Match Report
The table read 11th (Real Salt Lake, 29 pts) against 8th (New York City, 32 pts), 3 points apart. Recent form told a different story for Real Salt Lake: only 29th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 11th. Per game in the league, Real Salt Lake were scoring 1.54 and conceding 1.63, New York City 1.56 and 1.32, against a competition average of 1.6 goals per team per game.
Real Salt Lake had gone 9 games without a win. New York City's winless run stood at 7.
The match was played at America First Field (capacity 20,213). The referee was A. Ndiaye, with 43 matches in our database and 2.6 yellows per game on average. New York City led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 0-2 full-time score.
Goal scorers
New York City: Nicolás Fernández Mercau (41'), Luighi (61')
Key stats
Possession: Real Salt Lake 53% · New York City 47% · Total shots: 15-6 · On target: 6-3 · Corners: 10-1