Oct 2nd features a match where LA Galaxy hosts Real Salt Lake at Dignity Health Sports Park in a meeting of these two Major League Soccer teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 23 degrees, a perfect day for football. LA Galaxy sits at 5th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 3-2 win against San Jose Earthquakes. Javier Hernández scored the first goal for LA Galaxy in the 12th minute, then Gastón Brugman added another in the 42nd minute. LA Galaxy is looking for direction having 4 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Real Salt Lake recorded a 1-2 loss against Cincinnati FC. Chang scored the first goal for Real Salt Lake in the 35th minute, but Brenner got the equalizer for Cincinnati FC in the 44th minute Finally they completed the comback victory in the 76th minute on a goal by Brenner to cap off a wild match. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches.
On the 30th of April, Real Salt Lake hosted LA Galaxy in their last match together. Real Salt Lake was victorious by a score of 1 to 0 in front of almost 21000 jubilant spectators. Silva Fernandez struck first for Real Salt Lake in the 49th minute on a feed from Pablo Ruiz, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed LA Galaxy couldn’t manage to score, and Real Salt Lake took the shutout win.
Real Salt Lake is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Anderson Julio and Savarino Quintero each only have 1 goal in their last five. LA Galaxy is glad to have Javier Hernández in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored 5 goals.