Delightful dogfight as daring Real Salt Lake duel with determined Dallas

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Thu 21.Sep
Match begins: 01:30 (UTC)
Venue: Rio Tinto Stadium (20008 seats)

Real Salt Lake have succeeded in 5 home wins up until now, Dallas have won 2 away. Who improves their standings in this meeting?

Insights:
  • Real Salt Lake have the most conceded goals in the first half (23) in Major League Soccer
  • Dallas have the most points from losing position (12) in Major League Soccer

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Dallas, who are travelling more than 2100 kilometers to play this game.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Salt and Dallas.

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Real Salt Lake form and stats

The story so far in the Major League Soccer for Real Salt Lake, who have the most conceded goals (20) at home in Major League Soccer, at their home stadium (Rio Tinto Stadium) is 5 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats.

No payout for Real Salt Lake in their previous match, an away game at SJ Earthquakes that ended in defeat 1-2. Arango has beaten the opponent goalkeeper in three matches in a row. Ace! The versatile forward Arango edged out all teammates in that fixture and received a match rating of 8.41 out of 10. Arango scored one goal and hit three key passes.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Colorado Rapids in a game that was won 2-0.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Real Salt Lake handle that role? We have found 24 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 12 wins, 5 draws and 7 defeats.

Goal party? Who knows what will happen in this one, but we do know that 9 of the 11 latest league games with this team has had three or more goals.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Real Salt Lake, as the Major League Soccer home game vs Vancouver Whitecaps is only three days away.

Salt has scored 20 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. Real Salt Lake have conceded 20 in these home matches.

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Dallas form and stats

There's been little loot from Dallas's travels as they have only collected 10 points from 13 away games in the Major League Soccer. Dallas only have 2 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 4 draws.

Dallas played 1-1 against Seattle Sounders in their previous match. Midfield player Obrian was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.32/10. Obrian scored one goal, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 23 successful passes (of 25 total).

A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Atlanta United.

Dallas are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 4 draws and 10 defeats. From a total of 18 matches.

After this away game Dallas return home for a Major League Soccer game against Columbus Crew. That game is only three sleeps after this.

The attacking power of Dallas when travelling is not overwhelming with 10 goals scored from 13 league matches away. 18 goals have been conceded by Dallas in these games.

Head 2 Head

Dallas - Real Salt Lake 2-1 was the result in these participants' previous head-to-head match, played this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - four - four (Real Salt Lake wins - draws - Dallas wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

DallasJ. Ferreira
J. Ferreira
10 goals
SaltJ. Savarino Quintero
J. Savarino Quintero
6 goals
Real Salt LakeD. Musovski
D. Musovski
5 goals

Real Salt Lake missing players

Dallas missing players

Real Salt Lake Dallas
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
28 14 3 Played P 3 13 27
11 5 1 Won W 0 2 9
7 4 0 Drew D 2 4 8
10 5 2 Lost L 1 7 10
39 20 5 Scored S 1 10 30
41 20 5 Conceded C 2 18 31
86% 79% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 92% 96%
82% 79% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 69% 74%
71% 71% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 46% 44%
39% 50% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 8% 11%
7% 7% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
57% 43% 67% BTTS BTTS 33% 62% 63%
25% 36% 33% Clean Sheets C S 33% 23% 22%
32% 43% 0% Failed to Score F T 67% 23% 19%
 
5.2 6 8 Corners for (avg) C F 1.7 2.8 3.6
3.9 2.9 3.7 Corners against (avg) C A 4.3 6.1 5
2.2 2.4 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.5 2.1
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
15.1 17.2 18 Shots (avg) S ( 6.7 9.5 10.3
5.8 5.6 6.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 3.7 3.4
24% 25% 26% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 21% 32%
 
11.9 10.3 9 Shots against (avg) S A 14 15.2 12.7
4.1 4 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.3 4.7 4
Key stats in Major League Soccer this season:
  • Dallas have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Dallas have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Dallas have the fewest conceded goals (18) away in Major League Soccer
  • Dallas have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (17) in Major League Soccer
  • Dallas have the most points from losing position (12) in Major League Soccer
  • Dallas have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Real Salt Lake have the most conceded goals (20) at home in Major League Soccer
  • Real Salt Lake have the most conceded goals in the first half (23) in Major League Soccer
  • Real Salt Lake have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 St. Louis City 29 15 4 10 56 38 14 10 1 3 37 14 15 5 3 7 19 24 18 49
2 Los Angeles FC 28 12 7 9 44 34 15 9 3 3 31 15 13 3 4 6 13 19 10 43
3 Seattle Sounders 29 11 9 9 35 30 15 6 5 4 17 10 14 5 4 5 18 20 5 42
4 Vancouver Whitecaps 27 11 8 8 45 37 14 7 4 3 29 16 13 4 4 5 16 21 8 41
5 Houston Dynamo 28 11 7 10 37 32 14 9 3 2 27 9 14 2 4 8 10 23 5 40
6 Real Salt Lake 28 11 7 10 39 41 14 5 4 5 20 20 14 6 3 5 19 21 -2 40
7 SJ Earthquakes 29 10 10 9 34 37 15 8 5 2 23 14 14 2 5 7 11 23 -3 40
8 Minnesota United 28 9 10 9 34 34 14 3 8 3 17 15 14 6 2 6 17 19 0 37
9 Portland Timbers 29 9 9 11 36 45 14 7 3 4 23 16 15 2 6 7 13 29 -9 36
10 Sporting KC 29 9 8 12 39 40 14 7 2 5 25 16 15 2 6 7 14 24 -1 35
11 Dallas 27 9 8 10 30 31 14 7 4 3 20 13 13 2 4 7 10 18 -1 35
12 Austin 28 9 6 13 39 45 14 6 3 5 20 15 14 3 3 8 19 30 -6 33
13 LA Galaxy 27 7 9 11 35 45 13 5 4 4 21 17 14 2 5 7 14 28 -10 30
14 Colorado Rapids 27 4 10 13 18 40 13 2 7 4 9 11 14 2 3 9 9 29 -22 22

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Major League Soccer (often known simply as MLS) is the top level of football (soccer) in the United States and Canada. MLS has 24 teams divided into two conferences, Eastern and Western. Each team play 34 fixtures to decide a league table champion. The top fourteen teams then compete in playoff to crown a MLS Cup champion.