Wednesday , 30 September 2026

Real Salt Lake vs Houston Dynamo, MLS 2023 REGULAR SEASON

MLS · 2023
Real Salt Lake
0 – 3
Full Time
Houston Dynamo
Sun 27 Aug 2023 · 01:30 UTC Rio Tinto Stadium 21,471 HT 45' · FT 45'
0–1 9' Corey Baird
0–2 29' Daniel Steres
0–3 75' Adalberto Carrasquilla
Maikel Chang 50' Y
Anderson Julio 63' Y

Overview

Match Preview

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

Match Details

  • Referee Alex Chilowicz
  • Assistant 1 Michael Barwegen (USA)
  • Assistant 2 Claudiu Badea (USA)
5 games this season 🟨 1.8/game ⚽ 5.0 goals/game

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
2023-08-27 Real Salt Lake 0–3 Houston Dynamo 2023-05-07 Houston Dynamo 0–0 Real Salt Lake 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

Recent Form

Real Salt Lake
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
27 Aug Houston Dynamo H 0–3 L
16 Jul New York Red Bulls H 3–1 W
13 Jul Sporting Kansas City A 2–2 D
09 Jul Orlando City SC H 4–0 W
01 Jul Toronto FC A 1–0 W
25 Jun Minnesota United FC H 2–2 D
Houston Dynamo
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
27 Aug Real Salt Lake A 3–0 W
21 Aug Portland Timbers H 5–0 W
16 Jul Colorado Rapids SC A 0–0 D
13 Jul Minnesota United FC H 0–3 L
09 Jul Sporting Kansas City H 2–2 D
02 Jul Seattle Sounders FC A 0–1 L

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 stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Real Salt Lake and Houston Dynamo has kicked off!
  • 5' Houston Dynamo looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker scoring 0 goals.
  • 9' Corey Baird does the damage! The net is bulging and Houston Dynamo surge ahead!
  • 14' A quiet spell here at Rio Tinto Stadium. Real Salt Lake seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
  • 19' With 0 assists to his name this season, Jasper Loffelsend is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Houston Dynamo.
  • 24' Daniel Steres is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Houston Dynamo so far.
  • 29' The deadlock is broken! Daniel Steres gets on the scoresheet on 29 minutes.
  • 34' Franco Escobar has been relatively quiet despite scoring 12 goals in his last 291 appearances.
  • 39' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Ben Olsen will be considering his options from the bench.
  • 44' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
  • 46' Houston Dynamo manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Artur is hanging Hector Herrera on the field on 46 minute.
  • 50' Maikel Chang is having his name booked by the referee on 50.
  • 55' It is a cagey affair so far. Real Salt Lake in their 4-4-2 trying to find a way past Houston Dynamo's compact 4-2-3-1.
  • 60' The crowd applauds Danny Musovski as he leaves the pitch. Diego Luna steps in for Real Salt Lake.
  • 63' That looks like a foul for a card for Anderson Julio.
  • 68' Houston Dynamo come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
  • 70' A tactical swap from Houston Dynamo — Franco Escobar on, Brad Smith off on 70 minutes.
  • 71' Braian Ojeda gets the nod from Real Salt Lake. He replaces Jasper Loffelsend and will look to change the dynamic.
  • 75' Magnificent from Adalberto Carrasquilla! That is 11 goals in 8 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
  • 80' 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.
  • 83' The whistle greets Sebastian Kowalczyk as he departs to be replaced by Amine Bassi.
  • 86' Kevon Lambert has so much to prove this time. He replaces Justen Glad on 86 minute.
  • That’s it! Another goalless match for Real Salt Lake and Houston Dynamo (для сухой ничьи).

Lineups

Real Salt Lake Lineups

4-4-2

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Pablo Mastroeni

Houston Dynamo Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Ben Olsen

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

2023-08-27 Real Salt Lake 0–3 Houston Dynamo 2023-05-07 Houston Dynamo 0–0 Real Salt Lake 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

Real Salt Lake Form

2023-08-27 Real Salt Lake 0–3 Houston Dynamo L 2023-07-16 Real Salt Lake 3–1 New York Red Bulls W 2023-07-13 Sporting Kansas City 2–2 Real Salt Lake D 2023-07-09 Real Salt Lake 4–0 Orlando City SC W 2023-07-01 Toronto FC 0–1 Real Salt Lake W 2023-06-25 Real Salt Lake 2–2 Minnesota United FC D

Houston Dynamo Form

2023-08-27 Real Salt Lake 0–3 Houston Dynamo W 2023-08-21 Houston Dynamo 5–0 Portland Timbers W 2023-07-16 Colorado Rapids SC 0–0 Houston Dynamo D 2023-07-13 Houston Dynamo 0–3 Minnesota United FC L 2023-07-09 Houston Dynamo 2–2 Sporting Kansas City D 2023-07-02 Seattle Sounders FC 1–0 Houston Dynamo L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
0 / 4
1.19 Real Salt Lake xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.25 Houston Dynamo xG
I would bet for: Real Salt Lake or Houston Dynamo 71% + Under 2.5 goals 56%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Real Salt Lake36% Draw29% Houston Dynamo35%
Actual: Houston Dynamo win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong
Yes50% 0% No50%
Avg goals/match: 2.44
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
66%
Draw or Houston Dynamo
64%
Real Salt Lake or Houston Dynamo
71%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Real Salt Lake24% Draw50% Houston Dynamo26%
Actual: Houston Dynamo win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
13.9%
0 – 0
10.9%
0 – 1
9.8%
1 – 0
9.3%
1 – 2
7.8%
2 – 1
7.4%
0 – 2
6.6%
2 – 0
6%
2 – 2
4.7%
1 – 3
3.3%
3 – 1
3%
0 – 3
Actual

Asian Handicap — Real Salt Lake

Handicap Real Salt Lake covers Push Houston Dynamo covers
-2.5 5% — 95%
-2 5% 10% 86%
-1.5 14% — 86%
-1 14% 19% 67%
-0.5 33% — 67%
+0.5 64% — 36%
+1 64% 20% 16%
+1.5 84% — 16%
+2 84% 11% 6%
+2.5 94% — 6%

Clean Sheet

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet
29% ✓
Houston Dynamo keeps clean sheet
31% ✗

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