Seattle Sounders have made an impressive return to MLS action after flopping at the Club World Cup and will be looking to chalk up another win when Colorado Rapids come calling.
Brian Schmetzer's men didn't bring much to FIFA's summer party and finished bottom of Group B after losing to Botafogo, Atletico Madrid and PSG.
They were always going to be up against it in such a tough group but there hasn't been a hangover on domestic duty, with Sounders claiming two wins and a draw since returning to their bread and butter.
Seattle bust the coupon of our man Gabriel by winning 3-2 on the road at Kansas last time out, although Dejan Joveljic still managed to bring up a scorer bet.
Sounders remain on course for the play-offs and now face a Colorado side who sit four points behind them in the Western Conference, although Rapids have played two games more.
Colorado have won just two of their last eight games to fall down the standings but did manage to get three points on the board in their last match against Vancouver. Boss Chris Armas will now be looking to build on that win as they bid to halt Seattle's good run.
How the bookies view it: Safe and Sound
Colorado's poor form has made them 5/1 rank outsiders for this one with BoyleSports. Seattle Sounders are just 2/5 for another win and the draw pays 7/2.
Recent head to head: Seattle bossing it
Seattle are unbeaten in their last six games against Colorado, although two of the last three meetings have ended in draws. You have to go back to 2016 for the last Rapids away win in this fixture, with Sounders winning seven and drawing one of the last eight at home.
Players to watch: Put your faith in Jesus
Midfielder Jesus Ferreira has hit scoring form for Seattle, netting three times in his last five outings. The 24-year-old's confidence will be sky high and he's 21/20 at Bet365 for another goal.
Rafael Navarro is also flying for the Rapids, netting in three of his last four matches to take his tally for the season to eight. He's 9/4 at Bet365 for anytime scorer, which looks a little generous.
Probable line-ups
Seattle are without Nouho Tolo after his red card in the win over Kansas but Kalani Kossa-Rienzi returns from a ban. Paul Arriola, Stuart Hawkins, Stefan Frei, Kee-Hee Kim and Joao Paulo are set to miss out with injuries.
Jackson Travis is banned for Colorado while Alex Harris and Wayne Frederick are set to miss out again with injuries.
Seattle Sounders: Thomas. Kossa-Rienzi, Bell, A Roldan, Ragen, C Roldan, Ferreira, Rusnak, Rothrock, Vargas, Musovski.
Colorado Rapids: Steffen, Vines, Cannon, Maxso, Awaziem, Mihailovic, Harris, Ronan, Ku-DiPietro, Bassett, Navarro.
Anything else catch the eye?
Both teams to score has only come up in half of Seattle's home games in the MLS this season and the same stat applies to Colorado's away games. That suggests there could be some value in betting against it here, at 11/10 with BoyleSports.
Colorado haven't been winning a lot of corners on their travels, averaging just over three per game, while Seattle have racked up an average of 5.5 at Lumen Field. Based on those stats, going for under 9.5 flag kicks could pay off at evens with Unibet.
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