Sunday , 16 August 2026

FC Dallas vs Real Salt Lake, MLS 2021 REGULAR SEASON

MLS · 2021
FC Dallas
2 – 2
Full Time
Real Salt Lake
Sun 23 May 2021 · 00:00 UTC Toyota Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'
Franco Daniel Jara 24' Y
Andres Ricaurte 24' Y
Matheus Bressan 69' Y
Y 89' Justen Glad
Y 90' Aaron Herrera
Y 90' Albert Rusnak

Overview

Match Preview

FC Dallas vs Real Salt Lake — MLS at Toyota Stadium.

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Nashville SC 18 40
2 Internacional CF Miami 18 38
3 New England Revolution 18 30
4 Chicago Fire FC 17 29
5 New York City FC 18 26
6 FC Cincinnati 18 26
7 Charlotte FC 18 25
8 New York Red Bulls 18 25
9 D.C. United SC 18 23
10 Columbus Crew SC 18 20
11 Orlando City SC 18 20
12 Toronto FC 18 17
13 Philadelphia Union 18 16
14 Montreal Impact FC 18 16
15 Atlanta United FC 18 12
16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 17 34
17 Los Angeles FC 19 34
18 San Jose Earthquakes 18 33
19 Houston Dynamo 18 32
20 FC Dallas 18 27
21 Real Salt Lake 17 27
22 St. Louis City 18 26
23 Portland Timbers 18 24
24 Seattle Sounders FC 17 24
25 Minnesota United FC 18 24
26 Colorado Rapids SC 18 22
27 Los Angeles Galaxy 19 22
28 San Diego FC 18 21
29 Austin FC 18 17
30 Sporting Kansas City 18 14

Head-to-Head

6
7
4
FC Dallas 17 games · Avg 2.9 goals Real Salt Lake
Last 5 meetings
2021-05-23 FC Dallas 2–2 Real Salt Lake 2020-10-25 Real Salt Lake 0–0 FC Dallas 2019-07-28 FC Dallas 0–0 Real Salt Lake 2019-03-31 Real Salt Lake 2–4 FC Dallas 2018-07-08 Real Salt Lake 2–0 FC Dallas

Recent Form

FC Dallas
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
23 May Real Salt Lake H 2–2 D
16 May Minnesota United FC A 0–1 L
08 May Houston Dynamo H 1–1 D
02 May Portland Timbers H 4–1 W
24 Apr San Jose Earthquakes A 1–3 L
18 Apr Colorado Rapids SC H 0–0 D
Real Salt Lake
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
23 May FC Dallas A 2–2 D
16 May Nashville SC H 0–0 D
08 May San Jose Earthquakes H 1–2 L
01 May Sporting Kansas City H 3–1 W
25 Apr Minnesota United FC A 2–1 W
08 Nov Sporting Kansas City H 0–2 L

Season Stats

FC Dallas Real Salt Lake
#20 Position #21
27 Points 27
18 Played 17
7 / 6 / 5 W / D / L 8 / 3 / 6
32 Scored 29
25 Conceded 25
+7 GD +4
1.50 PPG 1.59
39% Win % 47%

Key Stats

71% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)
53% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
22% Clean Sheets
FC Dallas this season
11% Clean Sheets
Real Salt Lake this season

FC Dallas are 20th (27 pts). Real Salt Lake are 21st (27 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

FC Dallas
0-15
4/2
16-30
3/4
31-45
5/3
46-60
3/1
61-75
–/3
76+
5/3
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Real Salt Lake
0-15
4/4
16-30
3/2
31-45
3/2
46-60
4/2
61-75
2/4
76+
4/6
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

FC Dallas
Petar Musa 13 G 2 A
Logan Farrington 6 G 2 A
Real Salt Lake
Zavier Gozo 6 G 3 A
Sergi Solans 6 G 3 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' It’s Showtime! The match between FC Dallas and Real Salt Lake is underway.
  • 5' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
  • 10' Andrew Brody needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
  • 15' Real Salt Lake is showing some good football. However, Real Salt Lake are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 20' GOAL! Rubio Rubin fires home to make it 0-1!
  • 24' FC Dallas receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 24.
  • 29' With 0 assists to his name this season, Jader Obrian is clearly more than just a goal scorer for FC Dallas.
  • 34' It’s high time Freddy Juarez made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 39' FC Dallas are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
  • 42' Goal! Franco Daniel Jara scores his 12 goal in 284 matches.
  • 43' Sensational shot from Franco Daniel Jara. FC Dallas is back in the lead.
  • 48' The home supporters are growing impatient. FC Dallas must find a spark to ignite this game.
  • 53' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
  • 58' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Real Salt Lake needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 63' Marcelo Silva has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 17 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
  • 64' A tactical swap from FC Dallas — Matheus Bressan on, Jose Martinez off on 64 minutes.
  • 69' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Matheus Bressan.
  • 72' The FC Dallas manager makes a substitution. Freddy Vargas departs to be replaced by Paxton Pomykal.
  • 73' Time for substitution for FC Dallas. Freddy Vargas is replaced by Paxton Pomykal.
  • 78' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
  • 79' Real Salt Lake make a change. Anderson Julio trudges off to be replaced by Justin Meram on 79 minutes.
  • 81' Fresh legs for Real Salt Lake! Douglas Martinez comes on to replace Rubio Rubin.
  • 84' Ryan Hollingshead has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 84 minutes.
  • 86' The deadlock is broken! Damir Kreilach gets on the scoresheet on 86 minutes.
  • 87' Time for substitution for FC Dallas. Jader Obrian is replaced by Szabolcs Schon.
  • 88' The supporters are chanting for Donny Toia. He replaces Andrew Brody on 88 minute.
  • 89' Real Salt Lake player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
  • 89' Erik Holt has so much to prove this time. He replaces Ruiz on 89 minute.
  • 90' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Aaron Herrera.
  • Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 2-2 draw is a fair result on the day.

Lineups

FC Dallas Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Luchi Gonzalez

Real Salt Lake Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Freddy Juarez

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Jesus Ferreira 7
Anderson Julio 5
Franco Daniel Jara 3
Diego Luna 3
Albert Rusnak 3
Jefferson Savarino 2
Marcelo Silva 2
Damir Kreilach 2

Head to Head

2021-05-23 FC Dallas 2–2 Real Salt Lake 2020-10-25 Real Salt Lake 0–0 FC Dallas 2019-07-28 FC Dallas 0–0 Real Salt Lake 2019-03-31 Real Salt Lake 2–4 FC Dallas 2018-07-08 Real Salt Lake 2–0 FC Dallas

FC Dallas Form

2021-05-23 FC Dallas 2–2 Real Salt Lake D 2021-05-16 Minnesota United FC 1–0 FC Dallas L 2021-05-08 FC Dallas 1–1 Houston Dynamo D 2021-05-02 FC Dallas 4–1 Portland Timbers W 2021-04-24 San Jose Earthquakes 3–1 FC Dallas L 2021-04-18 FC Dallas 0–0 Colorado Rapids SC D

Real Salt Lake Form

2021-05-23 FC Dallas 2–2 Real Salt Lake D 2021-05-16 Real Salt Lake 0–0 Nashville SC D 2021-05-08 Real Salt Lake 1–2 San Jose Earthquakes L 2021-05-01 Real Salt Lake 3–1 Sporting Kansas City W 2021-04-25 Minnesota United FC 1–2 Real Salt Lake W 2020-11-08 Real Salt Lake 0–2 Sporting Kansas City L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
1.74 FC Dallas xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.46 Real Salt Lake xG
I would bet for: FC Dallas or Real Salt Lake 74% + Both teams to score 63%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
FC Dallas44% Draw26% Real Salt Lake30%
Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes63% 0% No37%
Avg goals/match: 3.2
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 94%
6%
± 1.5 83%
17%
± 2.5 61%
39%
± 3.5 39%
61%
± 4.5 22%
78%

Double Chance

FC Dallas or Draw
69%
Draw or Real Salt Lake
56%
FC Dallas or Real Salt Lake
74%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
FC Dallas32% Draw43% Real Salt Lake25%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
11.3%
2 – 1
8.7%
1 – 2
7.3%
1 – 0
6.4%
2 – 2
Actual
2 – 0
6.2%
0 – 0
5.7%
0 – 1
5.2%
3 – 1
5%
0 – 2
4.4%
3 – 2
3.7%
1 – 3
3.5%

Asian Handicap — FC Dallas

Handicap FC Dallas covers Push Real Salt Lake covers
-2.5 10% — 90%
-2 10% 13% 77%
-1.5 23% — 77%
-1 23% 20% 57%
-0.5 43% — 57%
+0.5 69% — 31%
+1 69% 16% 15%
+1.5 85% — 15%
+2 85% 9% 6%
+2.5 94% — 6%

Clean Sheet

FC Dallas keeps clean sheet
24% ✓
Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet
18% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.