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Los Angeles will host St. Louis City at the Banc of California Stadium on Wednesday in another round of the 2024 Major League Soccer campaign. The home side look to have found their feet in recent games after struggling for form in the league earlier this month and sit second in the Western Conference with 52 points from 30 matches.
They beat Cincinnati 2-1 in their last match, with David Martinez opening the scoring in the first half before Denis Bouanga came off the bench to net the winner for LAFC days after their US Open Cup triumph.
St. Louis City are also playing well and are looking to end the regular season on a high. They beat Sporting Kansas City 3-1 last time out, with three different players getting on the scoresheet for the Missouri outfit including summer arrival Cedric Teuchert who continued his bright start to life at the club.
The visitors now sit 12th in the Western Conference with 34 points and will be looking to add to that tally on Wednesday.
Los Angeles vs St. Louis City Head-to-Head and Key Numbers
Wednesday's game will mark the fifth meeting between Los Angeles and St. Louis. The home side have won two of their previous matchups while the visitors have won once with their final matchup ending in a draw.
The hosts have kept clean sheets in all three of their competitive games in this fixture.
The visitors are without a clean sheet in their last 14 games across all competitions.
Only one of St. Louis' seven league wins this season has come on home turf.
Los Angeles vs St. Louis City Prediction
Los Angeles are on a run of back-to-back victories after going winless in their five games prior. They are without a win in their last four home league games and will be looking to snap that streak this week.
St. Louis have also won their last two games and have lost just one of their last six. They have, however, won just once on the road all year and could see defeat here.
Prediction: Los Angeles 3-1 St. Louis City
Los Angeles vs St. Louis City Head-to-Head and Key Numbers
Tip 1 - Result: Los Angeles to win
Tip 2 - Goals - Over/under 2.5 - Over 2.5 goals (Each of the visitors' last eight matches have all produced more than 2.5 goals)
Tip 3 - Both teams to score: YES (Both sides have found the back of the net in each of the hosts' last five matches)
