Real Salt Lake vs Los Angeles FC, MLS 2024 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2024

Real Salt Lake

3 – 0

Full Time

Los Angeles FC

Sat 2 Mar 2024 · 21:00 UTC Rio Tinto Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 35' Eduard Atuesta

Braian Ojeda 37' Y

Y 50' Jesus Murillo

Cristian Arango 59' Y

Y 68' Mateusz Bogusz

Braian Ojeda 85' YR

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)

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

2024-03-02 Real Salt Lake 3–0 Los Angeles FC 2023-10-02 Los Angeles FC 0–1 Real Salt Lake 2023-05-14 Real Salt Lake 0–3 Los Angeles FC 2022-09-05 Los Angeles FC 2–0 Real Salt Lake 2022-08-07 Real Salt Lake 1–4 Los Angeles FC

Recent Form

Real Salt Lake

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
02 Mar	Los Angeles FC	H	3–0	W
25 Feb	St. Louis City	A	1–1	D
22 Feb	Internacional CF Miami	A	0–2	L
22 Oct	Colorado Rapids SC	A	1–0	W
15 Oct	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	2–2	D
08 Oct	Sporting Kansas City	H	2–3	L

Los Angeles FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
02 Mar	Real Salt Lake	A	0–3	L
24 Feb	Seattle Sounders FC	H	2–1	W
22 Oct	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	1–1	D
08 Oct	Austin FC	A	4–2	W
05 Oct	Minnesota United FC	H	5–1	W
02 Oct	Real Salt Lake	H	0–1	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 wait is over. Los Angeles FC get us underway at Rio Tinto Stadium.
5' Real Salt Lake is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
10' The travelling Los Angeles FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
15' Los Angeles FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 15.
18' Carlos Gomez has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 18 minutes.
23' Marcelo Silva is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Los Angeles FC tonight.
28' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Real Salt Lake and Los Angeles FC are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
33' Los Angeles FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
35' Los Angeles FC receives a card for a hard tackle on 35.
37' Poor challenge from Braian Ojeda. The referee spots it immediately and shows the card.
41' Carlos Gomez adds to his 3 season tally! Real Salt Lake lead 2-0 — and this changes everything.
46' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
50' Cristian Arango is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
50' Jesus Murillo was booked on 50.
55' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
58' Los Angeles FC ring the changes. Ilie Sanchez has done his job and it is now time for Nathan Ordaz to step up.
59' That is a card for Real Salt Lake. Cristian Arango will be fuming at that decision.
64' A quiet spell here at Rio Tinto Stadium. Real Salt Lake seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
66' The crowd applauds Omar Campos as he leaves the pitch. Eddie Segura steps in for Los Angeles FC.
68' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the card for Mateusz Bogusz.
73' The supporters are chanting for Pablo Ruiz. He replaces Matt Crooks on 73 minute.
76' Fresh legs for Los Angeles FC! Tomas Angel comes on to replace Mateusz Bogusz.
81' Both keepers have barely been tested. Real Salt Lake and Los Angeles FC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
85' Real Salt Lake receives a card for a hard tackle on 85.
90' The Real Salt Lake bench stirs into life. Cristian Arango is withdrawn and Anderson Julio gets his opportunity.
The final whistle goes. A composed, disciplined performance from Real Salt Lake to claim maximum points.

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

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

Head to Head

Real Salt Lake Form

2024-03-02 Real Salt Lake 3–0 Los Angeles FC W 2024-02-25 St. Louis City 1–1 Real Salt Lake D 2024-02-22 Internacional CF Miami 2–0 Real Salt Lake L 2023-10-22 Colorado Rapids SC 0–1 Real Salt Lake W 2023-10-15 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–2 Real Salt Lake D 2023-10-08 Real Salt Lake 2–3 Sporting Kansas City L

Los Angeles FC Form

2024-03-02 Real Salt Lake 3–0 Los Angeles FC L 2024-02-24 Los Angeles FC 2–1 Seattle Sounders FC W 2023-10-22 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–1 Los Angeles FC D 2023-10-08 Austin FC 2–4 Los Angeles FC W 2023-10-05 Los Angeles FC 5–1 Minnesota United FC W 2023-10-02 Los Angeles FC 0–1 Real Salt Lake L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.7 Real Salt Lake xG

Expected Goals

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

1.37 Los Angeles FC xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 61% + Over 2.5 goals 58%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Real Salt Lake46% Draw25% Los Angeles FC29%

Actual: Real Salt Lake win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes61% 0% No39%

Avg goals/match: 3.07

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	37%	63%
± 4.5	20%	80%

Double Chance

Real Salt Lake or Draw

72%

Draw or Los Angeles FC

54%

Real Salt Lake or Los Angeles FC

75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Real Salt Lake33% Draw44% Los Angeles FC23%

Actual: Real Salt Lake win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.7%

2 – 1

8.8%

1 – 0

7.1%

1 – 2

7.1%

2 – 0

6.7%

0 – 0

6.4%

2 – 2

0 – 1

5.5%

3 – 1

0 – 2

4.3%

3 – 0

Actual

3 – 2

3.5%

Asian Handicap — Real Salt Lake

Handicap	Real Salt Lake covers	Push	Los Angeles FC covers
-2.5	10%	—	90%
-2	10%	14%	76%
-1.5	24%	—	76%
-1	24%	20%	56%
-0.5	44%	—	56%
+0.5	70%	—	30%
+1	70%	16%	14%
+1.5	86%	—	14%
+2	86%	9%	5%
+2.5	95%	—	5%

Clean Sheet

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet

26% ✗

Los Angeles FC keeps clean sheet

19% ✓

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