L.A. host Colorado as Ibrahimovic begins suspension

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The L.A. Galaxy will take on Colorado on Sunday night as Zlatan Ibrahimovic will be out suspended.

L.A. (7-4-1) are fourth right now with 22 points and will jump to third in the West with a with. They come into Sunday having lost three in a row, most recently a 2-0 defeat at home to NYCFC.

Colorado (0-9-2) are winless still after 11 games with two points. The Rapids have lost eight in a row after a 3-2 loss at home to RSL last weekend.

The Galaxy come into the game having not lost their last seven games at home against Colorado. The most recent meetings between the sides last season finished 2-2 in L.A. and the Rapids won 2-1 at home.

Team news

Perry Kitchen and Romain Alessandrini remain out long-term, while Ibrahimovic will serve the first of a two-game ban for violent conduct with NYCFC goalkeeper Sean Johnson.

Kortne Ford is out for the Rapids while Diego Rubio is suspended.

Kickoff is at 8 p.m. on Sunday night at Dignity Health Sports Park in L.A. The game will be televised in Canada on TSN 1, and in the U.S. on Altitude and Spectrum Sportsnet.

Projected lineups:

L.A. Galaxy: Bingham; Feltscher, Polenta, Steres, Traore; dos Santos, Corona; Pontius, Lletget, Boateng; Antuna.

Colorado Rapids: Howard; Rosenberry, Abubakar, Wynne, Anderson; Wilson, Price; Nicholson, Acosta, Lewis; Kamara.

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