The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Real Salt Lake are in the 5th position while the guesting Colorado Rapids worry at 10th.
It's no vacation for neither Real Salt Lake nor Colorado Rapids as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
It's quite the trip for Colorado Rapids when visiting Real Salt Lake as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.
Real Salt Lake form and stats
When playing at home in the Major League Soccer, Real Salt Lake, who have the most clean sheets (4) in Major League Soccer, have managed 2 wins, 3 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 6 games.
Salt's last game was hosting Los Angeles FC (placed 8th) and winning 3-0. Prior to that, an away loss at Minnesota United.
Andrew Putna loved the game against Los Angeles FC. With a stunning eight saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 3-0 victory.
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 Salt have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found twelve games) they have won nine times, drawn two and lost one.
Salt has scored 8 league goals at home this season, in 6 matches. From these home matches, Salt have conceded only 5 goals.
Colorado Rapids form and stats
The visitors, who have the fewest clean sheets (0) in Major League Soccer, are W1-D1-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Major League Soccer. Colorado Rapids have had a generous will to share for some time now, running a streak of three draws in a row.
There were no winners in Colorado's previous match, a Major League Soccer home game that ended 1-1 vs Houston Dynamo (placed 6th). A 1-1 draw at SJ Earthquakes's stadium before that.
Colorado 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, one draw and one defeat. From a total of three matches.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Major League Soccer trip to Dallas.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Colorado Rapids have scored 5 goals in 4 league games away. Colorado struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 7 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Colorado Rapids - Salt 1-4. Real Salt Lake-Colorado Rapids H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Real Salt Lake eight wins, Colorado Rapids one win, one draw. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  D. Kreilach 6 goals |   K. Kamara 3 goals |  J. Lewis 3 goals |
Real Salt Lake missing players
Colorado Rapids missing players
| Real Salt Lake | Colorado Rapids | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 6 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 18 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| 19 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 7 | 16 |
| 82% | 83% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 82% | 83% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 55% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 56% |
| 45% | 17% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 33% |
| 27% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 22% |
| 45% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 75% | 89% |
| 36% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 36% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 11% |
| 4.9 | 4 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5.2 | 4.9 |
| 4.7 | 3.8 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4.8 | 4.8 |
| 2.5 | 3.2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.2 | 2.3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 137 | 73 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 57 | 130 |
| 53 | 25 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 21 | 39 |
| 34% | 32% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 24% | 31% |
- All of Colorado Rapids's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Colorado Rapids has the fewest clean sheets (0) in Major League Soccer
- Colorado Rapids has the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in Major League Soccer
- Colorado Rapids has the most dropped points from leading position (10) in Major League Soccer
- Colorado Rapids have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Colorado Rapids haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Real Salt Lake has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Major League Soccer
- Real Salt Lake has the most clean sheets (3) at home in Major League Soccer
- Real Salt Lake has the most clean sheets (4) in Major League Soccer
- Real Salt Lake have won significantly less corners at home than away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Minnesota United | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 17 |
| 2 | Sporting KC | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 17 |
| 3 | Seattle Sounders | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 15 |
| 4 | LA Galaxy | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 14 |
| 5 | Portland Timbers | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | -2 | 14 |
| 6 | Houston Dynamo | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 14 |
| 7 | Real Salt Lake | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 14 |
| 8 | Los Angeles FC | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | -1 | 12 |
| 9 | Dallas | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 10 | Colorado Rapids | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -4 | 10 |
| 11 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -8 | 9 |
| 12 | SJ Earthquakes | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -5 | 9 |