Minnesota United vs Los Angeles Galaxy Live Stream, Predictions

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Minnesota United

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Minnesota United will be hoping for a better result following the 4-0 MLS defeat in their last game at the hands of Sporting Kansas City.

In that game, Minnesota United had 36% possession and 10 shots at goal with 0 of them on target. Sporting Kansas City got 12 shots at goal with 8 on target. Shelton (14'), Sallói (36'), Russell (45') and Duke (52') scored for Sporting Kansas City.

It’s not been often in recent games that Minnesota United have shown defensive steel. The facts show that Minnesota United have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 matches, giving up 6 goals during that time. That aside, we will just have to wait and see if such a trend shall be replicated in this upcoming game.

Los Angeles Galaxy

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Last time out, Los Angeles Galaxy drew 1-1 in the MLS tie with Houston Dynamo.

In that game, Los Angeles Galaxy had 64% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 4 on target. The scorer for Los Angeles Galaxy was Hernández (61'). On the other side, Houston Dynamo got 8 shots on goal with 2 of them on target. Picault (13') scored for Houston Dynamo.

Los Angeles Galaxy have been good when going forward of late, having scored 8 goals in their last 6 matches. While their manager Greg Vanney will no doubt take that as a positive sign, Los Angeles Galaxy have had their own issues at the back, also conceding in 5 of those same clashes.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Delving into past results between these clubs stretching back to 12/08/2018 shows that these encounters have not been fruitful for Minnesota United. They’ve not managed to register any wins whatsoever while Los Angeles Galaxy have dominated them, winning in 67% of those match-ups.

17 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 6 from Loons and 11 belonging to The Galactics. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.83.

The previous league match between the two was MLS match day 25 on 14/08/2021 when it finished Minnesota United 0-1 Los Angeles Galaxy.

In that game, Minnesota United had 48% possession and 21 shots on goal with 6 of them on target.

On the other side, Los Angeles Galaxy got 10 shots on goal with 1 of them on target. Cabral (43') scored.

The match was refereed by Joe Dickerson.

ℹ️ Team News: Minnesota United

Availability isn’t a big problem, with just a single fitness concern for the Minnesota United gaffer Adrian Heath to contend with from of an almost fully healthy set of players. Niko Hansen (Groin Injury) is out of contention.

📰 Team News: Los Angeles Galaxy

Owing to a completely healthy group ready to go, the Los Angeles Galaxy boss Greg Vanney has zero fitness worries to speak of coming into this match.

🔮 Prediction

Looking at these two teams, we feel that Los Angeles Galaxy certainly have the ability to break down this Minnesota United lineup, although that might not quite be enough to avoid a loss.

We can see both teams to score in a 2-1 winning score for Minnesota United after 90 minutes. Should be a good one.

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Lucas Pereira, 23:32 14/09/2021