Real Salt Lake vs Houston Dynamo, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Real Salt Lake vs Houston Dynamo — MLS at Rio Tinto Stadium.
- Real Salt Lake 14 games · 26 pts (2026/26)
- Houston Dynamo 14 games · 22 pts (2026/26)
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 Nashville SC 14 33 2 Internacional CF Miami 15 31 3 Chicago Fire FC 14 26 4 New England Revolution 14 25 5 New York Red Bulls 15 22 6 Charlotte FC 15 21 7 FC Cincinnati 15 20 8 New York City FC 15 19 9 D.C. United SC 15 18 10 Columbus Crew SC 15 16 11 Toronto FC 14 14 12 Montreal Impact FC 14 14 13 Orlando City SC 15 14 14 Atlanta United FC 14 11 15 Philadelphia Union 15 7 16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 14 32 17 San Jose Earthquakes 15 32 18 Real Salt Lake 14 26 19 FC Dallas 15 25 20 Los Angeles FC 15 24 21 Seattle Sounders FC 13 24 22 Houston Dynamo 14 22 23 Minnesota United FC 15 22 24 Los Angeles Galaxy 15 20 25 San Diego FC 15 17 26 Colorado Rapids SC 15 16 27 St. Louis City 14 16 28 Portland Timbers 14 14 29 Austin FC 15 14 30 Sporting Kansas City 14 11 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 14 May Houston Dynamo H 3–0 W 10 May FC Dallas A 1–3 L 02 May Portland Timbers H 2–0 W 26 Apr Los Angeles Galaxy A 1–2 L 23 Apr Internacional CF Miami H 0–2 L 19 Apr San Diego FC H 4–2 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 14 May Real Salt Lake A 0–3 L 11 May Los Angeles FC A 4–1 W 03 May Colorado Rapids SC H 1–0 W 26 Apr Austin FC A 0–2 L 23 Apr San Diego FC H 1–0 W 18 Apr Orlando City SC A 1–0 W Season Stats
Real Salt Lake Houston Dynamo #18 Position #22 26 Points 22 14 Played 14 8 / 2 / 4 W / D / L 7 / 1 / 6 26 Scored 19 19 Conceded 23 +7 GD -4 1.86 PPG 1.57 57% Win % 50% Key Stats
56% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)63% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history14% Clean Sheets
Real Salt Lake this season29% Clean Sheets
Houston Dynamo this seasonReal Salt Lake are 18th (26 pts). Houston Dynamo are 22nd (22 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Real Salt Lake0-154/316-302/231-453/146-603/161-752/176+2/5■ Scored ■ ConcededHouston Dynamo0-15–/216-301/231-453/246-602/361-753/276+2/2■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The game is set. Real Salt Lake kicks off things out of here…
- 5' It looks like no one’s ball. Houston Dynamo is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 10' Real Salt Lake started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 10.
- 15' Real Salt Lake is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 20' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 25' It’s high time Ben Olsen made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 30' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 35' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 40' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 40 minutes.
- 45' The referee calls foul for Agustin Bouzat. He receives a card.
- 49' GOAL! Duane Holmes scores on 49.
- 54' Zavier Gozo has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 12 appearances with only 4 goals this season.
- 57' Goal! Zavier Gozo scores his 8 goal in 278 matches.
- 62' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Houston Dynamo that had 273 games and scored 383 goals.
- 64' What a strike from Zavier Gozo! The score is 3-0.
- 69' Houston Dynamo seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 74' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 79' 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.
- 84' Supporters expect more eagerness from Sam Junqua, as he is very good at scoring at Rio Tinto Stadium with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 89' The travelling Houston Dynamo supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- The final score is 3-0.
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Lineups
Real Salt Lake Lineups
Starting XI
- 2
- 1
- 29
- 6
- 9
- 8
- 26
- 17
- 27
- 72
- 11
Bench
- 7
- 98
- 10
- 4
- 92
- 23
- 39
- 22
Coach Pablo MastroeniHouston Dynamo Lineups
Starting XI
- 31
- 14
- 16
- 30
- 28
- 9
- 8
- 21
- 17
- 24
- 34
Bench
- 3
- 10
- 18
- 6
- 20
- 19
- 11
- 26
- 33
Coach Ben Olsen -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Maximiliano Urruti 2 Justen Glad 2 Diego Luna 2 Albert Rusnak 2 Ezequiel Ponce 2 Zavier Gozo 2 Ibrahim Aliyu 1 Willy Agada 1 Head to Head
Real Salt Lake Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 42.11 Real Salt Lake xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.14 Houston Dynamo xGI would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 62% + Both teams to score 60%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Real Salt Lake winBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 3.25Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 95% 5% ± 1.5 83% 17% ± 2.5 62% 38% ± 3.5 41% 59% ± 4.5 23% 77% Double Chance
Real Salt Lake or Draw 80%Draw or Houston Dynamo 43%Real Salt Lake or Houston Dynamo 77%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 10.2%2 – 1 9.5%2 – 0 8.5%1 – 0 7.6%3 – 1 6.6%3 – 0 Actual2 – 2 5.4%0 – 0 5.4%1 – 2 5.2%3 – 2 3.8%0 – 1 3.7%4 – 1 3.6%Asian Handicap — Real Salt Lake
Handicap Real Salt Lake covers Push Houston Dynamo covers -2.5 19% — 81% -2 19% 18% 64% -1.5 36% — 64% -1 36% 22% 42% -0.5 58% — 42% +0.5 81% — 19% +1 81% 12% 8% +1.5 92% — 8% +2 92% 5% 2% +2.5 98% — 2% Clean Sheet
Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet 32% ✗Houston Dynamo keeps clean sheet 13% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.