Sunday , 16 August 2026

Real Salt Lake vs Austin FC, MLS 2023 REGULAR SEASON

MLS · 2023
Real Salt Lake
1 – 2
Full Time
Austin FC
Sun 12 Mar 2023 · 02:30 UTC Rio Tinto Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'
0–1 9' Jon Gallagher
Justen Glad 22' 1–1
1–2 33' Gavin Wolff
Damir Kreilach 41' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Real Salt Lake vs Austin FC — MLS at Rio Tinto 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
2
4
Real Salt Lake 12 games · Avg 3.6 goals Austin FC
Last 5 meetings
2023-03-12 Real Salt Lake 1–2 Austin FC 2022-10-16 Austin FC 5–3 Real Salt Lake 2022-09-15 Austin FC 3–0 Real Salt Lake 2022-05-15 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Austin FC 2021-10-02 Austin FC 2–1 Real Salt Lake

Recent Form

Real Salt Lake
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
12 Mar Austin FC H 1–2 L
05 Mar Seattle Sounders FC A 0–2 L
26 Feb Vancouver Whitecaps FC A 2–1 W
16 Oct Austin FC A 3–5 L
09 Oct Portland Timbers H 3–1 W
02 Oct Los Angeles Galaxy A 1–1 D
Austin FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
12 Mar Real Salt Lake A 2–1 W
05 Mar Montreal Impact FC H 1–0 W
26 Feb St. Louis City H 2–3 L
30 Oct Los Angeles FC A 0–3 L
24 Oct FC Dallas H 2–1 W
16 Oct Real Salt Lake H 5–3 W

Season Stats

Real Salt Lake Austin FC
#21 Position #29
27 Points 17
17 Played 18
8 / 3 / 6 W / D / L 4 / 5 / 9
29 Scored 22
25 Conceded 36
+4 GD -14
1.59 PPG 0.94
47% Win % 22%

Key Stats

83% Both Teams to Score
H2H (12 games)
83% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
11% Clean Sheets
Real Salt Lake this season
28% Clean Sheets
Austin FC this season

Real Salt Lake are 21st (27 pts). Austin FC are 29th (17 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

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
Austin FC
0-15
5/3
16-30
1/3
31-45
2/3
46-60
1/4
61-75
1/1
76+
6/13
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Real Salt Lake
Zavier Gozo 6 G 3 A
Sergi Solans 6 G 3 A
Austin FC
Myrto Uzuni 6 G
Christian Ramirez 5 G 1 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' KICK OFF: Real Salt Lake gets underway.
  • 5' The 34-year-old Zac MacMath has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
  • 9' GOAL! Jon Gallagher fires home to make it 0-1!
  • 14' The home supporters are growing impatient. Real Salt Lake must find a spark to ignite this game.
  • 19' Supporters expect more eagerness from Gavin Wolff, as he is very good at scoring at Rio Tinto Stadium with 1 goals in the last 1 games.
  • 21' Magnificent from Justen Glad! That is 12 goals in 283 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
  • 22' What composure from Justen Glad! The USA international strokes it home. 2-1.
  • 27' 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.
  • 32' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
  • 33' The deadlock is broken! Gavin Wolff gets on the scoresheet on 33 minutes.
  • 38' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
  • 40' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Red card for Damir Kreilach.
  • 41' It’s a booking for Real Salt Lake player. Damir Kreilach gets a Yellow card.
  • 46' Daniel Pereira needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
  • 51' Austin FC is showing some good football. However, Austin FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 56' Austin FC come into this ranked 13 in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
  • 61' Austin FC ring the changes. Zan Kolmanic has done his job and it is now time for Adam Lundqvist to step up.
  • 66' Carlos Gomez, a Colombia , has 11 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
  • 68' Real Salt Lake make a change. Rubio Rubin trudges off to be replaced by Justin Meram on 68 minutes.
  • 71' The Austin FC manager makes a substitution. Emiliano Rigoni departs to be replaced by Nick Lima.
  • 76' Another substitution for Real Salt Lake to replace Jasper Loeffelsend by Diego Luna on 76 minute.
  • 81' Diego Fagundez has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 17 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
  • 82' Gyasi Zardes makes way for Maximiliano Urruti at the 82 minute mark. A tactical switch from Austin FC.
  • 87' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Real Salt Lake winning 100% of all matches.
  • Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 1-2.

Lineups

Real Salt Lake Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Pablo Mastroeni

Austin FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Josh Wolff

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Cecilio Dominguez 3
Cristian Arango 3
Moussa Djitte 3
Sergio Cordova 3
Rubio Rubin 2
Anderson Julio 2
Alexander Ring 2
Sebastian Driussi 2

Head to Head

2023-03-12 Real Salt Lake 1–2 Austin FC 2022-10-16 Austin FC 5–3 Real Salt Lake 2022-09-15 Austin FC 3–0 Real Salt Lake 2022-05-15 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Austin FC 2021-10-02 Austin FC 2–1 Real Salt Lake

Real Salt Lake Form

2023-03-12 Real Salt Lake 1–2 Austin FC L 2023-03-05 Seattle Sounders FC 2–0 Real Salt Lake L 2023-02-26 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–2 Real Salt Lake W 2022-10-16 Austin FC 5–3 Real Salt Lake L 2022-10-09 Real Salt Lake 3–1 Portland Timbers W 2022-10-02 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–1 Real Salt Lake D

Austin FC Form

2023-03-12 Real Salt Lake 1–2 Austin FC W 2023-03-05 Austin FC 1–0 Montreal Impact FC W 2023-02-26 Austin FC 2–3 St. Louis City L 2022-10-30 Los Angeles FC 3–0 Austin FC L 2022-10-24 Austin FC 2–1 FC Dallas W 2022-10-16 Austin FC 5–3 Real Salt Lake W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
2.06 Real Salt Lake xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.51 Austin FC xG
I would bet for: Real Salt Lake or Austin FC 75% + Over 2.5 goals 68%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Real Salt Lake44% Draw25% Austin FC31%
Actual: Austin FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes68% 0% No32%
Avg goals/match: 3.57
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 96%
4%
± 1.5 87%
13%
± 2.5 68%
32%
± 3.5 47%
53%
± 4.5 29%
71%

Double Chance

Real Salt Lake or Draw
68%
Draw or Austin FC
56%
Real Salt Lake or Austin FC
75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Real Salt Lake37% Draw40% Austin FC23%
Actual: Austin FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
9.6%
2 – 1
8.7%
2 – 2
6.5%
1 – 2
Actual
2 – 0
6%
3 – 1
5.9%
1 – 0
5.2%
3 – 2
4.5%
0 – 0
4.2%
3 – 0
4%
0 – 1
3.7%
2 – 3
3.3%

Asian Handicap — Real Salt Lake

Handicap Real Salt Lake covers Push Austin FC covers
-2.5 14% — 86%
-2 14% 15% 71%
-1.5 29% — 71%
-1 29% 20% 51%
-0.5 49% — 51%
+0.5 72% — 28%
+1 72% 15% 13%
+1.5 87% — 13%
+2 87% 8% 5%
+2.5 95% — 5%

Clean Sheet

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet
23% ✓
Austin FC keeps clean sheet
14% ✓

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