Match Report
11 points and 8 places separated them: Real Salt Lake 10th with 28, Houston Dynamo 2nd with 39. The last five rounds placed Real Salt Lake no better than 26th for form, against 10th in the standings. Against a league average of 1.6 goals per team per game, Real Salt Lake ran at 1.62 scored and 1.57 conceded, Houston Dynamo at 1.36 and 1.18.
Three consecutive wins preceded this game for Houston Dynamo. The five-game form split read 6/15 points for Real Salt Lake against 12/15 for Houston Dynamo.
8 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Real Salt Lake 5, draws 1, Houston Dynamo 2, at 2.75 goals per meeting. This has been a host's fixture — the home side won 75% of the meetings. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 63% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 63%. Where history says 2.75 goals per meeting, the last five say 3.6.
America First Field, capacity 20,213, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 3-0.
Goal scorers
Real Salt Lake: Zavier Gozo (64'), Zavier Gozo (57'), Duane Holmes (49' og)
Key stats
Possession: Real Salt Lake 53% · Houston Dynamo 47% · Total shots: 9-15 · On target: 2-4 · Corners: 4-1