Real Salt Lake are ready for a new challenge after their 1-2 against 1-2 last time out. Houston Dynamo are coming to town!
- Real Salt Lake have the fewest matches under the total-line (2) in Major League Soccer
- Houston Dynamo have the most scored goals in the first half (9) in Major League Soccer
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Houston Dynamo have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2300 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
Real Salt Lake form and stats
When playing at home in the Major League Soccer, Real Salt Lake have managed 2 wins, 2 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 5 games.
The fans are hoping that Salt will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the Major League Soccer game against Seattle Sounders (placed 1st). Defender Justen Glad got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.2/10. Glad won 2 of 7 duels.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Vancouver Whitecaps in a game that was won 3-1.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 ten games) they have won four times, drawn three and lost three.
Real Salt Lake have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Rio Tinto Stadium with 8 goals in 5 league matches. On the other hand, Salt have conceded 5 goals.
Houston Dynamo form and stats
As the visiting team in Major League Soccer matches, Houston Dynamo have produced an overall stat of 0-2-3 so far.
Houston Dynamo delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Portland Timbers (placed 6th) in their previous match; a Major League Soccer game. Midfield player Derrick Jones was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.64/10. Jones dribled passed the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 35 successful passes (of 42 total). Drawing 2-2 against Portland Timbers after 90 minutes last time out was very disappointing after leading the match 2-0. Their manager T. Ramos needs to evaluate why the team couldn't defend their result.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Los Angeles FC that ended 1-1.Houston Dynamo 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, three draws and six defeats. From a total of ten matches.
Houston Dynamo have scored 6 goals on their travels this season, from 5 away games in the league. For Houston Dynamo, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Real Salt Lake four wins, two draws and Houston Dynamo four victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Kreilach 5 goals |   M. Urruti 5 goals |  R. Méndez Rubin 4 goals |
Real Salt Lake missing players
Houston Dynamo missing players
| Real Salt Lake | Houston Dynamo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | Played | P | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 13 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 10 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 10 | 15 |
| 88% | 80% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 88% | 80% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 75% | 60% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 60% | 60% |
| 38% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 30% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 10% |
| 88% | 80% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 12% | 20% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 12% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4.6 | 5.6 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 2.2 | 4 |
| 6.8 | 4.8 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6.8 | 5.9 |
| 2.5 | 2.2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.4 | 11.4 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 9.2 | 10.9 |
| 3.5 | 3.8 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 3.4 | 3.4 |
| 46% | 42% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 35% | 41% |
- All of Houston Dynamo's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Houston Dynamo have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Houston Dynamo have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Houston Dynamo have scored in all their matches so far.
- Houston Dynamo have the most conceded goals in the second half (10) in Major League Soccer
- Houston Dynamo have the most scored goals in the first half (9) in Major League Soccer
- Houston Dynamo have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Houston Dynamo have yet to win a game away.
- Houston Dynamo haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Real Salt Lake have the fewest matches under the total-line (2) in Major League Soccer
- Real Salt Lake have won significantly more 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 | Seattle Sounders | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 24 |
| 2 | Sporting KC | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 20 |
| 3 | LA Galaxy | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 18 |
| 4 | Colorado Rapids | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 16 |
| 5 | Houston Dynamo | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -1 | 13 |
| 6 | Portland Timbers | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -1 | 13 |
| 7 | Real Salt Lake | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 12 |
| 8 | Los Angeles FC | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
| 9 | Minnesota United | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -3 | 11 |
| 10 | SJ Earthquakes | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 10 |
| 11 | Austin | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -5 | 9 |
| 12 | Dallas | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | -5 | 7 |
| 13 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -6 | 7 |