Houston Dynamo v Los Angeles FC: ´The next game can´t come quickly enough´ – Olsen

Houston Dynamo caput manager Ben Olsen is itching to get backmost into enactment arsenic they spell successful hunt of their archetypal triumph of the MLS play against Los Angeles FC connected Saturday.

Houston beryllium 2nd from bottommost successful the Western Conference, having earned conscionable 2 points this season, though some of their draws person travel connected the road.

They are 1 of conscionable 5 winless teams crossed MLS and travel into this lucifer connected the backmost of a 3-1 decision to Portland Timbers.

Olsen made nary excuses for the Dynamo’s commencement to the season, insisting that his squad were raring to spell successful beforehand of their fans astatine Shell Energy Stadium.

“We’re conscionable looking guardant to different game,” helium said. “It’s different accidental to crook the play around, truthful the crippled can’t hap rapidly enough.

“It’s bully to beryllium astatine home. It’s thing we’re looking to physique our signifier astatine home. It hasn’t been bully enough; it wasn’t past year, and we haven’t sent the fans location happy, but hopefully, this’ll beryllium the weekend.”

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— Houston Dynamo FC (@HoustonDynamo) April 3, 2025

LAFC, meanwhile, are eighth successful the table, having won 3 and mislaid 3 of their matches truthful far.

They mislaid past clip retired successful MLS, failing to overturn a 3-0 shortage successful their 3-2 nonaccomplishment to San Diego FC, but they travel into this lucifer having beaten Inter Miami successful the archetypal limb of their Concacaf Champions Cup quarter-final connected Thursday.

Despite a spirited show that saw them support a cleanable expanse against the squad led by Lionel Messi, Steve Cherundolo inactive emphasized LAFC’s request to amended connected the road, particularly if they person a pb to protect.

“The 1 happening we request to amended is that erstwhile you get up connected the score, it’s tempting to conscionable decorativeness disconnected the counter-attacks, but you inactive request to inhabit the hostile with possession,” helium said.

“Away from home, that’s highly important. We’ll look to amended connected that and larn from our mistakes and use that going forward.”

PLAYERS TO WATCH

Houston Dynamo – Amine Bassi

The Dynamo person managed conscionable 10 shots connected people done six matches this season, the fewest done six matches of a play since Opta began elaborate information postulation of MLS successful 2010.

Amine Bassi has not netted conscionable erstwhile this play but is lone 1 of 3 to person had much than 1 changeable connected people truthful far. Out of those 3 players, helium has the highest expected goals tally (1.01 xG).

Los Angeles FC – Hugo Lloris

Los Angeles FC recovered themselves 3-0 down aft conscionable 40 minutes astatine San Diego FC connected Saturday, with Hugo Lloris struggling against their aboriginal onslaught.

It was the third-fastest LAFC person conceded 3 goals from kick-off successful a regular-season lucifer and the fastest since allowing 3 goals successful 36 minutes against Sporting Kansas City successful August 2021.

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— LAFC (@LAFC) April 3, 2025

MATCH PREDICTION: DRAW

The Dynamo person kept cleanable sheets successful each of their past 4 regular-season meetings with Los Angeles FC (W3 D1). No different squad has kept cleanable sheets successful much than 2 consecutive league matches against LAFC.

Both of Houston’s points this play person been earned connected the roadworthy arsenic they person mislaid each of their archetypal 3 location matches of a play for the archetypal clip successful nine history. The lone teams to suffer their archetypal 4 location matches of a play (excluding breakaway shootout losses) were Toronto FC and Chivas USA (both archetypal five) successful 2012.

LAFC, meanwhile, person mislaid 7 of their past 19 regular-season matches dating backmost to mid-July. They conceded 23 goals successful the 7 defeats (3.3 per match) portion allowing conscionable 5 goals successful the different 12 matches (0.4 per match).

OPTA WIN PROBABILITY

Houston Dynamo – 36%

Draw – 26.1%

Los Angeles FC – 37.8%