Wednesday , 2 September 2026

Real Salt Lake vs FC Dallas, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

MLS · 2026
Real Salt Lake
3 – 4
Full Time
FC Dallas
Thu 20 Aug 2026 · 00:30 UTC America First Field HT 45' · FT 45'
0–1 16' Joaquin Valiente
0–2 20' Petar Musa
Sergi Solans 38' 1–2
1–3 45' Petar Musa
Morgan Guilavogui 50' 2–3
Diego Luna 64' 3–3
3–4 90' Ran Binyamin
Y 37' Nolan Norris
Y 43' Shaq Moore
Diego Luna 61' Y
DeAndre Yedlin 75' Y
Pablo Ruiz 90' Y
Y 90' Ran Binyamin

Overview

Match Preview

Real Salt Lake vs FC Dallas — MLS at America First Field.

Match Details

  • Referee Armando Villarreal
16 games this season 🟨 2.6/game ⚽ 9.6 goals/game

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Nashville SC 22 52
2 Internacional CF Miami 22 42
3 Chicago Fire FC 21 37
4 New England Revolution 22 37
5 Charlotte FC 22 35
6 FC Cincinnati 22 31
7 New York City FC 22 28
8 New York Red Bulls 22 26
9 Toronto FC 22 25
10 D.C. United SC 22 25
11 Orlando City SC 22 25
12 Philadelphia Union 22 24
13 Atlanta United FC 22 21
14 Montreal Impact FC 22 21
15 Columbus Crew SC 22 20
16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 21 43
17 Houston Dynamo 22 39
18 Los Angeles FC 23 36
19 San Jose Earthquakes 22 34
20 FC Dallas 22 34
21 St. Louis City 22 34
22 Colorado Rapids SC 22 31
23 San Diego FC 22 30
24 Minnesota United FC 22 29
25 Real Salt Lake 21 28
26 Portland Timbers 22 28
27 Seattle Sounders FC 21 26
28 Los Angeles Galaxy 23 26
29 Austin FC 22 24
30 Sporting Kansas City 22 15

Head-to-Head

4
7
7
Real Salt Lake 18 games · Avg 3.2 goals FC Dallas
Last 5 meetings
2026-08-20 Real Salt Lake 3–4 FC Dallas 2026-05-10 FC Dallas 3–1 Real Salt Lake 2025-05-11 FC Dallas 1–1 Real Salt Lake 2025-03-23 Real Salt Lake 0–1 FC Dallas 2024-09-19 Real Salt Lake 3–2 FC Dallas

Recent Form

Real Salt Lake
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
20 Aug FC Dallas H 3–4 L
16 Aug Minnesota United FC H 1–1 D
02 Aug St. Louis City A 1–1 D
26 Jul Portland Timbers A 1–2 L
23 Jul Los Angeles FC A 1–3 L
23 May Minnesota United FC A 1–1 D
FC Dallas
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
20 Aug Real Salt Lake A 4–3 W
17 Aug Austin FC A 2–1 W
02 Aug Los Angeles Galaxy A 0–0 D
26 Jul San Diego FC A 0–1 L
23 Jul Portland Timbers A 2–2 D
24 May Colorado Rapids SC A 2–1 W

Season Stats

Real Salt Lake FC Dallas
#25 Position #20
28 Points 34
21 Played 22
8 / 4 / 9 W / D / L 9 / 7 / 6
34 Scored 41
33 Conceded 37
+1 GD +4
1.33 PPG 1.55
38% Win % 41%

Key Stats

72% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)
56% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
10% Clean Sheets
Real Salt Lake this season
18% Clean Sheets
FC Dallas this season

Real Salt Lake are 25th (28 pts). FC Dallas are 20th (34 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Real Salt Lake
0-15
4/4
16-30
3/4
31-45
5/3
46-60
5/4
61-75
3/4
76+
4/8
■ Scored ■ Conceded
FC Dallas
0-15
4/4
16-30
6/5
31-45
7/7
46-60
3/3
61-75
1/6
76+
8/3
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Real Salt Lake
Sergi Solans 9 G 3 A
Zavier Gozo 6 G 3 A
FC Dallas
Petar Musa 16 G 3 A
Logan Farrington 7 G 2 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' It’s Showtime! The match between Real Salt Lake and FC Dallas is underway.
  • 5' 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.
  • 10' Real Salt Lake are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against FC Dallas's shape.
  • 15' With 0 assists to his name this season, Rafael is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Real Salt Lake.
  • 16' GOAL! Joaquin Valiente scores on 16. Assisted by Ramiro
  • 20' Petar Musa makes no mistake. The score reads 0-2 and FC Dallas are in front.
  • 25' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
  • 30' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
  • 35' Ran Binyamin needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 2 Yellow cards this season.
  • 37' That looks like a foul for a card for Nolan Norris.
  • 38' Magnificent from Sergi Solans! That is 7 goals in 285 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
  • 43' The referee has no hesitation. Shaq Moore is booked for FC Dallas — card on 43.
  • 45' A goal from the Croatia international Petar Musa! He fires home on 45 to make it 1-3!
  • 46' Saba Lobjanidze has so much to prove this time. He replaces Juan Arias on 46 minute.
  • 50' A goal from the Guinea international Morgan Guilavogui! He fires home on 50 to make it 2-3!
  • 55' Real Salt Lake are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined FC Dallas backline.
  • 56' The FC Dallas manager makes a substitution. Kaick departs to be replaced by Christian Cappis.
  • 61' Real Salt Lake player sees a card in front of him.
  • 63' A change in the Real Salt Lake ranks — Stijn Spierings exits the field as Pablo Ruiz enters on 63.
  • 64' GOAL! Diego Luna scores on 64. Assisted by Saba Lobjanidze
  • 69' Sebastien Ibeagha has so much to prove this time. He replaces Herman Johansson on 69 minute.
  • 74' FC Dallas has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 2 of the last 2 meetings.
  • 75' That is a card for Real Salt Lake. DeAndre Yedlin will be fuming at that decision.
  • 79' The supporters are chanting for Rodrigues Lineker. He replaces Morgan Guilavogui on 79 minute.
  • 84' It is a substitution in FC Dallas team. Bernard Kamungo is replaced by Samuel Sarver on 84 minute.
  • 89' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
  • 90' Against the run of play, Ran Binyamin has scored! This game has turned on its head.
  • 90' Pablo Ruiz was booked on 90.
  • Real Salt Lake will have plenty to reflect on. FC Dallas were simply the better side today.

Lineups

Real Salt Lake Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Pablo Mastroeni

FC Dallas Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Eric Quill

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Jesus Ferreira 7
Anderson Julio 5
Diego Luna 4
Franco Daniel Jara 3
Albert Rusnak 3
Alan Velasco 2
Paxton Pomykal 2
Paul Arriola 2

Head to Head

2026-08-20 Real Salt Lake 3–4 FC Dallas 2026-05-10 FC Dallas 3–1 Real Salt Lake 2025-05-11 FC Dallas 1–1 Real Salt Lake 2025-03-23 Real Salt Lake 0–1 FC Dallas 2024-09-19 Real Salt Lake 3–2 FC Dallas

Real Salt Lake Form

2026-08-20 Real Salt Lake 3–4 FC Dallas L 2026-08-16 Real Salt Lake 1–1 Minnesota United FC D 2026-08-02 St. Louis City 1–1 Real Salt Lake D 2026-07-26 Portland Timbers 2–1 Real Salt Lake L 2026-07-23 Los Angeles FC 3–1 Real Salt Lake L 2026-05-23 Minnesota United FC 1–1 Real Salt Lake D

FC Dallas Form

2026-08-20 Real Salt Lake 3–4 FC Dallas W 2026-08-17 Austin FC 1–2 FC Dallas W 2026-08-02 Los Angeles Galaxy 0–0 FC Dallas D 2026-07-26 San Diego FC 1–0 FC Dallas L 2026-07-23 Portland Timbers 2–2 FC Dallas D 2026-05-24 Colorado Rapids SC 1–2 FC Dallas W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
1.86 Real Salt Lake xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
2.03 FC Dallas xG
I would bet for: Real Salt Lake or FC Dallas 76% + Over 2.5 goals 73%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Real Salt Lake34% Draw24% FC Dallas42%
Actual: FC Dallas win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes73% 0% No27%
Avg goals/match: 3.89
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 97%
3%
± 1.5 90%
10%
± 2.5 73%
27%
± 3.5 54%
46%
± 4.5 35%
65%

Double Chance

Real Salt Lake or Draw
57%
Draw or FC Dallas
66%
Real Salt Lake or FC Dallas
76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Real Salt Lake29% Draw38% FC Dallas33%
Actual: FC Dallas win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 3–4 not predicted
3 – 4
Actual
1 – 1
8.5%
1 – 2
7.6%
2 – 1
7%
2 – 2
6.9%
1 – 3
5.1%
2 – 3
4.7%
3 – 2
4.3%
0 – 2
4.3%
3 – 1
4.3%
0 – 1
3.7%
2 – 0
3.6%
1 – 0
3.3%

Asian Handicap — Real Salt Lake

Handicap Real Salt Lake covers Push FC Dallas covers
-2.5 8% — 92%
-2 8% 11% 81%
-1.5 19% — 81%
-1 19% 16% 64%
-0.5 36% — 64%
+0.5 58% — 42%
+1 58% 18% 24%
+1.5 76% — 24%
+2 76% 13% 11%
+2.5 89% — 11%

Clean Sheet

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet
14% ✓
FC Dallas keeps clean sheet
16% ✓

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