LA Galaxy hosts Austin FC in a MLS Western Conference fixture on Sunday. LA Galaxy is fifth in the conference table a 6-2-5 on 20 points with a goal difference of -1. LA Galaxy defeated LAFC 3-1 in the US Open Cup round of 16 on Wednesday but was defeated by the Houston Dynamo at home 3-0 in its most recent MLS fixture last Sunday.
LA Galaxy's loss to Houston was the seventh loss at home by three goals or more dating back to 2017. Javier Chicharito Hernandez is the leading goal scorer for LA Galaxy with five, while Douglas Costa has scored two. Samuel Grandsir and Raheem Edwards each have three assists to lead LA Galaxy, while four others have one assist each.
Austin FC is second in the conference table at 7-3-3 on 24 points with a goal difference of +13 and is just two points adrift of first place LAFC. Austin battled to a 2-2 draw at home last Sunday with Orlando City. Sebastian Driussi scored in the 63rd minute for Austin and Moussa Djitte scored an equalizer for the club in stoppage time (90'+5') to share spoils.
Austin was behind by two goals and rallied to draw with Orlando City and it is the second time this season that Austin has trailed by multiple goals and rallied to win or draw, after rallying to beat DC United 3-2 in April after trailing 2-0. Sebastian Driussi is the leading goal scorer for Austin with eight, while Diego Fagundez is the leader in assists with seven.
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