Major League Soccer · 2026Sun, 6 Sept 2026, 01:30 UTCScheduledPre-match analysis

Real Salt Lake

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vsPre-match analysis

Los Angeles FC

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What the record shows

The clearest recorded pattern is: Real Salt Lake's shot volume and the opposing shot-allowance context sit above their competition baselines. No second pattern clears the sample and coverage gates. Limitation: At least one team lacks a recent completed match near this fixture cutoff.

Real Salt Lake show a distinct attacking-volume record

weak

Real Salt Lake's shot volume and the opposing shot-allowance context sit above their competition baselines.

16.1 shots/match▲ShotsReal Salt Lake · Los Angeles FC13.9 shots/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Team shot volume is paired with the opponent's recorded shot allowance.

Window: season

Metric	Real Salt Lake	Los Angeles FC	Baseline
Shots	16.1 shots/match	13.9 shots/match	13 shots/match
Shots against	12.2 shots/match	12.5 shots/match	12.3 shots/match

Caveat: Shot volume describes activity; it does not establish finishing quality or a match outcome.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams — history, not a forecast.

0Real Salt Lake

0Draws

1Los Angeles FC

23 Jul 2026Los Angeles FC — Real Salt Lake · Major League Soccer3–1

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages · sample sizes shown with each metric. Context, not a forecast.

Where the edge is

Real Salt Lake favored in 3 of 13 directional metrics · Los Angeles FC in 3 · 7 too close

1.8 goals/matchGoals scoredseason · 15/171.76 goals/match

1.47 goals/matchGoals allowedseason · 15/17▲1.06 goals/match

1.75 xG/match▲Expected goalsseason · 12/141.25 xG/match

1.21 xG/matchExpected goals allowedseason · 12/141.24 xG/match

16.1 shots/match▲Shotsseason · 15/1713.9 shots/match

12.2 shots/matchShots allowedseason · 15/1712.5 shots/match

5.93 shots/match▲Shots on targetseason · 15/174.76 shots/match

4.33 shots/matchShots on target allowedseason · 15/17▲3.94 shots/match

51.3%●Possessionseason · 15/1746.4%

4.73 corners/matchCornersseason · 15/17●5.82 corners/match

5.2 corners/matchCorners allowedseason · 15/175.24 corners/match

2.75 cards/matchCardsseason · 4/32 cards/match

11.9 fouls/matchFoulsseason · 15/1711.5 fouls/match

—Passesseason · 0/0—

—Pass accuracyseason · 0/0—

—Shots inside boxseason · 0/0—

—Blocked shotsseason · 0/0—

—Goalkeeper savesseason · 0/0—

—Offsidesseason · 0/0—

13%Clean-sheet frequencyseason · 15/17▲59%

87%Scoring frequencyseason · 15/1788%

Style profile

How the teams compare

Competition percentiles describe recorded style; they do not rank likely outcomes.

Possession control

Relative share of recorded possession within the competition.

Real Salt Lake61.7

Los Angeles FC21.7

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Attacking volume

Recorded shot and scoring volume, expressed as competition percentiles.

Real Salt Lake83.9

Los Angeles FC66.1

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Defensive resistance

Lower recorded scoring and shot allowance produces a higher descriptive percentile.

Real Salt Lake63.9

Los Angeles FC73.9

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Directness proxy

Shots per possession point; a descriptive transition/directness proxy, not an outcome score.

Real Salt Lake91.7

Los Angeles FC85

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Physicality

Recorded fouls and cards relative to competition peers.

Real Salt Lake54.1

Los Angeles FC30

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 59%

Set-piece relevance

Corner volume relative to competition peers.

Real Salt Lake45

Los Angeles FC81.7

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Tempo and pressure proxy

Combined event-volume percentiles for shots, corners and fouls.

Real Salt Lake69.2

Los Angeles FC62.5

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Recent form

Season, last 10 and last 5

Window

Season

Real Salt Lake15 matchesLos Angeles FC17 matches

1.8 goals/matchGoals scored15/171.76 goals/match

1.47 goals/matchGoals allowed15/17▲1.06 goals/match

1.75 xG/match▲Expected goals12/141.25 xG/match

16.1 shots/match▲Shots15/1713.9 shots/match

5.93 shots/match▲Shots on target15/174.76 shots/match

51.3%●Possession15/1746.4%

4.73 corners/matchCorners15/17●5.82 corners/match

2.75 cards/matchCards4/32 cards/match

11.9 fouls/matchFouls15/1711.5 fouls/match

Venue split

Home and away samples

Window

Home team at home / away team away

Real Salt Lake8 matchesLos Angeles FC8 matches

2.25 goals/match▲Goals scored8/81.5 goals/match

1 goals/match▲Goals allowed8/81.13 goals/match

1.91 xG/match▲Expected goals7/71.31 xG/match

17.4 shots/match▲Shots8/814 shots/match

7.25 shots/match▲Shots on target8/85.13 shots/match

50.1%●Possession8/847.9%

4.25 corners/matchCorners8/8●5.63 corners/match

—Cards1/1—

12.9 fouls/matchFouls8/810.8 fouls/match

Schedule context

Rest and recent workload

45 daysRest before fixtureprevious completed fixtures · 1/145 days

0 matchesMatches in previous 14 daysprevious completed fixtures · 1/10 matches

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade B · Useful evidencelimited

Season samples15 / 17home / away teams

Recent samples5 / 5last-five windows

Freshness45 daysstale at cutoff

At least one team lacks a recent completed match near this fixture cutoff.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
The nearest completed-match evidence is stale relative to this fixture cutoff.

Analysis cutoff: Sun, 6 Sept 2026, 01:30 UTC · analysis-v4