Saint Louis City SC vs Real Salt Lake Prediction: Back both teams to score

Saint Louis City are back struggling for their lives with their recent poor performances. They have now gone three games without a win as they suffered their second defeat in their last 3 games against Nashville SC last week. They return to playing on home soil as they welcome Real Salt Lake.

Real Salt Lake on the other hand are in fine form and they will hope they can exploit the struggling Saint Louis City team here. Real Salt Lake are unbeaten in their last 4 games in all competitions. They won their last games against DC United away from home.

Saint Louis City are higher on the table compared to the visitors here. They are 5th on the table with 29 points, while Real Salt Lake are 15th in 23 points. Both teams are competing from the western conference division.

Saint Louis City (LDLWW)

Saint Louis City are in dire need of a positive result after falling to poor results in their last 3 games. They failed to win any of their last 3 games and in those games they had 2 defeats and 1 draw. In their last 5 games they recorded 2 defeats, 1 draw and 2 wins, with their latest match ending in a 3-1 defeat to Nashville SC away from home.

Saint Louis City will be welcoming Real Salt Lake to their home ground and their home form so far this season have been good. They played 9 matches at home and had 6 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats. In their last 5 matches at home they had 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat, and their last home game ended in a 1-1 draw against LA Galaxy.

Saint Louis City will be eager to put the defeat against Nashville SC behind them. Hany Mukhtar opened the scoring for Nashville SC in the 11th minute and Nicholas Gioacchini gave Saint Louis City the equalizer in the 41st minute. In the 68th minute, Saint Louis City were forced to play with 10 men as Kyle Hiebert was sent off for a foul. And Hany Mukhtar put Nashville SC from the spot in the 70th minute and scored the third in the 75th minute to seal the 3-1 win at full time. According to statistics, Saint Louis City had 49%, 3 shots on target and 3 corner kicks.

Team streak: no wins (3), without a clean sheet (3), more than 4.5 cards (4/5).

Real Salt Lake (WDWWL)

Real Salt Lake are coming into this game with lots of confidence as they are in fine form at the moment. They are currently unbeaten in their last 4 games in a row and in their last 5 games they had 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat. Their last game ended in a 2-1 win over DC United away from home.

Real Salt Lake will be playing another away game and their away form this season has been average this season. They played 9 away matches and had 4 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats in those games. And in their last 5 away games they had 3 wins and 2 draws. They have not lost any of their last 5 away games and their last away match ended in a 2-1 win over DC United last week.

Real Salt Lake once again showed their superiority against DC United as they won the game 2-1 at full time. DC United had a player sent off in the 26th minute and Real Salt Lake took the lead in the 41st minute through Pablo Ruiz goal. And in the 51st minute, Daniel Musocksi scored the second goal for Real Salt Lake before Christopher Durkin pulled one goal back for DC United in the 53rd minute. The game ended that way at full time and Real Salt Lake won the game 2-1 at full time. According to statistics, Real Salt Lake had 62% possession, 8 shots on target and 5 corner kicks.

Team streaks: more than 2.5 goals (4/5), both teams scoring (5/6), first to score (6/8), more than 2.5 goals (4/5), both teams scoring (5/6), first to score (6/8), more than 4.5 cards (5/6), more than 10.5 corners (4/5).

Head to Head

Saint Louis City and Real Salt Lake have met just once before this match and Saint Louis City won the game 4-0 last year.

Western Conference Table

Pos Team           P   W   D   L   Goals  PTS

1     Saint Louis 17   9   2   6    34:20   29

7.    Real Salt    18   6   5   7    20:28   23

Analysis and Betting Tips

According to analysis, Saint Louis City SC have scored 34 goals and conceded 20 goals in 17 matches in the MLS. They have scored 2.0 goals per game and have a 15% conversion rate. They also create 2.1 big chances per game and take a total of 13.7 shots per game with 4.9 shots on target per game. They take an average of 4.9 corners per game and take up 44.8% possession on average. On the defense, they have 4 clean sheets and they conceded 1.2 goals per game.

According to analysis, Real Salt Lake have scored 20 goals and conceded 28 goals in 18 matches in the MLS. They have scored 1.1 goals per game and have a 11% conversion rate. They also create 1.9 big chances per game and take a total of 14.6 shots per game with 5.4 shots on target per game. They take an average of 5.3 corners per game and take up 47.3% possession on average. On the defense, they have 4 clean sheets and they conceded 1.6 goals per game.

Betting Tips:

• More than 2.5 Goals at 1.62 Odds
• 2nd Half Over 1.5 Goals at 1.87 Odds
• More than 2.5 Goals at 1.60 Odds