Los Angeles FC vs Real Salt Lake, MLS 2021 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2021

Los Angeles FC

2 – 1

Full Time

Real Salt Lake

Sun 18 Jul 2021 · 02:30 UTC Banc of California Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 45' Everton

Y 50' Damir Kreilach

Jesus Murillo 62' Y

Y 77' Aaron Herrera

Y 87' Nick Besler

Overview

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Los Angeles FC vs Real Salt Lake — MLS at Banc of California Stadium.

Los Angeles FC 34 games · 47 pts (2026/26)
Real Salt Lake 34 games · 45 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	34	77
2	Internacional CF Miami	34	60
3	New England Revolution	34	58
4	Chicago Fire FC	34	55
5	Charlotte FC	34	54
6	Philadelphia Union	34	50
7	Columbus Crew SC	34	47
8	FC Cincinnati	34	46
9	Orlando City SC	34	46
10	New York City FC	34	42
11	New York Red Bulls	34	42
12	Toronto FC	34	39
13	Atlanta United FC	34	33
14	D.C. United SC	34	33
15	Montreal Impact FC	34	26
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	64
17	FC Dallas	34	58
18	St. Louis City	34	54
19	San Jose Earthquakes	34	52
20	Houston Dynamo	34	51
21	Los Angeles FC	34	47
22	Portland Timbers	34	46
23	Seattle Sounders FC	34	46
24	Real Salt Lake	34	45
25	Minnesota United FC	34	44
26	Los Angeles Galaxy	34	44
27	Colorado Rapids SC	34	43
28	San Diego FC	34	38
29	Austin FC	34	34
30	Sporting Kansas City	34	26

Head-to-Head

Los Angeles FC 20 games · Avg 3.4 goals Real Salt Lake

Last 5 meetings

2021-07-18 Los Angeles FC 2–1 Real Salt Lake 2021-07-04 Real Salt Lake 0–1 Los Angeles FC 2020-10-05 Real Salt Lake 1–3 Los Angeles FC 2020-09-10 Real Salt Lake 3–0 Los Angeles FC 2019-08-18 Real Salt Lake 0–2 Los Angeles FC

Recent Form

Los Angeles FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
18 Jul	Real Salt Lake	H	2–1	W
08 Jul	Austin FC	A	2–0	W
04 Jul	Real Salt Lake	A	1–0	W
26 Jun	Sporting Kansas City	A	1–2	L
24 Jun	FC Dallas	H	2–0	W
20 Jun	Houston Dynamo	H	1–1	D

Real Salt Lake

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
18 Jul	Los Angeles FC	A	1–2	L
08 Jul	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	4–0	W
04 Jul	Los Angeles FC	H	0–1	L
27 Jun	Houston Dynamo	H	1–1	D
24 Jun	Seattle Sounders FC	A	1–2	L
19 Jun	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	3–1	W

Season Stats

Los Angeles FC		Real Salt Lake
#21	Position	#24
47	Points	45
34	Played	34
12 / 11 / 11	W / D / L	13 / 6 / 15
52	Scored	53
40	Conceded	52
+12	GD	+1
1.38	PPG	1.32
35%	Win %	38%

Key Stats

60% Both Teams to Score
H2H (20 games)

70% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

38% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles FC this season

12% Clean Sheets
Real Salt Lake this season

Los Angeles FC are 21st (47 pts). Real Salt Lake are 24th (45 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Los Angeles FC

0-15

4/5

16-30

6/6

31-45

10/8

46-60

7/7

61-75

7/6

76+

8/7

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Real Salt Lake

0-15

9/7

16-30

5/7

31-45

6/6

46-60

8/7

61-75

7/7

76+

8/11

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Los Angeles FC

Denis Bouanga	18 G	5 A
Heung-min Son	7 G	11 A
Esteban David Martinez	4 G

Real Salt Lake

Sergi Solans	15 G	4 A
Zavier Gozo	6 G	3 A

Events

Match Events

0' The ball is rolling at Banc of California Stadium. Los Angeles FC are looking to make home advantage count against Real Salt Lake.
5' Real Salt Lake is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
10' What a strike from Diego Rossi! The score is 1-0.
11' The Uruguay Diego Rossi breaks the deadlock on 11 minutes. 2-0!
16' It is a cagey affair so far. Los Angeles FC in their trying to find a way past Real Salt Lake's compact .
18' Against the run of play, Aaron Herrera has scored! This game has turned on its head.
19' GOAL! Aaron Herrera fires home to make it 2-2!
24' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
29' It looks surprising Real Salt Lake does not make any changes. Latif Blessing has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
34' Real Salt Lake are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
39' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
44' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Raheem Edwards suffering a number of foals already.
45' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Everton.
50' Damir Kreilach is having his name booked by the referee on 50.
55' Bobby Wood has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 13 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
60' Kim Moonhwan, a Korea Republic , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
62' Jesus Murillo was booked on 62.
66' Anderson Julio is ready to make an impact after coming on for Justin Meram at the 66 minute mark.
71' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Real Salt Lake needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
75' Raheem Edwards makes way for Diego Palacios at the 75 minute mark. A tactical switch from Los Angeles FC.
76' Los Angeles FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Bryce Duke is hanging Latif Blessing on the field on 76 minute.
77' Aaron Herrera has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 77.
79' Against the run of play, Carlos Vela has scored! This game has turned on its head.
84' It looks like no one’s ball. Los Angeles FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
87' Poor challenge from Nick Besler. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
88' Los Angeles FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Corey Baird is hanging Diego Rossi on the field on 88 minute.
Real Salt Lake will have plenty to reflect on. Los Angeles FC were simply the better side today.

Lineups

Los Angeles FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Bob Bradley

Real Salt Lake Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Freddy Juarez

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Denis Bouanga	7
Diego Rossi	6
Heung-min Son	6
Damir Kreilach	5
Cristian Arango	5
Carlos Vela	3
Christian Ramirez	3
Christian Ramirez	2

Head to Head

Los Angeles FC Form

2021-07-18 Los Angeles FC 2–1 Real Salt Lake W 2021-07-08 Austin FC 0–2 Los Angeles FC W 2021-07-04 Real Salt Lake 0–1 Los Angeles FC W 2021-06-26 Sporting Kansas City 2–1 Los Angeles FC L 2021-06-24 Los Angeles FC 2–0 FC Dallas W 2021-06-20 Los Angeles FC 1–1 Houston Dynamo D

Real Salt Lake Form

2021-07-18 Los Angeles FC 2–1 Real Salt Lake L 2021-07-08 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0–4 Real Salt Lake W 2021-07-04 Real Salt Lake 0–1 Los Angeles FC L 2021-06-27 Real Salt Lake 1–1 Houston Dynamo D 2021-06-24 Seattle Sounders FC 2–1 Real Salt Lake L 2021-06-19 Real Salt Lake 3–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

1.64 Los Angeles FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.19 Real Salt Lake xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 56%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Los Angeles FC53% Draw24% Real Salt Lake23%

Actual: Los Angeles FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes56% 0% No44%

Avg goals/match: 2.83

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	92%	8%
± 1.5	77%	23%
± 2.5	53%	47%
± 3.5	31%	69%
± 4.5	16%	84%

Double Chance

Los Angeles FC or Draw

77%

Draw or Real Salt Lake

47%

Los Angeles FC or Real Salt Lake

76%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Los Angeles FC34% Draw45% Real Salt Lake21%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.4%

2 – 1

Actual

1 – 0

8.8%

2 – 0

7.8%

0 – 0

7.8%

1 – 2

6.6%

0 – 1

6.1%

2 – 2

5.4%

3 – 1

3 – 0

4.2%

0 – 2

4.1%

3 – 2

Asian Handicap — Los Angeles FC

Handicap	Los Angeles FC covers	Push	Real Salt Lake covers
-2.5	11%	—	89%
-2	11%	14%	75%
-1.5	25%	—	75%
-1	25%	22%	54%
-0.5	46%	—	54%
+0.5	73%	—	27%
+1	73%	15%	11%
+1.5	89%	—	11%
+2	89%	8%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

Los Angeles FC keeps clean sheet

31% ✓

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet

20% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.