Real Salt Lake vs Houston Dynamo Predictions

• Real Salt Lake have just one clean sheet across their last five home games.
• Both teams scored in each of the last four H2H meetings in Salt Lake.
• Houston Dynamo kept just one clean sheet in their last five away games, but scored themselves in four.

A real test of Salt Lake’s unbeaten home record

While Real Salt Lake remain unbeaten at home in this MLS campaign (W4, D1), they welcome a Houston Dynamo side who are used to playing out topsy-turvy affairs away from home in league action (W2, L3).

You just have to look at the recent clashes between these sides in Salt Lake to see the competitive nature of the fixture. Each of the last four ended 2-1 to Real Salt Lake or in a 1-1 draw, with Salt Lake hitting the opener before half-time in all of those clashes.

The hosts have every reason to feel confident ahead of this, with coach Pablo Mastroeni unbeaten in seven of his nine personal clashes with Houston (W4, D3, L2). Notably, five of the last six games in sequence saw goals at both ends!

Houston need a win to keep in touch

The visitors are amongst a group of three sides locked on 18 points ahead of this round, a selection of sides which straddle the edges of the final MLS Cup qualification places. Consequently, Houston must go hammer and tong for a positive result or risk slipping out of the top-seven.

All in all, we predict that both teams will score in this game, although the price around the home win also looks tempting. That is covered in our correct score prediction though, a 2-1 home success, one which is a very familiar outcome in this fixture.

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