Wednesday , 30 September 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 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
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
#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' It’s Showtime! The match between Real Salt Lake and Los Angeles FC is underway.
  • 5' Los Angeles FC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
  • 9' Cristian Arango puts Los Angeles FC on the lead.
  • 12' Sergio Cordova has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 12 minutes.
  • 17' A goal from the USA international Kellyn Acosta! He fires home on 17 to make it 1-2!
  • 22' Jhegson Mendez needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
  • 27' The home supporters are growing impatient. Real Salt Lake must find a spark to ignite this game.
  • 32' Los Angeles FC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
  • 37' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
  • 39' The referee calls foul for Kellyn Acosta. He receives a Yellow card.
  • 40' It’s a booking for Los Angeles FC player. Kellyn Acosta gets a Yellow card.
  • 45' A quiet spell here at Rio Tinto Stadium. Los Angeles FC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
  • 50' Los Angeles FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
  • 55' Supporters expect more eagerness from Aaron Herrera, as he is very good at scoring at Rio Tinto Stadium with 1 goals in the last 1 games.
  • 60' What composure from Cristian Arango! The Colombia international strokes it home. 1-3.
  • 64' Another substitution for Los Angeles FC to replace Jose Cifuentes by Jhegson Mendez on 64 minute.
  • 66' Another substitution for Real Salt Lake to replace Anderson Julio by Rubio Rubin on 66 minute.
  • 69' The referee shows Los Angeles FC player a Yellow card on 69.
  • 72' Eddie Segura is replacing Giorgio Chiellini for the Los Angeles FC side.
  • 77' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Steven Cherundolo will be considering his options from the bench.
  • 79' Diego Luna is ready to make an impact after coming on for Jasper Loeffelsend at the 79 minute mark.
  • 84' 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.
  • 85' A change in the Los Angeles FC ranks — Franco Escobar exits the field as Ryan Hollingshead enters on 85.
  • 87' What a moment for Gareth Bale! That strike on 87 puts his side firmly in control.
  • Full Time. Los Angeles FC beats Real Salt Lake

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
Denis Bouanga 7
Diego Rossi 6
Heung-min Son 6
Damir Kreilach 5
Cristian Arango 5
Christian Ramirez 3
Carlos Vela 3
Diego Rossi 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
1.1 Real Salt Lake xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.96 Los Angeles FC xG
I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 58% + Both teams to score 58%

Match Result

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

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes58% 0% No42%
Avg goals/match: 3.06
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 94%
6%
± 1.5 81%
19%
± 2.5 58%
42%
± 3.5 37%
63%
± 4.5 20%
80%

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
10.9%
1 – 2
9.5%
0 – 2
8.9%
0 – 1
8.5%
0 – 0
6.3%
1 – 3
6.2%
0 – 3
5.7%
2 – 1
5.4%
2 – 2
5.2%
1 – 0
4.4%
2 – 3
3.5%
1 – 4
Actual

Asian Handicap — Real Salt Lake

Handicap Real Salt Lake covers Push Los Angeles FC covers
-2.5 2% — 98%
-2 2% 5% 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% 16%
+2.5 84% — 16%

Clean Sheet

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet
15% ✓
Los Angeles FC keeps clean sheet
34% ✓

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