FC supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host New England (after extra-time) and win 4-0. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Angeles played a great game against New England and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. Bouanga, a forward, was the highest rated player for the side in that game, collecting a rating of 9.22 (out of 10). Bouanga scored two goals, hit the woodwork once, served one assist, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.
Before that, a strong away victory at Alajuelense. A CONCACAF Champions League match.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Los Angeles FC as they are travelling to their away game against Seattle Sounders in the Major League Soccer. That match is three days after this one.
Early season league goal statistics from Los Angeles FC's 2 home games: {7 goals}, 2 conceded.
Alajuelense form and stats
2 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Alajuelense playing as the away team in the Primera Division this season.
Alajuelense have much to to correct after their surprise defeat (0-2) to Santos de Guapiles (after extra-time) in their previous outing, played at home.
The match before was the CONCACAF Champions League-duel against Los Angeles FC, a home loss (0-3).
Alajuelense have another match away in just four days, a Primera Division game versus San Carlos. A difficult fixture list for them!
Alajuelense are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 3 times in 5 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The duelists have met before this season: Alajuelense - Angeles 0-3. One of the profiles has been Bouanga with 3 goals scored against Alajuelense in these 1 games.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Rodriguez 3 goals | A. Suarez Zuñiga 3 goals |  J. Venegas Ulloa 3 goals |
Los Angeles FC missing players
Alajuelense missing players
| Los Angeles FC | Alajuelense | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 10 | Won | W | 3 | 11 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 52 | 33 | Scored | S | 15 | 49 | ||
| 30 | 14 | Conceded | C | 11 | 29 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 90% | 92% | ||
| 92% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 70% | 80% | ||
| 72% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 64% | ||
| 36% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 30% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 24% | ||
| 64% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 30% | 28% | ||
| 8% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 30% | 28% | ||
| 6.2 | 6.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 5.9 | ||
| 5.2 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.9 | 4.6 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.2 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 16.2 | 17.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.4 | 14.3 | ||
| 6.6 | 7.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 5.3 | ||
| 35% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 55% | 39% | ||
| 10.6 | 9.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.1 | 9.5 | ||
| 3.5 | 2.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Saint Louis City | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | Los Angeles FC | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 3 | Seattle Sounders | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 4 | Austin | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | SJ Earthquakes | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Dallas | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Minnesota United | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Portland Timbers | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 9 | Real Salt Lake | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 10 | Sporting KC | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 |
| 11 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 12 | LA Galaxy | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 13 | Colorado Rapids | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 1 |
| 14 | Houston Dynamo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Deportivo Saprissa | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 15 | 27 |
| 2 | Alajuelense | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 21 | 26 |
| 3 | Herediano | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 22 |
| 4 | Sporting San Jose | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 20 |
| 5 | Cartagines | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 17 |
| 6 | Santos de Guapiles | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | -4 | 16 |
| 7 | San Carlos | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -1 | 15 |
| 8 | Guanacasteca | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -2 | 14 |
| 9 | Puntarenas | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -7 | 12 |
| 10 | Perez Zeledon | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | -8 | 11 |
| 11 | Grecia | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 | -9 | 10 |
| 12 | Guadalupe | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -12 | 8 |
