Sunday , 16 August 2026

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

MLS · 2026
Real Salt Lake
1 – 3
Full Time
Los Angeles FC
Mon 5 Oct 2020 · 01:30 UTC Rio Tinto Stadium HT 45' · FT 45+4'
Pablo Ruiz 60' Y
Sam Johnson 71' Y
Donald Toia 80' Y

Overview

Match Preview

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

Match Details

  • Referee Allen Chapman
  • Referee Nima Saghafi
  • Referee Chris Elliott
  • Referee
  • 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
2020-10-05 Real Salt Lake 1–3 Los Angeles FC 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

Recent Form

Real Salt Lake
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
05 Oct Los Angeles FC H 1–3 L
28 Sep Minnesota United FC A 0–0 D
24 Sep Los Angeles Galaxy H 2–0 W
20 Sep Vancouver Whitecaps FC H 1–2 L
13 Sep Colorado Rapids SC H 0–5 L
10 Sep Los Angeles FC H 3–0 W
Los Angeles FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
05 Oct Real Salt Lake A 3–1 W
28 Sep San Jose Earthquakes H 1–2 L
24 Sep Vancouver Whitecaps FC H 6–0 W
19 Sep Seattle Sounders FC A 0–3 L
14 Sep Portland Timbers H 4–2 W
10 Sep Real Salt Lake A 0–3 L

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' We are underway at Rio Tinto Stadium. The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
  • 5' 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.
  • 10' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 10 minutes.
  • 15' Both keepers have barely been tested. Real Salt Lake and Los Angeles FC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
  • 20' Eddie Segura has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
  • 22' Bradley Wright-Phillips does the damage! The net is bulging and Los Angeles FC surge ahead!
  • 27' The Uruguay Diego Rossi breaks the deadlock on 27 minutes. 0-2!
  • 32' Real Salt Lake is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 37' Los Angeles FC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
  • 42' It looks surprising Real Salt Lake does not make any changes. Pablo Ruiz has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 46' Fresh legs for Real Salt Lake! Sam Johnson comes on to replace Justin Meram.
  • 51' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Real Salt Lake needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 56' Los Angeles FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
  • 59' The deadlock is broken! Brian Rodriguez gets on the scoresheet on 59 minutes.
  • 60' Real Salt Lake receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 60.
  • 64' The Uruguay Marcelo Silva breaks the deadlock on 64 minutes. 1-3!
  • 65' A tactical swap from Los Angeles FC — Daniel Musovski on, Bradley Wright-Phillips off on 65 minutes.
  • 70' 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.
  • 71' It’s a booking for Real Salt Lake player. Sam Johnson gets a Yellow card.
  • 75' Jeizon Ramirez is replacing Maikel Chang for the Real Salt Lake side.
  • 80' Donald Toia catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 80.
  • 85' Real Salt Lake are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Los Angeles FC's shape.
  • 86' Francisco Ginella is ready to make an impact after coming on for Jose Cifuentes at the 86 minute mark.
  • Full Time. Los Angeles FC beats 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
Denis Bouanga 6
Diego Rossi 6
Damir Kreilach 5
Cristian Arango 5
Heung-min Son 5
Christian Ramirez 3
Carlos Vela 3
Christian Ramirez 2

Head to Head

2020-10-05 Real Salt Lake 1–3 Los Angeles FC 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

Real Salt Lake Form

2020-10-05 Real Salt Lake 1–3 Los Angeles FC L 2020-09-28 Minnesota United FC 0–0 Real Salt Lake D 2020-09-24 Real Salt Lake 2–0 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2020-09-20 Real Salt Lake 1–2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC L 2020-09-13 Real Salt Lake 0–5 Colorado Rapids SC L 2020-09-10 Real Salt Lake 3–0 Los Angeles FC W

Los Angeles FC Form

2020-10-05 Real Salt Lake 1–3 Los Angeles FC W 2020-09-28 Los Angeles FC 1–2 San Jose Earthquakes L 2020-09-24 Los Angeles FC 6–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC W 2020-09-19 Seattle Sounders FC 3–0 Los Angeles FC L 2020-09-14 Los Angeles FC 4–2 Portland Timbers W 2020-09-10 Real Salt Lake 3–0 Los Angeles FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
1.47 Real Salt Lake xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.73 Los Angeles FC xG
I would bet for: Real Salt Lake or Los Angeles FC 73% + Both teams to score 63%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Real Salt Lake33% Draw27% Los Angeles FC40%
Actual: Los Angeles FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes63% 0% No37%
Avg goals/match: 3.2
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 94%
6%
± 1.5 83%
17%
± 2.5 61%
39%
± 3.5 39%
61%
± 4.5 22%
78%

Double Chance

Real Salt Lake or Draw
60%
Draw or Los Angeles FC
67%
Real Salt Lake or Los Angeles FC
73%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Real Salt Lake25% Draw43% Los Angeles FC32%
Actual: Los Angeles FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
11.3%
1 – 2
8.6%
2 – 1
7.4%
0 – 1
6.3%
2 – 2
6.3%
0 – 2
6.1%
0 – 0
5.7%
1 – 0
5.3%
1 – 3
Actual
2 – 0
4.4%
2 – 3
3.7%
3 – 1
3.6%

Asian Handicap — Real Salt Lake

Handicap Real Salt Lake covers Push Los Angeles FC covers
-2.5 6% — 94%
-2 6% 10% 85%
-1.5 15% — 85%
-1 15% 17% 68%
-0.5 32% — 68%
+0.5 57% — 43%
+1 57% 20% 23%
+1.5 77% — 23%
+2 77% 13% 10%
+2.5 90% — 10%

Clean Sheet

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet
19% ✓
Los Angeles FC keeps clean sheet
24% ✓

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