Real Salt Lake vs New York City match preview: Even contest expected at Rio Tinto Stadium

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Date: Sun 04.August
Match begins: 02:00 (UTC)
Venue: Rio Tinto Stadium (21363 seats)

Real Salt Lake will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 4 points behind New York City.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 3500 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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Real Salt Lake form and stats

Real Salt Lake have performed well here at Rio Tinto Stadium so far this season with 7 wins from 10 matches. Some points have also been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 2.

Real Salt Lake drew their last game, 0-0 away at Dallas. Before that, Real Salt Lake drew at home versus Minnesota United.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Real Salt Lake have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found seven matches with the results: Won 4 Drawn 1 Lost 2.

Real Salt Lake have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Rio Tinto Stadium with 19 goals in 10 matches. From these home matches, Real Salt Lake have conceded only 9 goals.

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New York City form and stats

4 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of New York City playing as the away team this season.

New York City are travelling after their nice 3-1 home win in the Major League Soccer against Sporting KC. Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Colorado Rapids.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 17 similar matches played by New York City in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for New York City, 3 draws and 9 defeats.

The travelling fans enjoy New York City's attacking play in away games, having scored 17 goals in 10 away matches. New York City have conceded 15 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last four meetings): Real Salt Lake won 3 games, 0 matches ended with a draw and New York City has 1 win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 3 / 1

Top Goalscorers

S. Johnson
8 goals
Heber
8 goals / 2 assists
A. Rusnák
7 goals / 2 assists

Real Salt Lake missing players

New York City missing players

Real Salt Lake New York City
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs mid Away Total
22 10 0 Played 1 10 20
9 7 0 Won 0 4 9
4 1 0 Drew 1 4 8
9 2 0 Lost 0 2 3
30 19 0 Scored 3 17 36
30 9 0 Conceded 3 15 24
95% 100% 0% Over 0.5 100% 100% 90%
77% 80% 0% Over 1.5 100% 100% 80%
59% 60% 0% Over 2.5 100% 60% 55%
23% 20% 0% Over 3.5 100% 40% 40%
14% 10% 0% Over 4.5 100% 10% 15%
50% 50% 0% BTTS 100% 60% 55%
32% 50% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 30% 35%
23% 0% 0% Failed To Score 0% 10% 20%
 
3.7 4.4 0 Corners For (avg) 2 5.4 5.7
6.6 5.8 0 Corners Against (avg) 9 5.4 4.7
2.2 2.3 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 2.1 2.1
4 1 0 Red Cards 0 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • All of New York City's away matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • New York City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • New York City haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • 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 scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Real Salt Lake haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

Real Salt Lake
All US Open Cup Mobile Mini Sun Cup Major League Soccer Club Friendlies
All Home Away
04-07-19 MLS Real Salt Lake 1 - 0 Columbus Crew
07-07-19 MLS SJ Earthquakes 1 - 0 Real Salt Lake
14-07-19 MLS Real Salt Lake 4 - 0 Philadelphia Union
21-07-19 MLS Real Salt Lake 1 - 1 Minnesota United
28-07-19 MLS Dallas 0 - 0 Real Salt Lake
04-08-19 MLS Real Salt Lake 02:00 New York City
11-08-19 MLS Sporting KC 00:30 Real Salt Lake
15-08-19 MLS Real Salt Lake 02:00 Seattle Sounders
18-08-19 MLS Real Salt Lake 02:00 Los Angeles FC
25-08-19 MLS Real Salt Lake 02:00 Colorado Rapids
New York City
All US Open Cup Major League Soccer Club Friendlies
All Home Away
07-07-19 MLS New York City 0 - 1 Portland Timbers
10-07-19 UOC Orlando City 1 - 1 New York City
14-07-19 MLS New York RB 2 - 1 New York City
21-07-19 MLS Colorado Rapids 1 - 2 New York City
26-07-19 MLS New York City 3 - 1 Sporting KC
04-08-19 MLS Real Salt Lake 02:00 New York City
08-08-19 MLS New York City 23:00 Houston Dynamo
11-08-19 MLS Atlanta United 20:00 New York City
17-08-19 MLS Cincinnati 23:30 New York City
21-08-19 MLS New York City 23:00 Columbus Crew

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Los Angeles FC 22 15 4 3 59 23 10 9 1 0 30 10 12 6 3 3 29 13 36 49
2 Seattle Sounders 22 11 5 6 33 28 11 8 2 1 20 10 11 3 3 5 13 18 5 38
3 SJ Earthquakes 22 11 4 7 39 33 12 8 1 3 24 15 10 3 3 4 15 18 6 37
4 LA Galaxy 22 12 1 9 30 31 12 8 0 4 20 16 10 4 1 5 10 15 -1 37
5 Minnesota United 22 10 5 7 38 30 11 6 4 1 20 9 11 4 1 6 18 21 8 35
6 Dallas 23 9 6 8 31 26 12 6 5 1 18 10 11 3 1 7 13 16 5 33
7 Portland Timbers 21 9 4 8 35 32 6 3 2 1 14 6 15 6 2 7 21 26 3 31
8 Real Salt Lake 22 9 4 9 30 30 10 7 1 2 19 9 12 2 3 7 11 21 0 31
9 Houston Dynamo 22 9 3 10 32 35 12 7 3 2 21 13 10 2 0 8 11 22 -3 30
10 Sporting KC 22 6 7 9 33 39 11 4 3 4 21 22 11 2 4 5 12 17 -6 25
11 Vancouver Whitecaps 24 4 9 11 23 41 12 3 4 5 11 17 12 1 5 6 12 24 -18 21
12 Colorado Rapids 22 5 5 12 33 45 12 4 2 6 21 24 10 1 3 6 12 21 -12 20

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