Match Report
Los Angeles FC beat Real Salt Lake 3-1 on 23 July 2026. Son Heung-Min opened the scoring inside the first 11 minutes for Los Angeles FC to make it 1-0. D. Bouanga added to the tally in the 40th minute for Los Angeles FC, set up by M. Choiniere, to make it 2-0. D. Yedlin (an own goal) added to the tally 68 minutes into the game for Los Angeles FC to make it 3-0. L. Engel got one back late on, in the 86th minute for Real Salt Lake, set up by S. Lobjanidze, to make it 1-3. The rating gap is a clear one: our current Elo ratings have Los Angeles FC 114 points stronger than Real Salt Lake. On current ratings the model favours Los Angeles FC at 62.8% in this pairing, and Los Angeles FC won this one. Real Salt Lake's current recorded form ends with 4 consecutive defeats in Major League Soccer 2026. By expected goals the balance of play sat the other way: 1.16 to 2.56.