St Louis City vs LA Galaxy Predictions

• St Louis have nine points from eight home games.
• LA Galaxy have seven defeats in nine MLS trips, drawing the other two games.
• St Louis have gone eight MLS games without a clean sheet.

Western strugglers meet at CITYPARK

The Western Conference’s bottom two face off on Saturday night as rock-bottom LA Galaxy make the trip to St Louis.

Galaxy, who won the MLS Cup last season, finally claimed their first win of the season at the 17th attempt last time out as they picked up a 2-0 win over Real Salt Lake in LA.

St Louis made a decent start to the season with a four-game unbeaten run before their form nosedived. An 11-game winless run in MLS saw Olof Mellberg relieved of his position as head coach at the end of May, interim boss David Critchley has overseen one win and one defeat since replacing the Swede.

Home advantage gives St Louis the edge

Galaxy should take some confidence from that win over Salt Lake but they were perhaps a little fortunate to claim the points, and they may be unable to back that up with another result in St Louis.

The hosts won 3-0 in LA earlier in the season and claimed a 2-1 success when these sides last met at this venue in the previous campaign. St Louis are also unbeaten in five games against the Galaxy since joining the MLS.

St Louis’ home form hasn’t been too bad and they’ve only lost one of their last five at CITYPARK across all competitions, and they beat a decent San Jose Earthquakes side 2-1 in their last home fixture.

Galaxy have been terrible on their travels with just two points from nine road games, so a win for St Louis looks the best option for our main bet.

The visitors can at least get on the scoresheet as St Louis have conceded in eight consecutive MLS games. As such, a 3-1 win for the hosts appeals as Galaxy have shipped 21 goals in their nine road games.