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Real Salt Lake vs Nashville SC, MLS 2021 REGULAR SEASON

MLS · 2021
Real Salt Lake
0 – 0
Full Time
Nashville SC
Sun 16 May 2021 · 01:30 UTC Rio Tinto Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'
Justen Glad 27' Y
Y 50' Alex Muyl

Overview

Match Preview

Real Salt Lake vs Nashville SC — 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

1
1
2
Real Salt Lake 4 games · Avg 2.0 goals Nashville SC
Last 5 meetings
2021-05-16 Real Salt Lake 0–0 Nashville SC

Recent Form

Real Salt Lake
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
16 May Nashville SC H 0–0 D
08 May San Jose Earthquakes H 1–2 L
01 May Sporting Kansas City H 3–1 W
25 Apr Minnesota United FC A 2–1 W
08 Nov Sporting Kansas City H 0–2 L
02 Nov Los Angeles Galaxy A 1–2 L
Nashville SC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
16 May Real Salt Lake A 0–0 D
08 May New England Revolution H 2–0 W
02 May Internacional CF Miami H 0–0 D
24 Apr Montreal Impact FC H 2–2 D
18 Apr FC Cincinnati H 2–2 D
30 Nov Columbus Crew SC A 0–2 L

Season Stats

Real Salt Lake Nashville SC
#27 Position #1
32 Points 60
27 Played 27
9 / 5 / 13 W / D / L 18 / 6 / 3
40 Scored 55
44 Conceded 21
-4 GD +34
1.19 PPG 2.22
33% Win % 67%

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (4 games)
50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
11% Clean Sheets
Real Salt Lake this season
48% Clean Sheets
Nashville SC this season

Real Salt Lake are 27th (32 pts). Nashville SC are 1st (60 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
Nashville SC
0-15
3/1
16-30
7/3
31-45
5/2
46-60
6/2
61-75
5/6
76+
11/3
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Real Salt Lake
Sergi Solans 11 G 3 A
Zavier Gozo 6 G 3 A
Nashville SC
Sam Surridge 16 G 1 A
Hany Mukhtar 13 G 6 A
Warren Madrigal 5 G 2 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' KICK OFF: Real Salt Lake gets underway.
  • 5' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
  • 10' Andrew Brody is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Nashville SC tonight.
  • 15' Nashville SC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 20' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
  • 25' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
  • 27' Controversy at the stadium! Justen Glad argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
  • 32' The home supporters are growing impatient. Real Salt Lake must find a spark to ignite this game.
  • 37' Supporters expect more eagerness from Matt LaGrassa, as he is very good at scoring at Rio Tinto Stadium with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
  • 42' Damir Kreilach has been relatively quiet despite scoring 67 goals in his last 287 appearances.
  • 47' The travelling Nashville SC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 50' The referee shows Nashville SC player a Yellow card on 50.
  • 55' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 55 minutes.
  • 57' A change in the Nashville SC ranks — Dominique Badji exits the field as Hany Mukhtar enters on 57.
  • 62' Real Salt Lake are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
  • 66' The Nashville SC bench stirs into life. Charles Sapong is withdrawn and Jhonder Cadiz gets his opportunity.
  • 71' Ruiz needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 16 Yellow cards this season.
  • 76' Fresh legs for Real Salt Lake! Ashtone Morgan comes on to replace Donny Toia.
  • 81' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Anibal Godoy made 8 appearances and scored 4 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • 82' Another substitution for Real Salt Lake to replace Anderson Julio by Maikel Chang Ramirez on 82 minute.
  • 83' Noah Powder is replacing Andrew Brody for the Real Salt Lake side.
  • 88' It is a cagey affair so far. Real Salt Lake in their trying to find a way past Nashville SC's compact .
  • It finishes all square. Real Salt Lake and Nashville SC share the spoils 0-0.

Lineups

Real Salt Lake Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Freddy Juarez

Nashville SC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Gary Smith

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Bobby Wood 1
Tate Schmitt 1
Walker Zimmerman 1
David Romney 1
Charles Sapong 1
Dominik Marczuk 1
Sam Surridge 1
Daniel Lovitz 1

Head to Head

2021-05-16 Real Salt Lake 0–0 Nashville SC

Real Salt Lake Form

2021-05-16 Real Salt Lake 0–0 Nashville SC D 2021-05-08 Real Salt Lake 1–2 San Jose Earthquakes L 2021-05-01 Real Salt Lake 3–1 Sporting Kansas City W 2021-04-25 Minnesota United FC 1–2 Real Salt Lake W 2020-11-08 Real Salt Lake 0–2 Sporting Kansas City L 2020-11-02 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–1 Real Salt Lake L

Nashville SC Form

2021-05-16 Real Salt Lake 0–0 Nashville SC D 2021-05-08 Nashville SC 2–0 New England Revolution W 2021-05-02 Nashville SC 0–0 Internacional CF Miami D 2021-04-24 Nashville SC 2–2 Montreal Impact FC D 2021-04-18 Nashville SC 2–2 FC Cincinnati D 2020-11-30 Columbus Crew SC 2–0 Nashville SC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
0.67 Real Salt Lake xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.17 Nashville SC xG
I would bet for: Nashville SC or Draw 73% + Under 2.5 goals 72%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
Real Salt Lake27% Draw32% Nashville SC41%
Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes35% 0% No65%
Avg goals/match: 1.84
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 82%
18%
± 1.5 55%
45%
± 2.5 28%
72%
± 3.5 12%
88%
± 4.5 5%
95%

Double Chance

Real Salt Lake or Draw
59%
Draw or Nashville SC
73%
Real Salt Lake or Nashville SC
68%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Real Salt Lake14% Draw56% Nashville SC30%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
0 – 0
Actual
0 – 1
17.3%
1 – 1
13.3%
0 – 2
10.3%
1 – 0
9.3%
1 – 2
7.2%
2 – 1
4%
0 – 3
4%
2 – 0
3.3%
1 – 3
2.9%
2 – 2
2.5%
0 – 4
1.2%

Asian Handicap — Real Salt Lake

Handicap Real Salt Lake covers Push Nashville SC covers
-2.5 1% — 99%
-2 1% 4% 95%
-1.5 5% — 95%
-1 5% 14% 81%
-0.5 19% — 81%
+0.5 54% — 46%
+1 54% 26% 20%
+1.5 80% — 20%
+2 80% 14% 7%
+2.5 93% — 7%

Clean Sheet

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet
32% ✗
Nashville SC keeps clean sheet
51% ✓

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