Major League Soccer: The middle-of-the-table spots illustrates the road LA Galaxy and Real Salt Lake have taken uptil now. Both squads are ready for the game; let's go!
- LA Galaxy have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Real Salt Lake have the most clean sheets (10) in Major League Soccer
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1100 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
This could be an intriguing fixture with lots of fun and energy as both teams are well renewed since they last played a game. Game on!
LA Galaxy form and stats
8 victories, 3 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what LA Galaxy have to build on here at Dignity Health Sports Park in the Major League Soccer.
Happy days for LA Galaxy in their previous game, a fixture away at SJ Earthquakes (placed 14th) that ended with a 3-2 victory. The striker Hernández was announced as "man of the match" for Galaxy with a rating of 8.82/10. Hernández scored two goals, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Colorado Rapids in a game that was won 4-1.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier LA Galaxy matches with similar probabilities have ended with 3 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats (from 7 games).
A fact related to the "Both teams to score yes/no" betting option: A review of the 10 latest league matches shows that 9 of them had at least one goal from each side.
Galaxy can score goals in their home matches. After 16 league matches they have found the net 34 times. LA Galaxy have conceded 24 from these games.
Real Salt Lake form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Real Salt Lake so far with only 14 points returning home. The records show 3-5-8 (win-draw-lose). With two straight losses from their last two away games, Real Salt Lake are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
Real Salt Lake might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Cincinnati proved too strong as Salt slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Rio Tinto Stadium. Attacker Savarino got a player rating of 8.33 in the game. "Man of the match" Savarino hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 28 successful passes (of 33 total).
Prior to that match, the Real Salt Lake manager Mastroeni faced defeat when travelling to Austin and losing 0-3.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Salt playing away, we found 11 games. Results were 4 away wins, 3 draws and 4 home wins.
The attacking power of Real Salt Lake when travelling is not overwhelming with 15 goals scored from 16 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Real Salt Lake's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 29 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
It's not the first time these sides face each other this campaign, as the records show this recent match: Real Salt Lake - Galaxy 1-0. Statistics for the preceeding ten meetings between these two teams are: five wins for LA Galaxy, one draw and four wins for Real Salt Lake. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Hernández Balcázar 17 goals |  D. Joveljić 10 goals |   S. Córdova Lezama 8 goals |
LA Galaxy missing players
Real Salt Lake missing players
| LA Galaxy | Real Salt Lake | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 32 | 16 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 16 | 32 |
| 13 | 8 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 8 | 11 |
| 54 | 34 | 8 | Scored | S | 3 | 15 | 39 |
| 49 | 24 | 6 | Conceded | C | 5 | 29 | 43 |
| 97% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 88% | 88% |
| 75% | 81% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 81% | 75% |
| 59% | 69% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 56% | 56% |
| 47% | 56% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 25% | 22% |
| 31% | 38% | 67% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 19% | 12% |
| 59% | 62% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 56% | 50% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 12% | 31% |
| 22% | 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 44% | 31% |
| 5.9 | 6.6 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 4.9 | 5.5 |
| 4 | 4.2 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.3 | 5.2 | 4.5 |
| 2.4 | 1.9 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 13.8 | 14.7 | 14.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 10.4 | 12.3 |
| 4.8 | 5.4 | 6.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.4 | 4.2 |
| 35% | 39% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 27% | 29% |
| 12.2 | 11.9 | 11.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.7 | 14.3 | 11.9 |
| 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 5.4 | 4.5 |
- LA Galaxy have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- LA Galaxy have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Real Salt Lake have scored away.
- LA Galaxy haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Real Salt Lake have the most clean sheets (10) in Major League Soccer
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Los Angeles FC | 32 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 64 | 36 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 39 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 22 | 28 | 64 |
| 2 | Austin | 32 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 64 | 46 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 41 | 22 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 24 | 18 | 55 |
| 3 | Dallas | 32 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 46 | 35 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 11 | 50 |
| 4 | Nashville SC | 32 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 50 | 39 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 29 | 19 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 11 | 47 |
| 5 | LA Galaxy | 32 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 54 | 49 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 34 | 24 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 25 | 5 | 46 |
| 6 | Portland Timbers | 32 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 51 | 48 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 27 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 24 | 31 | 3 | 46 |
| 7 | Minnesota United | 32 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 46 | 49 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 29 | -3 | 45 |
| 8 | Real Salt Lake | 32 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 39 | 43 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 29 | -4 | 43 |
| 9 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 32 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 38 | 55 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 35 | -17 | 40 |
| 10 | Seattle Sounders | 31 | 12 | 3 | 16 | 44 | 42 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 18 | 26 | 2 | 39 |
| 11 | Colorado Rapids | 32 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 44 | 56 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 15 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 41 | -12 | 39 |
| 12 | Sporting KC | 32 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 40 | 52 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 35 | -12 | 37 |
| 13 | Houston Dynamo | 32 | 9 | 6 | 17 | 40 | 52 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 17 | 33 | -12 | 33 |
| 14 | SJ Earthquakes | 32 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 48 | 67 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 29 | 27 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 40 | -19 | 31 |
