Sunday , 16 August 2026

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

MLS · 2026
Real Salt Lake
1 – 2
Full Time
Los Angeles Galaxy
Thu 26 Sep 2019 · 01:30 UTC HT 45+2' · FT 45+5'
Y 36' Diego Polenta
Y 60' Daniel Steres
Albert Rusnak 82' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Real Salt Lake vs Los Angeles Galaxy — MLS .

Match Details

  • Referee Frank Anderson
  • Referee Rubiel Vazquez
  • Referee Hilario Grajeda
  • Referee Cory Richardson
  • Referee

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

5
4
9
Real Salt Lake 18 games · Avg 3.0 goals Los Angeles Galaxy
Last 5 meetings
2019-09-26 Real Salt Lake 1–2 Los Angeles Galaxy 2019-04-29 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–1 Real Salt Lake 2018-09-02 Real Salt Lake 6–2 Los Angeles Galaxy 2018-06-10 Los Angeles Galaxy 3–0 Real Salt Lake

Recent Form

Real Salt Lake
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
26 Sep Los Angeles Galaxy H 1–2 L
21 Sep New England Revolution A 0–0 D
15 Sep Minnesota United FC A 1–3 L
12 Sep San Jose Earthquakes H 1–0 W
01 Sep Portland Timbers A 0–1 L
25 Aug Colorado Rapids SC H 2–0 W
Los Angeles Galaxy
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
26 Sep Real Salt Lake A 2–1 W
22 Sep Montreal Impact FC H 2–1 W
16 Sep Sporting Kansas City H 7–2 W
12 Sep Colorado Rapids SC A 1–2 L
01 Sep Seattle Sounders FC A 3–4 L
26 Aug Los Angeles FC A 3–3 D

Season Stats

Real Salt Lake Los Angeles Galaxy
#21 Position #27
27 Points 22
17 Played 19
8 / 3 / 6 W / D / L 5 / 7 / 7
29 Scored 24
25 Conceded 29
+4 GD -5
1.59 PPG 1.16
47% Win % 26%

Key Stats

61% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)
61% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
11% Clean Sheets
Real Salt Lake this season
20% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles Galaxy this season

Real Salt Lake are 21st (27 pts). Los Angeles Galaxy are 27th (22 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 Galaxy
0-15
2/1
16-30
2/2
31-45
4/8
46-60
2/3
61-75
–/4
76+
6/2
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Real Salt Lake
Zavier Gozo 6 G 3 A
Sergi Solans 6 G 3 A
Los Angeles Galaxy
Gabriel Pec 5 G 4 A
Klauss 5 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Real Salt Lake and Los Angeles Galaxy has kicked off!
  • 5' Damir Kreilach, a Croatia , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
  • 10' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
  • 15' Kyle Beckerman needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
  • 20' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
  • 25' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Los Angeles Galaxy that had 282 games and scored 480 goals.
  • 30' The energy levels are beginning to show. Freddy Juarez might look to freshen things up shortly.
  • 35' Real Salt Lake are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Los Angeles Galaxy's shape.
  • 36' Poor challenge from Diego Polenta. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
  • 41' Real Salt Lake have won 420 goals from 283 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
  • 46' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
  • 50' GOAL! Cristian Pavon scores on 50. Assisted by Zlatan Ibrahimovic
  • 55' David Romney has been relatively quiet despite scoring 9 goals in his last 282 appearances.
  • 59' Another change for Real Salt Lake made on 59 minute. Sam Johnson leaves to be changed by Corey Baird.
  • 60' A meaty challenge results in booking for Daniel Steres on 60.
  • 65' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 65 minutes.
  • 70' The travelling Los Angeles Galaxy supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 75' 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.
  • 79' Time for substitution for Real Salt Lake. Jefferson Savarino is replaced by Sebastian Saucedo.
  • 80' Zlatan Ibrahimovic doubles the advantage! 0-2 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
  • 80' Los Angeles Galaxy make a change. Joe Corona trudges off to be replaced by Servando Carrasco on 80 minutes.
  • 81' Fresh legs for Los Angeles Galaxy! Giancarlo Gonzalez comes on to replace Rolf Feltscher.
  • 82' The referee does not hesitate — a Yellow card for Albert Rusnak on 82 minutes.
  • 87' A tactical swap from Los Angeles Galaxy — Julian Araujo on, Cristian Pavon off on 87 minutes.
  • 89' Against the run of play, Nedum Onuoha has scored! This game has turned on its head.
  • The points are shared — Real Salt Lake 1-2 Los Angeles Galaxy. Honours even.

Lineups

Real Salt Lake Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Freddy Juarez

Los Angeles Galaxy Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Guillermo Schelotto

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Damir Kreilach 5
Albert Rusnak 4
Zlatan Ibrahimovic 4
Douglas Costa 3
Diego Luna 3
Damir Kreilach 3
Cristian Arango 2
Dejan Joveljic 2

Head to Head

2019-09-26 Real Salt Lake 1–2 Los Angeles Galaxy 2019-04-29 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–1 Real Salt Lake 2018-09-02 Real Salt Lake 6–2 Los Angeles Galaxy 2018-06-10 Los Angeles Galaxy 3–0 Real Salt Lake

Real Salt Lake Form

2019-09-26 Real Salt Lake 1–2 Los Angeles Galaxy L 2019-09-21 New England Revolution 0–0 Real Salt Lake D 2019-09-15 Minnesota United FC 3–1 Real Salt Lake L 2019-09-12 Real Salt Lake 1–0 San Jose Earthquakes W 2019-09-01 Portland Timbers 1–0 Real Salt Lake L 2019-08-25 Real Salt Lake 2–0 Colorado Rapids SC W

Los Angeles Galaxy Form

2019-09-26 Real Salt Lake 1–2 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2019-09-22 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–1 Montreal Impact FC W 2019-09-16 Los Angeles Galaxy 7–2 Sporting Kansas City W 2019-09-12 Colorado Rapids SC 2–1 Los Angeles Galaxy L 2019-09-01 Seattle Sounders FC 4–3 Los Angeles Galaxy L 2019-08-26 Los Angeles FC 3–3 Los Angeles Galaxy D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
1.88 Real Salt Lake xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.5 Los Angeles Galaxy xG
I would bet for: Real Salt Lake or Los Angeles Galaxy 74% + Both teams to score 66%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Real Salt Lake42% Draw26% Los Angeles Galaxy32%
Actual: Los Angeles Galaxy win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes66% 0% No34%
Avg goals/match: 3.38
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 95%
5%
± 1.5 85%
15%
± 2.5 65%
35%
± 3.5 43%
57%
± 4.5 25%
75%

Double Chance

Real Salt Lake or Draw
67%
Draw or Los Angeles Galaxy
58%
Real Salt Lake or Los Angeles Galaxy
74%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Real Salt Lake34% Draw41% Los Angeles Galaxy25%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
10.5%
2 – 1
8.7%
1 – 2
Actual
2 – 2
6.5%
2 – 0
6%
1 – 0
5.8%
3 – 1
5.4%
0 – 0
4.9%
0 – 1
4.4%
3 – 2
4.1%
0 – 2
3.9%
3 – 0
3.7%

Asian Handicap — Real Salt Lake

Handicap Real Salt Lake covers Push Los Angeles Galaxy covers
-2.5 12% — 88%
-2 12% 14% 74%
-1.5 26% — 74%
-1 26% 20% 54%
-0.5 46% — 54%
+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
23% ✓
Los Angeles Galaxy keeps clean sheet
16% ✓

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