Our prediction for this MLS match:
CITYPARK will be the centre of attention when St Louis City and Los Angeles FC lock horns on Thursday morning. St Louis City have been showing signs of improvement of late and they must be high on confidence following a 3-1 win over Chicago Fire. A man to watch in the home team will be Joao Klauss, who scored a brace in the last league match, while both Joshua Yaro and Eduard Lowen are sidelined with injuries.
Los Angeles FC, on the other hand, aim to build on a 3-0 win over Vancouver Whitecaps. As both sides looked sharp in front of goal at the weekend, we believe that there is a big value in betting on over 2.5 goals. The visitors will be without Ryan Hollingshead, David Martinez, and Lorenzo Dellavalle in the midweek clash, while there are no fresh injury worries in Steve Cherundolo’s team.
Highlighted Team (Los Angeles FC):
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Seeing that Los Angeles FC will be competing in Major League Soccer from the 2018 season, the club chiefs did well to reinforce the squad. Several high-profile players joined the club in the winter of 2018, with Mexican ace Carlos Vela being the biggest name to sign a deal with LAFC.
The new expansion team will host their rivals at Banc of California, the stadium which is planned to be opened on April 29, 2018. The venue should hold up to 22,000 spectators. Los Angeles FC will be coached by Bob Bradley in the 2018 MLS campaign and they will be wearing black and gold kits in the USA professional soccer league. Speaking of their bitterest rivals, there will be fireworks when Los Angeles FC face LA Galaxy in the Major League Soccer.
District 9 Ultras and Black Army 1850 are considered the club's biggest supporters groups and it has to be noted that they used to support Chivas USA. Los Angeles FC were founded on October 30, 2014.