Real Salt Lake are located at 3rd, while Houston Dynamo are hanging back 5 points behind in the league table. Can they cut the gap?
- Real Salt Lake have the most conceded goals in the first half (18) in Major League Soccer
- Houston Dynamo have the fewest scored goals (7) away in Major League Soccer
Houston Dynamo have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2300 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
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 Houston Dynamo.
Real Salt Lake form and stats
When playing at home in the Major League Soccer, Real Salt Lake have managed 4 wins, 4 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 12 games. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Rio Tinto Stadium.
The supporters are hoping that Real Salt Lake will fight back in this game, putting things right after the 1-3 away loss in the US Open Cup fixture against Houston Dynamo.
Before that, a loss in the away fixture against Los Angeles FC in the Leagues Cup. 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, 6 draws and 6 defeats.
Observe: 9 of the most recent 12 league matches from these players have seen goals scored by both sides.
The manager Mastroeni will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Portland Timbers in only four days.
The Real Salt Lake fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 18 goals in 12 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Salt have conceded 17 goals.
Houston Dynamo form and stats
Houston Dynamo have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Major League Soccer, after 1-3-8 (12 played).
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Houston Dynamo goalkeeper Steve Clark is eager to challenge this, with his 183 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
The supporters enjoyed Houston Dynamo's previous game versus Real Salt Lake, a US Open Cup win (3-1) played at home.
Before that, Houston secured a home win against Portland Timbers with the score 5-0.Houston Dynamo are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 4 draws and 14 defeats. From a total of 20 matches.
Goal-happy betting people should observe that 9 of this team's 12 most recent league games have ended with three goals or more.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Columbus Crew in just four days.
The visitors have scored 7 goals from 12 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Houston struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 23 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Houston Dynamo - Real Salt Lake 0-0 was the scoreline in these squads' last H2H fixture, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Real Salt Lake three wins, five draws and Houston Dynamo two victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Bassi 9 goals |   J. Savarino Quintero 6 goals |  D. Musovski 5 goals |
Real Salt Lake missing players
Houston Dynamo missing players
| Real Salt Lake | Houston Dynamo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 24 |
| 10 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| 35 | 18 | 6 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 31 |
| 34 | 17 | 5 | Conceded | C | 4 | 23 | 31 |
| 83% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 92% |
| 79% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 33% | 67% | 67% |
| 71% | 75% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 50% | 54% |
| 46% | 58% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 8% | 21% |
| 8% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 12% |
| 58% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 42% | 33% |
| 25% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 17% | 38% |
| 33% | 42% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 50% | 38% |
| 5.2 | 5.9 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.8 | 4.2 |
| 4 | 3.1 | 2.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.2 | 5.5 |
| 2.3 | 2.4 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4.3 | 2.8 | 2.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 15 | 17.8 | 19 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.7 | 10.2 | 12 |
| 6 | 6.1 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.6 | 4.2 |
| 24% | 25% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 11% | 16% | 31% |
| 12.5 | 11 | 9.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.3 | 12.5 | 11.7 |
| 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.6 | 3.8 |
- Houston Dynamo have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Houston Dynamo have the fewest scored goals (7) away in Major League Soccer
- Real Salt Lake have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Real Salt Lake have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Houston Dynamo have scored away.
- Real Salt Lake have the most conceded goals (17) at home in Major League Soccer
- Real Salt Lake have the most conceded goals in the first half (18) in Major League Soccer
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Saint Louis City | 24 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 49 | 30 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 35 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 44 |
| 2 | Los Angeles FC | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 38 | 25 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 40 |
| 3 | Real Salt Lake | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 35 | 34 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 37 |
| 4 | Seattle Sounders | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 29 | 25 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 4 | 36 |
| 5 | SJ Earthquakes | 24 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 29 | 29 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 0 | 35 |
| 6 | Houston Dynamo | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 31 | 31 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 0 | 32 |
| 7 | Austin | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 35 | 38 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 27 | -3 | 32 |
| 8 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 38 | 33 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 31 |
| 9 | Minnesota United | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 28 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 18 | -2 | 31 |
| 10 | Dallas | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -1 | 30 |
| 11 | Sporting KC | 25 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 31 | 36 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 21 | -5 | 26 |
| 12 | Portland Timbers | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 26 | 38 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 26 | -12 | 26 |
| 13 | LA Galaxy | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 37 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 22 | -12 | 22 |
| 14 | Colorado Rapids | 24 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 34 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 24 | -18 | 19 |
