Colorado Rapids vs. LAFC 5/14/22 - Major League Soccer Picks & Predictions

The Colorado Rapids host LAFC on Saturday in a MLS Western Conference fixture. Colorado is ninth in the conference table at 3-3-4 on 12 points with a goal difference of -1. Colorado was defeated by San Jose on the road last Saturday 1-0. The loss snapped an unbeaten streak of two matches for Colorado after the Rapids had defeated Portland 2-0 and had a 0-0 draw with Charlotte.

Colorado has one win, one draw and 3 losses in its last five matches across all competitions and over that span has scored four goals and conceded seven. The Rapids played on Wednesday in a US Open Cup round of 32 match against Minnesota. Diego Rubio is the leading goal scorer for Colorado with five and Michael Barrios is the leader in assists with three.

LAFC is the leader in the conference table at 7-2-1 on 23 points with a goal difference of +13. LAFC defeated the Portland Timbers on Tuesday in a US Open Cup round of 32 match 2-0. Last weekend, LAFC was held to a 2-2 draw against Philadelphia Union in the battle of conference leaders in Southern California. LAFC is unbeaten in each of its last six matches.

LAFC has four wins and one draw in its last five matches across all competitions and over that span has scored 13 goals and conceded four. The LAFC goalkeeper and backline have two clean sheets in the last three matches. Carlos Vela is the leading goal scorer for LAFC with four, while Kwadwo Opoku and Ryan Hollingshead have scored three. Jose Cifuentes is the leader in assists with three.