📏 Form Guide

Colorado Rapids

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Colorado Rapids will be looking to improve on their last outing here following a 0-1 MLS defeat last time out to Houston Dynamo.

In that game, Colorado Rapids managed 47% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 3 on target. Houston Dynamo got 6 shots at goal with 2 on target. Brad Smith (96') was the scorer for Houston Dynamo.

It has been a rare occasion in recent games that Colorado Rapids have shown defensive steel. It will be a concern for them that Colorado Rapids have seen their defence breached in 6 of their previous 6 games, letting in 9 goals during that time.

Los Angeles FC

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Los Angeles FC go into this game following a 5-0 MLS win to beat Nashville in their previous fixture.

In that match, Los Angeles FC managed 44% possession and 27 attempts at goal with 12 of them on target. For Los Angeles FC, the scorers were Timothy Tillman (9'), Denis Bouanga (18', 48'), Cristian Olivera (74') and Eduard Atuesta (95'). At the other end, Nashville got 9 shots at goal with 2 of them on target.

Throughout their 6 latest matches, Steve Cherundolo's Los Angeles FC have slotted home a total of 8 times - giving them the goals scored per game average of 1.33.

👥 Head to head

An examination of their past head to head clashes going back to 23/05/2021 shows us that Colorado Rapids have won 2 of them & Los Angeles FC 3, with the number of drawn matches standing at 1.

A combined sum of 19 goals were scored between them during those clashes, with 8 of them from Rapids and 11 netted by LAFC. That’s an average goals per game figure of 3.17.

The previous league encounter featuring these clubs was MLS match day 36 on 24/08/2023 when it ended Los Angeles FC 4-0 Colorado Rapids.

On that occasion, Los Angeles FC had 51% possession and 20 shots at goal with 8 on target. Goals were scored by Mateusz Bogusz (19'), Carlos Vela (29'), Ryan Hollingshead (36') and Cristian Olivera (83').

On the other side, Colorado Rapids got 13 shots on goal with 4 of them on target.

The match was refereed by Guido Gonzales Jr.

🗞️ Team News: Colorado Rapids

There aren’t many personnel worries, with just one fitness concern for the Colorado Rapids gaffer Chris Armas to be concerned about thanks to an almost full-strength group of players. Daniel Chacón (Cruciate ligament tear) misses out.

We are thinking that Colorado Rapids could go for a 4-2-3-1 formation for this game and select Zack Steffen, Keegan Rosenberry, Moise Bombito, Andreas Maxsö, Sam Vines, Cole Bassett, Oliver Larraz, Calvin Harris, Djordje Mihailovic, Omir Fernandez and Rafael Navarro.

ℹ️ Team News: Los Angeles FC

With a fully healthy group ready to go, the Los Angeles FC boss Steve Cherundolo doesn’t have any fitness concerns to report coming into this match.

We believe Los Angeles FC might begin the game with a 4-3-3 lineup, giving starts to Hugo Lloris, Ryan Hollingshead, Jesús Murillo, Aaron Long, Omar Campos, Timothy Tillman, Ilie Sanchez, Eduard Atuesta, Cristian Olivera, Mateusz Bogusz and Denis Bouanga.

💡 Prediction

We feel that over the course of the game, Colorado Rapids could find themselves struggling to score against this Los Angeles FC lineup who we think will score at least once to gain the upper hand.

Our tip is therefore for a hard-fought 0-1 winning score for Los Angeles FC when the referee blows for full-time.

Let’s see how this one goes.

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Renata Leite, 19:01 30/03/2024