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Real Salt Lake vs Houston Dynamo, MLS 2021 REGULAR SEASON

MLS · 2021
Real Salt Lake
2 – 1
Full Time
Houston Dynamo
Thu 19 Aug 2021 · 02:00 UTC Rio Tinto Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'
Damir Kreilach 29' Y
Albert Rusnak 90' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Real Salt Lake vs Houston Dynamo — MLS at Rio Tinto Stadium.

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Nashville SC 27 60
2 Internacional CF Miami 27 46
3 New England Revolution 27 46
4 Charlotte FC 27 43
5 Chicago Fire FC 26 42
6 Philadelphia Union 27 39
7 Orlando City SC 27 34
8 New York City FC 27 33
9 FC Cincinnati 26 33
10 New York Red Bulls 26 33
11 D.C. United SC 26 30
12 Columbus Crew SC 27 29
13 Toronto FC 27 29
14 Atlanta United FC 27 27
15 Montreal Impact FC 27 24
16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 26 50
17 FC Dallas 27 47
18 San Jose Earthquakes 27 45
19 St. Louis City 26 44
20 Houston Dynamo 27 44
21 Los Angeles FC 28 41
22 Colorado Rapids SC 27 36
23 Los Angeles Galaxy 28 36
24 Seattle Sounders FC 26 35
25 San Diego FC 27 32
26 Portland Timbers 27 32
27 Real Salt Lake 27 32
28 Austin FC 27 31
29 Minnesota United FC 27 29
30 Sporting Kansas City 26 21

Head-to-Head

9
5
3
Real Salt Lake 17 games · Avg 2.5 goals Houston Dynamo
Last 5 meetings
2021-08-19 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Houston Dynamo 2021-08-01 Houston Dynamo 0–0 Real Salt Lake 2021-06-27 Real Salt Lake 1–1 Houston Dynamo 2019-09-29 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Houston Dynamo 2019-03-02 Houston Dynamo 1–1 Real Salt Lake

Recent Form

Real Salt Lake
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
19 Aug Houston Dynamo H 2–1 W
15 Aug Austin FC H 1–0 W
08 Aug Portland Timbers A 2–3 L
05 Aug Los Angeles Galaxy A 0–1 L
01 Aug Houston Dynamo A 0–0 D
25 Jul Colorado Rapids SC H 3–0 W
Houston Dynamo
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
19 Aug Real Salt Lake A 1–2 L
15 Aug Colorado Rapids SC H 1–3 L
08 Aug Minnesota United FC A 0–2 L
05 Aug Austin FC A 2–3 L
01 Aug Real Salt Lake H 0–0 D
25 Jul San Jose Earthquakes A 1–1 D

Season Stats

Real Salt Lake Houston Dynamo
#27 Position #20
32 Points 44
27 Played 27
9 / 5 / 13 W / D / L 13 / 5 / 9
40 Scored 34
44 Conceded 32
-4 GD +2
1.19 PPG 1.63
33% Win % 48%

Key Stats

59% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)
65% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
11% Clean Sheets
Real Salt Lake this season
41% Clean Sheets
Houston Dynamo this season

Real Salt Lake are 27th (32 pts). Houston Dynamo are 20th (44 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Real Salt Lake
0-15
5/6
16-30
4/5
31-45
5/5
46-60
5/6
61-75
5/7
76+
6/9
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Houston Dynamo
0-15
1/2
16-30
3/4
31-45
7/4
46-60
5/3
61-75
5/3
76+
3/6
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Real Salt Lake
Sergi Solans 11 G 3 A
Zavier Gozo 6 G 3 A
Houston Dynamo
Guilherme 14 G 6 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The wait is over. Real Salt Lake get us underway at Rio Tinto Stadium.
  • 5' Real Salt Lake are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
  • 6' Real Salt Lake is taking the lead after the goal scored by Justin Meram on 6.
  • 11' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Houston Dynamo winning 0% of all matches.
  • 16' Everton needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
  • 21' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 26' Memo Rodriguez has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 29 cards already picked up this season.
  • 29' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Damir Kreilach.
  • 34' Real Salt Lake are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Houston Dynamo's shape.
  • 39' It looks surprising Houston Dynamo does not make any changes. Damir Kreilach has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 44' Houston Dynamo come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
  • 49' 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.
  • 51' Magnificent from Fafa Picault! That is 72 goals in 294 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
  • 56' 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.
  • 57' Another change for Real Salt Lake made on 57 minute. Bobby Wood leaves to be changed by Rubio Rubin.
  • 59' Houston Dynamo make a change. Ariel Lassiter trudges off to be replaced by Maximiliano Urruti on 59 minutes.
  • 64' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
  • 68' Nick Besler is replacing Jonathan Menendez for the Real Salt Lake side.
  • 71' The Houston Dynamo manager makes a substitution. Adalberto Carrasquilla departs to be replaced by Boniek Garcia.
  • 72' Boniek Garcia is ready to make an impact after coming on for Adalberto Carrasquilla at the 72 minute mark.
  • 77' The 34-year-old Donny Toia has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
  • 80' Maikel Chang Ramirez is ready to make an impact after coming on for Toni Datkovic at the 80 minute mark.
  • 84' Memo Rodriguez is replacing Griffin Dorsey for the Houston Dynamo side.
  • 88' GOAL! Anderson Julio fires home to make it 2-1!
  • 90' Real Salt Lake player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
  • The referee blows the final whistle. Sensational lose for Houston Dynamo.

Lineups

Real Salt Lake Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Freddy Juarez

Houston Dynamo Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Tab Ramos

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Albert Rusnak 2
Diego Luna 2
Ezequiel Ponce 2
Zavier Gozo 2
Maximiliano Urruti 2
Justen Glad 2
Alberth Elis 1
Willy Agada 1

Head to Head

2021-08-19 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Houston Dynamo 2021-08-01 Houston Dynamo 0–0 Real Salt Lake 2021-06-27 Real Salt Lake 1–1 Houston Dynamo 2019-09-29 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Houston Dynamo 2019-03-02 Houston Dynamo 1–1 Real Salt Lake

Real Salt Lake Form

2021-08-19 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Houston Dynamo W 2021-08-15 Real Salt Lake 1–0 Austin FC W 2021-08-08 Portland Timbers 3–2 Real Salt Lake L 2021-08-05 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–0 Real Salt Lake L 2021-08-01 Houston Dynamo 0–0 Real Salt Lake D 2021-07-25 Real Salt Lake 3–0 Colorado Rapids SC W

Houston Dynamo Form

2021-08-19 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Houston Dynamo L 2021-08-15 Houston Dynamo 1–3 Colorado Rapids SC L 2021-08-08 Minnesota United FC 2–0 Houston Dynamo L 2021-08-05 Austin FC 3–2 Houston Dynamo L 2021-08-01 Houston Dynamo 0–0 Real Salt Lake D 2021-07-25 San Jose Earthquakes 1–1 Houston Dynamo D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
1 / 4
1.49 Real Salt Lake xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.99 Houston Dynamo xG
I would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 55%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Real Salt Lake52% Draw26% Houston Dynamo22%
Actual: Real Salt Lake win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong
Yes49% 0% No51%
Avg goals/match: 2.48
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 90%
10%
± 1.5 71%
29%
± 2.5 45%
55%
± 3.5 24%
76%
± 4.5 11%
89%

Double Chance

Real Salt Lake or Draw
78%
Draw or Houston Dynamo
48%
Real Salt Lake or Houston Dynamo
74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Real Salt Lake33% Draw48% Houston Dynamo19%
Actual: Real Salt Lake win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
13.3%
1 – 0
11.4%
0 – 0
10.4%
2 – 0
9%
2 – 1
Actual
0 – 1
7.2%
1 – 2
5.9%
2 – 2
4.5%
3 – 1
4.5%
3 – 0
4.4%
0 – 2
4%
3 – 2
2.3%

Asian Handicap — Real Salt Lake

Handicap Real Salt Lake covers Push Houston Dynamo covers
-2.5 10% — 90%
-2 10% 14% 76%
-1.5 24% — 76%
-1 24% 23% 53%
-0.5 47% — 53%
+0.5 76% — 24%
+1 76% 15% 9%
+1.5 91% — 9%
+2 91% 6% 2%
+2.5 98% — 2%

Clean Sheet

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet
38% ✓
Houston Dynamo keeps clean sheet
23% ✓

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