📏 Form Guide

Austin FC

LWWWDL

Austin FC won’t want a repeat of their last result here following the 5-1 MLS loss in their previous game against Vancouver Whitecaps.

In that match, Austin FC had 48% possession and 11 shots on goal with 4 on target. The only player to score for Austin FC was Daniel Pereira (90'). For their opponents, Vancouver Whitecaps got 27 shots on goal with 11 on target. Brian White (13', 38', 59', 82') and Emmanuel Sabbi (47') scored for Vancouver Whitecaps.

Nico Estévez's Austin FC have found the net 5 times over their prior six outings. Conversely, the tally of goals that they have conceded in those same fixtures amounts to 7.

Los Angeles Galaxy

DLDLLD 📉

In their previous fixture, Los Angeles Galaxy drew 1-1 in the MLS match with Houston Dynamo.

In that game, Los Angeles Galaxy had 42% possession and 5 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Los Angeles Galaxy was Diego Fagúndez (57'). Houston Dynamo got 13 attempts at goal with 3 on target. Ezequiel Ponce (14') scored for Houston Dynamo.

The numbers tell their own story, and Los Angeles Galaxy have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing opposing sides hit 10 goals overall. Defensively, Los Angeles Galaxy seem to have a bit of a soft underbelly. That sort of trend won’t necessarily be continued into this next game, of course.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Checking on their past head-to-head clashes stretching back to 08/05/2022 shows that Austin FC have won 1 of these games and Los Angeles Galaxy 4, with the number of drawn matches standing at 1.

In all, 19 goals were shared by the two clubs throughout the course of those matches, with 7 from Austin and 12 being from The Galactics. That is an average goals per game value of 3.17.

The last league meeting featuring these sides was MLS match day 48 on 06/10/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Los Angeles Galaxy 2-1 Austin FC.

That day, Los Angeles Galaxy had 52% possession and 15 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. The goals were scored by Gabriel Pec (31') and Dejan Joveljić (76').

For their opponents, Austin FC had 17 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. Sebastián Driussi (55') was the scorer.

ℹ️ Team News: Austin FC

Ilie Sánchez (Muscle injury), Diego Rubio (Muscle injury), Mikkel Desler (Muscle injury) and Micah Burton (Leg injury) will be missing for Austin FC boss Nico Estévez.

In all likelihood, Austin FC may well use a 4-3-3 formation for this one and select Brad Stuver, Jon Gallagher, Brendan Hines-Ike, Oleksandr Svatok, Guilherme Biro, Daniel Pereira, Besard Sabovic, Owen Wolff, Jader Obrian, Brandon Vazquez and Myrto Uzuni.

📰 Team News: Los Angeles Galaxy

Los Angeles Galaxy manager Greg Vanney has multiple availability issues to deal with. Marco Reus (Knee injury), Maya Yoshida (Muscle injury), Riqui Puig (Cruciate ligament tear) and Mauricio Cuevas (Muscle injury) will not be playing here.

We believe The Galactics seem most likely to play in a 4-3-3 formation with a starting lineup of John McCarthy, Miki Yamane, Eriq Zavaleta, Carlos Garces, John Nelson, Isaiah Parente, Diego Fagundez, Edwin Cerrillo, Gabriel Pec, Christian Ramirez and Joseph Paintsil.

🔮 Prediction

Los Angeles Galaxy may well find it hard to score goals against this Austin FC side who we reckon should emerge victorious.

We’re therefore tipping a hard-fought contest, finishing with a 1-0 winning margin for Austin FC at the end of this one.

Will be interesting to see how this one goes.

Peter Guest, 17:02 19/04/2025