📊 Form Guide

Los Angeles FC

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Los Angeles FC will play in this match coming off the back of a 2-2 MLS draw against St. Louis City.

In that game, Los Angeles FC managed 70% possession and 23 attempts at goal with 9 of them on target. For Los Angeles FC, the goalscorers were Denis Bouanga (70', 95') and Nathan Ordaz (89' Own goal). St. Louis City had 11 shots at goal with 6 on target. Cedric Teuchert (51') scored for St. Louis City.

It’s been a rare occasion in recent games that Los Angeles FC have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. In fact, Los Angeles FC have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, shipping 10 goals on the way. That being said, it remains to be seen if that trend might persist in this upcoming match or not.

Houston Dynamo

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Houston Dynamo will go into the meeting following a 2-0 MLS win with the eclipse of Austin FC in their most recent fixture.

In that match, Houston Dynamo managed 51% possession and 11 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. For Houston Dynamo, the goals were scored by Ondřej Lingr (61') and Ezequiel Ponce (79'). On the other side, Austin FC had 8 attempts at goal with 2 on target.

Throughout their six previous matches, Ben Olsen's Houston Dynamo have turned their attacks into goals a total of 7 times therefore yielding them a goals scored per game average of 1.17.

↔️ Head to head

A review of their most recent head to head meetings going back to 11/06/2023 shows that Los Angeles FC have won 1 of them and Houston Dynamo 4, with the tally of drawn results being 1.

In all, 10 goals were scored between the two sides in these games, with 2 of them for LAFC and 8 created by Orange Crush. That’s an average goals per game of 1.67.

The last league encounter between these clubs was MLS match day 10 on 06/04/2025 which finished with the scoreline of Houston Dynamo 1-0 Los Angeles FC.

On that occasion, Houston Dynamo had 59% possession and 11 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Jack McGlynn (58').

On the other side, Los Angeles FC got 10 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target.

The referee was Filip Dujic.

📰 Team News: Los Angeles FC

Lorenzo Dellavalle (Cruciate ligament tear) and Jeremy Ebobisse (Leg injury) will not be taking part for Los Angeles FC manager Steve Cherundolo.

It’s our opinion that Los Angeles FC may well go for a 4-3-3 system, beginning the first half with Hugo Lloris, Sergi Palencia, Marlon Santos, Aaron Long, Ryan Hollingshead, Timothy Tillman, Igor Jesus, Marco Delgado, David Martínez, Olivier Giroud and Denis Bouanga.

ℹ️ Team News: Houston Dynamo

Houston Dynamo boss Ben Olsen has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Lawrence Ennali (Cruciate ligament tear), Andrew Tarbell (Cruciate ligament tear), Duane Holmes (Leg injury), Jimmy Maurer (unknown injury), Júnior Urso (Leg injury), Ethan Bartlow (unknown injury) and Nelson Quiñónes (Knee injury) are not able to play.

We believe Orange Crush seem most likely to elect for a 4-4-2 lineup, choosing Jonathan Bond, Griffin Dorsey, Erik Sviatchenko, Femi Awodesu, Franco Escobar, Jack McGlynn, Brooklyn Raines, Artur, Ondrej Lingr, Ezequiel Ponce and Amine Bassi.

✨ Prediction

When taking all factors into account, Los Angeles FC can and should stay in control for long periods of time and should be able to convert a few of the chances that they create.

At the same time, Houston Dynamo might well find it a difficult task to score themselves although we do reckon that they could well end up converting at least once here.

We reckon that it will be a pretty comfortable 3-1 win for Los Angeles FC come full-time.

Renata Leite, 02:01 04/05/2025