Both Real Salt Lake and LA Galaxy recorded home wins against the other last season, with RSL winning the last meeting, 2-1, in September. That victory was Real Salt Lake’s fifth in its last 22 matches against the Galaxy (D6 L11, including playoffs) dating back to March 2014.
Real Salt Lake is winless in five straight games (D3 L2) following a scoreless draw with Portland on Saturday. The five-game winless run is RSL’s longest since a 13-game streak without a victory from September 2016 to April 2017 (including playoffs).
The Galaxy have won three of their last four matches (D1), keeping clean sheets in each of the last two. The Galaxy haven’t kept three straight clean sheets in MLS play in almost six years, since doing so in July 2016 against Vancouver, Seattle, and Houston.
Real Salt Lake kept a clean sheet against Portland on Saturday after its 6-0 defeat to New York City FC last weekend. Of the 60 times a team has conceded six or more goals in MLS history, they’ve come back to keep a clean sheet in the next match 15 times.
The Galaxy kept their second straight clean sheet in their win over Nashville on Saturday and their fourth overall this season. The Galaxy have allowed six goals this season, with only three teams allowing fewer, and just one of those has been from open play, the fewest open play goals allowed in MLS this season.
