Austin FC got the job done in the last round as they got back to winning ways after Houston Dynamo away from home. Now in the upcoming game, they take on LA Galaxy at home and they hope to build a winning run. LA Galaxy consider themselves worthy opponents for any team this season and against Austin FC, they feel exactly the same way. They recorded back-to-back wins in their last 2 games and they aim to stretch it to the 3rd game in a row.
In the last 5 games, Austin recorded 3 wins and 2 losses while LA Galaxy recorded 4 wins and 1 defeat.
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Austin FC are gradually building momentum after a poor start to the season. They have won 3 of their last 5 games, losing the remaining 2 games. And they recorded a win in their last match against Houston Dynamo. Now they face a tougher test from LA Galaxy.
Austin fought hard to beat Houston Dynamo away from home last week and in the end they won by a single goal. The game was tight and heading to a certain draw until the 86th minute when Emiliano Rigoni scored what eventually was the winning goal. And according to stats Austin FC had 33% possession, 4 shots on target and 1 corner kick. They also created 2 big chances and missed 1.
Austin FC are surely going to be skeptical of the upcoming game and it would take a considerable effort for them to win.
LA Galaxy
LA Galaxy are one of the strong teams so far in the campaign. Their results have been far from perfect but all things considered, they are having one hell of a season already. They lost only 1 of their last 5 games and they won back-to-back games. LA Galaxy are hoping to produce another strong performance against Austin FC in the upcoming game.
LA Galaxy fought hard with 10 men to beat San Jose Earthquakes 4-3 last week. They started the game brilliantly and they were up by 3-goals in the 30th minute. Gabriel Pec, Joseph Paintsil and Maya Yoshida all scored in the opening 30 minutes. They conceded in the 32nd minute but Riqui Puig scored the 4th goal for Galaxy in the 56th minute. Finally they conceded twice in the 58th and 72nd minutes but they won the game in the end. According to stats, LA Galaxy had 60% possession, 8 shots on target and 3 corner kicks. They also created 4 big chances and missed 2 of them.
Head to Head
The h2h shows both clubs have played 7 games against each other in the past. LA Galaxy won 4 games while Austin won 2 and they drew 1 game.
Analysis and Predictions
LA Galaxy are looking very confident ahead of this encounter and the same cannot be said of Austin FC. LA Galaxy have been very brilliant in attack for most parts of the season and Austin FC will need to prepare to respond.
According to the h2h streaks, Austin FC are without a clean sheet in the last 5 meetings. In 5 of the last 7 games, there were less than 4.5 cards and more than 10.5 corners in 4 of the last 5 meetings.
- 3 Way Total LA Galaxy Over 1 Goal at 1.84 Odds
- Both Teams to Score and Over 2.5 Goals at 1.65 Odds
- Riqui Puig to Score Anytime at 3.40 Odds
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