Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Real Salt Lake & LA Galaxy face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the US Open Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
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.
Real Salt Lake have less rest than LA Galaxy in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Major League Soccer game only four days ago. That game was an away game at Austin, so at least Real Salt Lake are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Real Salt Lake form and stats
Last season, Salt's US Open Cup journey ended in the 3rd round.With 2 Major League Soccer wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats from their home games, Real Salt Lake are certainly not brimming with confidence.
It's back home for Real Salt Lake, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Austin away with the result 2-1. Rubin (2) found the net in that victory. Rubin, an attacker, was the champion player for the side in that game, earning a rating of 8.82 (out of 10). Rubin scored two goals and hit two key passes.
Before that game, the home loss against LA Galaxy with the scoreline 2-3.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Salt have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 8 matches with the results: Won 6, drawn 2 and lost 0.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Major League Soccer game versus New York City in only three days. This game is also played here at Rio Tinto Stadium.
The Real Salt Lake fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 9 in 8 matches. Real Salt Lake have conceded 14 from these games.
LA Galaxy form and stats
They also participated in US Open Cup last season. This ended in the quarter-finals.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for LA Galaxy so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-5 (win-draw-lose).
Two away matches in a row for Galaxy, whose manager Vanney could celebrate last time after the win against Real Salt Lake. LA Galaxy goalie Bond was high and low in the Real Salt Lake game, contributing six saves towards the victory.
The game before that, in the Major League Soccer, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Charlotte.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with LA Galaxy playing away and similar expectations, we found 13 relevant matches. Results were 4 LA Galaxy wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats.
Galaxy have another fixture away in just four nights, a Major League Soccer match vs Saint Louis City. A hard fixture list for the guests!
Goals are few and far between in LA Galaxy's away league games. Only {4 goals} from 8 travels. As for defending, Galaxy rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 15 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the prior ten meetings): Real Salt Lake won three games, two matches ended with a draw and LA Galaxy have five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Savarino Quintero 4 goals |  P. Ruíz 3 goals |  J. Glad 2 goals |
Real Salt Lake missing players
LA Galaxy missing players
| Real Salt Lake | LA Galaxy | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Won | W | 2 | 8 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Lost | L | 7 | 13 | ||
| 41 | 18 | Scored | S | 8 | 30 | ||
| 36 | 15 | Conceded | C | 19 | 40 | ||
| 88% | 82% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 80% | ||
| 68% | 73% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 56% | ||
| 44% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 20% | ||
| 56% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 27% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 20% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 64% | 32% | ||
| 4.4 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 5.5 | ||
| 4.5 | 2.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 4.6 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.4 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 13 | 14.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.3 | 13.6 | ||
| 5.1 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 4.4 | ||
| 32% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 25% | ||
| 13.8 | 9.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.5 | 12.6 | ||
| 4.9 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Saint Louis City | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 32 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 28 |
| 2 | Seattle Sounders | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 27 |
| 3 | Los Angeles FC | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 25 |
| 4 | Dallas | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 23 |
| 5 | SJ Earthquakes | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 23 |
| 6 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 21 |
| 7 | Minnesota United | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -3 | 20 |
| 8 | Austin | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -6 | 19 |
| 9 | Real Salt Lake | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -9 | 19 |
| 10 | Houston Dynamo | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 19 | -6 | 18 |
| 11 | Portland Timbers | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -5 | 17 |
| 12 | Sporting KC | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -8 | 17 |
| 13 | Colorado Rapids | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 25 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | -11 | 13 |
| 14 | LA Galaxy | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 15 | -13 | 12 |
