Real Salt Lake vs Houston Dynamo, MLS 2023 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2023

Real Salt Lake

0 – 3

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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

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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)

Match Details

Referee Alex Chilowicz
Assistant 1 Michael Barwegen (USA)
Assistant 2 Claudiu Badea (USA)

3 games this season 🟨 4.3/game ⚽ 9.7 goals/game

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

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

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
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

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
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
#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' Real Salt Lake have kicked off against Houston Dynamo. Both sides are eager to make an early statement.
5' The travelling Houston Dynamo supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
9' GOAL! Corey Baird scores on 9. Assisted by Brad Smith
14' named a 4-4-2 earlier, and opted for a 4-2-3-1 in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
19' Houston Dynamo fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
24' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Houston Dynamo needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
29' GOAL! Daniel Steres fires home to make it 0-2!
34' Danny Musovski needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 8 Yellow cards this season.
39' Houston Dynamo is showing some good football. However, Houston Dynamo are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
44' Houston Dynamo is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
46' Another substitution for Houston Dynamo to replace Hector Herrera by Artur on 46 minute.
50' Maikel Chang was booked on 50.
55' Ibrahim Aliyu has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 2 goals to his name this season.
60' A change in the Real Salt Lake ranks — Danny Musovski exits the field as Diego Luna enters on 60.
63' That looks like a foul for a card for Anderson Julio.
68' Real Salt Lake are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
70' The supporters are chanting for Franco Escobar. He replaces Brad Smith on 70 minute.
71' The crowd applauds Jasper Loffelsend as he leaves the pitch. Braian Ojeda steps in for Real Salt Lake.
75' Goal! Adalberto Carrasquilla scores his 11 goal in 8 matches.
80' 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.
83' A tactical swap from Houston Dynamo — Amine Bassi on, Sebastian Kowalczyk off on 83 minutes.
86' A tactical swap from Real Salt Lake — Kevon Lambert on, Justen Glad off on 86 minutes.
The final whistle goes. A composed, disciplined performance from Houston Dynamo to claim maximum points.

Lineups

Real Salt Lake Lineups

4-4-2

Starting XI

3
Bryan Oviedo
9
Cristian Arango
15
Justen Glad ↓ Kevon Lambert 86'
30
Marcelo Silva
10
Jefferson Savarino ↓ Anderson Julio 60'
16
Maikel Chang ↓ Rubio Rubin 60'
19
Bode Davis
17
Danny Musovski ↓ Diego Luna 60'
28
Jasper Loffelsend ↓ Braian Ojeda 71'
35
Gavin Beavers
13
Nelson Palacio

Bench

8
Damir Kreilach
2
Andrew Brody
18
Zac MacMath
6
Braian Ojeda ↑ 71'
29
Anderson Julio ↑ 60'
14
Rubio Rubin ↑ 60'
26
Diego Luna ↑ 60'
11
Carlos Gomez
31
Kevon Lambert ↑ 86'

Coach Pablo Mastroeni

Houston Dynamo Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

16
Hector Herrera ↓ Artur 46'
5
Daniel Steres
11
Corey Baird ↓ Griffin Dorsey 70'
27
Luis Caicedo
12
Steve Clark
3
Brad Smith ↓ Franco Escobar 70'
7
Ivan Franco ↓ Adalberto Carrasquilla 60'
32
Sebastian Kowalczyk ↓ Amine Bassi 83'
4
Ethan Bartlow
31
Micael
18
Ibrahim Aliyu

Bench

Coach Ben Olsen

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Ezequiel Ponce	2
Zavier Gozo	2
Maximiliano Urruti	2
Justen Glad	2
Albert Rusnak	2
Diego Luna	2
Duane Holmes	1
Alberth Elis	1

Head to Head

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

1.26 Real Salt Lake xG

Expected Goals

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

1.21 Houston Dynamo xG

I would bet for: Real Salt Lake or Houston Dynamo 71% + Under 2.5 goals 56%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Real Salt Lake38% Draw29% Houston Dynamo33%

Actual: Houston Dynamo win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes51% 0% No49%

Avg goals/match: 2.47

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	89%	11%
± 1.5	71%	29%
± 2.5	44%	56%
± 3.5	24%	76%
± 4.5	11%	89%

Double Chance

Real Salt Lake or Draw

68%

Draw or Houston Dynamo

62%

Real Salt Lake or Houston Dynamo

71%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Real Salt Lake26% Draw49% Houston Dynamo25%

Actual: Houston Dynamo win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 0–3 not predicted

0 – 3

Actual

1 – 1

13.8%

0 – 0

10.6%

1 – 0

9.6%

0 – 1

9.1%

2 – 1

7.8%

1 – 2

7.5%

2 – 0

6.5%

0 – 2

2 – 2

4.8%

3 – 1

3.3%

1 – 3

3 – 0

2.7%

Asian Handicap — Real Salt Lake

Handicap	Real Salt Lake covers	Push	Houston Dynamo covers
-2.5	6%	—	94%
-2	6%	11%	84%
-1.5	16%	—	84%
-1	16%	20%	64%
-0.5	36%	—	64%
+0.5	66%	—	34%
+1	66%	19%	15%
+1.5	85%	—	15%
+2	85%	10%	5%
+2.5	95%	—	5%

Clean Sheet

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet

31% ✓

Houston Dynamo keeps clean sheet

29% ✗

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