Los Angeles FC vs. Real Salt Lake 9/12/21 - MLS Picks & Predictions

LAFC hosts Real Salt Lake on Sunday in a MLS Western Conference fixture. LAFC is ninth in the conference table at 7-6-9 on 27 points with a goal difference of +1. Los Angeles is coming off a 4-0 victory at home over Sporting Kansas City last Friday. Mamadou Fall scored in the 18th and 61st minutes for LAFC, while Cristian Arango scored in the 71st minute and Eduard Atuesta scored a goal in the 87th minute from the penalty spot.

With the victory over Sporting Kansas City, LAFC snapped its eight-match winless streak that was a club record. Diego Rossi is the leading goal scorer for LAFC with six, while Jose Cifuentes and Carlos Vela each have scored five goals. Eduard Atuesta is the leader in assists with 6 and Vela has five.

Real Salt Lake is seventh in the conference table at 8-6-8 on 30 points with a goal difference of +5. Real Salt Lake defeated FC Dallas 3-2 at home last Saturday. Albert Rusnak and Jonathan Menendez scored goals in the second half for RSL to help lead the club to the victory. Real Salt Lake snapped a two-match losing streak with the victory.

Real Salt Lake has three victories and four losses in its last seven matches, with each of the three wins at home.  Real Salt Lake has won just one of its last nine matches on the road with two draws and six losses. Damir Kreilach has eight goals to lead Real Salt Lake, while Albert Rusnak has scored six. Aaron Herrera is the leader in assists with seven and two others have four each.