Austin have come here for an intriguing game against the home side Real Salt Lake. Get smart on the match with this thorough Major League Soccer preview!
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the CONCACAF Champions League. That game, against Violette AC, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Austin.
Real Salt Lake form and stats
In their previous game, the manager Mastroeni led his Real Salt Lake to a defeat away at Seattle Sounders. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Rio Tinto Stadium. Glad, defender, was given a rating of 7.41/10 in that game, top of the team. Glad won 3 of 4 duels.
Before that match, a win away at Vancouver Whitecaps.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 Salt have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 10 matches with the results: Won 8, drawn 2 and lost 0.
Austin form and stats
Two away games in a row for Austin, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-3 versus Violette AC in the CONCACAF Champions League. Defender Lundqvist was the best team player with a rating of 6.81. Lundqvist won 6 of 8 duels.
Before that, Austin secured a home win against Montreal Impact with the score 1-0.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Austin playing away and similar expectations, we found 4 relevant matches. Results were 1 Austin win, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as Austin are hosting Violette AC in the CONCACAF Champions League only three days away.
Head 2 Head
Last five meetings between these sides: Real Salt Lake won two, Austin were winners in two and we saw one draw. four games with more than 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less. The games between these clubs have sometimes been brutal, having seen 3 red cards from the last five encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Glad 1 goals |  D. Kreilach 1 goals |   M. Urruti 1 goals |
Real Salt Lake missing players
Austin missing players
| Real Salt Lake | Austin | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 100% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5.5 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 6.5 |
| 7 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 7.5 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 13.5 |
| 4.5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 3.5 |
| 22% | 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 43% |
| 18.5 | 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 13.5 |
| 7.5 | 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 5.5 |
| Real Salt Lake | Last season | Austin | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 35 | 17 | Played | P | 18 | 37 | ||
| 12 | 9 | Won | W | 8 | 17 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Drew | D | 2 | 9 | ||
| 11 | 3 | Lost | L | 8 | 11 | ||
| 45 | 27 | Scored | S | 23 | 69 | ||
| 47 | 15 | Conceded | C | 29 | 55 | ||
| 89% | 88% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 77% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 86% | ||
| 57% | 59% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 70% | ||
| 26% | 24% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 22% | 38% | ||
| 11% | 6% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 24% | ||
| 54% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 62% | ||
| 29% | 47% | Clean Sheets | C S | 22% | 22% | ||
| 29% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 28% | 16% | ||
| 5.4 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.6 | 4.9 | ||
| 4.7 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.1 | 4.8 | ||
| 2 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.1 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 4 | ||
| 12.4 | 14.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.1 | 13.3 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 4.5 | ||
| 30% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 41% | ||
| 12.7 | 9.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.2 | 13.2 | ||
| 4.8 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 4.8 | ||
| 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 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | Saint Louis City | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Los Angeles FC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Dallas | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Minnesota United | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Portland Timbers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | SJ Earthquakes | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Austin | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Real Salt Lake | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 10 | Sporting KC | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 11 | Colorado Rapids | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 1 |
| 12 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 13 | LA Galaxy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 14 | Houston Dynamo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 0 |
