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Real Salt Lake vs Houston Dynamo, 2018

MLS · 2018
Real Salt Lake
2 – 1
Full Time
Houston Dynamo
Thu 31 May 2018 · 01:30 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

Match Preview

Real Salt Lake vs Houston Dynamo — MLS .

Match Details

  • Referee David Gantar
  • Referee Nima Saghafi
  • Referee Nick Uranga
  • Referee Thomas Zablocki
  • Referee Edvin Jurisevic

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Nashville SC 34 77
2 Internacional CF Miami 34 60
3 New England Revolution 34 58
4 Chicago Fire FC 34 55
5 Charlotte FC 34 54
6 Philadelphia Union 34 50
7 Columbus Crew SC 34 47
8 FC Cincinnati 34 46
9 Orlando City SC 34 46
10 New York City FC 34 42
11 New York Red Bulls 34 42
12 Toronto FC 34 39
13 Atlanta United FC 34 33
14 D.C. United SC 34 33
15 Montreal Impact FC 34 26
16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 34 64
17 FC Dallas 34 58
18 St. Louis City 34 54
19 San Jose Earthquakes 34 52
20 Houston Dynamo 34 51
21 Los Angeles FC 34 47
22 Portland Timbers 34 46
23 Seattle Sounders FC 34 46
24 Real Salt Lake 34 45
25 Minnesota United FC 34 44
26 Los Angeles Galaxy 34 44
27 Colorado Rapids SC 34 43
28 San Diego FC 34 38
29 Austin FC 34 34
30 Sporting Kansas City 34 26

Head-to-Head

9
5
3
Real Salt Lake 17 games · Avg 2.5 goals Houston Dynamo
Last 5 meetings
2018-05-31 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Houston Dynamo

Recent Form

Real Salt Lake
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
31 May Houston Dynamo H 2–1 W
26 May Seattle Sounders FC A 1–0 W
19 May Philadelphia Union A 1–4 L
13 May D.C. United SC H 3–2 W
06 May Orlando City SC A 1–3 L
28 Apr Vancouver Whitecaps FC A 0–2 L
Houston Dynamo
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
31 May Real Salt Lake A 1–2 L
26 May New York City FC H 3–1 W
20 May Chicago Fire FC A 3–2 W
12 May Vancouver Whitecaps FC A 2–2 D
06 May Los Angeles Galaxy H 3–2 W
29 Apr Minnesota United FC A 1–2 L

Season Stats

Real Salt Lake Houston Dynamo
#24 Position #20
45 Points 51
34 Played 34
13 / 6 / 15 W / D / L 14 / 9 / 11
53 Scored 43
52 Conceded 43
+1 GD +0
1.32 PPG 1.50
38% Win % 41%

Key Stats

59% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)
65% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
12% Clean Sheets
Real Salt Lake this season
38% Clean Sheets
Houston Dynamo this season

Real Salt Lake are 24th (45 pts). Houston Dynamo are 20th (51 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Real Salt Lake
0-15
9/7
16-30
5/7
31-45
6/6
46-60
8/7
61-75
7/7
76+
8/11
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Houston Dynamo
0-15
1/3
16-30
6/7
31-45
9/4
46-60
6/4
61-75
6/4
76+
5/11
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Real Salt Lake
Sergi Solans 15 G 4 A
Zavier Gozo 6 G 3 A
Houston Dynamo
Guilherme 16 G 8 A
Mateusz Bogusz 8 G 2 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' In just a few seconds will turn into a battlefield for Real Salt Lake and Houston Dynamo.
  • 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' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
  • 15' It is a cagey affair so far. Real Salt Lake in their trying to find a way past Houston Dynamo's compact .
  • 20' Brooks Lennon, a USA , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
  • 25' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with Houston Dynamo winning 0% of all matches.
  • 30' Boniek Garcia has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
  • 35' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Real Salt Lake side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
  • 40' Luis Gil is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Houston Dynamo tonight.
  • 45' The 38-year-old Eric Alexander has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
  • 50' 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.
  • 55' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
  • 60' Real Salt Lake currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
  • 65' Houston Dynamo come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
  • 70' It’s high time Wilmer Cabrera made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 75' It looks surprising Real Salt Lake does not make any changes. Luis Silva has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 80' Both keepers have barely been tested. Real Salt Lake and Houston Dynamo are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
  • 85' With 1 assists to his name this season, Jefferson Savarino is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Real Salt Lake.
  • 90' Mauro Manotas has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 34 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
  • It finishes all square. Real Salt Lake and Houston Dynamo share the spoils 2-1.

Lineups

Real Salt Lake Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Mike Petke

Houston Dynamo Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Wilmer Cabrera

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Zavier Gozo 2
Maximiliano Urruti 2
Justen Glad 2
Albert Rusnak 2
Diego Luna 2
Ezequiel Ponce 2
Tomas Martinez 1
Kyle Beckerman 1

Head to Head

2018-05-31 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Houston Dynamo

Real Salt Lake Form

2018-05-31 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Houston Dynamo W 2018-05-26 Seattle Sounders FC 0–1 Real Salt Lake W 2018-05-19 Philadelphia Union 4–1 Real Salt Lake L 2018-05-13 Real Salt Lake 3–2 D.C. United SC W 2018-05-06 Orlando City SC 3–1 Real Salt Lake L 2018-04-28 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–0 Real Salt Lake L

Houston Dynamo Form

2018-05-31 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Houston Dynamo L 2018-05-26 Houston Dynamo 3–1 New York City FC W 2018-05-20 Chicago Fire FC 2–3 Houston Dynamo W 2018-05-12 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–2 Houston Dynamo D 2018-05-06 Houston Dynamo 3–2 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2018-04-29 Minnesota United FC 2–1 Houston Dynamo L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
1.8 Real Salt Lake xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.27 Houston Dynamo xG
I would bet for: Both teams to score 60% + Over 2.5 goals 58%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Real Salt Lake50% Draw25% Houston Dynamo25%
Actual: Real Salt Lake win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes60% 0% No40%
Avg goals/match: 3.07
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 94%
6%
± 1.5 81%
19%
± 2.5 58%
42%
± 3.5 37%
63%
± 4.5 20%
80%

Double Chance

Real Salt Lake or Draw
75%
Draw or Houston Dynamo
50%
Real Salt Lake or Houston Dynamo
75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Real Salt Lake36% Draw43% Houston Dynamo21%
Actual: Real Salt Lake win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
11.5%
2 – 1
Actual
1 – 0
7.6%
2 – 0
7.4%
1 – 2
6.5%
0 – 0
6.3%
2 – 2
5.8%
3 – 1
5.5%
0 – 1
5.1%
3 – 0
4.4%
0 – 2
3.7%
3 – 2
3.6%

Asian Handicap — Real Salt Lake

Handicap Real Salt Lake covers Push Houston Dynamo covers
-2.5 12% — 88%
-2 12% 15% 73%
-1.5 27% — 73%
-1 27% 21% 52%
-0.5 48% — 52%
+0.5 74% — 26%
+1 74% 15% 11%
+1.5 89% — 11%
+2 89% 7% 4%
+2.5 96% — 4%

Clean Sheet

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet
29% ✓
Houston Dynamo keeps clean sheet
17% ✓

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