St. Louis City make preparations for another game following their 1-3 result vs Nashville SC, a fixture that made them wiser. How will this affect the battle against Real Salt Lake?
- St. Louis City have the most scored goals (34) in Major League Soccer
- Real Salt Lake have the most conceded goals (28) in Major League Soccer
It's no vacation for neither St. Louis City nor Real Salt Lake as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
St. Louis City form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here as St. Louis City have scored 23 goals to get 19 points from 9 games. The overall stats in the Major League Soccer are 6-1-2 (wins-draws-losses).
St. Louis City are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-3 away versus Nashville SC. The forward Gioacchini won the honour of being "man of the match" for Louis with a rating of 6.92/10. Gioacchini scored one goal and hit one key pass.
Before that, St. Louis City drew at home versus LA Galaxy.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 St. Louis City have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 4 games) they have won 1 time, drawn 1 and lost 2.
Louis are traveling soon after this match as the Major League Soccer match at SJ Earthquakes awaits in three days.
St. Louis City are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (23 goals in 9 games). From these home matches, St. Louis City have conceded only 7 goals.
Real Salt Lake form and stats
As the visiting team matches, Real Salt Lake, who have the most conceded goals (28) in Major League Soccer, have produced an overall stat of 4-2-3 so far. Momentum is building for Salt in their away games, having won their two previous outings.
It's the second away game in a row for Real Salt Lake, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus DC United last time out. Attacker Musovski got a player rating of 7.74 in the game. "Man of the match" Musovski scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting New York City.Salt are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 7 wins, 6 draws and 8 defeats. From a total of 21 matches.
A new game in only three days for Real Salt Lake, the Major League Soccer home match versus Minnesota United. Busy days.
Real Salt Lake have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 9 league away games 11 goals have been scored. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Real Salt Lake have conceded 14 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
The previous H2H encounter ended Real Salt Lake - Louis 0-4, played this season. Klauss likes to face Real Salt Lake and have scored 2 goals in these encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  N. Gioacchini 7 goals |  J. De Mello 5 goals |  E. Löwen 5 goals |
St. Louis City missing players
Real Salt Lake missing players
| St. Louis City | Real Salt Lake | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 9 | 18 |
| 9 | 6 | 2 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 34 | 23 | 7 | Scored | S | 0 | 11 | 20 |
| 20 | 7 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 14 | 28 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 89% | 78% |
| 88% | 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 89% | 78% |
| 71% | 78% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 67% |
| 41% | 44% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 22% | 33% |
| 12% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 11% |
| 53% | 56% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 56% |
| 24% | 33% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 22% |
| 24% | 11% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 33% | 44% |
| 4.9 | 5.1 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.3 | 5.3 |
| 5.3 | 4.9 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 5.3 | 4.1 |
| 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.3 | 2.4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13.7 | 15 | 11.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 11.4 | 14.7 |
| 5 | 5.3 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 5 | 5.7 |
| 40% | 48% | 54% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 24% | 20% |
| 12.7 | 12.4 | 14.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19 | 14.8 | 12.9 |
| 4.9 | 4.1 | 4.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8 | 4.6 | 4.3 |
- Real Salt Lake have the most conceded goals (28) 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 most points (14) away in Major League Soccer
- Real Salt Lake have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Real Salt Lake is in the best form (3-2-1) in Major League Soccer
- St. Louis City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- St. Louis City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- St. Louis City have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Real Salt Lake have scored away.
- St. Louis City have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in Major League Soccer
- St. Louis City have the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in Major League Soccer
- St. Louis City have the most scored goals (23) at home in Major League Soccer
- St. Louis City have the most scored goals (34) in Major League Soccer
- St. Louis City have the most scored goals in the first half (15) in Major League Soccer
- St. Louis City have the most scored goals in the second half (19) in Major League Soccer
- St. Louis City have the the best goal difference (+14) in Major League Soccer
- St. Louis City have the the best goal difference (+16) at home in Major League Soccer
- St. Louis City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | St. Louis City | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 34 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 29 |
| 2 | Los Angeles FC | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 29 |
| 3 | Seattle Sounders | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 28 |
| 4 | SJ Earthquakes | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 27 |
| 5 | Dallas | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 26 |
| 6 | Houston Dynamo | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 19 | -1 | 24 |
| 7 | Real Salt Lake | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | -8 | 23 |
| 8 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 27 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 22 |
| 9 | Portland Timbers | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -4 | 21 |
| 10 | Sporting KC | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -6 | 20 |
| 11 | Minnesota United | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -7 | 20 |
| 12 | Austin | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 17 | -9 | 19 |
| 13 | LA Galaxy | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 16 | -13 | 13 |
| 14 | Colorado Rapids | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 27 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -13 | 13 |
