D.C. United vs Los Angeles Galaxy Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

D.C. United

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D.C. United will play in this fixture following on from a 0-0 MLS drawn game vs Philadelphia Union.

In that game, D.C. United managed 54% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 4 on target. Philadelphia Union had 16 attempts on goal with 2 on target.

Over their preceding 6 fixtures, Wayne Rooney's D.C. United have hit the back of the net a combined total of 9 times - an average number of goals per match equal to 1.5.

Los Angeles Galaxy

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Since being defeated in their last game at the hands of Columbus Crew in MLS action, Los Angeles Galaxy and their fans will hope to get a better result this time.

In that match, Los Angeles Galaxy managed 48% possession and 9 attempts on goal with 2 on target. On the other side, Columbus Crew got 10 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Lucas Zelarayán (25') and Malte Amundsen (43') scored for Columbus Crew.

Looking at their form, and Los Angeles Galaxy have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, seeing their opponents hit 8 goals in all. Defensively, Los Angeles Galaxy have not been doing too well.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Looking at the statistics for their head to head meetings dating back to 28/08/2014, there has been little to separate the clubs with D.C. United winning 2 of those games, Los Angeles Galaxy 2 and 2 being draws in regulation time.

18 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 7 of them for Black-and-Red and 11 netted by The Galactics. The average goals per game has been 3.

The previous league clash featuring these clubs was MLS match day 30 on 11/08/2019 and the score finished D.C. United 2-1 Los Angeles Galaxy.

On that day, D.C. United managed 30% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 7 on target. The goals were scored by Paul Arriola (28') and Lucas Rodríguez (73').

On the other side, Los Angeles Galaxy got 29 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Fabio Álvarez (48') scored.

The match was refereed by Alan Kelly.

📋 Team News: D.C. United

Nigel Robertha (Ankle Injury), Martín Rodríguez (Cruciate Ligament Rupture) and Mohanad Jeahze (Calf Injury) will not be taking part for D.C. United boss Wayne Rooney.

We think that Black-and-Red look set to use a 3-4-3 formation featuring Tyler Miller, Victor Palsson, Derrick Williams, Donovan Pines, Christopher Durkin, Russell Canouse, Lewis O'Brien, Gaoussou Samake, Theodore Ku-DiPietro, Christian Benteke and Mateusz Klich.

📋 Team News: Los Angeles Galaxy

Owing to a fully healthy squad ready to go, the Los Angeles Galaxy manager Greg Vanney has no fitness worries to report before this clash.

It’s our belief that The Galactics will likely begin the game with a 4-4-2 formation, giving starts to Jonathan Bond, Calegari, Martin Caceres, Jalen Neal, Julian Aude, Tyler Boyd, Marco Delgado, Gaston Brugman, Memo Rodriguez, Javier Hernandez and Ricard Puig.

💡 Prediction

We’re thinking that Los Angeles Galaxy could find themselves struggling to find the net against this D.C. United team who we think should gain the upper hand.

We’re therefore predicting a 1-0 win for D.C. United at the end of this one.

We’ll see what happens.

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Victor Martins, 11:32 16/05/2023