SANDY. LA Galaxy overcome Real Salt Lake.
The match was played at the Rio Tinto Stadium stadium in Sandy on Wednesday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was Ismir Pekmic with the collaboration of Jeremy Hanson and Kevin Lock. The 4th official was Mathew Corrigan. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 18.2 degrees Celsius or 64.76 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 38%.
Match Statistics
- 54 Ball Possession 46
Shots
- 10 Total 20
- 4 On Target 8
- 7 Off Target 13
- 3 Shots blocked 4
- 74 Attack 119
- 37 Dangerous attack 61
- 93 Ball safe 82
- 1 Penalties 1
- 4 Corners 8
Fouls
- 13 Total 21
- 1 Yellow Cards 4
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. LA Galaxy was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. Real Salt Lake that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Real Salt Lake was putting more pressure with 61 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 8 were on target. Even so, LA Galaxy found a way to find the solution to win this contest.
LA Galaxy shot 10 times, 4 on target, 7 off target. Regarding the opposition, Real Salt Lake shot 20 times, 8 on target, 13 off target.
Cards
LA Galaxy received 1 yellow card (Raheem Edwards). Talking about the opposition, Real Salt Lake received 4 yellow cards (C. Gómez, Danny Musovski, Andrew Brody and Pablo Ruiz).
Match Timeline
Standings
Eastern Conference
Western Conference
After this match, LA Galaxy will have 12 points like Colorado Rapids to sit in the 14th place. On the opposite side, Real Salt Lake will stay with 16 points like Portland Timbers and Austin to soar in the 12th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Major League Soccer, LA Galaxy will host Dallas on the 20th of October with a 23-18 head to head stats in favor of Dallas (6 draws).
Real Salt Lake will play away agasint Colorado Rapids on the 20th of October with a 27-15 head to head record in favor of Real Salt Lake (13 draws).
LA Galaxy and Real Salt Lake will play the return match on the at the Dignity Health Sports Park
LA Galaxy – Formation
LA Galaxy adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Pablo Andrés Mastroeni decided to play with the following team: Jonathan Bond , Calegari , Martín Cáceres , Jalen Neal , Julián Aude , Efrain Alvarez , Gastón Brugman , Marky Delgado , Gino Vivi , Dejan Joveljić and Riqui Puig .
The home team had on the bench: Preston Judd, Novak Mićović, Daniel Aguirre, Eriq Zavaleta, Oriol Rosell, Raheem Edwards , Kelvin Leerdam , Tyler Boyd and Memo Rodríguez .
Substitutions
LA Galaxy made 5 changes: Efraín Álvarez for Tyler Boyd (46′), Gino Vivi Quesada for Memo Rodríguez (58′), J. Aude for Raheem Edwards (58′), Dejan Joveljic for Kelvin Leerdam (80′) and Calegari for Eriq Zavaleta (84′).
Best player: Jonathan Bond
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for LA Galaxy was the goalkeeper: Jonathan Bond. His rating is 7.41. He performed 5 saves.
Real Salt Lake – Formation
Also Real Salt Lake adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Greg Vanney played with: Gavin Beavers , Emeka Eneli , Marcelo Silva , Brayan Vera , Andrew Brody , Andres Gomez , Braian Ojeda , Pablo Ruiz , Jefferson Savarino , Damir Kreilach and Daniel Musovski .
These were the players on the bench: Jasper Loffelsend, Rubio Rubin, Tomas Gomez, Scott Caldwell, Maikel Chang , Bode Davis, Delentz Pierre, Bertin Jacquesson and Anderson Julio .
Real Salt Lake could not rely on the presence of Maikel Chang (injured).
Substitutions
Real Salt Lake made 3 changes: C. Gómez for Anderson Julio (80′), Danny Musovski for Maikel Chang (80′) and Damir Kreilach for Bertin Jacquesson (80′).
Best player: Braian Ojeda
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Real Salt Lake was Braian Ojeda.
His rating is with 55 passes (76% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 12.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Major League Soccer.
- Vancouver Whitecaps – Houston Dynamo – 6-2
- Seattle Sounders – SJ Earthquakes – 0-1
- Real Salt Lake – LA Galaxy – 2-3
- Sporting KC – Dallas – 2-1
- Austin – Minnesota United – 2-1
- Inter Miami – New York RB – -1