Seattle Sounders FC vs Los Angeles FC Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Seattle Sounders FC

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Seattle Sounders FC will be looking to improve on their last outing here following a 1-0 MLS loss in their previous game against FC Cincinatti.

In that game, Seattle Sounders FC managed 51% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 1 on target. FC Cincinatti got 9 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. Brenner (63') was the scorer for FC Cincinatti.

An interesting aspect of more recent Seattle Sounders FC games is the number of nil scores.

Taking their prior six clashes before this one, in 5 of them a bet on "Both Teams to Score" would have been a losing one.

Los Angeles FC

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After suffering a loss in their previous game against Alajuelense in CONCACAF Champions League competition, Los Angeles FC will be aiming to make amends here.

The only scorer from Los Angeles FC was Carlos Vela (83'). Giancarlo González (8') scored for Alajuelense.

Illustrating their penchant for eventful matches, the back of the net has been hit 23 times in the prior 6 matches in which Los Angeles FC have taken to the field, giving an average of 3.83 goals each meeting. Their opponents have hit 7 of these goals. That sort of trend isn’t assured to be continued into this next game, though.

👥 Head to head

If we look at their past head to head duels stretching back to 25/11/2020, neither club has come out on top overall with Seattle Sounders FC winning 2 of those games, Los Angeles FC 2 and 2 being draws in normal time.

A sum of 16 goals were scored between the two sides throughout the course of those matches, with 8 of them from The Sounders and 8 created by LAFC. That is an average goals per game value of 2.67.

The last league meeting featuring the two was MLS match day 31 on 30/07/2022 and the score finished Los Angeles FC 2-1 Seattle Sounders FC.

That time, Los Angeles FC had 48% possession and 19 attempts at goal with 8 of them on target. The goalscorers were Jesús Murillo (14' Own goal), Kwadwo Opoku (35') and Carlos Vela (43').

Seattle Sounders FC got 11 shots on goal with 0 on target.

The referee was Joe Dickerson.

📰 Team News: Seattle Sounders FC

Héber (Muscle Injury) and Obed Vargas (Back Injury) won’t be able to feature for Seattle Sounders FC gaffer Brian Schmetzer.

We are thinking that The Sounders will possibly opt for a 4-2-3-1 formation this time, utilising Stefan Frei, Alex Roldan, Yeimar Gomez, Jackson Ragen, Nouhou Tolo, Joao Paulo, Albert Rusnák, Cristian Roldan, Nicolas Lodeiro, Jordan Morris and Fredy Montero.

📰 Team News: Los Angeles FC

In an otherwise available squad, there is just the sole fitness issue for the Los Angeles FC boss Steve Cherundolo to be concerned with. Maxime Crépeau (Tibia Fracture) misses out for this game.

We’re of the thinking that Los Angeles FC seem likely to begin the game with a 4-3-3 formation, choosing John McCarthy, Ryan Hollingshead, Jesús Murillo, Aaron Long, Diego Palacios, José Cifuentes, Ilie Sanchez, Timothy Tillman, Christian Torres, Carlos Vela and Denis Bouanga.

✨ Prediction

We feel that Los Angeles FC might need a bit of good fortune to see themselves scoring against this Seattle Sounders FC lineup who we think will get the vital goal that wins it.

We therefore fancy a very even contest with a 1-0 advantage for Seattle Sounders FC when the full-time whistle blows.

Let’s see how it plays out.

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Renata Leite, 02:22 14/03/2023