This season has been a rollercoaster for these squads so far, good and bad giving mid-table positions so far. Get ready for Real Salt Lake - LA Galaxy!
- Real Salt Lake have the most scored goals in the first half (21) in Major League Soccer
- LA Galaxy have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Real Salt Lake and LA Galaxy.
LA Galaxy have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1100 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Real Salt Lake form and stats
Real Salt Lake have collected 25 points from their Major League Soccer home games so far after 7-4-2. Salt has won so many consecutive home games (five in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Rio Tinto Stadium. We remember; it was LA Galaxy.
The fans are hoping that Salt will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-6 away loss in the Major League Soccer game against Portland Timbers (placed 4th). Real Salt Lake were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one. The attacker Albert Rusnák was named "man of the match" for Salt with the rating of 7.6/10. Rusnák hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 57 successful passes (of 65 total).
Ahead of that match, Salt won a home game hosting Seattle Sounders (1-0).The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Real Salt Lake have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 14 games) they have won six times, drawn five and lost three.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Real Salt Lake as they are travelling to their away game against Austin in the Major League Soccer. That match is three days after this one.
Salt have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Rio Tinto Stadium with 21 goals in 13 league matches. From these home matches, Real Salt Lake have conceded only 12 goals.
LA Galaxy form and stats
4 wins, 3 draws and 6 losses. That’s the product of LA Galaxy playing as the away team in the Major League Soccer this season. The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as LA Galaxy have lost on their last two travels.
Galaxy aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 209 league minutes without a goal. Chicharito was the last player to find the net.
Galaxy play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-2 to Austin (placed 13th). The attacker Víctor Vázquez got a match rating of 7.8 in that game. Vázquez hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 40 successful passes (of 46 total).
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Minnesota United wasn't a success with a 0-3 loss.LA Galaxy are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, two draws and seven defeats. From a total of eleven matches.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Los Angeles FC in just four days.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Galaxy have scored 16 goals in 13 league games 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. Galaxy have conceded 27 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The teams involved played each other before this campaign: LA Galaxy - Salt 1-0. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Real Salt Lake won two games, two matches ended with a tie and LA Galaxy managed six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / fourTop Goalscorers
  D. Kreilach 11 goals |   J. Hernández Balcázar 10 goals |  A. Rusnák 7 goals |
Real Salt Lake missing players
LA Galaxy missing players
| Real Salt Lake | LA Galaxy | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 13 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 26 |
| 10 | 7 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 10 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 42 | 21 | 1 | Scored | S | 4 | 16 | 37 |
| 41 | 12 | 2 | Conceded | C | 6 | 27 | 42 |
| 92% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 77% | 69% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 92% | 88% |
| 69% | 54% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 77% | 65% |
| 42% | 31% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 38% | 31% |
| 23% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 15% | 15% |
| 69% | 62% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 54% | 62% |
| 23% | 31% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 8% | 15% |
| 15% | 15% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 38% | 23% |
| 5.4 | 5.7 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.8 | 5.1 |
| 6.1 | 5 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 5 | 4.8 |
| 2.5 | 1.9 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13.2 | 13.6 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 10.3 | 12.5 |
| 4.9 | 5 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.7 | 3.5 | 4.6 |
| 33% | 32% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 35% | 31% |
- LA Galaxy have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- LA Galaxy haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Real Salt Lake have the fewest matches under the total-line (8) in Major League Soccer
- Real Salt Lake have the most conceded goals in the second half (28) in Major League Soccer
- Real Salt Lake have the most matches over the total-line (17) in Major League Soccer
- Real Salt Lake have the most scored goals in the first half (21) 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 | Seattle Sounders | 25 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 38 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 17 | 48 |
| 2 | Sporting KC | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 44 | 28 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 16 | 46 |
| 3 | Colorado Rapids | 25 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 35 | 24 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 45 |
| 4 | Portland Timbers | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 42 | 43 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 24 | -1 | 40 |
| 5 | LA Galaxy | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 37 | 42 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 27 | -5 | 38 |
| 6 | Minnesota United | 25 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 29 | 29 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 22 | 0 | 37 |
| 7 | Real Salt Lake | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 42 | 41 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 29 | 1 | 36 |
| 8 | Los Angeles FC | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 38 | 38 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 19 | 0 | 33 |
| 9 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 25 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 31 | 34 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 20 | -3 | 33 |
| 10 | SJ Earthquakes | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 34 | 38 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 19 | -4 | 33 |
| 11 | Dallas | 27 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 38 | 44 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 32 | -6 | 27 |
| 12 | Houston Dynamo | 27 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 31 | 41 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 24 | -10 | 26 |
| 13 | Austin | 26 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 27 | 40 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 21 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 19 | -13 | 22 |