LA Galaxy host New England Revolution at Dignity Health Sports Park on Saturday, September 5 (9:30 PM ET \/ 8:30 PM CT \/ 6:30 PM PT).<\/p>\n
There are no fresh fitness or suspension concerns for either side heading into this one, so both managers will lean on their most productive men. LA Galaxy will look to Joseph Paintsil, who has scored 5 goals from 39 shots this season, and Marco Reus, whose 49 chances created leads the squad’s creative output. New England Revolution’s XI should again be built around Carles Gil, who has scored 8 goals and created 62 chances in 1971 minutes, alongside Dor Turgeman’s 6 goals from 50 shots up top.<\/p>\n
This looks like a case of two teams pulling in opposite directions in their respective playoff races. New England Revolution arrive fourth in the East on 37 points, comfortably inside the picture, while LA Galaxy sit 13th in the West on 26 points and have not found much of a scoring touch of late. With a defence that has conceded enough to leave them on a -7 goal difference, the hosts look more likely to keep this tight than to trade chances, and a cagey, low-event match at Dignity Health Sports Park feels the most probable shape for the 90 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n