MLS Match Preview: Real Salt Lake (5-2-1) vs. Los Angeles Galaxy (2-4-3)

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Venue: Dignity Health Sports Park — Carson, California

Kickoff is scheduled for 4:00 PM PT

Weather Outlook

No weather data surfaced in search results. Typical late‑April Carson conditions: mid‑60s to low‑70s, light breeze, low rain chance (inference).

Injury Report

Los Angeles Galaxy

Jakob Glesnes — Calf injury, questionable

Erik Thommy — Thigh injury, out

Matheus Nascimento — Muscle injury

Real Salt Lake

Jesus Barea — Knee injury, unavailable

Justen Glad — Knee injury, questionable

J. Arias — Groin injury

E. Eneli — Knee injury

A. Piol — Achilles rupture

Team Records

LA Galaxy: 2‑3‑3 (per GiveMeSport)

Real Salt Lake: 5‑1‑1 (per GiveMeSport)

Recent Team Form

LA Galaxy — Last 5

T 2–2 vs DAL

W 2–1 vs AUS

L 1–2 vs MIN

T 1–1 vs POR

L 1–2 vs SKC

Real Salt Lake — Last 5

W 4–2 vs SDG

W 3–1 vs SKC

T 2–2 vs SDG

W 2–1 vs AUS

W 3–2 vs ATL

Form takeaway: RSL are 4‑1‑0 in their last five; Galaxy are 1‑2‑2.

Series History

Last five meetings:

May 31, 2025: LA Galaxy 2–0 RSL

Apr 5, 2025: RSL 2–0 LA Galaxy

Jun 22, 2024: RSL 0–1 LA Galaxy

May 11, 2024: LA Galaxy 2–2 RSL

Oct 14, 2023: LA Galaxy 2–2 RSL

Trend: Very balanced — each team has one win in the last three, with two draws.

Key Player Matchups

LA Galaxy

João Klauss: 5 goals in 5 matches (team leader)

Marco Reus: 1 goal, 2 assists

Gabriel Pec: 3 assists, 13 shots on goal

Real Salt Lake

Sergi Solans: 2 goals in 5 matches

A. Hezarkhani: 2 goals

Zavier Gozo: 1 goal, 2 assists (team’s most dynamic attacker)

Team Statistical Comparison

CategoryLA GalaxyReal Salt Lake
Possession52.9%45.3%
Shots per match14.817.0
Shots on target6.96.1
Goals per match1.52.1
Goals conceded1.61.4
Passing accuracy88%84%

Takeaway: Galaxy control possession; RSL create more chances and score more efficiently.

Betting Trends

Galaxy have one win in their last five.

RSL have four wins in their last five.

Galaxy have 1 clean sheet; RSL have 0.

RSL have scored 3+ goals in three of their last five.

MATCH ODDS

Real Salt Lake                    + 190

Los Angeles Galaxy         + 136

Draw                                     + 276

Over 3 – 115                       Under 3 – 105

Odds Courtesy of Sports Odds Direct as of Saturday, April 25, 2026