Predictions & Livescore Major League Soccer - Houston Dynamo vs Los Angeles FC

Major League Soccer - Houston Dynamo vs Los Angeles FC
Match Time: 08-07-2024 08:30 Monday (GMT+8)
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Houston Dynamo

Before their match on Wednesday, the Dynamo had been climbing their way up the Western Conference table, riding a six-match unbeaten run.

However, for a third time in league play this year, Ben Olsen's men lost a match when scoring the opening goal, dropping nine points when doing so.

Those points have Orange Crush currently sitting seventh in the Western Conference, three points above the playoff line instead of being in fourth.

In 2023, Houston had the joint-most regular-season home victories along with St Louis City (11), but they would need to win their remaining seven fixtures at Shell Energy Stadium to equal that mark in 2024.

Around this stage of the previous domestic campaign, they found some consistency, suffering just two defeats from matchday 21 until the end of the 2023 regular season.

Three of their last four regular-season meetings with Los Angeles FC have ended in a victory for Orange Crush, who claimed their biggest-ever victory against them at home last year (4-0).

Los Angeles FC

Not even an intense El Trafico showdown against their bitter rivals could slow down the Black and Gold, who continue to rack up the points.

Over 70,000 fans packed the Rose Bowl to witness their game against the Galaxy this week, as the 2023 MLS Cup runners-up won for a sixth time domestically this season by a single goal.

Steve Cherundolo's men are now unbeaten in 10 consecutive league fixtures, their longest stretch without a defeat in any previous MLS regular season.

On Sunday, they can stretch their unbeaten run away from home in this competition to six matches, setting a new single-season club record.

Los Angeles FC have won all 10 of their domestic encounters this year when leading at the half, accounting for 30 of their 43 points.

The Black and Gold are winless in their previous three away matches versus the Dynamo, winning only one regular-season game against them in Houston (3-1 in 2019).

Prediction: Houston Dynamo 1-2 Los Angeles