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Los Angeles Galaxy

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Los Angeles Galaxy won’t want a repeat of their last result here after a 3-2 CONCACAF Champions League losing effort in their last game against Tigres de la UANL.

Los Angeles Galaxy have not been in good attacking form in more recent games. Their sum of goals stands at just 4 vs opponents over their previous 6 matches. In those games, Los Angeles Galaxy have also seen the tally of goals that have gone against them come to 7.

Houston Dynamo

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Houston Dynamo head into the meeting following a 1-0 MLS win against Los Angeles FC in their last outing.

In that game, Houston Dynamo had 59% possession and 11 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Houston Dynamo was Jack McGlynn (58'). For their opponents, Los Angeles FC got 10 shots at goal with 2 on target.

It has become apparent that Houston Dynamo have suffered from a shortage of goals in their past 6 encounters, netting the unsatisfactory return of just 4. In those matches, Orange Crush have also seen the overall goal aggregate of opposing teams equal 9. Even so, we’ll just have to find out if the trend shall persist in this game.

↔️ Head to head

Looking at their past head-to-head meetings stretching back to 23/05/2022 shows that Los Angeles Galaxy have won 2 of these and Houston Dynamo 3, with the number of drawn matches being 1.

A sum of 16 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 6 from The Galactics and 10 belonging to Orange Crush. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.67.

The last league game featuring these sides was MLS match day 49 on 20/10/2024 and the score finished Houston Dynamo 2-1 Los Angeles Galaxy.

On that day, Houston Dynamo managed 53% possession and 15 shots on goal with 7 of them on target. Goals were scored by Ezequiel Ponce (44') and Daniel Steres (101').

At the other end, Los Angeles Galaxy had 15 shots at goal with 7 on target. Gabriel Pec (96') scored.

The referee was Rosendo Mendoza.

🗞️ Team News: Los Angeles Galaxy

Marco Reus (Knee injury), Maya Yoshida (Muscle injury), Riqui Puig (Cruciate ligament tear), Mauricio Cuevas (Muscle injury), Gabriel Pec (Hip problems) and Lucas Sanabria (Broken collarbone) are unavailable for Los Angeles Galaxy boss Greg Vanney.

📰 Team News: Houston Dynamo

Houston Dynamo boss Ben Olsen has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Jimmy Maurer (unknown injury), Duane Holmes (Leg injury), Andrew Tarbell (Cruciate ligament tear), Lawrence Ennali (Cruciate ligament tear), Ethan Bartlow (unknown injury) and Nelson Quiñónes (Knee injury) won’t be making appearances.

⚡ Prediction

We’re envisaging that Houston Dynamo might need a bit of good fortune to be putting a goal past this Los Angeles Galaxy team who we reckon should score at least once to put them ahead.

Our tip is therefore for a very competitive game with a 1-0 winning score for Los Angeles Galaxy at the conclusion of the game.

Hoping for a good game.

Renata Leite, 02:01 13/04/2025