Los Angeles FC vs Colorado Rapids Prediction: Go LAFC!!

Below is the detailed analysis and prediction of the Leagues Cup match between Los Angeles FC (LAFC) and Colorado Rapids on August 22, 2024.

LAFC has been one of the stronger teams in Major League Soccer over the last couple of seasons. They do pretty well, especially at home. With a pretty solid squad and players like Denis Bouanga, they can dominate most lower-ranked opponents.

LAFC have been pretty consistent, maintaining the attacking play. More often than not, they normally have the ball at their feet, with various chances reaped in the game. Their recent form in the MLS and other competitions was strong, especially at home.

LAFC, looking to dictate the pace from the first minute, is going to adopt an aggressive high-pressing approach. They will look to push for quick transitions and get wing play to expose the Colorado defense.

Colorado Rapids has had a tough time recently as they often found their place in the lower half of the MLS standings, particularly in away form. The scores just do not seem to want to come out, and the defense is weak.

The Rapids have not had a very good run at securing victories and most often lose or even draw, especially away. They have a very pregnable defensive setup against a team like LAFC with good attacking prowess. Colorado may look to play more defensively against LAFC, hitting on the counter-attack as much as possible. This means that they still might leak at least a couple of goals because they simply can't hold any decent defensive line.

In the past 12 meetings, Los Angeles won 7 while Colorado Rapids won 4 and 1 match ended in a draw.

H2H Streaks

Colorado Rapids is without a clean sheet in 3 consecutive matches

7/9 matches ended with more than 2.5 goals

4/5 matches ended with more than 4.5 cards

6/7 matches ended with more than 10.5 corners

LAFC will obviously have the upper hand in this match, as they are the home team, have a more powerful squad, and are in better form. Colorado has been poor away from home and usually in vertiginous bad form, so most probably they will feel the struggle to compete in this match and give LAFC a ride to an easy win.

• LAFC Win at 1.67 Odds
• LAFC Win and Over 1.5 Goals at 1.87 Odds
• LAFC Win HT/FT at 2.50 Odds