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Real Salt Lake vs Houston Dynamo: result 2-1 and analysis

Major League SoccerRegular Season - 27Kick-off on August 19, 2021 at 02:00 AM (UTC)America First Field, Sandy, Utah

Real Salt Lake
2-1
Houston Dynamo

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What was the result of Real Salt Lake vs Houston Dynamo?

Real Salt Lake won 2-1 on August 19, 2021.

Goalscorers

  • 6′Justin MeramReal Salt Lake
  • 51′F. PicaultHouston Dynamo
  • 88′A. JulioReal Salt Lake

Official lineup for Real Salt Lake vs Houston Dynamo

The starting elevens fielded at kick-off.

Real Salt Lake

4-4-2
  1. 10J. Menéndez
  2. 9Justin Meram
  1. 7B. Wood
  2. 11A. Rusnák
  3. 8D. Kreilach
  4. 25Éverton Luiz
  1. 22A. Herrera
  2. 44T. Datković
  3. 4D. Toia
  4. 30M. Silva
  1. 18Z. MacMath

Houston Dynamo

  1. 11A. Lassiter
  1. 10F. Picault
  2. 20A. Carrasquilla
  3. 22M. Vera
  4. 24D. Cerén
  5. 25G. Dorsey
  1. 3A. Lundkvist
  2. 4Z. Valentín
  3. 5T. Parker
  4. 18T. Hadebe
  1. 1M. Marić
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What is the recent form of both teams?

Over their last 15 matches in all competitions, Real Salt Lake have 4 wins, 6 draws and 5 defeats; Houston Dynamo have 2, 7 and 6.

The competition is shown for every match: in pre-season, several of these games are friendlies.

Real Salt Lake
DateOpponentScoreCompetition
Aug 15, 2021Austin(home)1-0Major League Soccer
Aug 8, 2021Portland Timbers(away)2-3Major League Soccer
Aug 5, 2021Los Angeles Galaxy(away)0-1Major League Soccer
Aug 1, 2021Houston Dynamo(away)0-0Major League Soccer
Jul 25, 2021Colorado Rapids(home)3-0Major League Soccer
Houston Dynamo
DateOpponentScoreCompetition
Aug 15, 2021Colorado Rapids(home)1-3Major League Soccer
Aug 8, 2021Minnesota United FC(away)0-2Major League Soccer
Aug 5, 2021Austin(away)2-3Major League Soccer
Aug 1, 2021Real Salt Lake(home)0-0Major League Soccer
Jul 25, 2021San Jose Earthquakes(away)1-1Major League Soccer

What does the head-to-head say?

Across the last 6 meetings: 3 Real Salt Lake wins, 3 draws, 0 Houston Dynamo wins.

DateScoreCompetition
Aug 1, 2021Houston Dynamo 0-0 Real Salt LakeMajor League Soccer
Jun 27, 2021Real Salt Lake 1-1 Houston DynamoMajor League Soccer
Sep 29, 2019Real Salt Lake 2-1 Houston DynamoMajor League Soccer
Mar 2, 2019Houston Dynamo 1-1 Real Salt LakeMajor League Soccer
Aug 19, 2018Houston Dynamo 1-2 Real Salt LakeMajor League Soccer
May 31, 2018Real Salt Lake 2-1 Houston DynamoMajor League Soccer

Last archived meeting: Houston Dynamo vs Real Salt Lake on Aug 1, 2021

How many goals should we expect?

Real Salt Lake score 1.4 and concede 1.1 goals per match over their last 15; Houston Dynamo score 1.0 and concede 1.5.

ClubGoals scored / matchGoals conceded / matchClean sheetsBoth teams scoredOver 2.5 goals
Real Salt Lake1.41.158/158/15
Houston Dynamo1.01.5310/156/15

Over the last 15 matches in all competitions.

Where do both teams sit in the table?

Real Salt Lake sit 11th in Major League Soccer (42 points from 33 matches) and Houston Dynamo sit 5th (51 points from 33 matches).

2026 standings
#ClubPWDLGFGAPts
5Houston Dynamo3314910434251
11Real Salt Lake3312615515142

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How does Footlab AI compute this prediction?

The model combines both teams' Elo ratings (anchored by competition pool), their recent form weighted by opponent strength, home advantage and a Poisson matrix for scorelines. When bookmakers publish odds for the match, their consensus is built into the calculation: that is what proved most accurate on past matches. Its accuracy is measured continuously on the predictions actually published. Methodology and measured accuracy

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