Match Report
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. J. Marrufo took charge of the match — our records show 44 games refereed with an average of 1.0 yellow cards per 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')
Key stats
Possession: Real Salt Lake 53% · Houston Dynamo 47% · Total shots: 9-15 · On target: 2-4 · Corners: 4-1