Los Angeles Galaxy vs Real Salt Lake, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2026

Los Angeles Galaxy

2 – 1

Full Time

Real Salt Lake

Sun 26 Apr 2026 · 23:00 UTC Dignity Health Sports Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Justin Haak 21' Y

Lucas Sanabria 42' Y

Y 48' Noel Caliskan

Y 55' Juan Sanabria

Mauricio Cuevas 57' Y

Y 63' Diego Luna

Y 83' Sam Junqua

Y 87' Pablo Mastroeni

Elijah Wynder 90' Y

Overview

Match Preview

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

Los Angeles Galaxy 19 games · 22 pts (2026/26)
Real Salt Lake 17 games · 27 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Victor Rivas

10 games this season 🟨 3.4/game ⚽ 11.5 goals/game 🟥 2 total

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 Galaxy 18 games · Avg 3.0 goals Real Salt Lake

Last 5 meetings

2026-04-26 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–1 Real Salt Lake 2025-06-01 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–0 Real Salt Lake 2025-04-05 Real Salt Lake 2–0 Los Angeles Galaxy 2024-06-23 Real Salt Lake 0–1 Los Angeles Galaxy 2024-05-12 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–2 Real Salt Lake

Recent Form

Los Angeles Galaxy

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
26 Apr	Real Salt Lake	H	2–1	W
23 Apr	Columbus Crew SC	A	1–2	L
19 Apr	FC Dallas	A	2–2	D
11 Apr	Austin FC	A	2–1	W
05 Apr	Minnesota United FC	H	1–2	L
22 Mar	Portland Timbers	A	1–1	D

Real Salt Lake

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
26 Apr	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	1–2	L
23 Apr	Internacional CF Miami	H	0–2	L
19 Apr	San Diego FC	H	4–2	W
04 Apr	Sporting Kansas City	H	3–1	W
22 Mar	San Diego FC	A	2–2	D
15 Mar	Austin FC	H	2–1	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 wait is over. Real Salt Lake get us underway at Dignity Health Sports Park.
5' The 22-year-old Diego Luna has been sensational this season — 4 goals and 1 assists is a remarkable return.
9' Magnificent from Marco Reus! That is 96 goals in 521 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
14' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
19' Real Salt Lake come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
21' It’s a booking for Los Angeles Galaxy player. Justin Haak gets a card.
26' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
31' It’s high time Pablo Mastroeni made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
36' It is a cagey affair so far. Los Angeles Galaxy in their trying to find a way past Real Salt Lake's compact .
41' Justen Glad has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
42' The referee shows Los Angeles Galaxy player a card on 42.
46' The Los Angeles Galaxy manager makes a substitution. Jacob Glesnes departs to be replaced by Edwin Cerrillo.
48' It’s a booking for Real Salt Lake player. Noel Caliskan gets a card.
49' J.T. Marcinkowski doubles the advantage! 2-0 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
54' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
55' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the card for Juan Sanabria.
56' Real Salt Lake ring the changes. Aiden Hezarkhani has done his job and it is now time for Morgan Guilavogui to step up.
57' That looks like a foul for a card for Mauricio Cuevas.
62' Justin Haak has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 15 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
63' Diego Luna picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
67' A change in the Los Angeles Galaxy ranks — Edwin Cerrillo exits the field as Elijah Wynder enters on 67.
72' A change in the Los Angeles Galaxy ranks — Harbor Miller exits the field as Miki Yamane enters on 72.
76' Real Salt Lake ring the changes. Diego Luna has done his job and it is now time for Dominik Marczuk to step up.
81' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Los Angeles Galaxy and Real Salt Lake are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
83' Controversy at the stadium! Sam Junqua argues furiously but the card stands.
85' GOAL! Marco Reus scores on 85.
87' The referee calls foul for Pablo Mastroeni. He receives a card.
87' Pablo Ruiz has so much to prove this time. He replaces Stijn Spierings on 87 minute.
89' The Los Angeles Galaxy bench stirs into life. John Nelson is withdrawn and Chris Rindov gets his opportunity.
90' Poor challenge from Elijah Wynder. The referee spots it immediately and shows the card.
Full Time. Los Angeles Galaxy beats Real Salt Lake

Lineups

Los Angeles Galaxy Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Greg Vanney

Real Salt Lake Lineups

Starting XI

15
Justen Glad
29
Sam Junqua
6
Stijn Spierings ↓ Pablo Ruiz 87'
8
Juan Sanabria
26
Philip Quinton ↓ DeAndre Yedlin 76'
10
Diego Luna ↓ Dominik Marczuk 76'
17
Victor Olatunji ↓ Sergi Solans 56'
1
Rafael Cabral
92
Noel Caliskan
72
Zavier Gozo
39
Aiden Hezarkhani ↓ Morgan Guilavogui 56'

Bench

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

2026-04-26 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–1 Real Salt Lake W 2026-04-23 Columbus Crew SC 2–1 Los Angeles Galaxy L 2026-04-19 FC Dallas 2–2 Los Angeles Galaxy D 2026-04-11 Austin FC 1–2 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2026-04-05 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–2 Minnesota United FC L 2026-03-22 Portland Timbers 1–1 Los Angeles Galaxy D

Real Salt Lake Form

2026-04-26 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–1 Real Salt Lake L 2026-04-23 Real Salt Lake 0–2 Internacional CF Miami L 2026-04-19 Real Salt Lake 4–2 San Diego FC W 2026-04-04 Real Salt Lake 3–1 Sporting Kansas City W 2026-03-22 San Diego FC 2–2 Real Salt Lake D 2026-03-15 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Austin FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

1.53 Los Angeles Galaxy xG

Expected Goals

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

1.41 Real Salt Lake xG

I would bet for: Los Angeles Galaxy or Real Salt Lake 74% + Both teams to score 59%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Los Angeles Galaxy44% Draw26% Real Salt Lake30%

Actual: Los Angeles Galaxy win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes59% 0% No41%

Avg goals/match: 2.94

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	79%	21%
± 2.5	55%	45%
± 3.5	34%	66%
± 4.5	18%	82%

Double Chance

Los Angeles Galaxy or Draw

70%

Draw or Real Salt Lake

56%

Los Angeles Galaxy or Real Salt Lake

74%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Los Angeles Galaxy29% Draw45% Real Salt Lake26%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.3%

2 – 1

Actual

1 – 2

7.7%

1 – 0

7.2%

0 – 0

7.1%

0 – 1

6.6%

2 – 0

6.1%

2 – 2

5.9%

0 – 2

5.2%

3 – 1

4.3%

1 – 3

3.6%

3 – 2

3.1%

Asian Handicap — Los Angeles Galaxy

Handicap	Los Angeles Galaxy covers	Push	Real Salt Lake covers
-2.5	8%	—	92%
-2	8%	12%	80%
-1.5	20%	—	80%
-1	20%	19%	61%
-0.5	39%	—	61%
+0.5	66%	—	34%
+1	66%	18%	16%
+1.5	84%	—	16%
+2	84%	10%	6%
+2.5	94%	—	6%

Clean Sheet

Los Angeles Galaxy keeps clean sheet

25% ✓

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet

23% ✓

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