5 MLS Tips for Midweek’s Action - 3/8/22

On Wednesday morning, New York Red Bulls and Colorado Rapids face off in a meeting of fourth in the Eastern Conference against 12th in the Western Conference.

A player to look out for is Lewis Morgan, as the 25-year-old Scottish forward has managed to score nine goals and create two assists in 20 matches for the Red Bulls during the MLS this season, hence why he is priced at 15/8 to score anytime.

Seattle Sounders and FC Dallas go head to head on Wednesday morning in what could be an entertaining encounter in the MLS.

Sounders lost last time out 2-1 to LAFC, however, they did beat Colorado 2-1 just before their latest defeat, thanks to goals by Jordan Morris and Nicolas Lodeiro.

Meanwhile, Dallas are in decent form having won their last two matches against tough opposition in LA Galaxy and Real Salt Lake, beating both of them by 1-0 scorelines.

Wayne Rooney will be looking to get back-to-back wins as manager of DC United when his side travels to Charlotte in the Eastern Conference.

This match is a meeting of 10th against 14th in the standings, of which Rooney’s men will likely head into this game full of confidence following a 2-1 win over high-flying Orlando City in his first game in charge, whilst the home side have lost their last two games by 3-2 and 4-0 scorelines to Inter Miami and Toronto.

Former Rapid Vienna striker Taxiarchis Fountas will be looking to keep up his goalscoring form having fired in a 95th-minute winner last time out. This goal was the Greek forwards 11th goal of the season in 14 matches.

Sixth place Columbus Crew goes up against third place Montreal in the Eastern Conference on Thursday morning in what could be a fascinating encounter.

Argentinian-born Armenia international Lucas Zelarayan is the player that we are focussing on in this tip, as the 30-year-old is priced at 11/2 to score from outside the area.

Zelarayan has scored five and created five assists in 17 matches so far this season. Of his 25 career goals, 14 have been scored from outside the penalty area.

The final tip on this list comes from San Jose Earthquakes as they take on Inter Miami at PayPal Park.

The Earthquakes enters this match having drawn 2-2 against, meanwhile, Inter Miami drew 4-4 with Cincinnati last time out, where ex-Real Madrid and Juventus striker Gonzalo Higuain scored a hat-trick.

Higuain has managed to score five goals in his last four matches, making him 9/4 to score anytime here.