Los Angeles Football Club’s dynamic attackers Denis Bouanga and Son Heung-min are in fine form entering the final furlong of the MLS regular season.

The key question over eight remaining league games: Will their combined firepower translate to an uptick in goals and wins for LAFC?

Through four appearances since Son arrived at the start of August, he and Bouanga have four goal contributions ( five if you count the penalty the South Korean star drew in his debut in Chicago, which Bouanga converted ). There’s no question that the team’s scoring chances have increased as LAFC rises on the league’s xG chart, but their goal tallies have not matched what the data suggests.

LAFC scored six times and has gone 1-1-2 with Son and Bouanga on the field so far. Twice the team gave away leads, incl

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