Home advantage could prove decisive in Seattle Sounders - Real Salt Lake battle

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sun 05.March
Match begins: 03:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stubhub Center (10550 seats)

It's game two of the Major League Soccer campaign and everything to play for. Check out our in-depth preview of Seattle Sounders-Real Salt Lake!

Real Salt Lake have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1200 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Seattle Sounders form and stats

The previous season, Seattle Sounders's league stats were 12 wins, 5 draws and 17 losses, ending with 11th place in the Major League Soccer. Over these 34 matches they scored {47 goals} and let in 46. Appearing at home in the former season Seattle Sounders generated 9-3-5 (win-draw-lost) with {29 goals} and 19 conceded. Seattle Sounders have only played one Major League Soccer game here so far, a win. Last season their home statistics were 9 wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats from 17 matches.

A nice win for Seattle Sounders last time playing, versus Colorado Rapids. That was also a home game and the match ended 4-0 with Héber, Morris (2) and Roldán scoring for the victors. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Seattle Sounders played a great game against Colorado Rapids and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. Morris (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 9.25/10. Morris scored two goals, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

In the match before that, Sounders hosted SJ Earthquakes and drew the game 2-2.

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 Seattle Sounders have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 14 games) they have won 7 times, drawn 2 and lost 5.

At Stubhub Center, Seattle Sounders has the goal stats of 4-0 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.

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Real Salt Lake form and stats

Let's have a look at how Real Salt Lake performed last season in the Major League Soccer: They landed a 7th position in the league table after playing out 12 victories, 11 draws and 11 defeats. In total they scored 43 and conceded {45 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 6 and lost 8 with 16/30 goals scored/conceded. As the visiting team in Major League Soccer matches, Real Salt Lake have produced an overall stat of 1-0-0 so far.

Real Salt Lake play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Vancouver Whitecaps (placed 7th). Goalkeeper MacMath was absolutely vital in the Real Salt Lake victory against Vancouver Whitecaps, making six saves. Defender Glad was the best team player with a rating of 7.94. Glad scored one goal and won 2 of 6 duels.

Before that one, the win at home hosting Chicago Fire in the Mobile Mini Sun Cup (3-0). We have checked recent matches where Salt have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 19 games were 4 victories, 5 draws and 10 defeats.

It's early days yet, but Real Salt Lake has scored 2 and conceded 1 goals from their travels in the league so far (1 game).

Head 2 Head

Real Salt Lake have managed a streak of 4 consecutive games without defeat (3-1-0) when playing Seattle Sounders.

Top Goalscorers

Seattle SoundersJ. Morris
J. Morris
2 goals
Seattle SoundersC. Roldan
C. Roldan
1 goals
Seattle SoundersH. Araujo dos Santos
H. Araujo dos Santos
1 goals

Seattle Sounders missing players

Real Salt Lake missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Seattle Sounders Real Salt Lake
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
1 1 0 Played P 0 1 1
1 1 0 Won W 0 1 1
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
4 4 0 Scored S 0 2 2
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 1 1
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
6 6 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 6 6
5 5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 10 10
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 1 1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
15 15 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 11 11
9 9 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 7 7
44% 44% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 29% 29%
 
10 10 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 18 18
2 2 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 7 7
Seattle Sounders Last season Real Salt Lake
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   18 35
12 9   Won W   3 12
5 3   Drew D   7 12
17 5   Lost L   8 11
47 29   Scored S   18 45
46 19   Conceded C   32 47
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   89% 89%
74% 82%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   83% 77%
59% 71%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   56% 57%
21% 24%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   28% 26%
12% 6%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   17% 11%
56% 59%   BTTS BTTS   61% 54%
18% 24%   Clean Sheets C S   11% 29%
26% 18%   Failed to Score F T   39% 29%
 
4.9 5.4   Corners for (avg) C F   4.6 5.4
5.1 4.1   Corners against (avg) C A   5.6 4.7
1.9 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 2
4 3   Red cards R C   2 2
 
12.2 13.9   Shots (avg) S (   10.4 12.4
4.1 4.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.6 4.2
34% 36%   Goal Efficiency G E   28% 30%
 
12.8 9.9   Shots against (avg) S A   15.8 12.7
4.6 3.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.9 4.8

  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 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Saint Louis City 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3
3 Real Salt Lake 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
4 Minnesota United 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
5 Austin 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
6 Houston Dynamo 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
7 Vancouver Whitecaps 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
8 SJ Earthquakes 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
9 Dallas 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
10 Colorado Rapids 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 0
11 Portland Timbers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Sporting KC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 LA Galaxy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Los Angeles FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season 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 34 21 4 9 66 38 17 13 2 2 39 15 17 8 2 7 27 23 28 67
2 Austin 34 16 8 10 65 49 17 8 6 3 42 23 17 8 2 7 23 26 16 56
3 Dallas 34 14 11 9 48 37 17 10 4 3 28 15 17 4 7 6 20 22 11 53
4 Nashville SC 34 13 11 10 52 41 17 6 6 5 30 21 17 7 5 5 22 20 11 50
5 LA Galaxy 34 14 8 12 58 51 17 8 4 5 35 25 17 6 4 7 23 26 7 50
6 Minnesota United 34 14 6 14 48 51 17 8 5 4 27 20 17 6 1 10 21 31 -3 48
7 Real Salt Lake 34 12 11 11 43 45 17 9 5 3 27 15 17 3 6 8 16 30 -2 47
8 Portland Timbers 34 11 13 10 53 53 17 8 6 3 28 19 17 3 7 7 25 34 0 46
9 Colorado Rapids 34 11 10 13 46 57 17 10 5 2 29 15 17 1 5 11 17 42 -11 43
10 Vancouver Whitecaps 34 12 7 15 40 57 17 10 3 4 25 20 17 2 4 11 15 37 -17 43
11 Seattle Sounders 34 12 5 17 47 46 17 9 3 5 29 19 17 3 2 12 18 27 1 41
12 Sporting KC 34 11 7 16 42 54 17 9 2 6 25 17 17 2 5 10 17 37 -12 40
13 Houston Dynamo 34 10 6 18 43 56 17 6 5 6 24 22 17 4 1 12 19 34 -13 36
14 SJ Earthquakes 34 8 11 15 52 69 17 7 6 4 31 27 17 1 5 11 21 42 -17 35

Table
  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 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
2 Saint Louis City 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3
3 Real Salt Lake 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
4 Minnesota United 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
5 Austin 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
6 Houston Dynamo 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
7 Vancouver Whitecaps 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
8 SJ Earthquakes 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
9 Dallas 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
10 Colorado Rapids 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 0
11 Portland Timbers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Sporting KC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 LA Galaxy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Los Angeles FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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