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Seattle Sounders will host Minnesota United at Lumen Field on Saturday in the opening round of the 2024 Leagues Cup campaign. The home side have performed well in their league assignments in recent weeks and will now be looking to take confidence from that when they kick off their cup campaign this weekend.
They suffered a 3-0 home defeat to Los Angeles FC in their last match and had multiple chances to get on the scoresheet themselves but were guilty of wasteful finishing.
Minnesota United on the other hand have struggled to perform in Major League Soccer in the last two months and will hope they can find solace in the Leagues Cup. They returned to winning ways in the league last time out beating San Jose Earthquakes 2-0. They profited from an own goal to take the lead in the first-half before Bongokuhle Hlongwane wrapped up the points with a second-half header.
The visitors featured in the Leagues Cup last year thrashing Puebla 4-0 in their tournament opener and will hope they can find similar luck here as well.
Seattle Sounders vs Minnesota United Head-to-Head and Key Numbers
- There have been 43 meetings between Seattle and Minnesota. The home side have won 22 of those games while the visitors have won 14 times. There have been seven draws between the two teams.
- The hosts are undefeated in their last six games in this fixture.
- The visitors are without a clean sheet in their last six games in this fixture.
- The Sounders have the third-best defensive record in Major League Soccer this season with a goal concession tally of 29.
Seattle Sounders vs Minnesota United Prediction
Seattle Sounders' latest result ended a six-game winning streak and they will now be looking to put out a response this weekend. They have lost just one home game since the start of May and will head into the weekend clash as favorites.
Minnesota meanwhile saw their latest result end a nine-game winless run and they will now be looking to build on that come Saturday. They are however without a win in their last seven games on the road and could see defeat here.
Prediction: Seattle 2-0 Minnesota
Seattle Sounders vs Minnesota United Betting Tips
Tip 1 - Result: Seattle
Tip 2 - Goals - Over/under 2.5 - Under 2.5 goals (Five of the last seven matches between the two teams have produced fewer than 2.5 goals)
Tip 3 - Both teams to score: NO (Both sides have found the back of the net in just one of their last five matchups at Lumen Field)
