Friday , 18 September 2026

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

MLS · 2026
Real Salt Lake
2 – 2
Full Time
Los Angeles FC
Sun 6 Sep 2026 · 01:30 UTC Rio Tinto Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'
0–1 14' Denis Bouanga
Saba Lobzhanidze 18' 1–1
1–2 38' Heung-min Son
Noel Caliskan 75' 2–2
Juan Arias 30' Y
Luca Moisa 61' Y
Colin Guske 77' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Real Salt Lake vs Los Angeles FC — MLS at Rio Tinto Stadium.

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Nashville SC 25 54
2 Internacional CF Miami 25 45
3 New England Revolution 25 43
4 Charlotte FC 25 40
5 Chicago Fire FC 24 39
6 Orlando City SC 25 34
7 Philadelphia Union 25 33
8 New York City FC 25 32
9 FC Cincinnati 24 32
10 New York Red Bulls 25 30
11 D.C. United SC 24 29
12 Toronto FC 25 29
13 Columbus Crew SC 25 23
14 Atlanta United FC 25 23
15 Montreal Impact FC 25 21
16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 24 46
17 FC Dallas 25 43
18 Houston Dynamo 25 43
19 San Jose Earthquakes 25 41
20 St. Louis City 25 41
21 Los Angeles FC 26 40
22 Colorado Rapids SC 25 35
23 Portland Timbers 25 32
24 San Diego FC 25 30
25 Los Angeles Galaxy 26 30
26 Real Salt Lake 24 29
27 Minnesota United FC 25 29
28 Austin FC 25 29
29 Seattle Sounders FC 23 28
30 Sporting Kansas City 24 18

Head-to-Head

4
2
14
Real Salt Lake 20 games · Avg 3.4 goals Los Angeles FC
Last 5 meetings
2026-09-06 Real Salt Lake 2–2 Los Angeles FC 2026-07-23 Los Angeles FC 3–1 Real Salt Lake 2025-09-22 Los Angeles FC 4–1 Real Salt Lake 2025-09-18 Real Salt Lake 1–4 Los Angeles FC 2024-07-18 Los Angeles FC 1–1 Real Salt Lake

Recent Form

Real Salt Lake
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
06 Sep Los Angeles FC H 2–2 D
30 Aug Colorado Rapids SC A 0–1 L
22 Aug Orlando City SC A 1–2 L
20 Aug FC Dallas H 3–4 L
16 Aug Minnesota United FC H 1–1 D
02 Aug St. Louis City A 1–1 D
Los Angeles FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
06 Sep Real Salt Lake A 2–2 D
29 Aug D.C. United SC A 0–0 D
23 Aug Portland Timbers H 1–1 D
20 Aug Colorado Rapids SC A 0–1 L
16 Aug San Diego FC H 0–1 L
01 Aug Vancouver Whitecaps FC A 1–1 D

Season Stats

Real Salt Lake Los Angeles FC
#26 Position #21
29 Points 40
24 Played 26
8 / 5 / 11 W / D / L 11 / 7 / 8
37 Scored 41
39 Conceded 27
-2 GD +14
1.21 PPG 1.54
33% Win % 42%

Key Stats

60% Both Teams to Score
H2H (20 games)
70% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
8% Clean Sheets
Real Salt Lake this season
50% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles FC this season

Real Salt Lake are 26th (29 pts). Los Angeles FC are 21st (40 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Real Salt Lake
0-15
4/5
16-30
4/4
31-45
5/5
46-60
5/5
61-75
4/5
76+
5/9
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Los Angeles FC
0-15
4/4
16-30
6/5
31-45
8/3
46-60
3/5
61-75
4/4
76+
6/5
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Real Salt Lake
Sergi Solans 9 G 3 A
Zavier Gozo 6 G 3 A
Los Angeles FC
Denis Bouanga 13 G 5 A
Esteban David Martinez 4 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The ball is rolling at Rio Tinto Stadium. Real Salt Lake are looking to make home advantage count against Los Angeles FC.
  • 5' Mathieu Choiniere needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
  • 10' A quiet spell here at Rio Tinto Stadium. Real Salt Lake seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
  • 14' Against the run of play, Denis Bouanga has scored! This game has turned on its head.
  • 18' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Saba Lobzhanidze makes it 1-1.
  • 23' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Heung-min Son made 388 appearances and scored 42 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • 28' Juan Sanabria is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Los Angeles FC tonight.
  • 30' That is a card for Real Salt Lake. Juan Arias will be fuming at that decision.
  • 35' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 38' Goal! Heung-min Son scores his 42 goal in 388 matches.
  • 43' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Los Angeles FC that had 294 games and scored 585 goals.
  • 48' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
  • 53' Los Angeles FC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
  • 58' Los Angeles FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 61' The referee calls foul for Luca Moisa. He receives a card.
  • 66' Jacob Shaffelburg has been relatively quiet despite scoring 15 goals in his last 289 appearances.
  • 67' A change in the Real Salt Lake ranks — Saba Lobzhanidze exits the field as Aiden Hezarkhani enters on 67.
  • 70' Another change for Real Salt Lake made on 70 minute. Luca Moisa leaves to be changed by Colin Guske.
  • 75' Brilliant from the ! Noel Caliskan makes it 2-2 with a superb finish on 75.
  • 77' Colin Guske is having his name booked by the referee on 77.
  • 82' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Real Salt Lake side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
  • 83' It is a substitution in Los Angeles FC team. Jacob Shaffelburg is replaced by Ryan Raposo on 83 minute.
  • 88' Los Angeles FC is showing some good football. However, Los Angeles FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 2-2.

Lineups

Real Salt Lake Lineups

5-4-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Pablo Mastroeni

Los Angeles FC Lineups

4-4-2

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Marc Dos Santos

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Denis Bouanga 7
Diego Rossi 6
Heung-min Son 6
Damir Kreilach 5
Cristian Arango 5
Carlos Vela 3
Christian Ramirez 3
Aaron Herrera 2

Head to Head

2026-09-06 Real Salt Lake 2–2 Los Angeles FC 2026-07-23 Los Angeles FC 3–1 Real Salt Lake 2025-09-22 Los Angeles FC 4–1 Real Salt Lake 2025-09-18 Real Salt Lake 1–4 Los Angeles FC 2024-07-18 Los Angeles FC 1–1 Real Salt Lake

Real Salt Lake Form

2026-09-06 Real Salt Lake 2–2 Los Angeles FC D 2026-08-30 Colorado Rapids SC 1–0 Real Salt Lake L 2026-08-22 Orlando City SC 2–1 Real Salt Lake L 2026-08-20 Real Salt Lake 3–4 FC Dallas L 2026-08-16 Real Salt Lake 1–1 Minnesota United FC D 2026-08-02 St. Louis City 1–1 Real Salt Lake D

Los Angeles FC Form

2026-09-06 Real Salt Lake 2–2 Los Angeles FC D 2026-08-29 D.C. United SC 0–0 Los Angeles FC D 2026-08-23 Los Angeles FC 1–1 Portland Timbers D 2026-08-20 Colorado Rapids SC 1–0 Los Angeles FC L 2026-08-16 Los Angeles FC 0–1 San Diego FC L 2026-08-01 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–1 Los Angeles FC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
1.31 Real Salt Lake xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.84 Los Angeles FC xG
I would bet for: Real Salt Lake or Los Angeles FC 74% + Both teams to score 61%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Real Salt Lake30% Draw26% Los Angeles FC44%
Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes61% 0% No39%
Avg goals/match: 3.15
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 94%
6%
± 1.5 82%
18%
± 2.5 60%
40%
± 3.5 38%
62%
± 4.5 21%
79%

Double Chance

Real Salt Lake or Draw
56%
Draw or Los Angeles FC
70%
Real Salt Lake or Los Angeles FC
74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Real Salt Lake22% Draw43% Los Angeles FC35%
Actual: Los Angeles FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
11.2%
1 – 2
9.1%
0 – 2
7.2%
0 – 1
7.2%
2 – 1
6.5%
2 – 2
Actual
0 – 0
5.9%
1 – 3
5.6%
1 – 0
4.9%
0 – 3
4.3%
2 – 3
3.7%
2 – 0
3.7%

Asian Handicap — Real Salt Lake

Handicap Real Salt Lake covers Push Los Angeles FC covers
-2.5 4% — 96%
-2 4% 8% 88%
-1.5 12% — 88%
-1 12% 15% 74%
-0.5 26% — 74%
+0.5 52% — 48%
+1 52% 21% 27%
+1.5 73% — 27%
+2 73% 15% 13%
+2.5 87% — 13%

Clean Sheet

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet
17% ✓
Los Angeles FC keeps clean sheet
28% ✓

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