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Minnesota United v LA Galaxy
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Kick Off: Saturday 22nd March at 20:30
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Competition: MLS
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Minnesota United v LA Galaxy Bet Builder Tips
Minnesota welcome an LA Galaxy side that are still looking for their first win of the season, losing three of their opening four games of the 2025 MLS season. Greg Vanney’s side are without key players at the moment including Riqui Puig and Joseph Paintsil, which is inevitably affecting their performances so far this term.
Minnesota have had a more steady start to the campaign, winning two of their opening four games of the season which were both won by 1-0 scorelines. They enter this game following a chaotic 3-3 draw with Sporting Kansas City which was a surprising result given the close nature of the previous early encounters.
⭐ Minnesota United v LA Galaxy Best Bet
➡️ Marco Reus to have 1+ Shots on Target @ 1.73 on Betfair
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Marco Reus made his second start of the MLS season for LA Galaxy in their 3-0 defeat to St Louis last time out. Reus lined up as part of a midfield three but pushed on to advanced positions to register three shots on target in the game. Reus is an important player for this LA Galaxy side in the absence of Puig, LA Galaxy miss the former Barcelona player in the middle of the park but Reus can step up whilst he is sidelined with injury.
Impressively, Reus also managed to create more chances than any other player on the pitch (five) in LA Galaxy’s defeat to St Louis. This highlights his quality which is a level above the rest of his team-mates and is something that can aid him in finding the target here against what will be a stubborn Minnesota side, judging by their results in the MLS so far this season.
Reus also managed to find the target in LA Galaxy’s CONCACAF Champions Cup clash against Club Sport Herediano playing off the left-hand side on that occasion. Reus’ quality will be crucial to any success LA Galaxy can find here, Reus averaged 0.84 shots on target per 90 across his 11 appearances in the MLS last season.
👕 Minnesota United v LA Galaxy Predicted XI
🔍 Minnesota United v LA Galaxy Player to Watch
⚪ Edwin Cerrillo
Cerrillo has already picked up two yellow cards across his four MLS appearances this season. He’s committed eight fouls across these appearances (2.3 per 90) which suggests that he’s quite combative in the middle of the park.
Minnesota and LA Galaxy both like to play with three bodies in midfield, Cerrillo being at the heart of this trio for the away side. This should see Cerrillo be regularly tested and continue to post promising foul numbers. Cerrillo averaged 1.68 fouls committed per 90 across his 38 MLS appearances last season.
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📂 Minnesota United v LA Galaxy Cheat Sheet
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💻 Minnesota United v LA Galaxy Form and Tactics
For the most part, Minnesota’s games have been really tight affairs which is an outcome largely influenced by their approach. Minnesota like to line up in a 5-3-2 set-up, this system doesn’t switch between a back three and a back five instead staying quite defensively-minded with three central midfielders which really limits the space in central areas. It’s no surprise that three of Minnesota’s four games this season have only seen one goal, they will be tough for LA Galaxy to break down.
LA Galaxy have shifted between a few different systems following a poor start to the season. They went with a 4-3-3 shape against Portland which earned them their first point of the season, so Greg Vanney is likely to stick with this approach seeing as their other systems haven’t brought them too much joy in the MLS so far.
These sides met three times last year with LA Galaxy winning two of the meetings and the other ending in a 2-2 draw. BTTS landed in all three of these meetings, but it could be possible that we see a more nervy encounter here given the tentative start LA Galaxy have made to the season paired with Minnesota’s pragmatic approach in the early stages of this campaign.
🏁 Minnesota United v LA Galaxy Ref Watch
- Referee: Chris Penso
| Average Cards (Y / R) | 5.00 / 0.00 |
| Fouls Given | 25.00 |
| Penalties | 0.00 |
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