LOS ANGELES. Real Salt Lake tops Los Angeles FC 1-0 after C. Arango scored just 1 goal (72′). Los Angeles FC was truly superior in terms of ball possession (68%).​

The match was played at the Banc of California Stadium stadium in Los Angeles on Sunday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. In front of 22,221 spectators.​ The referee was Timothy Ford assisted by Corey Rockwell and Mike Rottersman. The 4th official was Ramy Touchan. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 15.67 degrees Celsius or 60.21 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 48%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Los Angeles FC was in firm control of the ball 68% while Real Salt Lake was struggling with a 32% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Los Angeles FC was more aggressive with 80 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 7 were on target. Still, Real Salt Lake found a way to find the solution to win this contest.​

Los Angeles FC shot 20 times, 7 on target, 8 off target. Regarding the opposition, Real Salt Lake shot 7 times, 4 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Los Angeles FC received 5 yellow cards (Mateusz Bogusz, Diego Palacios, Cristian Olivera, Timothy Tillman and Ilie Sánchez). On the opposite side, Real Salt Lake received 3 yellow cards (Rubio Rubin, Nelson Palacio and Andres Gomez).

Standings

After playing this contest, Los Angeles FC will stay with 45 points to remain in the 4th place. On the other side, Real Salt Lake will have 46 points like Seattle Sounders to sit in the 3rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Major League Soccer, Los Angeles FC will play away against Vancouver Whitecaps on the 22nd of October with a 5-5 head to head stats.

Real Salt Lake will play away agasint Colorado Rapids on the 22nd of October with a 28-15 head to head stats in favor of Real Salt Lake (13 draws).

Los Angeles FC – Formation

Los Angeles FC started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Steven Cherundolo decided to play with the following team: Maxime Crépeau (7.0), Ryan Hollingshead (6.3), Jesús Murillo (7.0), Aaron Long (7.1), Diego Palacios (6.6), Kellyn Acosta (7.0), Ilie Sánchez (7.5), Timothy Tillman (6.7), Cristian Olivera (6.4), Carlos Vela (8.4) and Denis Bouanga (7.8).

The home team had on the bench: Denil Maldonado, Stipe Biuk, Giorgio Chiellini, Erik Dueñas, Mateusz Bogusz (7.7), Nathan Ordaz (7.0), Sergi Palencia (7.1), Filip Krastev (6.8) and John McCarthy.

Los Angeles FC could not rely on the presence of Mateusz Bogusz (injured).

Substitutions

Los Angeles FC made 4 changes: Cristian Olivera for Nathan Ordaz (62′), Ryan Hollingshead for Sergi Palencia (81′), Kellyn Acosta for Mateusz Bogusz (34′) and Ilie Sánchez for Filip Krastev (81′).

Best player: Carlos Vela​

The player that probably impressed the most for Los Angeles FC was Carlos Vela.

His rating is (8.4) with 48 passes (77% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 11. He performed 13 crosses.

Real Salt Lake – Formation

Real Salt Lake started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Pablo Andrés Mastroeni played with: Zac MacMath (8.9), Andrew Brody (6.4), Justen Glad (8.1), Brayan Vera (7.5), Bryan Oviedo (7.3), Braian Ojeda (6.8), Nelson Palacio (6.3), Andres Gomez (6.4), Jefferson Savarino (6.7), Diego Luna (7.0) and Cristian Arango (7.5).

They had on the bench: Damir Kreilach, Rubio Rubin (7.1), Maikel Chang (7.0), Daniel Musovski (7.5), Bode Davis (6.6), Emeka Eneli, Anderson Julio, Marcelo Silva and Gavin Beavers.

Real Salt Lake could not rely on the presence of Rubio Rubin (injured).

Substitutions

Real Salt Lake made 4 changes: Andres Gomez for Rubio Rubin (69′), Diego Luna for Maikel Chang (69′), Jefferson Savarino for Bode Davis (88′) and Cristian Arango for Daniel Musovski (81′).

Best player: Zac MacMath​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Real Salt Lake was the goalkeeper: Zac MacMath. His rating is 8.87. He performed 7 saves.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Major League Soccer.​

• Los Angeles FC – Real Salt Lake – 0-1