Real Salt Lake vs Los Angeles Galaxy Prediction & Picks - Major League Soccer
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by Simon Day | in Major League Soccer Picks
It's crunch time in MLS, and one of the biggest final day fixtures sees Real Salt Lake host the LA Galaxy in a game that will decide both teams' playoff fate.
With just one game remaining, Real are currently a point outside of the playoff places, so they need a victory, plus other results to go their way, in order to sneak into the postseason. A draw could potentially be good enough for Real, but that would require an awful lot of other results to go in their favor, so realistically Pablo Mastroeni's side will need to go all out for the win on Saturday.
LA currently occupy seventh place in the Western Conference, so a victory at Real would guarantee them a first round playoff spot. However, a draw or defeat could see them drop into the wild card places, or even miss out on the postseason entirely.
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Real Salt Lake vs Los Angeles Galaxy Form
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| Teams | Pts | P | W | D | L | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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15
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44 | 33 | 11 | 11 | 11 | -6 |
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20
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42 | 33 | 12 | 6 | 15 | 0 |
Real Salt Lake and Los Angeles Galaxy Latest Matches
3/6 (50%)
1/6 (17%)
2/6 (33%)
Average stats (Last 6 matchs)
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2/6 (33%)
2/6 (33%)
2/6 (33%)
Average stats (Last 6 matchs)
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2/6 (33%)
0/6 (0%)
4/6 (67%)
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3/6 (50%)
2/6 (33%)
1/6 (17%)
Average stats (Last 6 matchs)
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4/6 (67%)
2/6 (33%)
0/6 (0%)
Average stats (Last 6 matchs)
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1/6 (17%)
2/6 (33%)
3/6 (50%)
Average stats (Last 6 matchs)
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Real Salt Lake against Los Angeles Galaxy : Head to Head (H2H)
17 %
33 %
50 %
Average stats (last H2H results)
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Los Angeles Galaxy v Real Salt Lake last Lineups
Formation : 5 - 4 - 1
Formation : 4 - 3 - 3
Substitutes
M. Stajduhar
DefenderD. Yedlin
A. Katranis
L. Engel
K. Henry
MidfielderZ. Booth
C. Guske
ForwardA. Piol
A. Hezarkhani
N. Micovic
DefenderJ. Aude
Calegari
J. Glesnes
MidfielderE. Wynder
R. Taylor
E. Thommy
L. Sanabria
ForwardK. Furuhashi
Missing players
D. Luna
E. Eneli
Z. Booth
R. Puig
Most goals and assists
Real Salt Lake
Los Angeles Galaxy
S. Solans
(14 Goals)
J. Klauss
(10 Goals)
N. Caliskan
(7 Assists)
M. Reus
(12 Assists)
Real Salt Lake - Los Angeles Galaxy Key Points
- LA have lost just 1 of their last 8 games
- Real have won just 2 of their last 8 home games
- LA have lost just 1 of their last 6 games against Real Salt Lake
- LA have scored in 12 of their last 13 games
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Our Real Salt Lake vs Los Angeles Galaxy Prediction
Real need to go all out for the win here, but we think LA will do enough to thwart them and claim at least a point.
The Galaxy have been in solid form over the last two months, and Greg Vanney has made them a very tough side to beat.
Final day fixtures are often very tricky to predict, especially with so much on the line, but we really like the odds of over 2.10 on LA getting something from the game.
Our prediction for Real Salt Lake vs LA Galaxy is: Galaxy (+1) to win.
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