Los Angeles FC vs Real Salt Lake Prediction & Picks - Major League Soccer

Prediction published on 7/15/24, 10:45 PM  by Carlos Zabala | Modified on 7/16/24 at 1:50 PM in Major League Soccer Picks

Los Angeles FC and Real Salt Lake meet in the last game of the day on Wednesday, this being the most promising duel since they are 1st and 2nd in the conference. Los Angeles FC saw their 13-match unbeaten streak end since May. Surprisingly, they were beaten and dominated by the Columbus Crew who scored 5 goals against them, the highest amount suffered by Los Angeles FC this season. The odds for Columbus' away win were +300. Los Angeles also looked undisciplined and erratic when trying to take the ball away, seeing a yellow card on four occasions and a red card on two occasions.

Still, in recent games Los Angeles FC has put up impressive numbers at home. The team this season at BMO Stadium has managed to lead the game at halftime on 8 of 10 occasions. And they have a percentage of scoring the first goal in home games that is much higher than the MLS average, which is 54%.

Real Salt Lake, along with Portland, are the highest scoring teams in the conference having scored 48 goals this season but they will have to do better defensively since in 1 of every 4 games Real Salt Lake allows their rivals 3 goals or more. They will also have to make an effort to maintain concentration in the second halves since they allow goals in the second half in 3 out of every 4 games.