It's only been four days and nights since Real Salt Lake ran out versus Dallas and the result was 1-1. What will happen vs Minnesota United?
- Real Salt Lake have the fewest scored goals in the first half (11) in Major League Soccer
- Minnesota United is in the best form (4-1-1) in Major League Soccer
It's quite the trip for Minnesota United when visiting Salt as the cities are 2000 kilometers apart.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Real Salt Lake and Minnesota United.
Real Salt Lake form and stats
Real Salt Lake, who have the fewest conceded goals (12) at home in Major League Soccer, have collected 25 points from their Major League Soccer home games so far after 7-4-2.
An away draw last time out for Real Salt Lake, facing Dallas in a game that ended 1-1. The hometeam coach Mastroeni made a successful contribution in the game against Dallas, bringing on Julio who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw. Midfielder Ruiz was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.14 (out of ten) in that game. Ruiz hit the woodwork two (!) times, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 30 successful passes (of 37 total).
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Vancouver Whitecaps.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 18 games) they have won 7 times, drawn 6 and lost 5.
Take note that 8 of the latest 10 league matches from these players have had at least one goal from each team.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Real Salt Lake as they are travelling to their away game against Los Angeles FC in the Major League Soccer. That match is four days after this one.
Real Salt Lake have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Rio Tinto Stadium with 20 goals in 13 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Real Salt Lake have conceded only 12 goals. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Minnesota United form and stats
6 wins, 1 draw and 6 losses. That’s the product of Minnesota United playing as the away team in the Major League Soccer this season.
Impressive finishing from Amarilla secured the home win 2-1 against Houston Dynamo in their previous game. Funny stuff; the scoreline 2-1 has been on "repeat" three times in a row! Attacker Amarilla got a player rating of 7.7 in the game. "Man of the match" Amarilla scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 4 of 6 times.
Before that, Minnesota secured a home win against Austin with the score 2-1.Minnesota United are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 9 wins, 7 draws and 7 defeats. From a total of 23 matches.
Observe that 11 of this club's 13 latest league fixtures have ended with at least three goals.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Dallas in just three days.
Minnesota United are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 20 times in 13 away games so far. In the opposite end, Minnesota have conceded 21 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Minnesota United - Real Salt Lake 3-2 was the story when this pair of squads previously did battle, also in this season. Salt-Minnesota United H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Real Salt Lake one win, Minnesota United four wins, five draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  E. Reynoso 10 goals |  L. Amarilla Lencina 9 goals |   S. Córdova Lezama 7 goals |
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Minnesota United missing players
| Real Salt Lake | Minnesota United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 13 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 27 |
| 10 | 7 | 1 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 35 | 20 | 3 | Scored | S | 8 | 20 | 44 |
| 36 | 12 | 6 | Conceded | C | 4 | 21 | 37 |
| 89% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 74% | 69% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 85% | 81% |
| 56% | 54% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 69% | 59% |
| 26% | 23% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 31% | 26% |
| 15% | 8% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 15% | 15% |
| 56% | 46% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 77% | 70% |
| 30% | 46% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | 15% |
| 26% | 15% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 15% | 15% |
| 5.2 | 6.1 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.3 | 5.1 |
| 4.6 | 4.1 | 2.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.3 | 6.8 | 5.9 |
| 2.2 | 1.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3 | 2.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | 14.1 | 18 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 10.8 | 12.6 |
| 4.1 | 4.7 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 4 | 4.8 |
| 32% | 33% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 47% | 38% | 34% |
| 12.3 | 10.2 | 9.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.3 | 16.9 | 14.5 |
| 4.8 | 4 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 5.3 | 4.7 |
- Minnesota United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Minnesota United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Minnesota United is in the best form (4-1-1) in Major League Soccer
- Real Salt Lake have the fewest conceded goals (12) at home in Major League Soccer
- Real Salt Lake have the fewest scored goals in the first half (11) 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 | 27 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 56 | 30 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 26 | 57 |
| 2 | Austin | 27 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 59 | 37 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 36 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 22 | 51 |
| 3 | Minnesota United | 27 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 44 | 37 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 7 | 44 |
| 4 | Dallas | 29 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 40 | 33 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 7 | 43 |
| 5 | Nashville SC | 28 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 41 | 36 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 5 | 39 |
| 6 | Real Salt Lake | 27 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 35 | 36 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 24 | -1 | 39 |
| 7 | LA Galaxy | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 42 | 38 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 4 | 37 |
| 8 | Portland Timbers | 28 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 45 | 45 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 29 | 0 | 36 |
| 9 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 28 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 32 | 49 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 30 | -17 | 34 |
| 10 | Seattle Sounders | 27 | 10 | 3 | 14 | 36 | 36 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 0 | 33 |
| 11 | Colorado Rapids | 27 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 37 | 46 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 33 | -9 | 32 |
| 12 | Sporting KC | 28 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 31 | 49 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 33 | -18 | 29 |
| 13 | SJ Earthquakes | 27 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 42 | 55 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 23 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 32 | -13 | 27 |
| 14 | Houston Dynamo | 27 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 33 | 45 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 15 | 28 | -12 | 26 |
