Prediction: Real Salt Lake to win 2-0
Best Odds: 14/1
LA Galaxy and Real Salt Lake will lock horns with each other in Major League Soccer next week. The game between Greg Vanney’s side and Pablo Mastroeni’s team will be held at the Dignity Health Sports Park and is scheduled to kick off at midnight on Monday.
LA Galaxy
The Los Angeles Galaxy are one of the biggest clubs in Major League Soccer and are one of the most well-known, too. They were the champions in the 2024 campaign, but finished 26th overall in 2025.
Greg Vanney side are having a tough campaign at the moment. LA Galaxy are as low as 11th in the Western Conference at the moment with just nine points behind nine matches, only four points above bottom side Sporting Kansas City.
The LA Galaxy will head into the Major League Soccer game against Real Salt Lake next week on the back of a 2-1 defeat to the Columbus Crew on the road in the league. It came after a 2-2 draw with FC Dallas away from home in MLS, which followed a 3-0 defeat to Toluca in the Concacaf Champions Cup.
Team News:
The LA Galaxy are likely to line up in a 4-3-3 formation against Real Salt Lake. JT Marcinkowski will be in goal and will have Miki Yamane, Maya Yoshida, Justin Haak and Julian Aude in front of him in defence. Lucas Sanabria, Edwin Cerrillo and Elijah Wynder will be deployed in midfield. Gabriel Pac, Marco Reus and Ruben Ismael will be the three forwards.
Real Salt Lake
Real Salt Lake are a modest club in Major League Soccer who are not expected to win the MLS Cup. They finished ninth in the Western Conference and ended up in the wild-card round of the playoffs.
Pablo Mastroeni’s side are doing relatively well at the moment. Real Salt Lake are sixth in the Western Conference table at the moment with 16 points from eight matches, eight points behind leaders, the San Jose Earthquakes.
Real Salt Lake will head into the Major League Soccer game against the LA Galaxy at the Dignity Health Sports Park on the back of a 2-0 defeat to Inter Miami at home in the league. It came after a 4-2 victory over San Diego FC in front of their fans in MLS, which followed a 3-1 win against Sporting Kansas City at home in the league.
Team News:
Real Salt Lake are likely to line up in a 3-4-3 formation against LA Galaxy. Rafael will be in goal and will have DeAndre Yedlin, Justen Glad and Samuel Junqua in front of him in defence. Zavier Gozo, Stijn Spierings, Noel Caliskan and Alexandros Katranis will be the four midfielders. Diego Luna, Sergi Solans and Morgan Guilavogui will be the three forwards.
Key Factors to Consider
- LA Galaxy have lost 3 of their last 6 Major League Soccer matches.
- LA Galaxy have won 1 of their last 6 Major League Soccer matches.
- LA Galaxy have won just 2 of their 9 Major League Soccer games this campaign.
- Real Salt Lake have won 4 of their last 6 Major League Soccer games.
- Real Salt Lake have scored 16 goals and conceded 12 goals in 8 Major League Soccer games this season.
Conclusion
Real Salt Lake have a better team than the LA Galaxy and are also in better form. It is very likely that the Claret and Cobalt will pick up all three points from the encounter.
Prediction: Real Salt Lake to win 2-0
Best Odds: 14/1
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