Sunday , 16 August 2026

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

MLS · 2026
Real Salt Lake
3 – 0
Full Time
Los Angeles FC
Thu 10 Sep 2020 · 01:30 UTC Rio Tinto Stadium HT 45+2' · FT 45'
Damir Kreilach 48' Y
Pablo Ruiz 61' Y
Y 65' Jose Cifuentes
Justen Glad 70' Y
Y 78' Jordan Harvey
Kyle Beckerman 85' Y

Overview

Match Preview

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

Match Details

  • Referee Allen Chapman
  • Referee Brian Poeschel
  • Referee Jeff Hosking
  • Referee Guido Gonzalez
  • Referee Victor Rivas
  • Referee Thomas Zablocki
  • Referee Edvin Jurisevic
  • Referee Jose Da Silva
  • Referee
9 games this season 🟨 2.7/game ⚽ 8.2 goals/game

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

4
1
14
Real Salt Lake 19 games · Avg 3.4 goals Los Angeles FC
Last 5 meetings
2020-09-10 Real Salt Lake 3–0 Los Angeles FC 2019-08-18 Real Salt Lake 0–2 Los Angeles FC 2019-03-24 Los Angeles FC 2–1 Real Salt Lake 2018-11-02 Los Angeles FC 2–3 Real Salt Lake 2018-08-16 Los Angeles FC 2–0 Real Salt Lake

Recent Form

Real Salt Lake
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
10 Sep Los Angeles FC H 3–0 W
07 Sep Minnesota United FC A 0–4 L
03 Sep Seattle Sounders FC H 2–2 D
30 Aug Portland Timbers A 4–4 D
23 Aug Colorado Rapids SC A 4–1 W
28 Jul San Jose Earthquakes A 2–5 L
Los Angeles FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
10 Sep Real Salt Lake A 0–3 L
07 Sep Los Angeles Galaxy A 0–3 L
03 Sep San Jose Earthquakes H 5–1 W
31 Aug Seattle Sounders FC A 1–3 L
22 Aug Los Angeles Galaxy H 0–2 L
31 Jul Orlando City SC A 1–1 D

Season Stats

Real Salt Lake Los Angeles FC
#21 Position #17
27 Points 34
17 Played 19
8 / 3 / 6 W / D / L 10 / 4 / 5
29 Scored 35
25 Conceded 19
+4 GD +16
1.59 PPG 1.79
47% Win % 53%

Key Stats

58% Both Teams to Score
H2H (19 games)
68% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
11% Clean Sheets
Real Salt Lake this season
55% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles FC this season

Real Salt Lake are 21st (27 pts). Los Angeles FC are 17th (34 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

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
Los Angeles FC
0-15
3/3
16-30
5/2
31-45
7/2
46-60
2/5
61-75
4/2
76+
4/5
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Real Salt Lake
Zavier Gozo 6 G 3 A
Sergi Solans 6 G 3 A
Los Angeles FC
Denis Bouanga 8 G 2 A
Esteban David Martinez 4 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' That's the starting whistle at Rio Tinto Stadium. Ninety minutes of football awaits between Real Salt Lake and Los Angeles FC.
  • 5' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
  • 9' A goal from the Croatia international Damir Kreilach! He fires home on 9 to make it 1-0!
  • 14' Supporters expect more eagerness from Tristan Blackmon, as he is very good at scoring at Rio Tinto Stadium with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
  • 19' Real Salt Lake have won 420 goals from 283 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
  • 24' Los Angeles FC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
  • 29' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Bob Bradley will be considering his options from the bench.
  • 34' 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.
  • 39' Andrew Putna, a United States , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
  • 44' Adrien Perez has been relatively quiet despite scoring 1 goals in his last 289 appearances.
  • 46' A tactical swap from Los Angeles FC — Latif Blessing on, Bryce Duke off on 46 minutes.
  • 47' What a moment for Justin Meram! That strike on 47 puts his side firmly in control.
  • 48' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Damir Kreilach.
  • 53' 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.
  • 58' Los Angeles FC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
  • 61' Pablo Ruiz has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 61.
  • 62' It is a substitution in Real Salt Lake team. Pablo Ruiz is replaced by Everton Luiz on 62 minute.
  • 64' The Los Angeles FC bench stirs into life. Daniel Musovski is withdrawn and Bradley Wright-Phillips gets his opportunity.
  • 65' That is a Yellow card for Los Angeles FC. Jose Cifuentes will be fuming at that decision.
  • 70' A meaty challenge results in booking for Justen Glad on 70.
  • 74' The supporters are chanting for Adrien Perez. He replaces Jose Cifuentes on 74 minute.
  • 78' Poor challenge from Jordan Harvey. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
  • 79' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Albert Rusnak makes no mistake. 3-0!
  • 82' The Real Salt Lake bench stirs into life. Damir Kreilach is withdrawn and Jeizon Ramirez gets his opportunity.
  • 85' Poor challenge from Kyle Beckerman. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
  • 90' Another substitution for Real Salt Lake to replace Corey Baird by Milan Iloski on 90 minute.
  • Another three points for Real Salt Lake.

Lineups

Real Salt Lake Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Freddy Juarez

Los Angeles FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Bob Bradley

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

2020-09-10 Real Salt Lake 3–0 Los Angeles FC 2019-08-18 Real Salt Lake 0–2 Los Angeles FC 2019-03-24 Los Angeles FC 2–1 Real Salt Lake 2018-11-02 Los Angeles FC 2–3 Real Salt Lake 2018-08-16 Los Angeles FC 2–0 Real Salt Lake

Real Salt Lake Form

2020-09-10 Real Salt Lake 3–0 Los Angeles FC W 2020-09-07 Minnesota United FC 4–0 Real Salt Lake L 2020-09-03 Real Salt Lake 2–2 Seattle Sounders FC D 2020-08-30 Portland Timbers 4–4 Real Salt Lake D 2020-08-23 Colorado Rapids SC 1–4 Real Salt Lake W 2020-07-28 San Jose Earthquakes 5–2 Real Salt Lake L

Los Angeles FC Form

2020-09-10 Real Salt Lake 3–0 Los Angeles FC L 2020-09-07 Los Angeles Galaxy 3–0 Los Angeles FC L 2020-09-03 Los Angeles FC 5–1 San Jose Earthquakes W 2020-08-31 Seattle Sounders FC 3–1 Los Angeles FC L 2020-08-22 Los Angeles FC 0–2 Los Angeles Galaxy L 2020-07-31 Orlando City SC 1–1 Los Angeles FC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
1.73 Real Salt Lake xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.32 Los Angeles FC xG
I would bet for: Both teams to score 61% + Over 2.5 goals 58%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Real Salt Lake48% Draw25% Los Angeles FC27%
Actual: Real Salt Lake win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong
Yes61% 0% No39%
Avg goals/match: 3.05
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 94%
6%
± 1.5 81%
19%
± 2.5 58%
42%
± 3.5 36%
64%
± 4.5 20%
80%

Double Chance

Real Salt Lake or Draw
73%
Draw or Los Angeles FC
52%
Real Salt Lake or Los Angeles FC
75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Real Salt Lake34% Draw44% Los Angeles FC22%
Actual: Real Salt Lake win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
11.7%
2 – 1
9%
1 – 0
7.4%
2 – 0
7%
1 – 2
6.9%
0 – 0
6.4%
2 – 2
5.9%
0 – 1
5.4%
3 – 1
5.2%
0 – 2
4.1%
3 – 0
Actual
3 – 2
3.5%

Asian Handicap — Real Salt Lake

Handicap Real Salt Lake covers Push Los Angeles FC covers
-2.5 11% — 89%
-2 11% 14% 75%
-1.5 25% — 75%
-1 25% 21% 54%
-0.5 46% — 54%
+0.5 72% — 28%
+1 72% 16% 13%
+1.5 87% — 13%
+2 87% 8% 4%
+2.5 96% — 4%

Clean Sheet

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet
27% ✗
Los Angeles FC keeps clean sheet
19% ✓

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