Carrying a 3 point advantage in the league standings, Austin followers want to see their beloved team collect maximum points from this game hosting Real Salt Lake.
- Austin have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Real Salt Lake have the most conceded goals in the first half (13) in Major League Soccer
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 Austin and Real Salt Lake.
Austin form and stats
3 victories, 3 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Austin have to build on here at Al Saqr Stadium in the Major League Soccer. Austin has recorded two wins in a row here at Al Saqr Stadium, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
Austin's last game was hosting Minnesota United (placed 7th) and winning 2-1. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of Wolff when Driussi scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 61st minute. Cascante, defender, was given a rating of 7.84/10 in that game, top of the team. Cascante served one assist, hit two key passes and won 5 of 10 duels.
Heartbreak before that as Austin lost 1-2 at Houston Dynamo's place.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Austin have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 18 games) they have won 7 times, drawn 6 and lost 5.
Austin has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches.
Real Salt Lake form and stats
The visitors are W2-D2-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Major League Soccer.
Salt failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs LA Galaxy (placed 14th) that ended with defeat 2-3. That loss was their first after three consecutive league games winning points. Attacker Musovski got a player rating of 7.65 in the game. "Man of the match" Musovski scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Before that, Real Salt Lake travelled to Minnesota United and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.We have checked recent matches where Real Salt Lake have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 20 games were 6 victories, 6 draws and 8 defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as Salt are hosting LA Galaxy in the US Open Cup only four days away.
Real Salt Lake have conceded 12 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
It's not the first time these parties get together this season, as the results database show this recent fixture: Real Salt Lake - Austin 1-2. Head to head data (for the former six meetings): Austin won three games, one match ended with a tie and Real Salt Lake got two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / one. The games between these clubs have had a tendency to be brutal, having seen 3 sending-offs from the last six encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Gallagher 5 goals |   J. Savarino Quintero 4 goals |  S. Driussi 3 goals |
Austin missing players
Real Salt Lake missing players
| Austin | Real Salt Lake | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 8 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 7 | 15 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 16 | 9 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 7 | 16 |
| 21 | 8 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 12 | 26 |
| 93% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 86% | 80% |
| 73% | 50% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 86% | 80% |
| 53% | 38% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 57% | 67% |
| 20% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 29% | 40% |
| 7% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 13% |
| 53% | 50% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 57% | 53% |
| 20% | 38% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 14% | 20% |
| 33% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 43% | 47% |
| 4.8 | 6 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.3 | 4.7 | 5.4 |
| 7.4 | 6.9 | 12 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.3 | 4.6 | 3.7 |
| 1.7 | 1.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.3 | 2.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11.9 | 13.2 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 10 | 14.1 |
| 3.9 | 3.9 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.4 | 5.5 |
| 28% | 29% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 23% | 19% |
| 14.7 | 13.4 | 17 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.7 | 14.7 | 13.2 |
| 5.1 | 4.5 | 8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.7 |
- Austin have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- Real Salt Lake have the most conceded goals in the first half (13) 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 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 26 |
| 2 | Saint Louis City | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 29 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 25 |
| 3 | Los Angeles FC | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 25 |
| 4 | Dallas | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 23 |
| 5 | SJ Earthquakes | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 22 |
| 6 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 20 |
| 7 | Minnesota United | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -3 | 19 |
| 8 | Austin | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -5 | 19 |
| 9 | Houston Dynamo | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -3 | 18 |
| 10 | Portland Timbers | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -5 | 16 |
| 11 | Sporting KC | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | -8 | 16 |
| 12 | Real Salt Lake | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | -10 | 16 |
| 13 | Colorado Rapids | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | -11 | 12 |
| 14 | LA Galaxy | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 15 | -13 | 12 |
