Austin FC and LA Galaxy recorded a 2-0 home win against the other last season, with Austin recording its home win last September. Three of the four goals in those games were scored after the hour mark.
Austin FC has won four straight MLS matches for the first time in club history. Austin reached the 20-point mark in nine games this season after needing 26 games to get to that plateau in 2021, finally reaching it with a win over the Galaxy on September 26.
The Galaxy won, 3-0, in Houston in October last season, its most recent game in Texas. That win was the Galaxy’s first in the Lone Star State since 2016, ending a run of nine straight games in Texas without a win (D2 L7).
Sebastián Driussi scored his seventh goal of the season in Austin’s win over Houston on Saturday, taking him to a league-high 10 goal contributions. Driussi’s seven goals already equals the most scored by an Austin player in their inaugural season (C. Dominguez, D. Fagúndez) and his 10 goal contributions are just two behind last season’s leader, Diego Fagúndez (12).
Chicharito scored five goals in his first six games this season, but he hasn’t scored in any of his last three MLS games for the Galaxy, all starts. Chicharito has gone more consecutive starts without scoring just once in his Galaxy career, going four starts in a row without a goal in September-October 2020.
