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Match Report

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LA Galaxy end historic winless streak, defeat Real Salt Lake

Lucas Sanabria scored his first goal in MLS, Joseph Paintsil added his first goal of the season and the LA Galaxy beat Real Salt Lake 2-0 on Saturday night to snap the longest winless streak to start a season in MLS history.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
9
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
6
Corner Kicks
6
3
Saves
4
50
Possession
50
19
SHOTS
9
4
ON GOAL
5
0.2
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
398
Accurate Passes
406
464
Passes
484
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
3
27
Crosses
7
0.1
Cross %
0.4
39
Long Balls
52
23
Accurate Long Balls
22
0.6
Long Balls %
0.4
8
Blocked Shots
2
12
Effective Tackles
11
18
Tackles
17
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
7
Interceptions
10
13
Effective Clearances
36
13
Clearances
36

Highlights

01:57 LA Galaxy vs. Real Salt Lake - Game Highlights Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

RSL leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

LA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Novak MicovicG
  2. 4Maya YoshidaCD-L
  3. 5Mathias JørgensenCD-R
  4. 14John NelsonLB
  5. 2Miki YamaneRB
  6. 7Diego FagundezAM
  7. 6Edwin CerrilloLM
  8. 8Lucas SanabriaRM
  9. 9Matheus NascimentoF
  10. 28Joseph PaintsilAM-L
  11. 11Gabriel PecAM-R

RSL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1RafaelG
  2. 4Brayan VeraCD-L
  3. 26Philip QuintonCD-R
  4. 29Samuel JunquaLB
  5. 92Noel CaliskanRB
  6. 72Zavier GozoAM
  7. 6Braian OjedaLM
  8. 13Nelson PalacioRM
  9. 9William AgadaF
  10. 8Diego LunaAM-L
  11. 11Dominik MarczukAM-R

Timeline

  1. 17' Goal! LA Galaxy 1, Real Salt Lake 0. Lucas Sanabria (LA Galaxy) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Matheus Nascimento.
  2. 45' Substitution, LA Galaxy. Isaiah Parente replaces Lucas Sanabria.
  3. 54' Isaiah Parente (LA Galaxy) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 55' Goal! LA Galaxy 2, Real Salt Lake 0. Joseph Paintsil (LA Galaxy) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Gabriel Pec following a fast break.
  5. 63' Substitution, Real Salt Lake. Johnny Russell replaces Dominik Marczuk.
  6. 63' Substitution, Real Salt Lake. Pablo Ruiz replaces Braian Ojeda.
  7. 71' Substitution, LA Galaxy. Christian Ramirez replaces Matheus Nascimento.
  8. 71' Substitution, LA Galaxy. Elijah Wynder replaces Joseph Paintsil.
  9. 75' Brayan Vera (Real Salt Lake) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 78' Substitution, Real Salt Lake. Aiden Hezarkhani replaces Zavier Gozo.
  11. 80' Substitution, LA Galaxy. Mauricio Cuevas replaces Diego Fagúndez.
  12. 80' Substitution, LA Galaxy. Julián Aude replaces John Nelson.
  13. 85' Substitution, Real Salt Lake. Alexandros Katranis replaces Samuel Junqua.
  14. 86' Substitution, Real Salt Lake. Bode Hidalgo replaces Noel Caliskan.
  15. 90'+2' Edwin Cerrillo (LA Galaxy) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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