Colorado Rapids open their doors to Real Salt Lake for another exciting Major League Soccer fixture here at Dick's Sporting Goods Park.
These teams have little in common geographically as Real Salt Lake have to travel 800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Colorado Rapids form and stats
As mentioned below, Colorado Rapids are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 2 Major League Soccer games. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Colorado Rapids after consecutive victories at their own ground.
The Colorado Rapids manager Fraser and his gang return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Houston Dynamo (placed 10th). Midfield player Kaye got a match rating of 7.61 in that game, the max score being 10. Kaye scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Ahead of that match, Colorado won a home game hosting Sporting KC (2-0).Early season league goal statistics from Colorado Rapids's 2 home games: 5 goals, 0 conceded.
Real Salt Lake form and stats
Real Salt Lake are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Major League Soccer, having played 3 games and collected 4 points (1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss).
It might be tough going out on the road again for Real Salt Lake, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-1 versus Sporting KC (placed 9th). Midfield player Ruiz was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.42/10. Ruiz hit two key passes.
That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Nashville SC.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Real Salt Lake when being an outsider away as they are today, we find twelve matches with the visitors losing five times, drawing four and winning three games.
3 goals so far away for Real Salt Lake, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 3. All from 3 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Head to head statistics (for the preceeding ten meetings): Colorado won two games, zero matches ended in a draw and Real Salt Lake have eight wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: eight / twoTop Goalscorers
  M. Kaye 2 goals |  D. Rubio Kostner 2 goals |   B. Wood 2 goals |
Colorado Rapids missing players
Real Salt Lake missing players
| Colorado Rapids | Real Salt Lake | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 67% | 80% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 33% | 40% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 20% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 40% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 40% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 67% | 40% |
| 4.8 | 5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 7.3 | 7 |
| 5.2 | 7.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 6.3 | 5 |
| 2 | 2.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.7 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7.5 | 8.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 9.3 | 10.4 |
| 3.2 | 4.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.7 | 3.8 |
| 46% | 56% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 27% | 32% |
| 10 | 9.5 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 10.7 | 11.2 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4 | 5.2 |
| Colorado Rapids | Last season | Real Salt Lake | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 35 | 18 | Played | P | 20 | 37 | ||
| 17 | 9 | Won | W | 6 | 15 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 11 | 15 | ||
| 51 | 31 | Scored | S | 27 | 57 | ||
| 36 | 15 | Conceded | C | 36 | 57 | ||
| 91% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 90% | 92% | ||
| 74% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 76% | ||
| 46% | 39% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 70% | 68% | ||
| 26% | 22% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 35% | 38% | ||
| 6% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 19% | ||
| 51% | 56% | BTTS | BTTS | 65% | 68% | ||
| 37% | 39% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 22% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 19% | ||
| 5 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 4.7 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.1 | 6.5 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.1 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 13.5 | 14.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 12.6 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.6 | ||
| 33% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 33% | ||
| 12.7 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17.2 | 14.7 | ||
| 4.3 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 4.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Los Angeles FC | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | Real Salt Lake | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 3 | Minnesota United | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 | Austin | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 |
| 5 | Dallas | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 6 | Colorado Rapids | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 7 | LA Galaxy | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 8 | Portland Timbers | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 9 | Sporting KC | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -4 | 6 |
| 10 | Houston Dynamo | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 11 | Seattle Sounders | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 12 | Nashville SC | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 4 |
| 13 | SJ Earthquakes | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 1 |
| 14 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -7 | 1 |
