Toronto favourites for feisty fight facing Real Salt Lake

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sat 01.Jul
Match begins: 23:30 (UTC)
Venue: BMO Field (30991 seats)

Toronto hope to fill the stadium for this fixture despite that the season has been strenuous so far with 19 points and a 14th position in the Major League Soccer table. Opponents Real Salt Lake hold 7th place with 26 pts.

Insights:
  • Toronto have the most dropped points from leading position (16) in Major League Soccer
  • Real Salt Lake have won significantly less corners away then at home.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Real Salt Lake, who are travelling more than 3000 kilometers to play this game.

Both sides have had enough days rest since their previous effort on the pitch. Let's aim for an in-your-face match!

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Toronto form and stats

Toronto have played 10 Major League Soccer games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-6-1 (wins-draws-losses). Toronto have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

Toronto are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus New England. Insigne (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.84/10. Insigne hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 7 times and had 48 successful passes (of 54 total).

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Cincinnati (0-3).

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Toronto handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 4 wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats.

Toronto are traveling soon after this match as the Major League Soccer match at Orlando City awaits in three days.

The Toronto fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 10 matches. Toronto are not conceding a lot of goals here at BMO Field in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 10 matches.

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Real Salt Lake form and stats

The visitors are W5-D2-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Major League Soccer. Having won their last three away games Salt has no reason to fear anyone.

There were no winners in Real Salt Lake's previous match, the home game that ended 2-2 vs Minnesota United. The match against Minnesota United looked like a defeat for Real Salt Lake, but they did not accept the outcome and clawed their way back to 2-2. Glad equalized in the 90th minute. Luna, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.85. Luna served one assist, hit seven key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 6 times and had 53 successful passes (of 60 total).

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Saint Louis City at their stadium, the result 3-1.

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.

The visiting Real Salt Lake have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 14 goals from 10 games. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Real Salt Lake have conceded 15 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Previous ten meetings between these squads: Toronto won three, Real Salt Lake were winners in five and we saw two draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with less than 2,5 goals. The games between these clubs sometimes lean towards being rough and physical, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

Real Salt LakeP. Ruíz
P. Ruíz
4 goals
Real Salt LakeD. Kreilach
D. Kreilach
4 goals
Real Salt LakeD. Musovski
D. Musovski
4 goals

Toronto missing players

Real Salt Lake missing players

Toronto Real Salt Lake
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
20 10 3 Played P 0 10 20
3 3 1 Won W 0 5 7
10 6 2 Drew D 0 2 6
7 1 0 Lost L 0 3 7
18 11 5 Scored S 0 14 25
26 9 4 Conceded C 0 15 31
80% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 90% 80%
70% 70% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 90% 80%
35% 30% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 70% 70%
20% 20% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 30% 40%
10% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 10%
50% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 70% 60%
30% 40% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 10% 20%
40% 30% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 30% 40%
 
3.8 4.8 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4.2 5.3
5.3 4.7 7.3 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5.2 4.1
1.6 1.8 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.3 2.3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
10.7 12.8 9.3 Shots (avg) S ( 0 11.6 15.2
4.2 4.6 4.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 5.4 5.8
22% 24% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 26% 21%
 
12.6 10.9 16.3 Shots against (avg) S A 0 14.4 12.6
3.9 3.4 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 4.4 4.2
Key stats in Major League Soccer this season:
  • Real Salt Lake have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Toronto have the most dropped points from leading position (16) in Major League Soccer
  • Toronto have won significantly more corners at home than 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 Cincinnati 18 13 4 1 30 16 10 10 0 0 19 5 8 3 4 1 11 11 14 43
2 Nashville SC 19 10 5 4 28 14 10 7 2 1 19 6 9 3 3 3 9 8 14 35
3 New England 18 9 6 3 31 22 9 6 3 0 21 8 9 3 3 3 10 14 9 33
4 Philadelphia Union 18 9 4 5 30 19 9 6 2 1 17 5 9 3 2 4 13 14 11 31
5 Atlanta United 19 7 8 4 37 31 10 6 3 1 24 13 9 1 5 3 13 18 6 29
6 Columbus Crew 18 8 4 6 36 26 9 6 2 1 25 10 9 2 2 5 11 16 10 28
7 Orlando City 18 7 6 5 25 22 10 3 4 3 11 11 8 4 2 2 14 11 3 27
8 Montreal Impact 18 8 1 9 20 27 8 7 0 1 15 3 10 1 1 8 5 24 -7 25
9 DC United 19 6 5 8 26 26 9 3 3 3 15 12 10 3 2 5 11 14 0 23
10 Charlotte 19 6 5 8 27 35 9 3 3 3 13 15 10 3 2 5 14 20 -8 23
11 Chicago Fire 18 4 8 6 24 28 9 2 6 1 14 13 9 2 2 5 10 15 -4 20
12 New York City 19 4 8 7 20 25 9 4 3 2 13 12 10 0 5 5 7 13 -5 20
13 New York RB 18 4 8 6 13 18 9 3 4 2 9 10 9 1 4 4 4 8 -5 20
14 Toronto 19 3 10 6 17 24 10 3 6 1 11 9 9 0 4 5 6 15 -7 19
15 Inter Miami 17 5 0 12 16 24 9 4 0 5 12 12 8 1 0 7 4 12 -8 15

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Major League Soccer (often known simply as MLS) is the top level of football (soccer) in the United States and Canada. MLS has 24 teams divided into two conferences, Eastern and Western. Each team play 34 fixtures to decide a league table champion. The top fourteen teams then compete in playoff to crown a MLS Cup champion.