Minnesota United vs Los Angeles FC Prediction: Los Angeles lack the right mentality.

Minnesota United and Los Angeles FC will face off in the 4th round of the season. The game is scheduled to take place at the Allianz Field; home ground to Minnesota United by 03:30 GMT. 

Minnesota United are in 2nd place on the Western Conference table with 7 points. While Los Angeles are in 8th place with 4 points.

Minnesota United

Minnesota’s start to the season has been commendable, and what is left is to maintain the momentum. They had 2 wins and 1 draw in the opening 3 games and now they face Los Angeles FC in game number 4.

In their most recent game, Minnesota United played against Orlando City SC away from home and they won by 3 goals to 2. Teemu Pukki scored a brace in the first half and in the dying minutes of the second half Bongokuhle Hlongwane scores the third goal to seal the win. And according to the stats at the end of the game, Minnesota United had 41% possession, 4 shots on target and 4 corner kicks. They also created 3 big chances during the game.

There isn't much to change for the coming game against Los Angeles FC. Minnesota United manager Cameron Knowles is expected to stick to the 4-3-3 formation like he did in the last game. Hopefully the team can produce an equally good performance in the coming game.

Los Angeles FC

Los Angeles FC are eager to get catch up after such a slow start to the campaign. They had 1 win, 1 defeat and 1 draw so far in the opening 3 games of the season. 

After the 3-0 defeat to Real Salt Lake in game 2, Los Anageles FC were hoping to bounce back but instead they played a goalless draw against Sporting Kansas City at home. Which meant, Los Angeles FC are without a win in their last 2 games. 

There wasn't much improvement in the last game as expected. Los Angeles FC had 40% possession, 6 shots on target and 6 corner kicks. However the major talking point was the players inability to converted scoring opportunities. They created 7 big chances during the game and missed them all.

Los Angeles manager Steven Cherundolo will be under immense pressure ahead of the coming game against Minnesota United. He will need to make significant changes to the team to get better results, whether it is changing the lineup or the pattern of play.

Head to Head

According to the h2h, Minnesota United and Los Angeles FC played only 10 games against each other. Los Angeles FC won 3 games, while Minnesota United won 2 games and they drew 5 games.

Analysis and Predictions

It's difficult to see how Los Angeles reacts to their recent struggles. They are a top team no doubt, and top teams have very strong mentality. At the moment, they seem to lack it and that will be a huge factor ahead of this game. And for Minnesota United, they are playing really well and confidence is high. There's no reason why they can't win this game.

According to the h2h, Los Angeles have not lost the last 7 meetings while Minnesota United are without a clean sheet in those 7 meetings. There were less than 2.5 goals in 4 of the last 5 meetings and both clubs scored in 6 of the last 7 meetings. 

Los Anageles also scored first in 5 of the last 7. And there were more than 10.5 corners in 8 of the last 10 meetings.

• Minnesota United to Score First at 2.03 Odds
• Minnesota United to Score First at 2.03 Odds
• Minnesota United to Win at 2.75 Odds