Real Salt Lake square up against LA Galaxy in this week's MLS round at the Rio Tinto Stadium. Real Salt Lake is one of the best teams in the league at the moment and currently the best in the western conference. And LA Galaxy are also in the mix of strong teams in the league, which makes this clash a top one.
Real Salt Lake are unbeaten in their last 5 games and are coming off a win over Sporting Kansas City SC last week while LA Galaxy extended their win streak to 2 games by beating New York City last week.
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Real Salt Lake are keeping their place on the top of the western conference table into the new week. They are currently with 37 points in 19 games.
Real Salt Lake is one of the best teams in the league and their results are impressive even though it's not 100% excellent. Real Salt Lake holds an unbeaten run of 15 games in a row that spans across 4 months. They suffered their last defeat back in March against Colorado Rapids at home. In those 15 games they had 9 wins and 6 draws.
Real Salt Lake are heading into this game following a 4-3 win over Sporting Kansas City away from home last week. Andres Gomez (14’) and Anderson Julio (33’) gave Real Salt Lake a 2-1 lead at the end of the first half. In the 51st minute, Andres Gomez stretched their lead even further and then they conceded in the 70th minute. And in the 84th minute Matt Crooks scored for Real Salt Lake to make the score 4-2, but Sporting Kansas City grabbed a late goal and the game ended 4-3.
LA Galaxy
LA Galaxy pride themselves as a decent team and frankly they are. Their results have been positive especially with their current run of back-to-back wins. They head into the next game against Real Salt Lake and they hope to extend that run in such difficult terrain.
LA Galaxy are unbeaten in 2 games after getting 2 wins. In their last 5 games they had 4 wins and 1 defeat. And in the last 10 games, they recorded 4 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats.
LA Galaxy are coming off a 2-0 win over New York City at home. LA Galaxy had a good game and Dejan Joveljic scored the first goal in the 41st minute and then in the 49th minute Diego Fagundez doubled their lead. LA Galaxy remained unthreatened by the opposition until the very end. According to stats, LA Galaxy had 53% possession, 1 big chance, 4 goalkeeper saves, 2 corner kicks and 5 shots on target. They also hit the woodwork once during the game.
Head to Head
According to the h2h, in the last 20 meetings, LA Galaxy had 8 wins while Real Salt Lake had 7 and 5 games ended in a draw.
Match Facts:-
Real Salt Lake is unbeaten in the last 3 meetings
Real Salt Lake is without a clean sheet in the last 5 meetings
LA Galaxy is without a clean sheet in the last 7 meetings
4/5 meetings ended with more than 2.5 goals
Both teams scored in 5/5 meetings
Real Salt Lake scored first in 5/7 meetings
9/10 meetings ended with less than 4.5 cards
7/8 meetings ended with more than 10.5 corners
Analysis and Predictions
These two clubs are going to give the fans a good game. They have been up there among the best teams and they are both in very good form. However, Real Salt holds the greater advantage and has a greater chance to come out with a win. I don't expect LA Galaxy to be intimidated by Real Salt Lake, so we expect both clubs to be at each other's throat throughout the game.
- Real Salt Lake (-1) Corner Handicap at 1.611 Odds
- Real Salt Lake Win or Draw and Over 2.5 Goals at 1.89 Odds
- Under 11 Corners at 1.90 Odds
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