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Los Angeles Galaxy vs Real Salt Lake, 2018

MLS · 2018
Sun 10 Jun 2018 · 02:30 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

Match Preview

Los Angeles Galaxy vs Real Salt Lake — MLS .

Match Details

  • Referee Ted Unkel
  • Referee Kyle Atkins
  • Referee Jeffrey Greeson
  • Referee Alejandro Mariscal
  • Referee Kevin Terry Jr.

Head-to-Head

9
4
5
Los Angeles Galaxy 18 games · Avg 3.0 goals Real Salt Lake

Recent Form

DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
10 Jun Real Salt Lake H 3–0 W
02 Jun Portland Timbers A 1–1 D
31 May FC Dallas H 2–3 L
26 May San Jose Earthquakes H 1–0 W
21 May Montreal Impact FC A 1–0 W
12 May FC Dallas A 2–3 L
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
10 Jun Los Angeles Galaxy A 0–3 L
03 Jun Seattle Sounders FC H 2–0 W
31 May Houston Dynamo H 2–1 W
26 May Seattle Sounders FC A 1–0 W
19 May Philadelphia Union A 1–4 L
13 May D.C. United SC H 3–2 W

Season Stats

Los Angeles Galaxy Real Salt Lake
#27 Position #21
22 Points 27
19 Played 17
5 / 7 / 7 W / D / L 8 / 3 / 6
24 Scored 29
29 Conceded 25
-5 GD +4
1.16 PPG 1.59
26% Win % 47%

Key Stats

61% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)
61% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
20% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles Galaxy this season
11% Clean Sheets
Real Salt Lake this season

Los Angeles Galaxy are 27th (22 pts). Real Salt Lake are 21st (27 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Los Angeles Galaxy
0-15
2/1
16-30
2/2
31-45
4/8
46-60
2/3
61-75
/4
76+
6/2
■ 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 Galaxy
Gabriel Pec 5 G 4 A
Klauss 5 G
Real Salt Lake
Zavier Gozo 6 G 3 A
Sergi Solans 6 G 3 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for Los Angeles Galaxy to score. At the same time, Real Salt Lake does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
  • 5' The travelling Real Salt Lake supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 10' 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.
  • 15' Zlatan Ibrahimovic has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
  • 20' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
  • 25' It looks surprising Los Angeles Galaxy does not make any changes. Corey Baird has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 30' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Los Angeles Galaxy that had 282 games and scored 480 goals.
  • 35' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
  • 40' Los Angeles Galaxy are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Real Salt Lake's shape.
  • 45' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
  • 50' 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 Nick Rimando suffering a number of foals already.
  • 55' Servando Carrasco needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
  • 60' Both keepers have barely been tested. Los Angeles Galaxy and Real Salt Lake are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
  • 65' Los Angeles Galaxy has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
  • 70' Alex Colonna has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 19 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
  • 75' Los Angeles Galaxy looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Marco Reus scoring 2 goals.
  • 80' United States international Sebastian Saucedo has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
  • 85' Los Angeles Galaxy currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
  • 90' Real Salt Lake come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
  • What a match! Full time at {STADIUM} — Los Angeles Galaxy 3-0 Real Salt Lake.

Lineups

H2H

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
1.99 Los Angeles Galaxy xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.01 Real Salt Lake xG
I would bet for: Los Angeles Galaxy to win 57% + Over 2.5 goals 57%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Los Angeles Galaxy57% Draw24% Real Salt Lake19%
Actual: Los Angeles Galaxy win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong
Yes55% 0% No45%
Avg goals/match: 3
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 93%
7%
± 1.5 80%
20%
± 2.5 57%
43%
± 3.5 35%
65%
± 4.5 19%
81%

Double Chance

Los Angeles Galaxy or Draw
80%
Draw or Real Salt Lake
43%
Los Angeles Galaxy or Real Salt Lake
76%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Los Angeles Galaxy42% Draw42% Real Salt Lake16%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
10.8%
2 – 0
9.7%
2 – 1
9.6%
1 – 0
9.2%
0 – 0
6.6%
3 – 1
6.4%
3 – 0
Actual
1 – 2
4.9%
2 – 2
4.9%
0 – 1
4.3%
3 – 2
3.3%
4 – 1
3.2%

Asian Handicap — Los Angeles Galaxy

Handicap Los Angeles Galaxy covers Push Real Salt Lake covers
-2.5 18% 82%
-2 18% 18% 64%
-1.5 36% 64%
-1 36% 23% 41%
-0.5 59% 41%
+0.5 82% 18%
+1 82% 11% 7%
+1.5 93% 7%
+2 93% 5% 2%
+2.5 98% 2%

Clean Sheet

Los Angeles Galaxy keeps clean sheet
37%
Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet
15%

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