Week 31 MLS Picks
Back on the profit train last weekend to push us north of 70 units combined on the season once more. We’ve got a very abbreviated slate this week due to the international break, less on the menu here but we’ve got some spots we like!
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The official league injury report for Saturday’s games came out Friday afternoon, let’s dive into the Week 31 picks.
Underdog Fantasy Entry of the week
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With just four games on the slate this weekend, we really had to dig deep to find an entry we liked. We begin our Week 31 entry with the New England Revolution on the road visiting the Chicago Fire. The Revs will be without forwards Leo Campana and Dor Turgeman due to international duty on Saturday, making it likely that Luca Langoni stays in the New England starting lineup. Langoni, a U22 Initiative forward, has been in the starting lineup for ten straight matches coming into this weekend. In those 10 games, he’s played 72 or more minutes eight times and took two or more shots in six of those eight games. He’s also over this number in three of his six road starts in 2025 and the Fire allow the sixth most shots to opposing teams in MLS. At a 1.05x multiplier, Langoni’s shot attempts prop is locked in as our first leg.
We’ll bypass the rest of the Saturday slate and take a pair of props from Sunday Night Soccer. This first one is an old favorite in the 2025 season. Osman Bukari has taken at least one shot on target in 16 of his 27 MLS appearances this season, but the outlook here gets even stronger when you know he’s taken at least one shot on target in 12 of his last 15 starts. With Sporting KC allowing the second most shots on target to opposing teams this season, Bukari is a very strong option, even at his 0.85x multiplier.
Then we look across the ball at midfielder Santiago Munoz, who is on loan with SKC from Liga MX side Santos Laguna. With Manu Garcia and Zorhan Bassong out, Munoz should not only continue to start for Sporting, but he should take on a larger role offensively. Munoz averages 2.36 shot attempts per 90 minutes this year. To be fair, that’s just a 649 minute sample size, but the young midfielder has a strong track record at the Liga MX level, averaging 1.75 shots per 90 minutes in nearly 3,000 first team minutes in Liga MX. Austin FC allows the 11th most shot attempts per game to opposing teams, so we’ll ride with Munoz to close out the entry at what is essentially a 1x multiplier.
Using the standard payout selection on Underdog, this 3-pick entry will payout a prize of 5.19x your entry fee if successful.
We’ve added some additional plays that can be substituted in place of the props given above if you miss lock for one of those games or one of those options doesn’t start. The additional plays this week are listed in order of preference and we’re fine using these props in any entry.
Brad Stuver U 1.5 goals allowed
Results
Underdog Fantasy (Last Week): +4.1 U
Underdog Fantasy (Season): +23.1 U
Week 31 Picks
LA Galaxy
Double Chance -110
The worst team in the Western Conference table travels to Houston on Saturday to take on the Dynamo. Now the Galaxy are not a “good” team this year, but they have been better of late. After recording no wins for the first half of the league schedule, the Galaxy have won seven of their last 17 matches across all competitions, including three of their last four. They won’t be unaffected by the international break, as Joseph Paintsil is with his native Ghana this weekend. But Houston have been hit harder with the call-up of Jack McGlynn, who pulls all the strings for the Dynamo offensively. With no road wins on the season, we aren’t going to put in the call for a road win for LA, but we can get them on the double chance for near even money and that feels pretty good on this slate.
Austin FC @ Sporting KC
Both Teams To SCore (no) +170
We were a little surprised to see that the total for this matchup is set at 3.5 instead of 2.5, because this has all the makings of a game that could be disappointing for either team offensively. For Austin FC, they’re missing three game-in game-out starters in Myrto Uzuni, Dani Pereira and Oleksandr Svatok, along with likely absences for midfielders Ilie Sanchez and Besard Sabovic. It’s not hard to see ATX going scoreless in this one, something they’ve done nine times already this season. Sporting KC on the other hand has had more luck putting the ball in the back of the net in 2025, but Austin still boasts a strong defense that has kept eight clean sheets over 27 league games this season. Both of us picked a 1-0 Austin victory on Wednesday’s preview episode, but we’ll loop in Austin and roll “no” on the both teams to score option at plus money.
Goal Scorers
Every week we’ll pick a few of our favorite goal scoring options in the betting market. Here are the Week 31 shouts.
Gabriel Pec +265
Christian Ramirez +255
Tomas Chancalay +295
Jonathan Bamba +380
Petar Musa +150
Eduard Lowen +320
Osman Bukari +260
Santiago Munoz +265
Results
Last Week: +0.86 U
Season: +47.12 U
