Sunday , 16 August 2026

Real Salt Lake vs Los Angeles FC, MLS 2022 REGULAR SEASON

MLS · 2022
Real Salt Lake
1 – 4
Full Time
Los Angeles FC
Sun 7 Aug 2022 · 02:00 UTC Rio Tinto Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'
Y 39' Kellyn Acosta
Y 40' Kellyn Acosta
Y 69' Giorgio Chiellini

Overview

Match Preview

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

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
2022-08-07 Real Salt Lake 1–4 Los Angeles FC 2021-09-13 Los Angeles FC 3–2 Real Salt Lake 2021-07-18 Los Angeles FC 2–1 Real Salt Lake 2021-07-04 Real Salt Lake 0–1 Los Angeles FC 2020-10-05 Real Salt Lake 1–3 Los Angeles FC

Recent Form

Real Salt Lake
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
07 Aug Los Angeles FC H 1–4 L
31 Jul San Jose Earthquakes A 2–2 D
24 Jul FC Dallas H 0–1 L
18 Jul Sporting Kansas City H 3–0 W
13 Jul Atlanta United FC A 1–2 L
10 Jul Colorado Rapids SC H 2–2 D
Los Angeles FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
07 Aug Real Salt Lake A 4–1 W
30 Jul Seattle Sounders FC H 2–1 W
24 Jul Sporting Kansas City A 2–0 W
18 Jul Nashville SC A 2–1 W
09 Jul Los Angeles Galaxy H 3–2 W
03 Jul Vancouver Whitecaps FC A 0–1 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' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for Real Salt Lake to score. At the same time, Los Angeles FC does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
  • 5' 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.
  • 9' Magnificent from Cristian Arango! That is 73 goals in 172 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
  • 12' Sergio Cordova adds to his 1 season tally! Real Salt Lake lead 1-1 — and this changes everything.
  • 17' Kellyn Acosta doubles the advantage! 1-2 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
  • 22' The travelling Los Angeles FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 27' Los Angeles FC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
  • 32' Los Angeles FC 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.
  • 37' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
  • 39' Kellyn Acosta picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
  • 40' Kellyn Acosta is having his name booked by the referee on 40.
  • 45' Real Salt Lake are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Los Angeles FC's shape.
  • 50' 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.
  • 55' Zac MacMath has been relatively quiet despite scoring 0 goals in his last 275 appearances.
  • 60' GOAL! Cristian Arango fires home to make it 1-3!
  • 64' Jose Cifuentes makes way for Jhegson Mendez at the 64 minute mark. A tactical switch from Los Angeles FC.
  • 66' A change in the Real Salt Lake ranks — Anderson Julio exits the field as Rubio Rubin enters on 66.
  • 69' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Giorgio Chiellini.
  • 72' Los Angeles FC ring the changes. Giorgio Chiellini has done his job and it is now time for Eddie Segura to step up.
  • 77' Giorgio Chiellini has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 14 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
  • 79' Real Salt Lake manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Diego Luna is hanging Jasper Loeffelsend on the field on 79 minute.
  • 84' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 85' Los Angeles FC make a change. Franco Escobar trudges off to be replaced by Ryan Hollingshead on 85 minutes.
  • 87' What a strike from Gareth Bale! The score is 1-4.
  • Game over. The scoreline of 1-4 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

Lineups

Real Salt Lake Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Pablo Mastroeni

Los Angeles FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Steven Cherundolo

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

2022-08-07 Real Salt Lake 1–4 Los Angeles FC 2021-09-13 Los Angeles FC 3–2 Real Salt Lake 2021-07-18 Los Angeles FC 2–1 Real Salt Lake 2021-07-04 Real Salt Lake 0–1 Los Angeles FC 2020-10-05 Real Salt Lake 1–3 Los Angeles FC

Real Salt Lake Form

2022-08-07 Real Salt Lake 1–4 Los Angeles FC L 2022-07-31 San Jose Earthquakes 2–2 Real Salt Lake D 2022-07-24 Real Salt Lake 0–1 FC Dallas L 2022-07-18 Real Salt Lake 3–0 Sporting Kansas City W 2022-07-13 Atlanta United FC 2–1 Real Salt Lake L 2022-07-10 Real Salt Lake 2–2 Colorado Rapids SC D

Los Angeles FC Form

2022-08-07 Real Salt Lake 1–4 Los Angeles FC W 2022-07-30 Los Angeles FC 2–1 Seattle Sounders FC W 2022-07-24 Sporting Kansas City 0–2 Los Angeles FC W 2022-07-18 Nashville SC 1–2 Los Angeles FC W 2022-07-09 Los Angeles FC 3–2 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2022-07-03 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–0 Los Angeles FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
1.15 Real Salt Lake xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
2.03 Los Angeles FC xG
I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 60% + Both teams to score 59%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Real Salt Lake21% Draw24% Los Angeles FC55%
Actual: Los Angeles FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes59% 0% No41%
Avg goals/match: 3.18
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 39%
61%
± 4.5 22%
78%

Double Chance

Real Salt Lake or Draw
45%
Draw or Los Angeles FC
79%
Real Salt Lake or Los Angeles FC
76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Real Salt Lake17% Draw42% Los Angeles FC41%
Actual: Los Angeles FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
10.6%
1 – 2
9.5%
0 – 2
8.5%
0 – 1
7.9%
1 – 3
6.4%
0 – 0
5.8%
0 – 3
5.6%
2 – 2
5.4%
2 – 1
5.4%
1 – 0
4.1%
2 – 3
3.7%
1 – 4
Actual

Asian Handicap — Real Salt Lake

Handicap Real Salt Lake covers Push Los Angeles FC covers
-2.5 2% — 98%
-2 2% 6% 92%
-1.5 8% — 92%
-1 8% 12% 80%
-0.5 20% — 80%
+0.5 44% — 56%
+1 44% 22% 34%
+1.5 66% — 34%
+2 66% 17% 17%
+2.5 83% — 17%

Clean Sheet

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet
14% ✓
Los Angeles FC keeps clean sheet
32% ✓

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