Real Salt Lake is coming into this match playing in good form in their recent matches. They are coming off of a 1-0 loss at home to the LA Galaxy in their last match, but that has been their only loss in their last 9 straight matches. They have 4 wins in their last 8 matches and their attack has been on fire in these, scoring 20 goals in their last 8 matches. When playing at home, they have been in much better form as they have won 4 of their last 5 as well as 5 of their last 7 matches there with just 1 loss in that span. Their attack has been great in these matches as well, scoring at least 2 goals in 3 of their last 4 matches there and scoring 10 goals in their last 3 home matches alone. They are going up against a Houston side that has also been in good form in their recent matches. They have won their last 2 straight, but those are also their only 2 wins in their last 5 matches. They do not have a loss in their last 6 matches and they have been scoring a lot of goals in these as well, but their defense has also been awful in these matches. They have allowed at least 2 goals in 3 of their last 5 as well as allowing at least 1 goal in 10 of their last 11 matches. When playing away from home, they have been in much worse form as they have just 1 win in their last 5 away matches, losing 2 of those, and they have also allowed at least 2 goals in 3 of their last 4 away matches. Real Salt Lake has been in great form at home so they are going to find the net on this Houston defense that has been conceding a lot of goals recently, especially since Real Salt Lake has scored 20 goals in their 9 home matches this season. They have also been much better on defense, only allowing 8 goals in their 9 home matches while Houston has allowed 14 goals in their 10 away matches this year. Houston is going to concede goals against this potent Salt lake attack while Salt Lake has the defense to keep Houston out and that will be the difference in this match. Real Salt Lake will win this match at home and collect all 3 points here.
USA MLS: Real Salt Lake ML, Rot. 209862