Los Angeles FC vs. New York Red Bulls odds, predictions, picks and best bets
Los Angeles FC (16-3-4) hosts the New York Red Bulls (11-9-4) Sunday at Banc of California Stadium. The battle of the Western Conference's top seed and the Eastern Conference's fourth-place club is scheduled to begin at 10 p.m. Eastern.
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Los Angeles FC vs. New York Red Bulls: By the Numbers
- LAFC heads into Sunday's match having won two in a row and five of its last six.
- The Red Bulls have won two of their last three, including a 2-0 home win over Toronto FC last Saturday.
- The two sides met once in 2018, with New York pulling off a 2-1 victory.
- Los Angeles is 9-0-1 at home. New York is 3-5-3 as the visitor this year.
- LAFC has an MLS-best goal differential of plus-38. New York has a differential of plus-7 which ranks fourth in its conference.
- LA scores 3.0 goals per home match and allows just one. New York scores 1.4 for road match and allows 1.7.
- LA's Carlos Vela leads MLS with 22 goals on the season. Daniel Royer and Brian White lead New York with eight goals apiece.
Los Angeles FC vs. New York Red Bulls: Key Injuries
LAFC M Javi Perez (knee) and D Mohamed El-Munir (face) are out. M Alejandro Guido (quad) and GK Pablo Sisniega (shoulder) are questionable.
Red Bulls M Florian Valot (knee) is out. M Alex Muyl (groin) is questionable.
Los Angeles FC vs. New York Red Bulls: MLS Best Bets
Moneyline: The -330 for LAFC to win outright would be the play it wasn't such a low number. It's too much chalk to swallow, so we'll find better value elsewhere.
LA can be played at -150 to hold the lead at half time. It doesn't require nearly as much juice to provide a profitable return.
Total goals: Play the OVER on 3.5 (-104). LAFC can get most of the way there on its own when at home. We'll just need New York to get on the board, as it should.
Spread 3-way: Take the Handicap Draw on -2 at +310 to follow LAFC's season average of 3-1 home wins.
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