Real Salt Lake vs Minnesota United Prediction: A game with few goals

Real Salt Lake have been playing at their full potential in recent games and they are getting the right results. They have not lost a single game in their last 5 games in a row, as they had 4 wins and 1 draw in that time. They have back-to-back wins against DC United and Saint Louis City SC, with the latest being against Saint Louis City SC away from home and now in this game they have a chance to continue their winning streak when they welcome Minnesota United.

Minnesota United have been struggling to win games for some time now. Their winless streak extends back to their last 5 matches in a row. They lost 3 games and drew 2 in those 5 games. A win would really help to set this team back on their track, but getting it might not be an easy task considering the form of the home team.

Real Salt Lake are 14th in the MLS table and 7th in the western conference table with 26 points, while Minnesota United are 22nd on the MLS table and 12th in the western conference table with 20 points.

Real Salt Lake are doing all the right things at the moment and all they need is to continue in that way in this game. Since the 3-2 defeat to LA Galaxy at home earlier this month, they have turned their fortunes around with such great form. They have played 5 matches since then and they won 4 and drew 1 of those games. They got a back-to-back win against Austin FC (2-1) and LA Galaxy (3-2). Then they played a 0-0 draw with New York City and returned to winning ways with another back-to-back wins against DC United (2-1) and Saint Louis City (3-1).

However, their home form is not so great according to the rankings. They have managed to pick up 9 points from 9 home matches and only LA Galaxy, Minnesota United and Colorado Rapids have picked up lesser points at home. In all 9 games they had 2 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats. Record shows they have failed to win in their last 5 home games, playing 3 draws and 2 defeats in those games. They played 0-0 draws against San Jose Earthquakes, Portland Timbers and New York City and lost to Los Angeles FC (3-0) and LA Galaxy (3-2).

Real Salt Lake can build on their recent 3-1 win over Saint Louis City SC. They got on with a quick start with an early goal from Diego Luna in 15 minutes and then they conceded the equalizer in the 21st minute from Nicholas Gioacchini. But they took the lead once more in the 48th minute through Damir Kreilach and extended their lead to 3 with Damir scoring a brace in the 66th minute to seal the game 3-1 at full time.

Team streak - no losses (5), more than 2.5 goals (5/6), both teams scoring (6/7), first to score (4/5), more than 4.5 cards (6/7).

Minnesota United are surely heading down the table if they continue in this form. They have failed to win in any of their last 5 games in all competitions. They lost 3 of those games and drew 2. The defeats were against Houston Dynamo (4-0), Austin FC (2-1) and CF Montreal (4-0). And then they played out draws with Real Salt Lake (1-1) and Toronto FC (1-1).

Their away form has been average according to the rankings. Only Real Salt Lake, Orlando City and Cincinnati FC have a better away record than them. They picked up 12 points from 4 wins and 6 defeats in 10 away games played. Their last 5 away games ended in 1 win and 4 defeats. The only win was against Portland Timbers (1-0) and the four defeats were against CF Montreal, Austin FC, Sporting Kansas City and Vancouver Whitecaps.

Their latest match ended in a 4-0 defeat against CF Montreal away from home. They conceded 2 goals in the 7th and 13th minutes from Mason Toye and Zachary Brault Guillard. And in the 57th, Mason Toyes scored a brace and Rudy Camacho rounded off with the fourth goal in the 76th minute.

Team streak: no wins (5), without a clean sheet (5), first to concede (5/5).

These two teams have met 17 times before this encounter and in that time Minnesota United won 6 games, while Real Salt Lake won 3 games and 8 games ended in a draw.

• Minnesota United are without a clean sheet in the last 3 meetings.
• There were less than 4.5 cards in 6/8 meetings.
• There were less than 10.5 corners in 7/8 meetings.

According to analysis, Real Salt Lake have scored 23 goals and conceded 29 goals in 19 matches in the MLS. They have scored 1.2 goals per game and have a 8% conversion rate. They also create 1.9 big chances per game and take a total of 14.5 shots per game with 5.6 shots on target per game. They take an average of 5.2 corners per game and take up 47.5% possession on average. On the defense, they have 4 clean sheets and they conceded 1.5 goals per game.

According to analysis, Minnesota United have scored 15 goals and conceded 22 goals in 17 matches in the MLS. They have scored 0.9 goals per game and have a 7% conversion rate. They also create 2.1 big chances per game and take a total of 12.5 shots per game with 3.9 shots on target per game. They take an average of 4.6 corners per game and take up 45.8% possession on average. On the defense, they have 5 clean sheets and they conceded 1.3 goals per game.

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