Real Salt Lake vs Los Angeles Galaxy, MLS 2021 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2021

Real Salt Lake

2 – 2

Full Time

Los Angeles Galaxy

Thu 22 Jul 2021 · 02:00 UTC Rio Tinto Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 72' Rayan Raveloson

Y 90' Sacha Kljestan

Overview

Match Preview

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)

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

2021-07-22 Real Salt Lake 2–2 Los Angeles Galaxy 2020-11-02 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–1 Real Salt Lake 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

Recent Form

Real Salt Lake

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
22 Jul	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	2–2	D
18 Jul	Los Angeles FC	A	1–2	L
08 Jul	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	4–0	W
04 Jul	Los Angeles FC	H	0–1	L
27 Jun	Houston Dynamo	H	1–1	D
24 Jun	Seattle Sounders FC	A	1–2	L

Los Angeles Galaxy

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
22 Jul	Real Salt Lake	A	2–2	D
18 Jul	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	1–2	L
08 Jul	FC Dallas	H	3–1	W
05 Jul	Sporting Kansas City	H	0–2	L
27 Jun	San Jose Earthquakes	A	3–1	W
24 Jun	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	2–1	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' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Real Salt Lake and Los Angeles Galaxy has kicked off!
5' It is a cagey affair so far. Real Salt Lake in their trying to find a way past Los Angeles Galaxy's compact .
9' Albert Rusnak puts Real Salt Lake on the lead.
14' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Los Angeles Galaxy that had 297 games and scored 504 goals.
19' Donny Toia has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
24' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Real Salt Lake and Los Angeles Galaxy are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
26' Maikel Chang Ramirez does the damage! The net is bulging and Real Salt Lake surge ahead!
31' It’s high time Greg Vanney made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
33' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Victor Vazquez makes it 2-1.
38' The home supporters are growing impatient. Real Salt Lake must find a spark to ignite this game.
43' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
46' Ethan Zubak is replacing Cameron Dunbar for the Los Angeles Galaxy side.
51' The travelling Los Angeles Galaxy supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
56' Real Salt Lake 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.
61' Los Angeles Galaxy are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
66' Los Angeles Galaxy fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
71' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
72' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Rayan Raveloson.
73' Another change for Real Salt Lake made on 73 minute. Ruiz leaves to be changed by Nick Besler.
74' Real Salt Lake manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Anderson Julio is hanging Maikel Chang Ramirez on the field on 74 minute.
76' Adam Saldana is replacing Victor Vazquez for the Los Angeles Galaxy side.
77' The Los Angeles Galaxy manager makes a substitution. Samuel Grandsir departs to be replaced by Daniel Steres.
78' What composure from Rayan Raveloson! The Madagascar international strokes it home. 2-2.
82' Fresh legs for Real Salt Lake! Justin Meram comes on to replace Everton.
83' It is a substitution in Real Salt Lake team. Everton is replaced by Justin Meram on 83 minute.
88' A tactical swap from Real Salt Lake — Bobby Wood on, Rubio Rubin off on 88 minutes.
90' Poor challenge from Sacha Kljestan. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
90' Real Salt Lake make a change. Rubio Rubin trudges off to be replaced by Bobby Wood on 90 minutes.
The final score is 2-2.

Lineups

Real Salt Lake Lineups

Starting XI

8
Damir Kreilach
15
Justen Glad
11
Albert Rusnak
30
Marcelo Silva
22
Aaron Herrera
1
David Ochoa
14
Rubio Rubin ↓ Bobby Wood 88'
6
Ruiz ↓ Nick Besler 73'
16
Maikel Chang Ramirez ↓ Anderson Julio 74'
4
Donny Toia
25
Everton ↓ Justin Meram 83'

Bench

7
Bobby Wood ↑ 88'
13
Nick Besler ↑ 73'
3
Ashtone Morgan
18
Zac MacMath
9
Justin Meram ↑ 83'
43
Justin Portillo
20
Erik Holt
29
Anderson Julio ↑ 74'

Coach Freddy Juarez

Los Angeles Galaxy Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Greg Vanney

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

2021-07-22 Real Salt Lake 2–2 Los Angeles Galaxy D 2021-07-18 Los Angeles FC 2–1 Real Salt Lake L 2021-07-08 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0–4 Real Salt Lake W 2021-07-04 Real Salt Lake 0–1 Los Angeles FC L 2021-06-27 Real Salt Lake 1–1 Houston Dynamo D 2021-06-24 Seattle Sounders FC 2–1 Real Salt Lake L

Los Angeles Galaxy Form

2021-07-22 Real Salt Lake 2–2 Los Angeles Galaxy D 2021-07-18 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–1 Los Angeles Galaxy L 2021-07-08 Los Angeles Galaxy 3–1 FC Dallas W 2021-07-05 Los Angeles Galaxy 0–2 Sporting Kansas City L 2021-06-27 San Jose Earthquakes 1–3 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2021-06-24 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–2 Los Angeles Galaxy W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.66 Real Salt Lake xG

Expected Goals

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

1.52 Los Angeles Galaxy xG

I would bet for: Real Salt Lake or Los Angeles Galaxy 73% + Both teams to score 63%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Real Salt Lake39% Draw27% Los Angeles Galaxy34%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes63% 0% No37%

Avg goals/match: 3.18

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	94%	6%
± 1.5	82%	18%
± 2.5	61%	39%
± 3.5	39%	61%
± 4.5	22%	78%

Double Chance

Real Salt Lake or Draw

66%

Draw or Los Angeles Galaxy

61%

Real Salt Lake or Los Angeles Galaxy

73%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Real Salt Lake30% Draw43% Los Angeles Galaxy27%

Actual: Real Salt Lake win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.4%

2 – 1

8.4%

1 – 2

7.7%

2 – 2

Actual

1 – 0

6.2%

0 – 0

5.8%

2 – 0

5.7%

0 – 1

5.6%

0 – 2

4.8%

3 – 1

4.6%

1 – 3

3.9%

3 – 2

3.6%

Asian Handicap — Real Salt Lake

Handicap	Real Salt Lake covers	Push	Los Angeles Galaxy covers
-2.5	9%	—	91%
-2	9%	12%	79%
-1.5	21%	—	79%
-1	21%	19%	60%
-0.5	40%	—	60%
+0.5	66%	—	34%
+1	66%	17%	17%
+1.5	83%	—	17%
+2	83%	10%	7%
+2.5	93%	—	7%

Clean Sheet

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet

23% ✓

Los Angeles Galaxy keeps clean sheet

20% ✓

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