Seattle Sounders pay a visit to Real Salt Lake and Rio Tinto Stadium full of optimism, but the team playing at home is hard to beat. More information on the fixture here!
- Real Salt Lake have the most matches over the total-line (16) in Major League Soccer
- Seattle Sounders have the fewest conceded goals (19) in Major League Soccer
Little time to rest for the hosts, as they were involved in a Major League Soccer fixture only three days back. That game was an away game at SJ Earthquakes, so at least Real Salt Lake are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Seattle Sounders, who are travelling more than 1200 kilometers to play this game.
Real Salt Lake form and stats
The complete Major League Soccer results playing at home this season for Real Salt Lake are 6-4-2 (wins-draws-losses). Ever since the LA Galaxy game Salt has been unbeatable here at Rio Tinto Stadium producing four straight wins.
Real Salt Lake enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at SJ Earthquakes's place. The match ended 4-3 with Albert Rusnák, Rubio Rubin (2) and Justin Meram scoring. The striker Rubio Rubin outperformed all the other players in that game and got a match rating of 9.03 out of 10. Rubin scored two goals, hit one key pass and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 2 times. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
Heartbreak before that as Salt lost 2-3 at Los Angeles FC's place.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 Salt have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 16 matches with the results: Won ten, drawn five and lost one.
A decent goal production from Real Salt Lake in their home games so far, with 20 goals from 12 league matches. Real Salt Lake have conceded 12 in these home matches.
Seattle Sounders form and stats
Seattle Sounders have an excellent away record in the Major League Soccer so far with 7-2-1 from 10 games. A great winning streak in away games for Seattle Sounders as they have managed to win four matches in a row as the visitors. Not since the Minnesota United have they travelled home without three points.
Sounders are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the Major League Soccer against Minnesota United (placed 8th). Goalkeeper Stefan Frei got the top player rating of the team with 8.02/10. Frei stopped the opponent with four saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.
The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-2 defeat against Portland Timbers.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Sounders in our archives, and the results are: eight wins for Seattle Sounders, two draws and four defeats.
Sounders has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 17 goals from 10 games. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (8 so far).
Head 2 Head
The last head to head meeting ended Seattle Sounders - Salt 2-1, earlier this season. Last ten meetings involving these sides: Real Salt Lake won four, Seattle Sounders were winners in five and we saw one draw. four games with more than 2,5 goals, six matches with under 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  R. Ruidíaz Misitich 14 goals |   D. Kreilach 9 goals |  A. Rusnák 7 goals |
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| Real Salt Lake | Seattle Sounders | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 23 |
| 9 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 6 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 9 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 40 | 20 | 8 | Scored | S | 9 | 17 | 36 |
| 35 | 12 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 8 | 19 |
| 92% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 79% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 60% | 70% |
| 71% | 58% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 40% | 39% |
| 42% | 33% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 10% | 17% |
| 21% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 10% | 4% |
| 71% | 67% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 60% | 48% |
| 21% | 25% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 30% | 39% |
| 17% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 10% | 17% |
| 5.2 | 5.6 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 2.6 | 4.6 |
| 6 | 4.9 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.7 | 4.8 |
| 2.5 | 1.8 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.6 | 1.6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.9 | 13.4 | 7.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 11.5 | 12.9 |
| 4.8 | 5 | 3.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.6 | 4.4 |
| 35% | 33% | 80% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 53% | 47% | 35% |
- Real Salt Lake have the fewest matches under the total-line (7) in Major League Soccer
- Real Salt Lake have the most matches over the total-line (16) in Major League Soccer
- Seattle Sounders have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Seattle Sounders have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Seattle Sounders have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Seattle Sounders have the fewest conceded goals (19) in Major League Soccer
- Seattle Sounders have the fewest conceded goals (8) away in Major League Soccer
- Seattle Sounders have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (6) in Major League Soccer
- Seattle Sounders have the most matches under the total-line (15) in Major League Soccer
- Seattle Sounders have the most points (23) away in Major League Soccer
- Seattle Sounders have the most scored goals in the second half (26) in Major League Soccer
- Seattle Sounders have the the best goal difference (+9) away in Major League Soccer
- Seattle Sounders have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Seattle Sounders haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Sporting KC | 25 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 43 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 17 | 46 |
| 2 | Seattle Sounders | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 36 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 17 | 45 |
| 3 | Colorado Rapids | 23 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 34 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 43 |
| 4 | LA Galaxy | 24 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 37 | 37 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 22 | 0 | 38 |
| 5 | Portland Timbers | 24 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 34 | 41 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 24 | -7 | 34 |
| 6 | Real Salt Lake | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 40 | 35 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 5 | 33 |
| 7 | Los Angeles FC | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 37 | 34 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 33 |
| 8 | Minnesota United | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 24 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 22 | -5 | 31 |
| 9 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 29 | 33 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 19 | -4 | 29 |
| 10 | Dallas | 25 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 36 | 40 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 28 | -4 | 27 |
| 11 | SJ Earthquakes | 24 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 28 | 35 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 16 | -7 | 27 |
| 12 | Houston Dynamo | 25 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 28 | 37 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 22 | -9 | 23 |
| 13 | Austin | 24 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 22 | 36 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 19 | -14 | 19 |