Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Houston Dynamo & Real Salt Lake face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the US Open Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
These teams have little in common geographically as Real Salt Lake have to travel 2300 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
There haven't been much to rest for the team playing at home, as they performed in a Major League Soccer game only three days earlier. Thankfully the previous game, versus Portland Timbers, was also a home game here at Shell Energy Stadium. The away team is better rested.
Houston Dynamo form and stats
Houston Dynamo participated in US Open Cup the last season, where they reached the round of 16.Houston Dynamo have performed here at Shell Energy Stadium this season with 8 wins from 12 Major League Soccer matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 2.
The Houston goalkeeper Andrew Tarbell is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 183 minutes without conceding a goal in the Major League Soccer.
A nice win for Houston Dynamo last time playing, versus Portland Timbers. That was also a home game and the match ended 5-0 with Baird, Escobar, Smith, Quiñones and Bassi scoring for the victors. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Houston played a great game against Portland Timbers and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. Carrasquilla (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.1/10. Carrasquilla served one assist, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 42 successful passes (of 49 total).
Before that game, a defeat in the away fixture against Charlotte in the Leagues Cup. This is expected to be a close game, with Houston Dynamo perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Houston Dynamo as a small favourite), we find 17 games. Houston Dynamo has won 5 of these, drawn 7 and lost 5.
Houston Dynamo are traveling soon after this match as the Major League Soccer match at Real Salt Lake awaits in three days.
From these home matches, Houston Dynamo have conceded only 8 goals.
Real Salt Lake form and stats
Salt's mission in US Open Cup last season failed in the 3rd round.6-3-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Real Salt Lake in their Major League Soccer matches away.
Two away games in a row for Real Salt Lake, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-4 against Los Angeles FC in the Leagues Cup.
Before that, the Leagues Cup victory away at Leon. As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 6 similar matches played by Real Salt Lake in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Salt, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
A new game in only three days for Real Salt Lake, the Major League Soccer home match versus Houston Dynamo. Busy days.
Real Salt Lake have scored 17 goals on their travels this season, from 12 away games in the league. 17 goals have been conceded by Real Salt Lake in these games.
Head 2 Head
Real Salt Lake have avoided a loss in the last 6 matches (2-4-0) against Houston.Top Goalscorers
  A. Bassi 9 goals |   J. Savarino Quintero 6 goals |  D. Musovski 5 goals |
Houston Dynamo missing players
Real Salt Lake missing players
| Houston Dynamo | Real Salt Lake | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Won | W | 9 | 14 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 36 | 23 | Scored | S | 25 | 45 | ||
| 29 | 8 | Conceded | C | 20 | 32 | ||
| 88% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 84% | ||
| 60% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 76% | ||
| 52% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 71% | 72% | ||
| 32% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 52% | ||
| 16% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 16% | ||
| 36% | 27% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 56% | ||
| 40% | 55% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 32% | ||
| 36% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 28% | ||
| 4 | 3.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 4.9 | ||
| 5.8 | 6.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 4.3 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.3 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | ||
| 11.4 | 13.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.5 | 15.4 | ||
| 3.9 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.6 | 5.8 | ||
| 37% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 31% | ||
| 11.6 | 10.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.4 | 12.9 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 4 | ||
| 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 | 24 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 49 | 30 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 35 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 44 |
| 2 | Los Angeles FC | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 34 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 37 |
| 3 | Real Salt Lake | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 35 | 34 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 37 |
| 4 | Seattle Sounders | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 29 | 25 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 4 | 36 |
| 5 | SJ Earthquakes | 24 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 29 | 29 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 20 | 0 | 35 |
| 6 | Houston Dynamo | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 31 | 31 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 0 | 32 |
| 7 | Austin | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 35 | 38 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 27 | -3 | 32 |
| 8 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 38 | 33 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 31 |
| 9 | Minnesota United | 23 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 28 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 18 | -2 | 31 |
| 10 | Dallas | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 26 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -1 | 30 |
| 11 | Sporting KC | 25 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 31 | 36 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 21 | -5 | 26 |
| 12 | Portland Timbers | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 26 | 38 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 26 | -12 | 26 |
| 13 | LA Galaxy | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 37 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 22 | -12 | 22 |
| 14 | Colorado Rapids | 23 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 30 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 20 | -14 | 19 |
