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Real Salt Lake vs Los Angeles FC, 2018

MLS · 2018
Real Salt Lake
1 – 5
Full Time
Los Angeles FC
Sat 10 Mar 2018 · 20:30 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

Match Preview

Real Salt Lake vs Los Angeles FC — MLS .

Match Details

  • Referee Baldomero Toledo
  • Referee Apolinar Mariscal
  • Referee Drew Fischer
  • Referee Adam Garner

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

4
2
14
Real Salt Lake 20 games · Avg 3.4 goals Los Angeles FC
Last 5 meetings
2018-03-10 Real Salt Lake 1–5 Los Angeles FC

Recent Form

Real Salt Lake
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
10 Mar Los Angeles FC H 1–5 L
04 Mar FC Dallas A 1–1 D
Los Angeles FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
10 Mar Real Salt Lake A 5–1 W
04 Mar Seattle Sounders FC A 1–0 W

Season Stats

Real Salt Lake Los Angeles FC
#27 Position #21
32 Points 41
27 Played 28
9 / 5 / 13 W / D / L 11 / 8 / 9
40 Scored 43
44 Conceded 30
-4 GD +13
1.19 PPG 1.46
33% Win % 39%

Key Stats

60% Both Teams to Score
H2H (20 games)
70% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
11% Clean Sheets
Real Salt Lake this season
46% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles FC this season

Real Salt Lake are 27th (32 pts). Los Angeles FC are 21st (41 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

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

Top Scorers (This Season)

Real Salt Lake
Sergi Solans 11 G 3 A
Zavier Gozo 6 G 3 A
Los Angeles FC
Denis Bouanga 14 G 5 A
Esteban David Martinez 4 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' And we are off! Real Salt Lake vs Los Angeles FC — let the football do the talking.
  • 5' 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.
  • 10' Real Salt Lake started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 10.
  • 15' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Los Angeles FC winning 100% of all matches.
  • 20' It’s high time Bob Bradley made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 25' Justen Glad is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Real Salt Lake tonight.
  • 30' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
  • 35' Latif Blessing has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
  • 40' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
  • 45' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Bob Bradley will be considering his options from the bench.
  • 50' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 55' A quiet spell here at . Los Angeles FC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
  • 60' Real Salt Lake seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
  • 65' Steven Beitashour has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
  • 70' The home supporters are growing impatient. Real Salt Lake must find a spark to ignite this game.
  • 75' Real Salt Lake are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
  • 80' Los Angeles FC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
  • 85' Los Angeles FC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
  • 90' Los Angeles FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
  • The final whistle goes. A composed, disciplined performance from Los Angeles FC to claim maximum points.

Lineups

Real Salt Lake Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Mike Petke

Los Angeles FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Bob Bradley

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
4 / 4
1.01 Real Salt Lake xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
3.05 Los Angeles FC xG
I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 75% + Los Angeles FC to win 65%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Real Salt Lake16% Draw19% Los Angeles FC65%
Actual: Los Angeles FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes60% 0% No40%
Avg goals/match: 4.06
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 97%
3%
± 1.5 91%
9%
± 2.5 75%
25%
± 3.5 56%
44%
± 4.5 37%
63%

Double Chance

Real Salt Lake or Draw
35%
Draw or Los Angeles FC
84%
Real Salt Lake or Los Angeles FC
81%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Real Salt Lake10% Draw32% Los Angeles FC58%
Actual: Los Angeles FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
0 – 2
8.3%
0 – 3
8.1%
1 – 2
8%
1 – 3
8%
1 – 4
6.1%
0 – 4
6.1%
1 – 1
6.1%
0 – 1
5.3%
2 – 3
4%
2 – 2
4%
1 – 5
Actual
0 – 5
3.7%

Asian Handicap — Real Salt Lake

Handicap Real Salt Lake covers Push Los Angeles FC covers
-2.5 1% — 99%
-2 1% 2% 97%
-1.5 3% — 97%
-1 3% 6% 91%
-0.5 9% — 91%
+0.5 24% — 76%
+1 24% 19% 58%
+1.5 42% — 58%
+2 42% 20% 38%
+2.5 62% — 38%

Clean Sheet

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet
6% ✓
Los Angeles FC keeps clean sheet
37% ✓

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