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 15 games · 20 pts (2026/26)
Real Salt Lake 14 games · 26 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Victor Rivas

9 games this season 🟨 3.1/game ⚽ 11.4 goals/game 🟥 2 total

Standings

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

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
#24	Position	#18
20	Points	26
15	Played	14
5 / 5 / 5	W / D / L	8 / 2 / 4
22	Scored	26
22	Conceded	19
+0	GD	+7
1.33	PPG	1.86
33%	Win %	57%

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

14% Clean Sheets
Real Salt Lake this season

Los Angeles Galaxy are 24th (20 pts). Real Salt Lake are 18th (26 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Los Angeles Galaxy

0-15

1/1

16-30

2/–

31-45

4/5

46-60

2/2

61-75

–/2

76+

5/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Real Salt Lake

0-15

4/3

16-30

2/2

31-45

3/1

46-60

3/1

61-75

2/1

76+

2/5

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' It’s Showtime! The match between Los Angeles Galaxy and Real Salt Lake is underway.
5' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Los Angeles Galaxy winning 100% of all matches.
9' GOAL! Marco Reus scores on 9.
14' Real Salt Lake is showing some good football. However, Real Salt Lake are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
19' Los Angeles Galaxy looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Marco Reus scoring 2 goals.
21' It’s gonna be a card for Justin Haak.
26' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Harbor Miller made 278 appearances and scored 1 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
31' 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.
36' Morgan Guilavogui needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
41' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
42' That looks like a foul for a card for Lucas Sanabria.
46' Time for substitution for Los Angeles Galaxy. Jacob Glesnes is replaced by Edwin Cerrillo.
48' It’s a booking for Real Salt Lake player. Noel Caliskan gets a card.
49' GOAL! J.T. Marcinkowski scores on 45. Assisted by Aiden Hezarkhani
54' Los Angeles Galaxy is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
55' Real Salt Lake player sees a card in front of him.
56' Morgan Guilavogui has so much to prove this time. He replaces Aiden Hezarkhani on 56 minute.
57' It’s a booking for Los Angeles Galaxy player. Mauricio Cuevas gets a card.
62' 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.
63' A meaty challenge results in booking for Diego Luna on 63.
67' The supporters are chanting for Elijah Wynder. He replaces Edwin Cerrillo on 67 minute.
72' The Los Angeles Galaxy manager makes a substitution. Harbor Miller departs to be replaced by Miki Yamane.
76' Dominik Marczuk has so much to prove this time. He replaces Diego Luna on 76 minute.
81' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Los Angeles Galaxy that had 278 games and scored 478 goals.
83' Sam Junqua is having his name booked by the referee on 83.
85' GOAL! Marco Reus scores on 85.
87' Real Salt Lake player sees a card in front of him.
87' Pablo Ruiz has so much to prove this time. He replaces Stijn Spierings on 87 minute.
89' Chris Rindov has so much to prove this time. He replaces John Nelson on 89 minute.
90' The referee shows Los Angeles Galaxy player a card on 90.
With this win, Los Angeles Galaxy is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.

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
Damir Kreilach	3
Douglas Costa	3
Diego Luna	3
Albert Rusnak	2
Zlatan Ibrahimovic	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

1.56 Los Angeles Galaxy xG

Expected Goals

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

1.43 Real Salt Lake xG

I would bet for: Los Angeles Galaxy or Real Salt Lake 75% + Both teams to score 60%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Los Angeles Galaxy45% Draw25% Real Salt Lake30%

Actual: Los Angeles Galaxy win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes60% 0% No40%

Avg goals/match: 2.99

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	80%	20%
± 2.5	56%	44%
± 3.5	35%	65%
± 4.5	19%	81%

Double Chance

Los Angeles Galaxy or Draw

70%

Draw or Real Salt Lake

55%

Los Angeles Galaxy or Real Salt Lake

75%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Los Angeles Galaxy30% Draw44% Real Salt Lake26%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.2%

2 – 1

Actual

1 – 2

7.7%

1 – 0

0 – 0

6.8%

0 – 1

6.4%

2 – 0

6.1%

2 – 2

0 – 2

5.1%

3 – 1

4.4%

1 – 3

3.7%

3 – 2

3.2%

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

22% ✓

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