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

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Real Salt Lake

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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.

Real Salt Lake 14 games · 26 pts (2026/26)
Los Angeles FC 15 games · 24 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Allen Chapman
Referee Nima Saghafi
Referee Chris Elliott
Referee
Referee

8 games this season 🟨 2.6/game ⚽ 7.4 goals/game

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

Real Salt Lake 18 games · Avg 3.3 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

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
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

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
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
#18	Position	#20
26	Points	24
14	Played	15
8 / 2 / 4	W / D / L	7 / 3 / 5
26	Scored	24
19	Conceded	17
+7	GD	+7
1.86	PPG	1.60
57%	Win %	47%

Key Stats

56% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)

67% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

14% Clean Sheets
Real Salt Lake this season

60% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles FC this season

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

Goal Timing (This Season)

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

Los Angeles FC

0-15

1/3

16-30

4/2

31-45

2/2

46-60

1/5

61-75

3/2

76+

3/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' The game is set. Real Salt Lake kicks off things out of here…
5' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Real Salt Lake and Los Angeles FC are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
10' Douglas Martinez is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Real Salt Lake so far.
15' Supporters expect more eagerness from Donald Toia, as he is very good at scoring at Rio Tinto Stadium with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
20' Los Angeles FC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
22' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Bradley Wright-Phillips makes no mistake. 0-1!
27' A goal from the Uruguay international Diego Rossi! He fires home on 27 to make it 0-2!
32' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
37' Real Salt Lake are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Los Angeles FC's shape.
42' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Real Salt Lake side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
46' Justin Meram makes way for Sam Johnson at the 46 minute mark. A tactical switch from Real Salt Lake.
51' Los Angeles FC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
56' A quiet spell here at Rio Tinto Stadium. Los Angeles FC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
59' Against the run of play, Brian Rodriguez has scored! This game has turned on its head.
60' Real Salt Lake player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
64' Marcelo Silva doubles the advantage! 1-3 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
65' Time for substitution for Los Angeles FC. Bradley Wright-Phillips is replaced by Daniel Musovski.
70' Maikel Chang is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Real Salt Lake tonight.
71' Poor challenge from Sam Johnson. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
75' Real Salt Lake make a change. Maikel Chang trudges off to be replaced by Jeizon Ramirez on 75 minutes.
80' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Donald Toia.
85' USA international Erik Holt has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
86' Jose Cifuentes makes way for Francisco Ginella at the 86 minute mark. A tactical switch from Los Angeles FC.
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

12
Diego Palacios
66
Bradley Wright-Phillips ↓ Daniel Musovski 65'
20
Eduard Atuesta
2
Jordan Harvey
9
Diego Rossi
7
Latif Blessing
14
Mark-Anthony Kaye
4
Eddie Segura
23
Pablo Sisniega
17
Brian Rodriguez
11
Jose Cifuentes ↓ Francisco Ginella 86'

Bench

Coach Bob Bradley

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Diego Rossi	6
Cristian Arango	5
Denis Bouanga	5
Damir Kreilach	5
Heung-min Son	4
Christian Ramirez	3
Carlos Vela	3
Carlos Gomez	2

Head to Head

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

2 / 4

1.6 Real Salt Lake xG

Expected Goals

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

1.55 Los Angeles FC xG

I would bet for: Real Salt Lake or Los Angeles FC 73% + Both teams to score 63%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Real Salt Lake37% Draw27% Los Angeles FC36%

Actual: Los Angeles FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes63% 0% No37%

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

64%

Draw or Los Angeles FC

63%

Real Salt Lake or Los Angeles FC

73%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Real Salt Lake29% Draw43% Los Angeles FC28%

Actual: Los Angeles FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.5%

2 – 1

8.2%

1 – 2

7.9%

2 – 2

6.3%

1 – 0

6.1%

0 – 0

0 – 1

5.9%

2 – 0

5.5%

0 – 2

5.1%

3 – 1

4.3%

1 – 3

Actual

3 – 2

3.4%

Asian Handicap — Real Salt Lake

Handicap	Real Salt Lake covers	Push	Los Angeles FC covers
-2.5	8%	—	92%
-2	8%	12%	81%
-1.5	19%	—	81%
-1	19%	19%	62%
-0.5	38%	—	62%
+0.5	64%	—	36%
+1	64%	18%	18%
+1.5	82%	—	18%
+2	82%	11%	7%
+2.5	93%	—	7%

Clean Sheet

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet

22% ✓

Los Angeles FC keeps clean sheet

21% ✓

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