Los Angeles FC vs Real Salt Lake, MLS 2022 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2022

Los Angeles FC

2 – 0

Full Time

Real Salt Lake

Mon 5 Sep 2022 · 02:30 UTC Banc of California Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Jesus Murillo 72' Y

Jose Cifuentes 90' Y

Overview

Match Preview

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

Los Angeles FC 19 games · 34 pts (2026/26)
Real Salt Lake 17 games · 27 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	18	40
2	Internacional CF Miami	18	38
3	New England Revolution	18	30
4	Chicago Fire FC	17	29
5	New York City FC	18	26
6	FC Cincinnati	18	26
7	Charlotte FC	18	25
8	New York Red Bulls	18	25
9	D.C. United SC	18	23
10	Columbus Crew SC	18	20
11	Orlando City SC	18	20
12	Toronto FC	18	17
13	Philadelphia Union	18	16
14	Montreal Impact FC	18	16
15	Atlanta United FC	18	12
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	17	34
17	Los Angeles FC	19	34
18	San Jose Earthquakes	18	33
19	Houston Dynamo	18	32
20	FC Dallas	18	27
21	Real Salt Lake	17	27
22	St. Louis City	18	26
23	Portland Timbers	18	24
24	Seattle Sounders FC	17	24
25	Minnesota United FC	18	24
26	Colorado Rapids SC	18	22
27	Los Angeles Galaxy	19	22
28	San Diego FC	18	21
29	Austin FC	18	17
30	Sporting Kansas City	18	14

Head-to-Head

Los Angeles FC 19 games · Avg 3.4 goals Real Salt Lake

Last 5 meetings

2022-09-05 Los Angeles FC 2–0 Real Salt Lake 2022-08-07 Real Salt Lake 1–4 Los Angeles FC 2021-09-13 Los Angeles FC 3–2 Real Salt Lake 2021-07-18 Los Angeles FC 2–1 Real Salt Lake 2021-07-04 Real Salt Lake 0–1 Los Angeles FC

Recent Form

Los Angeles FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
05 Sep	Real Salt Lake	H	2–0	W
01 Sep	Houston Dynamo	A	1–2	L
27 Aug	Austin FC	A	1–4	L
21 Aug	San Jose Earthquakes	A	1–2	L
17 Aug	D.C. United SC	H	1–0	W
14 Aug	Charlotte FC	H	5–0	W

Real Salt Lake

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
05 Sep	Los Angeles FC	A	0–2	L
01 Sep	Minnesota United FC	H	3–0	W
28 Aug	FC Dallas	A	1–1	D
21 Aug	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	1–1	D
15 Aug	Seattle Sounders FC	A	2–1	W
07 Aug	Los Angeles FC	H	1–4	L

Season Stats

Los Angeles FC		Real Salt Lake
#17	Position	#21
34	Points	27
19	Played	17
10 / 4 / 5	W / D / L	8 / 3 / 6
35	Scored	29
19	Conceded	25
+16	GD	+4
1.79	PPG	1.59
53%	Win %	47%

Key Stats

58% Both Teams to Score
H2H (19 games)

68% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

55% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles FC this season

11% Clean Sheets
Real Salt Lake this season

Los Angeles FC are 17th (34 pts). Real Salt Lake are 21st (27 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Los Angeles FC

0-15

3/3

16-30

5/2

31-45

7/2

46-60

2/5

61-75

4/2

76+

4/5

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Real Salt Lake

0-15

4/4

16-30

3/2

31-45

3/2

46-60

4/2

61-75

2/4

76+

4/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Los Angeles FC

Denis Bouanga	8 G	2 A
Esteban David Martinez	4 G

Real Salt Lake

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

Events

Match Events

0' Three points are at stake. Los Angeles FC host Real Salt Lake — let the battle begin!
5' Los Angeles FC looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker DeAndre Yedlin scoring 1 goals.
10' Los Angeles FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 10.
15' Andrew Brody has been relatively quiet despite scoring 3 goals in his last 283 appearances.
20' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Pablo Mastroeni will be considering his options from the bench.
25' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
30' Over 30 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
35' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Los Angeles FC and Real Salt Lake are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
40' Ruiz has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
45' Los Angeles FC have won 582 goals from 289 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
49' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Ryan Hollingshead makes no mistake. 1-0!
54' It’s high time Steven Cherundolo made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
58' Another substitution for Los Angeles FC to replace Kwadwo Opoku by Carlos Vela on 58 minute.
59' Real Salt Lake manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Justin Meram is hanging Bryan Oviedo on the field on 59 minute.
64' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
68' Cristian Arango has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 68 minutes.
69' Real Salt Lake ring the changes. Rubio Rubin has done his job and it is now time for Diego Luna to step up.
70' Los Angeles FC make a change. Denis Bouanga trudges off to be replaced by Gareth Bale on 70 minutes.
72' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Jesus Murillo.
77' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Los Angeles FC winning 100% of all matches.
82' Los Angeles FC currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
83' Another change for Los Angeles FC made on 83 minute. Cristian Arango leaves to be changed by Jhegson Mendez.
87' Time for substitution for Real Salt Lake. Ruiz is replaced by Maikel Chang Ramirez.
90' The referee calls foul for Jose Cifuentes. He receives a Yellow card.
It finishes all square. Los Angeles FC and Real Salt Lake share the spoils 2-0.

Lineups

Los Angeles FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Steven Cherundolo

Real Salt Lake Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

13
Nick Besler
9
Justin Meram ↑ 59'
20
Erik Holt
88
Braian Ojeda ↑ 69'
39
Daniel Musovski
29
Anderson Julio ↑ 59'
16
Maikel Chang Ramirez ↑ 87'
81
Tomas Gomez
26
Diego Luna ↑ 69'

Coach Pablo Mastroeni

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

Los Angeles FC Form

2022-09-05 Los Angeles FC 2–0 Real Salt Lake W 2022-09-01 Houston Dynamo 2–1 Los Angeles FC L 2022-08-27 Austin FC 4–1 Los Angeles FC L 2022-08-21 San Jose Earthquakes 2–1 Los Angeles FC L 2022-08-17 Los Angeles FC 1–0 D.C. United SC W 2022-08-14 Los Angeles FC 5–0 Charlotte FC W

Real Salt Lake Form

2022-09-05 Los Angeles FC 2–0 Real Salt Lake L 2022-09-01 Real Salt Lake 3–0 Minnesota United FC W 2022-08-28 FC Dallas 1–1 Real Salt Lake D 2022-08-21 Real Salt Lake 1–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC D 2022-08-15 Seattle Sounders FC 1–2 Real Salt Lake W 2022-08-07 Real Salt Lake 1–4 Los Angeles FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

2.07 Los Angeles FC xG

Expected Goals

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

0.8 Real Salt Lake xG

I would bet for: Los Angeles FC to win 65%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Los Angeles FC65% Draw21% Real Salt Lake14%

Actual: Los Angeles FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes48% 0% No52%

Avg goals/match: 2.87

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	78%	22%
± 2.5	54%	46%
± 3.5	32%	68%
± 4.5	17%	83%

Double Chance

Los Angeles FC or Draw

86%

Draw or Real Salt Lake

35%

Los Angeles FC or Real Salt Lake

79%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Los Angeles FC46% Draw42% Real Salt Lake12%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 0

Actual

1 – 0

11.2%

1 – 1

10.1%

2 – 1

9.4%

3 – 0

8.1%

0 – 0

7.4%

3 – 1

6.5%

4 – 0

4.2%

0 – 1

3.8%

2 – 2

3.7%

1 – 2

3.6%

4 – 1

3.4%

Asian Handicap — Los Angeles FC

Handicap	Los Angeles FC covers	Push	Real Salt Lake covers
-2.5	22%	—	78%
-2	22%	20%	58%
-1.5	42%	—	58%
-1	42%	24%	35%
-0.5	65%	—	35%
+0.5	88%	—	12%
+1	88%	9%	4%
+1.5	96%	—	4%
+2	96%	3%	1%
+2.5	99%	—	1%

Clean Sheet

Los Angeles FC keeps clean sheet

46% ✗

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet

14% ✓

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