Colorado Rapids travel to Real Salt Lake and Rio Tinto Stadium packed with optimism, but the home team are no pushover. More news on the game here!
- Real Salt Lake have the most scored goals in the first half (12) in Major League Soccer
- Colorado Rapids have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4) in Major League Soccer
It's no vacation for neither Salt 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.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Real Salt Lake form and stats
2-4-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Major League Soccer numbers at home for Real Salt Lake so far this season.
The spoils were shared in Salt's previous game, also at home. Visiting LA Galaxy (placed 3rd) travelled back with a draw after a 2-2 scoreline. Maikel Chang (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.81/10. Chang scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 18 successful passes (of 22 total). Opportunity lost for Real Salt Lake in the LA Galaxy match as a lead 2-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw.
A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Los Angeles FC.This is expected to be a close game, with Real Salt Lake perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Salt as a small favourite), we find 15 games. Real Salt Lake has won nine of these, drawn five and lost one.
Salt are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 11 goals in 8 games. On the other hand, Salt have conceded 9 goals.
Colorado Rapids form and stats
Playing away, Colorado Rapids, who have the most clean sheets (3) away in Major League Soccer, have won 2 games, drawn 1 and suffered 2 defeats in the Major League Soccer this season.
Lalas Abubakar and Michael Barrios scored in Colorado Rapids's previous match, the home game against Dallas that ended 2-0. Defender Lalas Abubakar was the best team player with a rating of 8.04. Abubakar scored one goal and won 3 of 5 duels.
A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting SJ Earthquakes.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found three similar matches played by Colorado Rapids in our archives, and the results are: zero wins for Colorado, one draw and two defeats.
Colorado Rapids find the net regularly in their away games. 5 goals from 5 away fixtures in the league. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 5 goals have been conceded by Colorado in these games. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: seven - one - two (Salt wins - draws - Colorado Rapids wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Kreilach 7 goals |  R. Méndez Rubin 4 goals |  M. Barrios Puerta 4 goals |
Real Salt Lake missing players
Colorado Rapids missing players
| Real Salt Lake | Colorado Rapids | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 13 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 21 | 11 | 5 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 21 |
| 16 | 9 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 92% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 92% |
| 85% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 60% | 85% |
| 69% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 40% | 46% |
| 38% | 38% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 31% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 77% | 75% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 40% | 54% |
| 15% | 12% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 60% | 46% |
| 15% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 8% |
| 5.5 | 6.5 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 3.8 | 4.7 |
| 6.5 | 4.6 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 5.4 | 3.8 |
| 2.2 | 1.8 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.6 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.4 | 12.8 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 10.8 | 13.2 |
| 4 | 4 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.6 | 4.3 |
| 40% | 34% | 71% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 28% | 38% |
- Colorado Rapids have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4) in Major League Soccer
- Colorado Rapids have the most clean sheets (3) away in Major League Soccer
- Colorado Rapids have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Real Salt Lake have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Colorado Rapids have scored away.
- Real Salt Lake have the most scored goals in the first half (12) 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 | Seattle Sounders | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 29 |
| 2 | Sporting KC | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 27 |
| 3 | LA Galaxy | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 23 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 25 |
| 4 | Colorado Rapids | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 24 |
| 5 | Los Angeles FC | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 21 |
| 6 | Portland Timbers | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | -3 | 19 |
| 7 | Minnesota United | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -3 | 18 |
| 8 | Real Salt Lake | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 17 |
| 9 | Houston Dynamo | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -3 | 16 |
| 10 | Austin | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -4 | 13 |
| 11 | SJ Earthquakes | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -8 | 13 |
| 12 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -9 | 13 |
| 13 | Dallas | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 15 | -9 | 11 |