This promises to be another interesting encounter at Allianz Field in the Major League Soccer. Minnesota United is in 13th position and welcome Real Salt Lake in 9th place. Read all about the match here!
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 2000 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Minnesota United form and stats
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 Minnesota have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 13 games) they have won eight times, drawn four and lost one.
Last season, Minnesota United's league statistics were 15 wins, 8 draws and 11 losses, resulting in a 3rd position in the Major League Soccer. Over these 34 matches they scored 52 goals and conceded 43. Playing at home last season Minnesota United managed 10-6-1 (win-draw-lost) with 29 goals and 13 conceded.
Real Salt Lake form and stats
Salt are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, three draws and six defeats. From a total of ten matches.
Let's have a look at how Real Salt Lake performed last season in the Major League Soccer: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 16 victories, 5 draws and 13 defeats. In total they scored 46 and conceded 41 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 4 and lost 9 with 15/26 goals scored/conceded.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Minnesota won five games, four matches ended with a draw and Real Salt Lake has one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveMinnesota United missing players
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| Minnesota United | Real Salt Lake | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Minnesota United | Last season | Real Salt Lake | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 27 | 10 | Played | P | 10 | 23 | ||
| 12 | 6 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Lost | L | 6 | 11 | ||
| 50 | 22 | Scored | S | 13 | 27 | ||
| 34 | 9 | Conceded | C | 22 | 40 | ||
| 89% | 90% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 83% | ||
| 81% | 90% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 83% | ||
| 74% | 80% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 70% | 57% | ||
| 44% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 30% | ||
| 15% | 10% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 30% | 17% | ||
| 59% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 48% | ||
| 33% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 30% | ||
| 19% | 10% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 39% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.3 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 14 | 15.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 12.3 | ||
| 5 | 5.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.7 | ||
| 37% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 32% | ||
| 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | Houston Dynamo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | SJ Earthquakes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 13 | Minnesota United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 0 |