The LA Galaxy host the Colorado Rapids on Tuesday night at 10:30pm E.T. at the StubHub Center in Carson, Calif. Just 10 days ago, the Rapids ended the Galaxy’s nine game unbeaten streak with a 2-1 victory when the two sides met at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, Colo. Here are a few things you need to know heading into Tuesday night’s match up:
- The Galaxy are 10-8-6 overall and 6-4-2 at home so far this season. They sit in fourth place, tied with cross-town rival LAFC, in the Western Conference standings with 36 points in 24 matches.
- The Colorado Rapids are 1-7-2 on the road so far this season, with their lone road win coming on July 1 with a 1-0 win in Vancouver against the Whitecaps. Colorado is in 11th place in the West with a 6-12-5 record and 23 points from 23 matches.
- All time, the Galaxy are 37-26-10 against Colorado and 24-7-5 at home.
- Tired legs plague both of these teams, as both sides played home games on Saturday night. This match is the last midweek match for the Galaxy of the 2018 MLS regular season, with one Friday match, five Saturday matches and three Sunday matches remaining.
- The Galaxy were twice unable to hold their lead against Minnesota United FC on Saturday night, as the Loons found equalizers both times the Galaxy earned a lead. The match ended in a 2-2 draw that felt like a loss, according to Galaxy midfielder Sebastian Lletget.
- Forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic is still just two goals away from 500 goals in his career.
- Michael Ciani is facing suspension due to yellow card accumulation if he is shown one more yellow card, while both Ashley Cole and Jorgen Skjelvik are two cards away.
- Midfielder Romain Alessandrini left the Galaxy’s match on Saturday due to a right knee injury. The club has not yet released a statement on his status, and head coach Sigi Schmid did not have an update on his status post game.
- Giovani Dos Santos, who was returning from injury on Saturday, also left the match early due to injury, and his status also has yet to be released by the Galaxy.
- The Colorado Rapids recently bolstered their offense by bringing in Kellyn Acosta after trading with FC Dallas in exchange for Dominique Badji, who still is Colorado’s leading goal scorer this season. Acosta already has two goals and two assists in his three matches so far with Colorado, including one goal against the Galaxy on August 4.