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Match Report

Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports

Christian Ramirez scores twice as LAFC blanks Real Salt Lake, 2-0

Christian Ramirez tallied two goals in his first start for his new team, lifting LAFC to a 2-0 home victory over Real Salt Lake on Wednesday night.

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Team Stats

17
Fouls
7
5
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
3
5
Corner Kicks
5
5
Saves
4
46.8
Possession
53.2
8
SHOTS
12
4
ON GOAL
7
0.5
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
363
Accurate Passes
425
445
Passes
509
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
1
11
Crosses
9
0.2
Cross %
0.1
72
Long Balls
47
38
Accurate Long Balls
20
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
3
Blocked Shots
2
12
Effective Tackles
12
18
Tackles
17
0.7
Tackle %
0.7
16
Interceptions
10
18
Effective Clearances
13
18
Clearances
13

Head to Head

LAFC leads series 1-0

Lineups

LAFC · 4-3-3

  1. 1Tyler MillerG
  2. 23Laurent CimanCD-L
  3. 6Danilo SilvaCD-R
  4. 2Jordan HarveyLB
  5. 3Steven BeitashourRB
  6. 20Eduard AtuestaCM
  7. 24Lee NguyenLM
  8. 33Benny FeilhaberRM
  9. 12Christian RamírezF
  10. 9Diego RossiLF
  11. 10Carlos VelaRF

Substitutes

  1. 22Luis LópezSUB
  2. 44Joao MoutinhoSUB
  3. 99Adama DiomandéSUB
  4. 7Latif BlessingSUB
  5. 8André HortaSUB
  6. 11Aaron KovarSUB
  7. 25Walker ZimmermanSUB

RSL · 4-4-2

  1. 18Nick RimandoG
  2. 15Justen GladCD-L
  3. 13Nick BeslerCD-R
  4. 22Aaron HerreraLB
  5. 26Shawn BarryRB
  6. 8SunnyCM-L
  7. 5Kyle BeckermanCM-R
  8. 11Albert RusnákLM
  9. 12Brooks LennonRM
  10. 23Sebastian SaucedoCF-L
  11. 27Corey BairdCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 25Danilo AcostaSUB
  2. 6Damir KreilachSUB
  3. 3Adam HenleySUB
  4. 31Pablo RuizSUB
  5. 51Andrew PutnaSUB
  6. 10Joao PlataSUB
  7. 7Jefferson SavarinoSUB

Timeline

  1. 13' Goal! Los Angeles Football Club 1, Real Salt Lake 0. Christian Ramirez (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Carlos Vela with a through ball.
  2. 24' Sunny (Real Salt Lake) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 30' Goal! Los Angeles Football Club 2, Real Salt Lake 0. Christian Ramirez (Los Angeles Football Club) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Eduard Atuesta.
  4. 33' Eduard Atuesta (Los Angeles Football Club) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 38' Brooks Lennon (Real Salt Lake) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 43' Shawn Barry (Real Salt Lake) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 45' Substitution, Real Salt Lake. Andrew Putna replaces Nick Rimando because of an injury.
  8. 56' Substitution, Real Salt Lake. Joao Plata replaces Shawn Barry.
  9. 62' Kyle Beckerman (Real Salt Lake) is shown the yellow card.
  10. 72' Substitution, Real Salt Lake. Pablo Ruiz replaces Sunny.
  11. 78' Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Latif Blessing replaces Christian Ramirez.
  12. 83' Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. André Horta replaces Benny Feilhaber.
  13. 84' Justen Glad (Real Salt Lake) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 88' Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Aaron Kovar replaces Diego Rossi.

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