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

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Los Angeles Galaxy

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 14 games · 26 pts (2026/26)
Los Angeles Galaxy 15 games · 20 pts (2026/26)

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

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
#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' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Real Salt Lake and Los Angeles Galaxy has kicked off!
5' Real Salt Lake are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Los Angeles Galaxy backline.
10' Real Salt Lake are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Los Angeles Galaxy's shape.
15' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 15 minutes.
20' Over 20 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
25' The travelling Los Angeles Galaxy supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
30' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
35' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Real Salt Lake needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
40' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
45' A stunning finish from Damir Kreilach — that came from absolutely nowhere!
46' What composure from Damir Kreilach! The Croatia international strokes it home. 2-0.
46' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Nick DePuy.
51' Aaron Herrera has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
56' Julian Araujo is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Real Salt Lake so far.
61' It looks surprising Los Angeles Galaxy does not make any changes. David Ochoa has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
64' Dejan Joveljic has so much to prove this time. He replaces Sebastian Lletget on 64 minute.
65' Los Angeles Galaxy ring the changes. Sebastian Lletget has done his job and it is now time for Dejan Joveljic to step up.
70' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
75' Real Salt Lake currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
76' GOAL! Javier Hernandez scores on 76.
77' A change in the Real Salt Lake ranks — Aaron Herrera exits the field as Justin Meram enters on 77.
78' The Real Salt Lake manager makes a substitution. Aaron Herrera departs to be replaced by Andrew Brody.
79' Andrew Brody is replacing Aaron Herrera for the Real Salt Lake side.
80' Victor Vazquez is replacing Samuel Grandsir for the Los Angeles Galaxy side.
84' Nick Besler has so much to prove this time. He replaces Ruiz on 84 minute.
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.
Full Time. Real Salt Lake beats Los Angeles Galaxy

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

1.88 Real Salt Lake xG

Expected Goals

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

1.09 Los Angeles Galaxy xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 56% + Over 2.5 goals 56%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Real Salt Lake55% Draw24% Los Angeles Galaxy21%

Actual: Real Salt Lake win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes56% 0% No44%

Avg goals/match: 2.97

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	79%	21%
± 2.5	56%	44%
± 3.5	35%	65%
± 4.5	18%	82%

Double Chance

Real Salt Lake or Draw

79%

Draw or Los Angeles Galaxy

45%

Real Salt Lake or Los Angeles Galaxy

76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Real Salt Lake39% Draw43% Los Angeles Galaxy18%

Actual: Real Salt Lake win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.4%

2 – 1

Actual

2 – 0

8.9%

1 – 0

8.9%

0 – 0

6.8%

3 – 1

1 – 2

5.5%

3 – 0

5.5%

2 – 2

5.2%

0 – 1

4.8%

3 – 2

3.3%

0 – 2

Asian Handicap — Real Salt Lake

Handicap	Real Salt Lake covers	Push	Los Angeles Galaxy covers
-2.5	15%	—	85%
-2	15%	17%	68%
-1.5	32%	—	68%
-1	32%	22%	46%
-0.5	54%	—	46%
+0.5	79%	—	21%
+1	79%	13%	8%
+1.5	92%	—	8%
+2	92%	6%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet

34% ✓

Los Angeles Galaxy keeps clean sheet

16% ✓

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