📏 Form Guide

Seattle Sounders FC

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Seattle Sounders FC will be looking for another win after a 2-3 MLS victory against Philadelphia Union.

For Seattle Sounders FC, the goalscorers were Raúl Ruidíaz (13', 37') and Obed Vargas (22'). Jack McGlynn (55') and Dániel Gazdag (57') scored for Philadelphia Union.

Brian Schmetzer's Seattle Sounders FC have seen rewards for their attempts on goal a sum total of 8 times over their prior 6 outings. Conversely, the number of goals that have been scored against them in those same fixtures amounts to 8.

Los Angeles Galaxy

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Since a losing effort in their last game against Austin FC in MLS action, Los Angeles Galaxy will be hoping to turn things around here.

In that match, Los Angeles Galaxy managed 59% possession and 16 attempts on goal with 5 on target. For their opponents, Austin FC had 9 shots on goal with 5 on target. Diego Rubio (7') and Jáder Obrian (19') scored for Austin FC.

The stats don’t lie, and Los Angeles Galaxy have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing opposing sides hit 10 goals in all. In defence, Los Angeles Galaxy certainly have room for improvement.

👥 Head to head

Looking at their most recent head-to-head meetings dating back to 12/03/2022 shows that Seattle Sounders FC have won 3 of them & Los Angeles Galaxy 2, with the tally of drawn games being 1.

There were also plenty of goals scored in those games, 22 overall which averages out at 3.67 goals per meeting.

The last league meeting featuring these clubs was MLS match day 9 on 31/03/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Los Angeles Galaxy 1-0 Seattle Sounders FC.

On that day, Los Angeles Galaxy had 46% possession and 9 attempts on goal with 2 on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Gabriel Pec (4').

Seattle Sounders FC had 16 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target.

The match was refereed by Ismail Elfath.

📋 Team News: Seattle Sounders FC

Braudílio Rodrigues (Muscle injury), Reed Baker-Whiting (Muscle injury), Nathan (Hip problems) and Pedro de la Vega (Muscle injury) will not be able to play for Seattle Sounders FC boss Brian Schmetzer.

📋 Team News: Los Angeles Galaxy

Due to a completely injury-free squad available for selection, the Los Angeles Galaxy manager Greg Vanney does not have any fitness concerns whatsoever ahead of this game.

💡 Prediction

Our feeling is that Los Angeles Galaxy might have a difficult job to be putting a goal past this Seattle Sounders FC outfit who we think should end up scoring and possibly keep a clean sheet as well.

We’ve gone for a hard-fought contest, finishing with a 1-0 winning score for Seattle Sounders FC at the end of this game.

A close call.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Renata Leite, 22:06 05/05/2024