Los Angeles FC vs. Seattle Sounders – Prediction (MLS – Play Offs – 30.10.2019)

Los Angeles FC vs. Seattle Sounders – Preview and Teams Comparison.

After finally winning their first El Tráfico with a knockout blow in the second half, Los Angeles FC (LAFC) stay at home for their first Conference Final, where they have now won 14 of 18 MLS matches during 2019 – ten of them by a margin of multiple goals. Diego Rossi (LAFC) has scored in five of his last ten league starts at home. The thrilling 5-3 demolition of LA Galaxy was their third consecutive MLS home game (and ninth of their last 11 at home) in which they scored at least three goals, and also extended a perfect record of ten wins from ten when opening the scoring at home in league football in 2019.

Three of the four H2Hs have produced under 2.5 goals. LAFC have collected just 22 yellow cards in 18 MLS home matches this season. Just five of ten 2019 MLS Cup play-off games (before ATL-TOR) have seen the home team win inside 90 minutes, with only three leading at both HT and FT.

Their opponents, Seattle Sounders, have not been immune from such destruction: Seattle have never beaten LAFC (D1, L3), nor have they left a trip to LAFC without anything other than the taste of defeat (L2). Nicolás Lodeiro (SEA) has found the back of the net in just one of eight play-off games on the road. Despite having the minority of possession in both playoffs to date, Seattle continue to demonstrate the importance of experience at this stage, having lost just three of their last 15 postseason games within 90 minutes (W9, D3). They will almost certainly need to find the first goal of the game here, however, as four of their five MLS road wins have been earned with the opening goal, whilst they have gone on to lose seven of nine when conceding first (W1, D1).

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