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

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MLS · 2026

Real Salt Lake

2 – 0

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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

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

Real Salt Lake 34 games · 45 pts (2026/26)
Los Angeles Galaxy 34 games · 44 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

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

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	34	77
2	Internacional CF Miami	34	60
3	New England Revolution	34	58
4	Chicago Fire FC	34	55
5	Charlotte FC	34	54
6	Philadelphia Union	34	50
7	Columbus Crew SC	34	47
8	FC Cincinnati	34	46
9	Orlando City SC	34	46
10	New York City FC	34	42
11	New York Red Bulls	34	42
12	Toronto FC	34	39
13	Atlanta United FC	34	33
14	D.C. United SC	34	33
15	Montreal Impact FC	34	26
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	64
17	FC Dallas	34	58
18	St. Louis City	34	54
19	San Jose Earthquakes	34	52
20	Houston Dynamo	34	51
21	Los Angeles FC	34	47
22	Portland Timbers	34	46
23	Seattle Sounders FC	34	46
24	Real Salt Lake	34	45
25	Minnesota United FC	34	44
26	Los Angeles Galaxy	34	44
27	Colorado Rapids SC	34	43
28	San Diego FC	34	38
29	Austin FC	34	34
30	Sporting Kansas City	34	26

Head-to-Head

Real Salt Lake 19 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

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
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

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
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
#24	Position	#26
45	Points	44
34	Played	34
13 / 6 / 15	W / D / L	11 / 11 / 12
53	Scored	50
52	Conceded	57
+1	GD	-7
1.32	PPG	1.29
38%	Win %	32%

Key Stats

63% Both Teams to Score
H2H (19 games)

63% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

12% Clean Sheets
Real Salt Lake this season

18% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles Galaxy this season

Real Salt Lake are 24th (45 pts). Los Angeles Galaxy are 26th (44 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Real Salt Lake

0-15

9/7

16-30

5/7

31-45

6/6

46-60

8/7

61-75

7/7

76+

8/11

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Los Angeles Galaxy

0-15

6/9

16-30

5/6

31-45

9/12

46-60

6/8

61-75

4/6

76+

10/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Real Salt Lake

Sergi Solans	15 G	4 A
Zavier Gozo	6 G	3 A

Los Angeles Galaxy

Klauss	10 G
Marco Reus	8 G	11 A
Gabriel Pec	5 G	4 A

Events

Match Events

0' And we are off! Real Salt Lake vs Los Angeles Galaxy — let the football do the talking.
5' Corey Baird, a USA , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
10' Los Angeles Galaxy fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
15' It looks surprising Los Angeles Galaxy does not make any changes. Damir Kreilach has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
20' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
24' It’s a booking for Los Angeles Galaxy player. Nick DePuy gets a Yellow card.
29' Los Angeles Galaxy looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Marco Reus scoring 2 goals.
34' Los Angeles Galaxy come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
39' Jonathan dos Santos has been relatively quiet despite scoring 8 goals in his last 297 appearances.
44' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
49' USA international Ethan Zubak has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
54' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with Los Angeles Galaxy winning 50% of all matches.
57' Emil Cuello makes way for Efrain Alvarez at the 57 minute mark. A tactical switch from Los Angeles Galaxy.
62' It’s a booking for Real Salt Lake player. Corey Baird gets a Yellow card.
64' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for David Bingham.
65' Albert Rusnak puts Real Salt Lake on the lead.
70' Emiliano Insua has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
72' Damir Kreilach does the damage! The net is bulging and Real Salt Lake surge ahead!
73' Joe Corona is ready to make an impact after coming on for Jonathan dos Santos at the 73 minute mark.
75' A change in the Real Salt Lake ranks — Corey Baird exits the field as Douglas Martinez enters on 75.
80' A change in the Los Angeles Galaxy ranks — Javier Hernandez exits the field as Ethan Zubak enters on 80.
81' The crowd applauds Sebastian Lletget as he leaves the pitch. Cameron Dunbar steps in for Los Angeles Galaxy.
86' Nick DePuy needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 2-0 draw is a fair result on the day.

Lineups

Real Salt Lake Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Freddy Juarez

Los Angeles Galaxy Lineups

Starting XI

14
Javier Hernandez ↓ Ethan Zubak 80'
3
Emiliano Insua
25
Rolf Feltscher
2
Perry Kitchen
8
Jonathan dos Santos C ↓ Joe Corona 73'
17
Sebastian Lletget ↓ Cameron Dunbar 81'
1
David Bingham
5
Daniel Steres
10
Cristian Pavon
27
Emil Cuello ↓ Efrain Alvarez 57'
20
Nick DePuy

Bench

Coach Guillermo Schelotto

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Damir Kreilach	5
Albert Rusnak	4
Zlatan Ibrahimovic	4
Damir Kreilach	3
Douglas Costa	3
Diego Luna	3
Albert Rusnak	2
Zlatan Ibrahimovic	2

Head to Head

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

1.79 Real Salt Lake xG

Expected Goals

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

1.41 Los Angeles Galaxy xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 63% + Over 2.5 goals 61%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Real Salt Lake45% Draw26% Los Angeles Galaxy29%

Actual: Real Salt Lake win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes63% 0% No37%

Avg goals/match: 3.2

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	94%	6%
± 1.5	83%	17%
± 2.5	61%	39%
± 3.5	40%	60%
± 4.5	22%	78%

Double Chance

Real Salt Lake or Draw

71%

Draw or Los Angeles Galaxy

55%

Real Salt Lake or Los Angeles Galaxy

74%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Real Salt Lake34% Draw43% Los Angeles Galaxy23%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.2%

2 – 1

8.9%

1 – 2

1 – 0

6.5%

2 – 0

Actual

2 – 2

6.2%

0 – 0

5.7%

3 – 1

5.3%

0 – 1

0 – 2

4.1%

3 – 0

3.8%

3 – 2

3.8%

Asian Handicap — Real Salt Lake

Handicap	Real Salt Lake covers	Push	Los Angeles Galaxy covers
-2.5	11%	—	89%
-2	11%	14%	75%
-1.5	25%	—	75%
-1	25%	20%	55%
-0.5	45%	—	55%
+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

25% ✗

Los Angeles Galaxy keeps clean sheet

18% ✓

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