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

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Thu 30 Sep 2021 · 01:30 UTC Rio Tinto Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 46' Nick DePuy

Overview

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

Real Salt Lake 27 games · 32 pts (2026/26)
Los Angeles Galaxy 28 games · 36 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	27	60
2	Internacional CF Miami	27	46
3	New England Revolution	27	46
4	Charlotte FC	27	43
5	Chicago Fire FC	26	42
6	Philadelphia Union	27	39
7	Orlando City SC	27	34
8	New York City FC	27	33
9	FC Cincinnati	26	33
10	New York Red Bulls	26	33
11	D.C. United SC	26	30
12	Columbus Crew SC	27	29
13	Toronto FC	27	29
14	Atlanta United FC	27	27
15	Montreal Impact FC	27	24
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	26	50
17	FC Dallas	27	47
18	San Jose Earthquakes	27	45
19	St. Louis City	26	44
20	Houston Dynamo	27	44
21	Los Angeles FC	28	41
22	Colorado Rapids SC	27	36
23	Los Angeles Galaxy	28	36
24	Seattle Sounders FC	26	35
25	San Diego FC	27	32
26	Portland Timbers	27	32
27	Real Salt Lake	27	32
28	Austin FC	27	31
29	Minnesota United FC	27	29
30	Sporting Kansas City	26	21

Head-to-Head

Real Salt Lake 18 games · Avg 3.0 goals Los Angeles Galaxy

Last 5 meetings

2021-09-30 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Los Angeles Galaxy 2021-08-05 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–0 Real Salt Lake 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

Recent Form

Real Salt Lake

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
30 Sep	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	2–1	W
26 Sep	Portland Timbers	A	1–6	L
19 Sep	Seattle Sounders FC	H	1–0	W
16 Sep	San Jose Earthquakes	A	4–3	W
13 Sep	Los Angeles FC	A	2–3	L
05 Sep	FC Dallas	H	3–2	W

Los Angeles Galaxy

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
30 Sep	Real Salt Lake	A	1–2	L
27 Sep	Austin FC	A	0–2	L
19 Sep	Minnesota United FC	A	0–3	L
16 Sep	Houston Dynamo	H	1–1	D
11 Sep	Colorado Rapids SC	A	1–1	D
28 Aug	Los Angeles FC	A	3–3	D

Season Stats

Real Salt Lake		Los Angeles Galaxy
#27	Position	#23
32	Points	36
27	Played	28
9 / 5 / 13	W / D / L	9 / 9 / 10
40	Scored	37
44	Conceded	44
-4	GD	-7
1.19	PPG	1.29
33%	Win %	32%

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

18% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles Galaxy this season

Real Salt Lake are 27th (32 pts). Los Angeles Galaxy are 23rd (36 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Real Salt Lake

0-15

5/6

16-30

4/5

31-45

5/5

46-60

5/6

61-75

5/7

76+

6/9

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Los Angeles Galaxy

0-15

4/4

16-30

3/5

31-45

6/9

46-60

4/5

61-75

2/5

76+

9/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Real Salt Lake

Sergi Solans	11 G	3 A
Zavier Gozo	6 G	3 A

Los Angeles Galaxy

Marco Reus	7 G	7 A
Klauss	7 G
Gabriel Pec	5 G	4 A

Events

Match Events

0' The ball is rolling at Rio Tinto Stadium. Real Salt Lake are looking to make home advantage count against Los Angeles Galaxy.
5' It looks surprising Los Angeles Galaxy does not make any changes. Samuel Grandsir has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
10' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
15' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 15 minutes.
20' Los Angeles Galaxy come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
25' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
30' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
35' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
40' Real Salt Lake is showing some good football. However, Real Salt Lake are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
45' Damir Kreilach puts Real Salt Lake on the lead.
46' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Damir Kreilach makes it 2-0.
46' Los Angeles Galaxy receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 46.
51' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
56' David Ochoa, a USA , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
61' Real Salt Lake started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 61.
64' Los Angeles Galaxy manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Dejan Joveljic is hanging Sebastian Lletget on the field on 64 minute.
65' Time for substitution for Los Angeles Galaxy. Sebastian Lletget is replaced by Dejan Joveljic.
70' Los Angeles Galaxy are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
75' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Los Angeles Galaxy that had 287 games and scored 486 goals.
76' GOAL! Javier Hernandez scores on 76.
77' The whistle greets Aaron Herrera as he departs to be replaced by Justin Meram.
78' It is a substitution in Real Salt Lake team. Aaron Herrera is replaced by Andrew Brody on 78 minute.
79' Fresh legs for Real Salt Lake! Andrew Brody comes on to replace Aaron Herrera.
80' Los Angeles Galaxy manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Victor Vazquez is hanging Samuel Grandsir on the field on 80 minute.
84' Nick Besler gets the nod from Real Salt Lake. He replaces Ruiz and will look to change the dynamic.
88' Los Angeles Galaxy manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Sacha Kljestan is hanging Efrain Alvarez on the field on 88 minute.
The referee brings this contest to a close. Real Salt Lake take all three points.

Lineups

Real Salt Lake Lineups

Starting XI

8
Damir Kreilach
15
Justen Glad
11
Albert Rusnak
22
Aaron Herrera ↓ Andrew Brody 79'
1
David Ochoa
20
Erik Holt
44
Toni Datkovic
14
Rubio Rubin ↓ Anderson Julio 78'
6
Ruiz ↓ Nick Besler 84'
16
Maikel Chang Ramirez ↓ Justin Meram 77'
25
Everton

Bench

Coach Pablo Mastroeni

Los Angeles Galaxy Lineups

Starting XI

1
Jonathan Bond
14
Javier Hernandez ↓ Kevin Cabral 88'
15
Niko Hamalainen
11
Samuel Grandsir ↓ Victor Vazquez 78'
6
Rayan Raveloson
4
Sega Coulibaly
8
Jonathan dos Santos
17
Sebastian Lletget ↓ Dejan Joveljic 65'
26
Efrain Alvarez ↓ Sacha Kljestan 88'
2
Julian Araujo
20
Nick DePuy

Bench

Coach Greg Vanney

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

Real Salt Lake Form

2021-09-30 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2021-09-26 Portland Timbers 6–1 Real Salt Lake L 2021-09-19 Real Salt Lake 1–0 Seattle Sounders FC W 2021-09-16 San Jose Earthquakes 3–4 Real Salt Lake W 2021-09-13 Los Angeles FC 3–2 Real Salt Lake L 2021-09-05 Real Salt Lake 3–2 FC Dallas W

Los Angeles Galaxy Form

2021-09-30 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Los Angeles Galaxy L 2021-09-27 Austin FC 2–0 Los Angeles Galaxy L 2021-09-19 Minnesota United FC 3–0 Los Angeles Galaxy L 2021-09-16 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–1 Houston Dynamo D 2021-09-11 Colorado Rapids SC 1–1 Los Angeles Galaxy D 2021-08-28 Los Angeles FC 3–3 Los Angeles Galaxy D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.76 Real Salt Lake xG

Expected Goals

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

1.15 Los Angeles Galaxy xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 57%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Real Salt Lake52% Draw25% Los Angeles Galaxy23%

Actual: Real Salt Lake win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes57% 0% No43%

Avg goals/match: 2.91

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	79%	21%
± 2.5	55%	45%
± 3.5	33%	67%
± 4.5	18%	82%

Double Chance

Real Salt Lake or Draw

77%

Draw or Los Angeles Galaxy

48%

Real Salt Lake or Los Angeles Galaxy

75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Real Salt Lake36% Draw44% Los Angeles Galaxy20%

Actual: Real Salt Lake win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.9%

2 – 1

Actual

1 – 0

8.8%

2 – 0

8.3%

0 – 0

7.2%

1 – 2

6.1%

3 – 1

5.5%

2 – 2

5.4%

0 – 1

5.4%

3 – 0

4.8%

0 – 2

3.6%

3 – 2

3.2%

Asian Handicap — Real Salt Lake

Handicap	Real Salt Lake covers	Push	Los Angeles Galaxy covers
-2.5	13%	—	87%
-2	13%	16%	72%
-1.5	28%	—	72%
-1	28%	22%	50%
-0.5	50%	—	50%
+0.5	76%	—	24%
+1	76%	14%	10%
+1.5	90%	—	10%
+2	90%	7%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet

32% ✓

Los Angeles Galaxy keeps clean sheet

18% ✓

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