On paper it looks like advantage Real Salt Lake in this fixture against New York City, but the visitors will fight to the end. Here's our match guide!
- Real Salt Lake have the most conceded goals (27) in Major League Soccer
- New York City have the fewest matches over the total-line (6) in Major League Soccer
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 3400 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Salt have less rest than New York City in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a US Open Cup game only three days ago. This match was also played here at Rio Tinto Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, New York City have had more rest.
Real Salt Lake form and stats
With 2 Major League Soccer wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats from their home games, Real Salt Lake are certainly not brimming with confidence.
Real Salt Lake's previous fixture was a US Open Cup game also played at their home, finishing 3-2 vs LA Galaxy. The home side hope to to continue in that form.
In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting Austin.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 Real Salt Lake as a small favourite), we find 9 games. Real Salt Lake has won 7 of these, drawn 2 and lost 0.
Salt has scored 9 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Real Salt Lake defense is not exactly impregnable. 14 goals conceded from 8 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
New York City form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for New York City so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 0-3-5 (win-draw-lose).
New York City's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus New England that finished 0-0. Barraza (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 7.61. Barraza topped it up with a clean sheet.
The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-3 defeat against Cincinnati.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with New York City playing away and similar expectations, we found 14 relevant matches. Results were 2 York wins, 3 draws and 9 defeats.
The visitors have scored 5 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. New York City have conceded 11 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Real Salt Lake-New York City H2H statistics last six meetings regardless of arena: Real Salt Lake four wins, New York City two wins, zero draws. five of these six matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  J. Savarino Quintero 4 goals |   G. Pereira dos Santos 4 goals |  S. Rodríguez Molina 4 goals |
Real Salt Lake missing players
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| Real Salt Lake | New York City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 8 | 16 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 17 |
| 27 | 14 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 11 | 22 |
| 81% | 75% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 94% |
| 81% | 75% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 62% | 69% |
| 69% | 75% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 12% | 38% |
| 38% | 50% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 12% | 31% |
| 12% | 12% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 12% |
| 56% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 62% |
| 19% | 25% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 44% | 50% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 31% |
| 5.1 | 6 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.9 | 4.6 |
| 4.2 | 3 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2.4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14.1 | 17.6 | 19.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 9.1 | 11.9 |
| 5.6 | 6.5 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.9 | 4.4 |
| 20% | 17% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 22% | 24% |
| 13.3 | 11.9 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 9.9 | 10.6 |
| 4.7 | 4.5 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.4 | 4 |
- New York City have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- New York City have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- New York City have the fewest matches over the total-line (6) in Major League Soccer
- New York City have yet to win a game away.
- 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 the most conceded goals (14) at home in Major League Soccer
- Real Salt Lake have the most conceded goals (27) in Major League Soccer
- Real Salt Lake have the most conceded goals in the first half (13) in Major League Soccer
- Real Salt Lake have the the worst goal difference (-5) at home 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 | Saint Louis City | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 32 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 28 |
| 2 | Seattle Sounders | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 27 |
| 3 | Los Angeles FC | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 26 |
| 4 | Dallas | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 26 |
| 5 | SJ Earthquakes | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 23 |
| 6 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 21 |
| 7 | Minnesota United | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 12 | -3 | 20 |
| 8 | Austin | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -6 | 19 |
| 9 | Real Salt Lake | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -9 | 19 |
| 10 | Houston Dynamo | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 19 | -6 | 18 |
| 11 | Portland Timbers | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -5 | 17 |
| 12 | Sporting KC | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -8 | 17 |
| 13 | Colorado Rapids | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 25 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | -11 | 13 |
| 14 | LA Galaxy | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 15 | -13 | 12 |
