Major League Soccer duel: Close contest expected between Austin and Real Salt Lake

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sat 02.October
Match begins: 19:30 (UTC)

Here's every single thing you need to learn, and some more, before the Austin - Real Salt Lake fixture!

Insights:
  • Austin have the fewest scored goals (27) in Major League Soccer
  • Real Salt Lake have the most scored goals in the first half (22) in Major League Soccer

It's no vacation for neither Austin nor Real Salt Lake as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Austin form and stats

When playing at home in the Major League Soccer, Austin, who have the fewest scored goals (27) in Major League Soccer, have managed 4 wins, 2 draws and suffered 7 defeats from 13 games.

In their previous game, the manager J. Wolff led his Austin to a defeat in the Major League Soccer match away at Colorado Rapids. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here. Tomás Pochettino (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.13/10. Pochettino hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Before that game, the 2-0 home victory against LA Galaxy.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Austin have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found three matches with the results: Won one, drawn one and lost one.

The Austin fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 20 goals in 13 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Austin defense is not exactly impregnable. 21 goals conceded from 13 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Real Salt Lake form and stats

Real Salt Lake have only collected 11 points from their away games in the Major League Soccer, after 3-2-8 (13 played).

Real Salt Lake are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the Major League Soccer against LA Galaxy (placed 6th). World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager P. Mastroeni when Anderson Julio scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 78th minute. The end of the last match, against LA Galaxy, was very satisfying as Anderson Julio scored the winning goal deep into overtime. Damir Kreilach, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.45. Kreilach scored one goal, served one assist and hit four key passes.

Preceding that game, the 1-6 loss visiting Portland Timbers's place.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found two similar matches played by Salt in our archives, and the results are: one win for Real Salt Lake, zero draws and one defeat.

The travelling fans enjoy Salt's attacking play in away games, having scored 21 goals in 13 league matches away. Salt have conceded 29 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Real Salt Lake - Austin 1-0 was the result in these sides' latest h2h game, played this season.

Top Goalscorers

Real Salt LakeD. Kreilach
D. Kreilach
12 goals
Real Salt LakeA. Rusnák
A. Rusnák
7 goals
Real Salt LakeA. Julio Santos
A. Julio Santos
7 goals

Austin missing players

Real Salt Lake missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Austin Real Salt Lake
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
27 13 2 Played P 5 13 27
6 4 1 Won W 1 3 11
4 2 0 Drew D 2 2 6
17 7 1 Lost L 2 8 10
27 20 3 Scored S 9 21 44
43 21 2 Conceded C 10 29 42
89% 85% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 92% 93%
70% 69% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 85% 78%
44% 54% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 85% 70%
22% 38% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 60% 54% 41%
15% 31% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 40% 38% 22%
41% 54% 50% BTTS BTTS 80% 77% 70%
19% 23% 50% Clean Sheets C S 20% 15% 22%
52% 38% 0% Failed to Score F T 20% 15% 15%
 
5.7 6.3 4 Corners for (avg) C F 3.6 5.1 5.3
6.1 5.4 10 Corners against (avg) C A 8.8 7.2 6.2
1.9 2 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 3.2 2.4
3 1 0 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
13.3 14.7 10.5 Shots (avg) S ( 10.4 12.8 13.2
3.8 4.5 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.8 4.8 4.9
26% 34% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 33% 33%
Key stats in Major League Soccer this season:
  • Austin have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Austin have the fewest points (14) at home in Major League Soccer
  • Austin have the fewest scored goals (27) in Major League Soccer
  • Austin have the the worst goal difference (-16) in Major League Soccer
  • Real Salt Lake have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Real Salt Lake have the fewest matches under the total-line (8) in Major League Soccer
  • Real Salt Lake have the most conceded goals in the second half (29) in Major League Soccer
  • Real Salt Lake have the most matches over the total-line (17) in Major League Soccer
  • Real Salt Lake have the most scored goals in the first half (22) 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 Seattle Sounders 26 15 6 5 41 22 13 6 4 3 19 11 13 9 2 2 22 11 19 51
2 Sporting KC 27 14 7 6 47 29 14 7 5 2 26 14 13 7 2 4 21 15 18 49
3 Colorado Rapids 26 13 9 4 38 24 14 7 6 1 23 11 12 6 3 3 15 13 14 48
4 Portland Timbers 27 13 4 10 44 44 13 8 2 3 27 19 14 5 2 7 17 25 0 43
5 Real Salt Lake 27 11 6 10 44 42 14 8 4 2 23 13 13 3 2 8 21 29 2 39
6 LA Galaxy 27 11 5 11 38 44 13 7 2 4 21 15 14 4 3 7 17 29 -6 38
7 Minnesota United 26 10 7 9 30 32 13 8 2 3 17 7 13 2 5 6 13 25 -2 37
8 Vancouver Whitecaps 26 8 10 8 31 34 13 7 2 4 17 14 13 1 8 4 14 20 -3 34
9 Los Angeles FC 27 9 6 12 39 40 14 6 5 3 27 21 13 3 1 9 12 19 -1 33
10 SJ Earthquakes 27 8 9 10 35 41 14 4 3 7 19 22 13 4 6 3 16 19 -6 33
11 Dallas 28 6 9 13 39 47 13 4 6 3 20 15 15 2 3 10 19 32 -8 27
12 Houston Dynamo 28 5 12 11 31 41 14 5 6 3 19 17 14 0 6 8 12 24 -10 27
13 Austin 27 6 4 17 27 43 13 4 2 7 20 21 14 2 2 10 7 22 -16 22

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Seattle Sounders 26 15 6 5 41 22 13 6 4 3 19 11 13 9 2 2 22 11 19 51
2 Sporting KC 27 14 7 6 47 29 14 7 5 2 26 14 13 7 2 4 21 15 18 49
3 Colorado Rapids 26 13 9 4 38 24 14 7 6 1 23 11 12 6 3 3 15 13 14 48
4 Portland Timbers 27 13 4 10 44 44 13 8 2 3 27 19 14 5 2 7 17 25 0 43
5 Real Salt Lake 27 11 6 10 44 42 14 8 4 2 23 13 13 3 2 8 21 29 2 39
6 LA Galaxy 27 11 5 11 38 44 13 7 2 4 21 15 14 4 3 7 17 29 -6 38
7 Minnesota United 26 10 7 9 30 32 13 8 2 3 17 7 13 2 5 6 13 25 -2 37
8 Vancouver Whitecaps 26 8 10 8 31 34 13 7 2 4 17 14 13 1 8 4 14 20 -3 34
9 Los Angeles FC 27 9 6 12 39 40 14 6 5 3 27 21 13 3 1 9 12 19 -1 33
10 SJ Earthquakes 27 8 9 10 35 41 14 4 3 7 19 22 13 4 6 3 16 19 -6 33
11 Dallas 28 6 9 13 39 47 13 4 6 3 20 15 15 2 3 10 19 32 -8 27
12 Houston Dynamo 28 5 12 11 31 41 14 5 6 3 19 17 14 0 6 8 12 24 -10 27
13 Austin 27 6 4 17 27 43 13 4 2 7 20 21 14 2 2 10 7 22 -16 22

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