Major League Soccer: Real Salt Lake receive Dallas in what promises to be an action-packed football game. Here's a full preview!
- Real Salt Lake have the most clean sheets (8) in Major League Soccer
- Dallas have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Dallas have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2100 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Real Salt Lake form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Rio Tinto Stadium as Real Salt Lake have scored 18 goals to get 24 points from 10 games. The overall stats in the Major League Soccer are 7-3-0 (wins-draws-losses).
Real Salt Lake's last game was hosting Sporting KC (placed 14th) and winning 3-0. At last, a league victory after four matches without one. Midfield player Savarino got a match rating of 8.64 in that game, the max score being 10. Savarino scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 29 successful passes (of 34 total).
A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Atlanta United.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 Real Salt Lake have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 18 games) they have won 8 times, drawn 6 and lost 4.
Lots of goals and action? We don't know the future, but we do know that 8 of the 10 latest league games with this team has had at least three goals.
A decent goal production from Real Salt Lake in their home games so far, with 18 goals from 10 league matches. Salt have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Dallas form and stats
Playing away, Dallas have won 2 games, drawn 5 and suffered 3 defeats in the Major League Soccer this season.
There were no winners in Dallas's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Austin (placed 2nd). Velasco, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.72. Velasco hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 7 times and had 23 successful passes (of 27 total).
Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus New York City.Dallas are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 5 draws and 8 defeats. From a total of 16 matches.
Observe! Both teams have scored at least one goal in 9 of this club's last 11 league games.
Dallas have scored 14 goals on their travels this season, from 10 away games in the league. Dallas have conceded 14 goals in these away matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Real Salt Lake-Dallas H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Salt three wins, Dallas three wins, four draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  J. Ferreira 11 goals |  P. Arriola 9 goals |   S. Córdova Lezama 4 goals |
Real Salt Lake missing players
Dallas missing players
| Real Salt Lake | Dallas | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 10 | 21 |
| 9 | 7 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 28 | 18 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 14 | 31 |
| 26 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 14 | 25 |
| 86% | 90% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 90% |
| 71% | 70% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 70% | 81% |
| 57% | 60% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 70% | 52% |
| 24% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 60% | 38% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 48% | 40% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 70% | 67% |
| 38% | 60% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 19% |
| 29% | 10% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 30% | 24% |
| 5.5 | 5.9 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3 | 4.6 |
| 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.4 |
| 2.2 | 2 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 3 | 2.3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11.2 | 13.1 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 10.1 | 11.9 |
| 4 | 4.8 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.6 | 4 |
| 33% | 38% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 39% | 36% |
| 12 | 9.6 | 12.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17.5 | 14.2 | 10.7 |
| 5 | 3.7 | 6.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 4.4 | 3.6 |
- Dallas have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Dallas have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Real Salt Lake have not yet lost a game at home.
- Real Salt Lake have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Real Salt Lake have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Real Salt Lake have the fewest conceded goals (6) at home in Major League Soccer
- Real Salt Lake have the most clean sheets (8) 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 | Los Angeles FC | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 40 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 42 |
| 2 | Austin | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 42 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 18 | 41 |
| 3 | Real Salt Lake | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 26 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 2 | 33 |
| 4 | Minnesota United | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 29 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 31 |
| 5 | Nashville SC | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 0 | 30 |
| 6 | Dallas | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 31 | 25 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 29 |
| 7 | Portland Timbers | 21 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 33 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 3 | 27 |
| 8 | LA Galaxy | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 28 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 27 |
| 9 | Seattle Sounders | 20 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 26 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 26 |
| 10 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 34 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 23 | -11 | 26 |
| 11 | Houston Dynamo | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 27 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 17 | -2 | 25 |
| 12 | Colorado Rapids | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -3 | 24 |
| 13 | SJ Earthquakes | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 33 | 41 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 22 | -8 | 22 |
| 14 | Sporting KC | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 38 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 29 | -19 | 20 |
