Los Angeles FC vs Seattle Sounders FC Prediction, 6/21/2023 MLS Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Tony Sink - 6/19/2023

Game: Los Angeles FC vs Seattle Sounders FC

Date: Wednesday, June 21, 2023

Location: Banc of California Stadium in Los Angeles, CA

TV: Apple TV - MLS Season Pass

Odds/Point Spread: Los Angeles (-110) Seattle (+285)

The LA Football Club (8-5-3) will play the Seattle Sounders FC (8-4-6) at Banc of California Stadium on Wednesday. The Sounders are priced at +285 while LAFC is at -110. The total is set at 2.5. The expected starting goalies are John McCarthy for Los Angeles and Stefan Frei for Seattle.

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The LA Football Club rank 7th concerning expected goals with 25.4, and their expected goals against sit at 17.7. LAFC has conceded 16 goals while conceding 1.00 goals per 90 minutes, and the opposition have a total of 58 shots on target against them. The team's goal differential is at 9 by means of 25 goals put in the net as well as 16 goals surrendered. They have 6 clean sheets, which has them at a rate of 37.5% over the course of the season. Los Angeles FC has compiled 42 saves and they hold a SV% of 77.6 the year. Los Angeles has tallied 33 yellow card warnings the year and 1 red card. This year, this team is sitting with an average of 1.81 pts per match (29 pts) and rank 20th in soccer with 13 assists.

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Seattle Sounders FC has amassed 24 goals and their expected goals over the course of the season sits at 29.7. Their goals against per 90 is currently at 0.94 with 46 saves, and they have a total of 9 shut outs. So far this season, the Sounders have a save percentage of 72.6 (62 SoT against), and also sit at 9th in soccer with 28 pts. Seattle sits at 8th in relation to goals against having 17, and the squad's goal differential is coming in at 7. The Sounders have amassed a clean sheet % of 50.0% on the year and also 34 yellow card cautions. The Sounders are averaging 1.56 pts per fixture while having 16 assists and 1 red card.

The man protecting the net for Los Angeles is John McCarthy. McCarthy has seen the pitch for 9,730 minutes and has earned 339 saves so far in his career. His goals against per 90 mins is 1.59 (172 total goals allowed) and he has a save percentage of .663. The keeper from the United States has faced 511 shots tried at him in 108 career starts. McCarthy (40-19-49 record during his career) has accounted for 22 shutouts, which leaves him with a 20.4% clean sheet percentage.

Stefan Frei will be residing in front of the goal for Seattle. Frei has racked up 34 clean sheets and has defended 369 shots against him in 9,229 career mins. He has earned a save percentage of .699 and his clean sheet rate is currently 33.3%. He has given up 1.12 goals per 90 and he has a record of 44-24-34. So far in his career, Frei has given up 115 goals and has tallied 258 stops in 102 starting assignments.

Carlos Vela is a footballer who can be a force on the pitch for Los Angeles. He has totaled 81 assists while accumulating 52 yellow card warnings so far in his pro soccer career. The forward hailing from Mexico has tallied 156 goals scored in 31,503 minutes. Vela has had a starting assignment in 352 matches in his pro soccer career and accounts for 0.45 G/90.

Seattle features Raul Ruidiaz, who defenders will be preparing in this game. The forward who is from Peru has played 16,423 minutes while scoring 125 goals. He is averaging 0.68 goals per 90 minutes and has been in the starting lineup in 187 matches in his pro soccer career. He has totaled 18 yellow cards during his pro soccer career and has helped a teammate on a goal 11 times.

Who will win tonight's soccer game against the spread?

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Seattle (+285)

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