Los Angeles Galaxy vs Real Salt Lake, MLS 2023 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2023

Los Angeles Galaxy

2 – 2

Full Time

Real Salt Lake

Sun 15 Oct 2023 · 02:30 UTC Dignity Health Sports Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Dejan Joveljic 7' 1–0

Douglas Costa 34' 2–0

2–1 45+1' Anderson Julio

2–2 76' Diego Luna

Y 54' Emeka Eneli

Tony Alfaro 66' Y

Daniel Aguirre 75' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Los Angeles Galaxy vs Real Salt Lake — MLS at Dignity Health Sports Park.

Los Angeles Galaxy 28 games · 36 pts (2026/26)
Real Salt Lake 27 games · 32 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	27	60
2	Internacional CF Miami	27	46
3	New England Revolution	27	46
4	Charlotte FC	27	43
5	Chicago Fire FC	26	42
6	Philadelphia Union	27	39
7	Orlando City SC	27	34
8	New York City FC	27	33
9	FC Cincinnati	26	33
10	New York Red Bulls	26	33
11	D.C. United SC	26	30
12	Columbus Crew SC	27	29
13	Toronto FC	27	29
14	Atlanta United FC	27	27
15	Montreal Impact FC	27	24
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	26	50
17	FC Dallas	27	47
18	San Jose Earthquakes	27	45
19	St. Louis City	26	44
20	Houston Dynamo	27	44
21	Los Angeles FC	28	41
22	Colorado Rapids SC	27	36
23	Los Angeles Galaxy	28	36
24	Seattle Sounders FC	26	35
25	San Diego FC	27	32
26	Portland Timbers	27	32
27	Real Salt Lake	27	32
28	Austin FC	27	31
29	Minnesota United FC	27	29
30	Sporting Kansas City	26	21

Head-to-Head

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

Last 5 meetings

2023-10-15 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–2 Real Salt Lake 2023-06-01 Real Salt Lake 2–3 Los Angeles Galaxy 2022-10-02 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–1 Real Salt Lake 2022-04-30 Real Salt Lake 1–0 Los Angeles Galaxy 2021-09-30 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Los Angeles Galaxy

Recent Form

Los Angeles Galaxy

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
15 Oct	Real Salt Lake	H	2–2	D
08 Oct	Minnesota United FC	A	2–5	L
05 Oct	Seattle Sounders FC	A	1–2	L
01 Oct	Portland Timbers	H	3–3	D
25 Sep	Austin FC	A	3–3	D
21 Sep	Minnesota United FC	H	4–3	W

Real Salt Lake

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
15 Oct	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	2–2	D
08 Oct	Sporting Kansas City	H	2–3	L
02 Oct	Los Angeles FC	A	1–0	W
24 Sep	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	2–1	W
21 Sep	FC Dallas	H	1–3	L
17 Sep	San Jose Earthquakes	A	1–2	L

Season Stats

Los Angeles Galaxy		Real Salt Lake
#23	Position	#27
36	Points	32
28	Played	27
9 / 9 / 10	W / D / L	9 / 5 / 13
37	Scored	40
44	Conceded	44
-7	GD	-4
1.29	PPG	1.19
32%	Win %	33%

Key Stats

61% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)

61% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

18% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles Galaxy this season

11% Clean Sheets
Real Salt Lake this season

Los Angeles Galaxy are 23rd (36 pts). Real Salt Lake are 27th (32 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Los Angeles Galaxy

0-15

4/4

16-30

3/5

31-45

6/9

46-60

4/5

61-75

2/5

76+

9/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Real Salt Lake

0-15

5/6

16-30

4/5

31-45

5/5

46-60

5/6

61-75

5/7

76+

6/9

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Los Angeles Galaxy

Marco Reus	7 G	7 A
Klauss	7 G
Gabriel Pec	5 G	4 A

Real Salt Lake

Sergi Solans	11 G	3 A
Zavier Gozo	6 G	3 A

Events

Match Events

0' And we are off! Los Angeles Galaxy vs Real Salt Lake — let the football do the talking.
5' A quiet spell here at Dignity Health Sports Park. Los Angeles Galaxy seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
7' What composure from Dejan Joveljic! The Serbia international strokes it home. 1-0.
12' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 12 minutes.
17' named a 4-2-3-1 earlier, and opted for a 4-4-2 in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
22' Carlos Gomez has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
27' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
32' With 0 assists to his name this season, Bode Davis is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Los Angeles Galaxy.
34' What a moment for Douglas Costa! That strike on 34 puts his side firmly in control.
39' Real Salt Lake is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
44' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Andrew Brody made 287 appearances and scored 3 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
46' Anderson Julio doubles the advantage! 2-1 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
46' Real Salt Lake manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Bode Davis is hanging Brayan Vera on the field on 46 minute.
51' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
54' Real Salt Lake receives a card for a hard tackle on 54.
59' Carlos Gomez gets the nod from Real Salt Lake. He replaces Damir Kreilach and will look to change the dynamic.
64' Los Angeles Galaxy looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Marco Reus scoring 2 goals.
66' Tony Alfaro is having his name booked by the referee on 66.
71' It looks surprising Los Angeles Galaxy does not make any changes. Marcelo Silva has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
72' Time for substitution for Los Angeles Galaxy. Tyler Boyd is replaced by Jonathan Perez.
75' Daniel Aguirre is having his name booked by the referee on 75.
75' The Real Salt Lake bench stirs into life. Andrew Brody is withdrawn and Jasper Loffelsend gets his opportunity.
76' A goal from the USA international Diego Luna! He fires home on 76 to make it 2-2!
81' It looks like no one’s ball. Real Salt Lake is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
84' Anderson Julio makes way for Diego Fagundez at the 84 minute mark. A tactical switch from Los Angeles Galaxy.
89' It is a cagey affair so far. Los Angeles Galaxy in their 4-2-3-1 trying to find a way past Real Salt Lake's compact 4-4-2.
The referee brings this contest to a close. take all three points.

Lineups

Los Angeles Galaxy Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Greg Vanney

Real Salt Lake Lineups

4-4-2

Starting XI

Bench

12
Scott Caldwell
19
Bode Davis ↑ 46'
28
Jasper Loffelsend ↑ 75'
–
Axel Kei
24
Tomas Gomez
11
Carlos Gomez ↑ 59'

Coach Pablo Mastroeni

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Damir Kreilach	5
Albert Rusnak	4
Zlatan Ibrahimovic	4
Douglas Costa	3
Diego Luna	3
Damir Kreilach	3
Cristian Arango	2
Dejan Joveljic	2

Head to Head

Los Angeles Galaxy Form

2023-10-15 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–2 Real Salt Lake D 2023-10-08 Minnesota United FC 5–2 Los Angeles Galaxy L 2023-10-05 Seattle Sounders FC 2–1 Los Angeles Galaxy L 2023-10-01 Los Angeles Galaxy 3–3 Portland Timbers D 2023-09-25 Austin FC 3–3 Los Angeles Galaxy D 2023-09-21 Los Angeles Galaxy 4–3 Minnesota United FC W

Real Salt Lake Form

2023-10-15 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–2 Real Salt Lake D 2023-10-08 Real Salt Lake 2–3 Sporting Kansas City L 2023-10-02 Los Angeles FC 0–1 Real Salt Lake W 2023-09-24 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC W 2023-09-21 Real Salt Lake 1–3 FC Dallas L 2023-09-17 San Jose Earthquakes 2–1 Real Salt Lake L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.7 Los Angeles Galaxy xG

Expected Goals

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

1.65 Real Salt Lake xG

I would bet for: Los Angeles Galaxy or Real Salt Lake 75% + Both teams to score 66%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Los Angeles Galaxy40% Draw25% Real Salt Lake35%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes66% 0% No34%

Avg goals/match: 3.35

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	85%	15%
± 2.5	64%	36%
± 3.5	43%	57%
± 4.5	25%	75%

Double Chance

Los Angeles Galaxy or Draw

66%

Draw or Real Salt Lake

60%

Los Angeles Galaxy or Real Salt Lake

75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Los Angeles Galaxy30% Draw42% Real Salt Lake28%

Actual: Los Angeles Galaxy win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

10.7%

2 – 1

8.1%

1 – 2

7.8%

2 – 2

Actual

1 – 0

5.3%

0 – 1

5.1%

2 – 0

5.1%

0 – 0

0 – 2

4.8%

3 – 1

4.6%

1 – 3

4.3%

3 – 2

3.8%

Asian Handicap — Los Angeles Galaxy

Handicap	Los Angeles Galaxy covers	Push	Real Salt Lake covers
-2.5	9%	—	91%
-2	9%	12%	80%
-1.5	20%	—	80%
-1	20%	18%	61%
-0.5	39%	—	61%
+0.5	64%	—	36%
+1	64%	18%	19%
+1.5	81%	—	19%
+2	81%	11%	8%
+2.5	92%	—	8%

Clean Sheet

Los Angeles Galaxy keeps clean sheet

20% ✓

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet

19% ✓

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