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 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

2021-09-30 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
#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' Both captains have shaken hands and the referee is ready. We are underway at Rio Tinto Stadium!
5' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Real Salt Lake side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
10' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Real Salt Lake and Los Angeles Galaxy are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
15' With 0 assists to his name this season, Javier Hernandez is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Los Angeles Galaxy.
20' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Real Salt Lake that had 296 games and scored 436 goals.
25' Jonathan Bond has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
30' Real Salt Lake are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Los Angeles Galaxy backline.
35' Supporters expect more eagerness from Toni Datkovic, as he is very good at scoring at Rio Tinto Stadium with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
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' A stunning finish from Damir Kreilach — that came from absolutely nowhere!
46' Brilliant from the ! Damir Kreilach makes it 2-0 with a superb finish on 45.
46' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Nick DePuy.
51' Los Angeles Galaxy come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
56' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
61' Rayan Raveloson, a Madagascar , has 1 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
64' A change in the Los Angeles Galaxy ranks — Sebastian Lletget exits the field as Dejan Joveljic enters on 64.
65' A change in the Los Angeles Galaxy ranks — Sebastian Lletget exits the field as Dejan Joveljic enters on 65.
70' Maikel Chang Ramirez is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Real Salt Lake so far.
75' 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.
76' The Mexico Javier Hernandez breaks the deadlock on 76 minutes. 2-1!
77' The whistle greets Aaron Herrera as he departs to be replaced by Justin Meram.
78' Time for substitution for Real Salt Lake. Aaron Herrera is replaced by Andrew Brody.
79' Andrew Brody is replacing Aaron Herrera for the Real Salt Lake side.
80' Time for substitution for Los Angeles Galaxy. Samuel Grandsir is replaced by Victor Vazquez.
84' The Real Salt Lake manager makes a substitution. Ruiz departs to be replaced by Nick Besler.
88' Sacha Kljestan is ready to make an impact after coming on for Efrain Alvarez at the 88 minute mark.
Real Salt Lake celebrates a vital win. Three points that could prove pivotal come season's end.

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
Anderson Julio	2
Marco Reus	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

1.86 Real Salt Lake xG

Expected Goals

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

1.18 Los Angeles Galaxy xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 59% + Over 2.5 goals 57%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Real Salt Lake53% Draw24% Los Angeles Galaxy23%

Actual: Real Salt Lake win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes59% 0% No41%

Avg goals/match: 3.04

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	80%	20%
± 2.5	57%	43%
± 3.5	36%	64%
± 4.5	19%	81%

Double Chance

Real Salt Lake or Draw

78%

Draw or Los Angeles Galaxy

47%

Real Salt Lake or Los Angeles Galaxy

76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Real Salt Lake38% Draw43% Los Angeles Galaxy19%

Actual: Real Salt Lake win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.4%

2 – 1

Actual

1 – 0

8.2%

2 – 0

8.2%

0 – 0

6.5%

1 – 2

3 – 1

5.8%

2 – 2

5.5%

3 – 0

0 – 1

4.9%

3 – 2

3.5%

0 – 2

3.3%

Asian Handicap — Real Salt Lake

Handicap	Real Salt Lake covers	Push	Los Angeles Galaxy covers
-2.5	14%	—	86%
-2	14%	16%	70%
-1.5	30%	—	70%
-1	30%	22%	48%
-0.5	52%	—	48%
+0.5	77%	—	23%
+1	77%	14%	9%
+1.5	91%	—	9%
+2	91%	6%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet

32% ✓

Los Angeles Galaxy keeps clean sheet

16% ✓

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