The Major League Soccer league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. Real Salt Lake and Los Angeles FC are placed 4th and 5th respectively.
It's no vacation for neither Salt nor Los Angeles FC as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Los Angeles FC, who are travelling more than 1000 kilometers to play this game.
Real Salt Lake form and stats
The story so far in the Major League Soccer for Real Salt Lake at their home stadium (Rio Tinto Stadium) is 0 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats.
Happy days for Real Salt Lake in their previous game, a Major League Soccer match away at Colorado Rapids (placed 9th) that ended with a 4-1 victory. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting SJ Earthquakes (2-5).
Salt are traveling soon after this match as the Major League Soccer match at Portland Timbers awaits in three days.
Real Salt Lake has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 1 goal from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Los Angeles FC form and stats
Los Angeles FC might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. LA Galaxy proved too strong as Angeles slumped to a 0-2 defeat in front of their own fans at Banc of California Stadium. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Orlando City (after extra-time, 5-4 on penalties) that ended 1-1.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Angeles manager B. Bradley as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Seattle Sounders.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Salt one win, zero draws and Los Angeles FC five victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Rossi Marachlian 8 goals |   D. Kreilach 4 goals |  B. Wright-Phillips 4 goals |
Real Salt Lake missing players
Los Angeles FC missing players
| Real Salt Lake | Los Angeles FC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 20 |
| 9 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 14 |
| 71% | 75% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 71% | 75% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 88% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 62% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 62% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 43% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 75% |
| 43% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 43% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 4.4 | 4.2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3 | 5.8 |
| 4.1 | 2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6 | 4.6 |
| 2.6 | 3 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0.5 | 1.4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | 49 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 31 | 142 |
| 32 | 16 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 12 | 52 |
| 28% | 19% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 42% | 38% |
- All of Los Angeles FC's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Los Angeles FC has the most points from losing position (6)
- Los Angeles FC have not yet lost a game away.
- Los Angeles FC have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Los Angeles FC have scored more than double the goals of Real Salt Lake.
- Los Angeles FC have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Los Angeles FC haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Real Salt Lake have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sporting KC | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 |
| 2 | Minnesota United | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| 3 | Seattle Sounders | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| 4 | Portland Timbers | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 10 |
| 5 | Real Salt Lake | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 6 | Los Angeles FC | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 9 |
| 7 | SJ Earthquakes | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 8 |
| 8 | Houston Dynamo | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 7 |
| 9 | Colorado Rapids | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 7 |
| 10 | Dallas | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 11 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -7 | 6 |
| 12 | LA Galaxy | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |