Real Salt Lake have journeyed here for an intriguing duel against the home team New York City. Get ready for the fixture with this in-depth Major League Soccer preview!
- New York City have the fewest matches over the total-line (0) in Major League Soccer
These teams have little in common geographically as Real Salt Lake have to travel 3400 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
New York City have less rest than Real Salt Lake in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a CONCACAF Champions League game only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Seattle Sounders, was also a home game here at Yankee Stadium. The away team is better rested.
New York City form and stats
Only two Major League Soccer home games for New York City so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
The home regulars saw a 1-1 draw vs Seattle Sounders in the CONCACAF Champions League last time out and are looking for a win here. Rodríguez (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.83/10. Rodríguez scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, hit four key passes and had 37 successful passes (of 42 total).
At Yankee Stadium, New York City has the goal stats of 4-3 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Real Salt Lake form and stats
The visitors are W1-D2-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Major League Soccer.
Real Salt Lake's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Toronto that finished 2-2. Midfielder Chang was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.3. Chang served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Before that, Salt travelled to Colorado Rapids and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Northern Colorado in just three days.
It's early days yet, but Real Salt Lake has scored 4 and conceded 4 goals from their travels in the league so far (4 games).
Head 2 Head
As for the last five games between these two teams, there's one New York City victory, zero draws and four Real Salt Lake wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, one match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Wood 2 goals |  T. Schmitt 2 goals |  A. Callens Asín 1 goals |
New York City missing players
Real Salt Lake missing players
| New York City | Real Salt Lake | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 86% |
| 60% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 57% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 25% | 43% |
| 20% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 25% | 29% |
| 20% | 50% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 25% | 14% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 57% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 29% |
| 60% | 50% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 29% |
| 7 | 8 | 9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 8 | 6.5 | 6.7 |
| 6.2 | 8 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6 | 4.7 |
| 2.4 | 2.5 | 4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.8 | 2.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15.6 | 17 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 8.5 | 10.7 |
| 4.8 | 5 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7 | 3.2 | 3.4 |
| 21% | 40% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 31% | 38% |
| 11.4 | 12.5 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 12.2 | 11.4 |
| 3.4 | 4 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.2 | 4.9 |
- All of New York City's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- New York City have the fewest matches over the total-line (0) 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 | Philadelphia Union | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 16 |
| 2 | Orlando City | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| 3 | New York RB | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | Atlanta United | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 5 | Chicago Fire | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 6 | Charlotte | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -2 | 9 |
| 7 | Columbus Crew | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 8 | Toronto | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 8 |
| 9 | Montreal Impact | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 13 | -4 | 7 |
| 10 | DC United | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 11 | Cincinnati | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 6 |
| 12 | New York City | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 13 | New England | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 4 |
| 14 | Inter Miami | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -9 | 4 |
