📊 Form Guide
Los Angeles FC DWLLDL
Los Angeles FC won’t want a repeat of their last result here after a 0-1 MLS defeat in their last game at the hands of Vancouver Whitecaps.
In that game, Los Angeles FC managed 63% possession and 13 shots at goal with 3 on target. On the other side, Vancouver Whitecaps had 5 attempts at goal with 1 of them on target. Emmanuel Sabbi (20') was the scorer for Vancouver Whitecaps.
It has been all too rare in recent times where Los Angeles FC have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. In fact, Los Angeles FC have been scored against in 6 of their previous 6 clashes, letting in 8 goals during that time.
Colorado Rapids LLLWDL
Since a losing effort in their last game against Sporting Kansas City in MLS action, Colorado Rapids and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.
In that game, Colorado Rapids managed 67% possession and 24 attempts on goal with 8 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Colorado Rapids was Navarro (89'). Sporting Kansas City got 5 attempts at goal with 2 on target. Dejan Joveljić (4') and Erik Thommy (53') scored for Sporting Kansas City.
The stats tell the story, and Colorado Rapids have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, seeing their opponents hit 10 goals in all. In defence, Colorado Rapids certainly have room for improvement. That pattern won’t necessarily be carried forward here, of course.
↔️ Head to head
Inspecting their past head to head clashes dating back to 02/04/2023 shows us that Los Angeles FC have won 3 of these games and Colorado Rapids 2, with the number of draws being 1.
A combined total of 16 goals were produced between them in these games, with 11 from LAFC and 5 belonging to Rapids. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.67.
ℹ️ Team News: Los Angeles FC
The Los Angeles FC manager Steve Cherundolo will be thankful to have no fitness worries to speak of before this clash with a completely healthy group to choose from.
We think that Los Angeles FC should make use of the 4-3-3 system and select Hugo Lloris, Sergi Palencia, Aaron Long, Eddie Segura, Artem Smolyakov, Timothy Tillman, Igor Jesus, Frankie Amaya, Javairô Dilrosun, Jeremy Ebobisse and Denis Bouanga.
🗞️ Team News: Colorado Rapids
Due to a completely healthy squad available to choose from, the Colorado Rapids boss Chris Armas has no fitness worries to speak of ahead of this clash.
We are inclined to think that Colorado Rapids appear most likely to elect for a 4-2-3-1 formation, settling for N. Defreitas-Hansen, Keegan Rosenberry, Andreas Maxsö, Chidozie Awaziem, Jackson Travis, Connor Ronan, Josh Atencio, Calvin Harris, Djordje Mihailovic, Theodore Ku-DiPietro and Rafael Navarro.
💡 Prediction
It looks to us like Colorado Rapids will need to play some great football to get a goal against a Los Angeles FC side who should be able to boss most aspects of this game if it turns out as we expect.
We reckon that it will be a convincing 3-0 win for Los Angeles FC by the conclusion of the match.