Real Salt Lake vs Houston Dynamo, MLS 2022 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2022

Real Salt Lake

3 – 0

Full Time

Houston Dynamo

Sun 29 May 2022 · 01:30 UTC Rio Tinto Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 15' Roberto Avila

Y 25' Adalberto Carrasquilla

Overview

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

Real Salt Lake 34 games · 45 pts (2026/26)
Houston Dynamo 34 games · 51 pts (2026/26)

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

Real Salt Lake 17 games · Avg 2.5 goals Houston Dynamo

Last 5 meetings

2022-05-29 Real Salt Lake 3–0 Houston Dynamo 2022-02-28 Houston Dynamo 0–0 Real Salt Lake 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

Recent Form

Real Salt Lake

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
29 May	Houston Dynamo	H	3–0	W
22 May	Montreal Impact FC	A	2–1	W
15 May	Austin FC	H	2–1	W
08 May	Nashville SC	A	0–2	L
30 Apr	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	1–0	W
24 Apr	Portland Timbers	A	0–0	D

Houston Dynamo

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
29 May	Real Salt Lake	A	0–3	L
23 May	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	3–0	W
19 May	Seattle Sounders FC	H	0–1	L
15 May	Nashville SC	H	2–0	W
07 May	D.C. United SC	A	0–2	L
30 Apr	Austin FC	H	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' The wait is over. Houston Dynamo get us underway at Rio Tinto Stadium.
5' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Paulo Nagamura will be considering his options from the bench.
10' Supporters expect more eagerness from Corey Baird, as he is very good at scoring at Rio Tinto Stadium with 1 goals in the last 1 games.
15' The referee has no hesitation. Roberto Avila is booked for Houston Dynamo — Yellow card on 15.
20' Real Salt Lake are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
25' A meaty challenge results in booking for Adalberto Carrasquilla on 25.
29' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Bobby Wood makes it 1-0.
34' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 34 minutes.
39' Houston Dynamo have won 407 goals from 295 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
44' Real Salt Lake are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Houston Dynamo's shape.
46' A change in the Houston Dynamo ranks — Corey Baird exits the field as Carlos Darwin Quintero enters on 46.
51' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
56' Michael Nelson has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
57' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Sergio Cordova makes it 2-0.
62' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
67' It’s high time Paulo Nagamura made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
68' Time for substitution for Houston Dynamo. Matias Vera is replaced by Darwin Ceren.
70' Fresh legs for Real Salt Lake! Scott Caldwell comes on to replace Jasper Loeffelsend.
71' The Real Salt Lake manager makes a substitution. Maikel Chang Ramirez departs to be replaced by Jefferson Savarino.
76' Rubio Rubin is replacing Sergio Cordova for the Real Salt Lake side.
81' Houston Dynamo started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 81.
86' The 35-year-old Zac MacMath has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
89' Ruiz makes way for Nick Besler at the 89 minute mark. A tactical switch from Real Salt Lake.
The final whistle goes. A composed, disciplined performance from Real Salt Lake to claim maximum points.

Lineups

Real Salt Lake Lineups

Starting XI

10
Sergio Cordova ↓ Rubio Rubin 76'
7
Bobby Wood
15
Justen Glad
30
Marcelo Silva
22
Aaron Herrera
2
Andrew Brody
18
Zac MacMath
9
Justin Meram
6
Ruiz ↓ Nick Besler 89'
16
Maikel Chang Ramirez ↓ Jefferson Savarino 71'
28
Jasper Loeffelsend ↓ Scott Caldwell 70'

Bench

Coach Pablo Mastroeni

Houston Dynamo Lineups

Starting XI

11
Corey Baird ↓ Carlos Darwin Quintero 46'
5
Tim Parker
3
Adam Lundqvist
8
Memo Rodriguez
20
Adalberto Carrasquilla
37
Zeca
26
Michael Nelson
22
Matias Vera ↓ Darwin Ceren 68'
17
Teenage Hadebe
34
Thor Ulfarsson ↓ Fafa Picault 68'
14
Roberto Avila ↓ Tyler Pasher 46'

Bench

Coach Paulo Nagamura

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Ezequiel Ponce	2
Zavier Gozo	2
Maximiliano Urruti	2
Justen Glad	2
Albert Rusnak	2
Diego Luna	2
Boniek Garcia	1
Bobby Wood	1

Head to Head

Real Salt Lake Form

2022-05-29 Real Salt Lake 3–0 Houston Dynamo W 2022-05-22 Montreal Impact FC 1–2 Real Salt Lake W 2022-05-15 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Austin FC W 2022-05-08 Nashville SC 2–0 Real Salt Lake L 2022-04-30 Real Salt Lake 1–0 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2022-04-24 Portland Timbers 0–0 Real Salt Lake D

Houston Dynamo Form

2022-05-29 Real Salt Lake 3–0 Houston Dynamo L 2022-05-23 Los Angeles Galaxy 0–3 Houston Dynamo W 2022-05-19 Houston Dynamo 0–1 Seattle Sounders FC L 2022-05-15 Houston Dynamo 2–0 Nashville SC W 2022-05-07 D.C. United SC 2–0 Houston Dynamo L 2022-04-30 Houston Dynamo 1–2 Austin FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.56 Real Salt Lake xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

0.87 Houston Dynamo xG

I would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 56% + Real Salt Lake to win 55%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Real Salt Lake55% Draw26% Houston Dynamo19%

Actual: Real Salt Lake win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes47% 0% No53%

Avg goals/match: 2.43

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	89%	11%
± 1.5	70%	30%
± 2.5	44%	56%
± 3.5	23%	77%
± 4.5	11%	89%

Double Chance

Real Salt Lake or Draw

81%

Draw or Houston Dynamo

45%

Real Salt Lake or Houston Dynamo

74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Real Salt Lake36% Draw48% Houston Dynamo16%

Actual: Real Salt Lake win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.8%

1 – 0

12.7%

0 – 0

10.8%

2 – 0

10.4%

2 – 1

0 – 1

6.6%

3 – 0

Actual

1 – 2

3 – 1

4.8%

2 – 2

0 – 2

3.2%

3 – 2

2.2%

Asian Handicap — Real Salt Lake

Handicap	Real Salt Lake covers	Push	Houston Dynamo covers
-2.5	12%	—	88%
-2	12%	16%	72%
-1.5	28%	—	72%
-1	28%	24%	48%
-0.5	52%	—	48%
+0.5	80%	—	20%
+1	80%	13%	7%
+1.5	93%	—	7%
+2	93%	5%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet

42% ✗

Houston Dynamo keeps clean sheet

22% ✓

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