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

Match Details

Referee Victor Rivas

13 games this season 🟨 3.8/game ⚽ 12.7 goals/game 🟥 3 total

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	27	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	St. Louis City	27	47
18	FC Dallas	27	47
19	San Jose Earthquakes	27	45
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

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
#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' Temperatures are rising at Dignity Health Sports Park as Los Angeles Galaxy face off against Real Salt Lake in what promises to be a fascinating contest.
5' Real Salt Lake are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
9' The deadlock is broken! Marco Reus gets on the scoresheet on 9 minutes.
14' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Los Angeles Galaxy and Real Salt Lake are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
19' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Los Angeles Galaxy side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
21' It’s a booking for Los Angeles Galaxy player. Justin Haak gets a card.
26' Harbor Miller has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
31' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Real Salt Lake that had 291 games and scored 428 goals.
36' It’s high time Pablo Mastroeni made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
41' Los Angeles Galaxy started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 41.
42' A moment of madness from Lucas Sanabria on 42 minutes earns him a card. Los Angeles Galaxy will be frustrated.
46' Los Angeles Galaxy manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Edwin Cerrillo is hanging Jacob Glesnes on the field on 46 minute.
48' The referee calls foul for Noel Caliskan. He receives a card.
49' J.T. Marcinkowski does the damage! The net is bulging and Los Angeles Galaxy surge ahead!
54' Los Angeles Galaxy currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
55' That is a card for Real Salt Lake. Juan Sanabria will be fuming at that decision.
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' Poor challenge from Mauricio Cuevas. The referee spots it immediately and shows the card.
62' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Los Angeles Galaxy and Real Salt Lake are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
63' The referee calls foul for Diego Luna. He receives a card.
67' The supporters are chanting for Elijah Wynder. He replaces Edwin Cerrillo on 67 minute.
72' Miki Yamane has so much to prove this time. He replaces Harbor Miller on 72 minute.
76' A tactical swap from Real Salt Lake — Dominik Marczuk on, Diego Luna off on 76 minutes.
81' Los Angeles Galaxy are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Real Salt Lake backline.
83' It’s gonna be a card for Sam Junqua.
85' Against the run of play, Marco Reus has scored! This game has turned on its head.
87' The referee has no hesitation. Pablo Mastroeni is booked for Real Salt Lake — card on 87.
87' The whistle greets Stijn Spierings as he departs to be replaced by Pablo Ruiz.
89' Chris Rindov has so much to prove this time. He replaces John Nelson on 89 minute.
90' Los Angeles Galaxy receives a card for a hard tackle on 90.
Another three points for Los Angeles Galaxy.

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
Zlatan Ibrahimovic	4
Albert Rusnak	4
Douglas Costa	3
Diego Luna	3
Damir Kreilach	3
Dejan Joveljic	2
Cristian Pavon	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

1.63 Los Angeles Galaxy xG

Expected Goals

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

1.33 Real Salt Lake xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 59% + Over 2.5 goals 56%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Los Angeles Galaxy47% Draw25% Real Salt Lake28%

Actual: Los Angeles Galaxy win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes59% 0% No41%

Avg goals/match: 2.96

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	79%	21%
± 2.5	56%	44%
± 3.5	34%	66%
± 4.5	18%	82%

Double Chance

Los Angeles Galaxy or Draw

73%

Draw or Real Salt Lake

53%

Los Angeles Galaxy or Real Salt Lake

75%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Los Angeles Galaxy32% Draw45% Real Salt Lake23%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.1%

2 – 1

Actual

1 – 0

7.6%

1 – 2

7.2%

0 – 0

2 – 0

6.8%

0 – 1

2 – 2

5.9%

3 – 1

4.8%

0 – 2

4.5%

3 – 0

3.6%

3 – 2

3.3%

Asian Handicap — Los Angeles Galaxy

Handicap	Los Angeles Galaxy covers	Push	Real Salt Lake covers
-2.5	10%	—	90%
-2	10%	13%	77%
-1.5	23%	—	77%
-1	23%	20%	57%
-0.5	43%	—	57%
+0.5	70%	—	30%
+1	70%	16%	14%
+1.5	86%	—	14%
+2	86%	9%	5%
+2.5	95%	—	5%

Clean Sheet

Los Angeles Galaxy keeps clean sheet

27% ✓

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet

20% ✓

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