Major League Soccer: Real Salt Lake vs LA Galaxy – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the Major League Soccer round 34 match between Real Salt Lake and LA Galaxy and offers team stats, betting tips and the latest odds.

Real Salt Lake enjoy home advantage, when visitors LA Galaxy swing by on Sunday for a clash in the Major League Soccer. The former will be looking to make that home advantage count.

Sitting bottom of the table, Real Salt Lake have claimed 42 points after 33 rounds, while LA Galaxy have amassed 44 points. This places the latter as number 7 in the Major League Soccer at the moment.

Team form: Real Salt Lake vs LA Galaxy

Real Salt Lake Form

Real Salt Lake hope to get back to winning ways after first beating St. Louis City by 3-0, before winning 1-2 against Austin FC. The streak ended in a recent 2-1 defeat against San Jose Earthquakes. Real Salt Lake managed to win two of their past six home matches in the Major League Soccer. In the remaining four, they drew two and lost two, as they scored nine and conceded eight goals.

LA Galaxy Form

LA Galaxy look solid currently after going three matches unbeaten, which started by drawing 2-2 against San Diego FC. They followed that up by sharing the spoils with Los Angeles FC in a 2-2 draw, before taking out Austin FC in a 4-1 win. LA Galaxy claimed just one win from the last six away games in the Major League Soccer. They also drew two and were defeated three times, as they were outscored by 18 goals to ten.

Betting stats and facts for Real Salt Lake and LA Galaxy

Here are some facts that might be useful for placing bets on the upcoming game between Real Salt Lake and LA Galaxy. The facts are based on the statistics from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all tournaments.

In-form players: Real Salt Lake vs LA Galaxy

Morgan Guilavogui look like value in the goal scoring market with three strikes to his name in six Major League Soccer matches. The visitors are crossing their fingers Joao Klauss adds to his four Major League Soccer goals come on Sunday.

Popular markets: Real Salt Lake vs LA Galaxy

Full-time result

Real Salt Lake claimed four wins, drew three and lost three of their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. LA Galaxy won two, drew three and lost five of their last 10 games away. LA Galaxy were on the scoreboard at least once in their previous 8 matches.

Both teams to score

Real Salt Lake scored first in six of their last ten home games. LA Galaxy scored the opening goal in seven of the last ten games. Both teams have been quite terrible at keeping their opponents at bay in recent matches. While Real Salt Lake managed to keep a clean sheet in two of the last 10 games, LA Galaxy kept their opponent from scoring in one of their last 10 matches.

Total goals

Over 2.5 goals happened in seven of Real Salt Lake’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.4 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals were scored in eight of the ten most recent games across all tournaments for LA Galaxy. They performed an average of 2.1 goals in these. LA Galaxy’s last 3 matches had more than three goals.