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Los Angeles Galaxy vs Toronto FC Prediction & Betting tips
On Thursday, the United States celebrates Independence Day again. For the 243rd time since the official founding of the United States, Americans are celebrating their most important national holiday, Independence Day, on July 4th. Similar to Thanksgiving or Christmas, where the NFL or the NBA are always the center of attention, Independence Day offers the perfect setting for sporting events. There are three exciting matches in Major League Soccer during the night from Thursday to Friday (Central European Time). We want to pay the most attention to the match of title contender LA Galaxy against Toronto. Judging by the odds, the chances for Zlatan Ibrahimovic and his Galaxy are good, to forget the setback of the past matchday.
The second-placed of the Western Conference was surprised at the weekend with 0-3 against the San Jose Earthquakes under the wheels and thus conceded the second defeat of the recent three games. Toronto, meanwhile, has improved a lot and lost just one match in the last five matches (one win, three draws). Nonetheless, the defensive continues to cause major problems for Canadians. In addition, the 2017 MLS champion has been waiting for a threesome in foreign countries since the beginning of May. Not least because of that, we tend to predict home victory between LA Galaxy and Toronto.
LA Galaxy:
Undoubtedly, Los Angeles Galaxy is one of the most dazzling names in Major League Soccer. This is, of course, partly due to the fact that the franchise, founded in 1995, was once a founding member of the highest American football league and over the years well-known actors such as David Beckham, Andreas Herzog and Landon Donovan were under contract in Hollywood. On the other hand, the fact that the Californians were able to get five MLS titles to Los Angeles in this millennium alone. After the Galaxy reached in the past four years, however, the maximum in the Conference semi-finals (2016) and even missed the playoffs twice (2017, 2018), the protégés of the Argentine coach Guillermo Barros Schelotto have made some plans for the current season. So far, it is also running much better than in the recent two seasons.
With 31 points from 18 games, LA Galaxy is currently in second place in the Western Conference. Thanks to ten wins, one draw and seven defeats, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Co. were able to score an eight-point cushion on the first non-playoff rank. Nonetheless, it is the lack of consistency or the acute power fluctuations that are currently causing headaches to blue-white-white supporters. A 4-0 defeat at the Portland Timbers in the US Open Cup followed just two days later with a 2-0 win at Cincinnati, followed by an embarrassing 3-0 draw at the San Jose Earthquakes, who have only taken six wins to date Credit page. Overall, there were six defeats in the past nine MLS duels, so that a question mark behind the current constitution must be set.
However, hope for the match in the night from Thursday to Friday makes the home record, but recently also got a small dent. After six home wins in a row to kick off the Galaxy conceded in the recent three encounters in front of their own fans equal to three bankruptcies. In connection with the mentioned 0: 3 defeat of the weekend, the motivation of the Californians will be so huge, the form weakness to shelve and retract an important threesome. In particular, against the weakening defense of the Canadian counterpart, “Ibra Kadabra”, who scored eleven of 24 LA appearances, and his colleagues should be able to score goals. The injured Romain Alessandrini as well as Giancarlo Gonzalez and Jonathan dos Santos, who are staying with their national teams, will not be available. Nevertheless, the staff situation at the Second of the Western Conference is much more relaxed than the Toronto FC.
Toronto:
The Toronto Football Club had already accomplished what the Toronto Raptors did a few weeks ago in 2017. The Raptors were the first Canadian team to grab the NBA championship and write history. The same premiere was achieved in 2006 by the football franchise from Toronto two years earlier. All the more surprising was the fact that the defending champion missed the playoffs as ninth in the East last year and thus had no chance to repeat the triumph in the post-season. In the current season, however, the team of longtime coach Greg Vanney (since 2014) is aiming for a place in the knockout round. Until then, however, there still seems to be a long way to go, because so far the red-blacks did not necessarily fulfill their role as a secret favorite for the championship.
With a total of eight points less than LA Galaxy Toronto currently has to make do with the last playoff rank (7). However, with Orlando City, the New England Revolution or Bastian Schweinsteiger’s Chicago Fire, various teams are lurking for further lapses from the 2017 champion. These have not been as regular in recent times as at the beginning of the season. From the last five games, the Canadians only conceded a defeat. In the same period but only jumped out a threesome (three draws). Especially in foreign countries, the Vanney Elf has had great difficulties in recent weeks to bring the performance on the course. The last away win in Major League Soccer, for example, dates from 4 May and is thus two months behind. Since then, there were two draws and three defeats, in which the TFC had to take on average always conceded two goals. The disappointing results in the distance are certainly one of the reasons in the night from Thursday to Friday between LA Galaxy and Toronto to give his tip for the home win.
An additional argument provides vulnerability on the defensive. With 31 goals in front, the franchise from Canada is one of the worst defensive lines of Major League Soccer.
Los Angeles Galaxy vs Toronto FC head to head matches
16.09.18 MLS Toronto FC Los Angeles Galaxy 5 : 3
17.09.17 MLS Los Angeles Galaxy Toronto FC 0 : 4
19.06.16 MLS Toronto FC Los Angeles Galaxy 1 : 0
05.07.15 MLS Los Angeles Galaxy Toronto FC 4 : 0
05.10.14 MLS Los Angeles Galaxy Toronto FC 3 : 0