Thursday , 2 July 2026

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

MLS · 2026
Real Salt Lake
2 – 0
Full Time
Los Angeles Galaxy
Thu 24 Sep 2020 · 01:30 UTC Rio Tinto Stadium HT 45+2' · FT 45+4'
Y 24' Nick DePuy
Corey Baird 62' Y
Y 64' David Bingham

Overview

Match Preview

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

Match Details

  • Referee Nima Saghafi
  • Referee Thomas Zablocki
  • Referee Edvin Jurisevic
  • Referee Silviu Petrescu
  • Referee

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

5
4
9
Real Salt Lake 18 games · Avg 3.0 goals Los Angeles Galaxy
Last 5 meetings
2020-09-24 Real Salt Lake 2–0 Los Angeles Galaxy 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
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
07 Sep Minnesota United FC A 0–4 L
03 Sep Seattle Sounders FC H 2–2 D
Los Angeles Galaxy
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
24 Sep Real Salt Lake A 0–2 L
20 Sep Colorado Rapids SC H 0–2 L
14 Sep San Jose Earthquakes A 0–0 D
07 Sep Los Angeles FC H 3–0 W
03 Sep Portland Timbers A 3–2 W
30 Aug San Jose Earthquakes H 3–2 W

Season Stats

Real Salt Lake Los Angeles Galaxy
#18 Position #24
26 Points 20
14 Played 15
8 / 2 / 4 W / D / L 5 / 5 / 5
26 Scored 22
19 Conceded 22
+7 GD +0
1.86 PPG 1.33
57% Win % 33%

Key Stats

61% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)
61% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
14% Clean Sheets
Real Salt Lake this season
20% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles Galaxy this season

Real Salt Lake are 18th (26 pts). Los Angeles Galaxy are 24th (20 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 Galaxy
0-15
1/1
16-30
2/–
31-45
4/5
46-60
2/2
61-75
–/2
76+
5/2
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

  • 0' Temperatures are rising at Rio Tinto Stadium as Real Salt Lake face off against Los Angeles Galaxy in what promises to be a fascinating contest.
  • 5' Los Angeles Galaxy fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
  • 10' Rolf Feltscher has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
  • 15' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
  • 20' Los Angeles Galaxy 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.
  • 24' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Nick DePuy.
  • 29' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 34' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
  • 39' Over 39 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
  • 44' David Bingham has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 15 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
  • 49' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
  • 54' It’s high time Guillermo Schelotto made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 57' A tactical swap from Los Angeles Galaxy — Efrain Alvarez on, Emil Cuello off on 57 minutes.
  • 62' A meaty challenge results in booking for Corey Baird on 62.
  • 64' David Bingham picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
  • 65' GOAL! Albert Rusnak scores on 65.
  • 70' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 72' Damir Kreilach adds to his 0 season tally! Real Salt Lake lead 2-0 — and this changes everything.
  • 73' A tactical swap from Los Angeles Galaxy — Joe Corona on, Jonathan dos Santos off on 73 minutes.
  • 75' The crowd applauds Corey Baird as he leaves the pitch. Douglas Martinez steps in for Real Salt Lake.
  • 80' A change in the Los Angeles Galaxy ranks — Javier Hernandez exits the field as Ethan Zubak enters on 80.
  • 81' Los Angeles Galaxy ring the changes. Sebastian Lletget has done his job and it is now time for Cameron Dunbar to step up.
  • 86' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
  • What a match! Full time at {STADIUM} — Real Salt Lake 2-0 Los Angeles Galaxy.

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
Zlatan Ibrahimovic 4
Albert Rusnak 4
Damir Kreilach 3
Douglas Costa 3
Diego Luna 3
Albert Rusnak 2
Zlatan Ibrahimovic 2

Head to Head

2020-09-24 Real Salt Lake 2–0 Los Angeles Galaxy 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

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 2020-09-07 Minnesota United FC 4–0 Real Salt Lake L 2020-09-03 Real Salt Lake 2–2 Seattle Sounders FC D

Los Angeles Galaxy Form

2020-09-24 Real Salt Lake 2–0 Los Angeles Galaxy L 2020-09-20 Los Angeles Galaxy 0–2 Colorado Rapids SC L 2020-09-14 San Jose Earthquakes 0–0 Los Angeles Galaxy D 2020-09-07 Los Angeles Galaxy 3–0 Los Angeles FC W 2020-09-03 Portland Timbers 2–3 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2020-08-30 Los Angeles Galaxy 3–2 San Jose Earthquakes W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
1.81 Real Salt Lake xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.33 Los Angeles Galaxy xG
I would bet for: Both teams to score 62% + Over 2.5 goals 60%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Real Salt Lake47% Draw26% Los Angeles Galaxy27%
Actual: Real Salt Lake win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong
Yes62% 0% No38%
Avg goals/match: 3.14
Actual: No — clean sheet

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
72%
Draw or Los Angeles Galaxy
53%
Real Salt Lake or Los Angeles Galaxy
74%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Real Salt Lake35% Draw43% Los Angeles Galaxy22%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
11.3%
2 – 1
9.1%
1 – 0
7.1%
2 – 0
Actual
1 – 2
6.7%
2 – 2
6%
0 – 0
6%
3 – 1
5.5%
0 – 1
5%
3 – 0
4.2%
0 – 2
3.8%
3 – 2
3.7%

Asian Handicap — Real Salt Lake

Handicap Real Salt Lake covers Push Los Angeles Galaxy covers
-2.5 12% — 88%
-2 12% 15% 73%
-1.5 27% — 73%
-1 27% 21% 52%
-0.5 48% — 52%
+0.5 73% — 27%
+1 73% 15% 12%
+1.5 88% — 12%
+2 88% 8% 4%
+2.5 96% — 4%

Clean Sheet

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet
27% ✗
Los Angeles Galaxy keeps clean sheet
17% ✓

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