The Seattle Sounders host the LA Galaxy in a MLS Western Conference matchday 3 fixture on Saturday. Seattle is last in the conference table at 0-0-2 on zero points with a goal difference of -2. Seattle lost each of its first two MLS matches this season 1-0, to Nashville followed by Real Salt Lake. Seattle is coming off a 3-0 victory over Leon in the first leg of their quarterfinals CONCACAF Champions League tie.
Seattle has two victories, one draw and two losses in its most recent five matches across all competitions and over that span has scored eight goals and conceded two. Seattle’s keeper and back line have three clean sheets in the last five matches played, but Seattle has been held scoreless in two of its last three matches. Seattle has yet to score a goal in MLS play this season.
LA Galaxy is second in the conference table at 2-0-0 on six points with a goal difference of +2. The Galaxy opened their MLS campaign with a 1-0 victory over New York City FC and followed that with a 1-0 victory on the road over the expansion Charlotte FC. Scoring the lone goal of the game for LA was Efrain Alvarez in the 77th minute.
LA Galaxy has two victories, two draws and one loss in its most recent five matches in the MLS and over that span has scored six goals and conceded six. The Galaxy keeper and the back line have clean sheets in each of the first two matches in MLS play this season. Javier Hernandez and Efrain Alvarez each have scored one goal for the LA Galaxy, while Raheem Edwards is the leader in assists with two.
