Match Report
4 points and 5 places separated them: Real Salt Lake 3rd with 26, Houston Dynamo 8th with 22. Houston Dynamo had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 4th in the league over the last five rounds against 8th overall.
Houston Dynamo came in having won three on the spin. 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. Goals tend to flow: 63% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 63%. The last five meetings averaged 3.6 goals, well above the all-time 2.75.
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