Real Salt Lake vs St Louis City Predictions

Visitors should be opposed

Real Salt Lake should be backed to beat an out-of-form St Louis at Rio Tinto Stadium. The visitors have lost their last five MLS away games and this is unlikely to change here.

They sit just above St Louis in the standings, with only four points separating the two teams. The hosts have recorded five wins so far, while the visitors have won three times.

St Louis could not break their losing habit last time, going down 1-0 to Houston last weekend in their latest MLS outing.

St Louis are in poor form, having won just one of their last ten MLS matches. They have not tasted victory in four games now, with their last two ending in defeat.

St Louis have been disappointing in front of goal away from home this season, scoring just seven goals in ten games – an average of 0.70 goals a game on the road. They have failed to score in three of their last four MLS away games.

They have been leaking goals on the road, failing to keep a clean sheet in their last eight MLS away games.

Real Salt Lake have won two of their last three MLS matches against St Louis by a two-goal margin and, with the visitors having lost seven of their last eight away games, a 2-0 home win looks a decent correct-score option.

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Edited by Mark Langdon