Major League Soccer WON 2–1
Thu, Sep 10 · 02:30 · Shell Energy Stadium
Houston Dynamo Home
VS
Real Salt Lake Away
Houston Dynamo vs Real Salt Lake — Major League Soccer
Tipster's pick Houston Dynamo or Real Salt Lake
Value Fair · 2/5
Odds 1.25 Odds via Bet365
Our estimate74%
This price needs80%
Expert analysis

Dynamo Home Edge Meets Salt Lake Road Struggles

Houston’s recent sequence shows a pattern of results that rarely ends level, with wins and losses dominating their last dozen outings. Real Salt Lake concede heavily on the road while managing only modest scoring output away from home. Head-to-head meetings between these sides have produced just two draws across the past ten encounters, pointing to a strong chance of a decisive outcome. Houston’s defensive record at home limits the visitors’ opportunities to control games, while Salt Lake’s injury list removes several regulars from their back line. Both teams average over a goal per game across the season, which reduces the likelihood they will cancel each other out. The combination of open styles and limited draws in direct meetings supports the expectation of a result either way.

AcePredictor Analysis by AcePredictor 73.2% win rate
Result
2–1 WON

Our pick “Houston Dynamo or Real Salt Lake” at odds 1.25 won — final score 2–1.

Match timeline
  1. First half
  2. Diego Luna 30'
  3. Juan Arias 33'
  4. Philip Quinton ↓ Lukas Engel 45'
  5. Second half
  6. Héctor Herrera 54'
  7. Guilherme Augusto assist Lawrence Ennali 57'
  8. Colin Guske 67'
  9. Diadie Samassekou ↓ Agustín Bouzat 69'
  10. Alexandros Katranis ↓ DeAndre Yedlin 70'
  11. Saba Lobjanidze ↓ Diego Luna 70'
  12. Lineker Rodrigues ↓ Jason Shokalook 70'
  13. Saba Lobjanidze assist Lineker Rodrigues 76'
  14. Duncan McGuire ↓ Ibrahim Aliyu 80'
  15. Matthew Arana ↓ Héctor Herrera 80'
  16. Mateusz Bogusz assist Guilherme Augusto 87'
  17. Duane Holmes ↓ Lawrence Ennali 90+1'
  18. Nick Markanich ↓ Guilherme Augusto 90+1'
  19. Owen Anderson ↓ Colin Guske 90+1'
  20. Philip Quinton 90+5'
This season
Houston Dynamo Real Salt Lake
Over 2.5 goals 17% 23%
Clean sheet 48% 9%
Failed to score 26% 14%
Scored per game 1.3 1.6
Conceded per game 1.1 1.6
Scored home / away 1.2 / 1.4 2.2 / 1.1

Across 23 and 22 matches played this season.

League table position
# Team PWDLPts
1 VAN Vancouver Whitecaps 22 13 4 5 43
2 HOU Houston Dynamo ▲ 23 12 4 7 40
3 LOS Los Angeles FC 24 10 7 7 37
4 FCD FC Dallas 23 10 7 6 37
5 STL St. Louis City 23 10 7 6 37
6 SAN San Jose Earthquakes 23 10 5 8 35
7 COL Colorado Rapids 23 10 1 12 31
8 POR Portland Timbers 23 9 4 10 31
9 SAN San Diego 23 8 6 9 30
10 REA Real Salt Lake ▲ 22 8 5 9 29
11 MIN Minnesota United FC 23 7 8 8 29
Recent form · last 5 finished matches
Houston Dynamo WWLDD
W vs Los Angeles Galaxy 1–0 Aug 16
W @ Vancouver Whitecaps 1–0 Aug 20
L @ St. Louis City 1–2 Aug 23
D vs San Jose Earthquakes 0–0 Aug 30
D @ Charlotte 0–0 Sep 5
Real Salt Lake LLLLD
L vs FC Dallas 3–4 Aug 20
L @ Orlando City SC 1–2 Aug 22
L @ Leon 0–3 Aug 26
L @ Colorado Rapids 0–1 Aug 30
D vs Los Angeles FC 2–2 Sep 6
Goals trend · last 5 matches
Houston Dynamo
Scored 0.6 avg
1 1 1 0 0
Conceded 0.4 avg
0 0 2 0 0
Real Salt Lake
Scored 1.2 avg
3 1 0 0 2
Conceded 2.4 avg
4 2 3 1 2
Head-to-head · last meetings
4 Houston Dynamo
2 Draws
4 Real Salt Lake
May 2026 Real Salt Lake 3–0 Houston Dynamo Real Salt Lake
Jul 2025 Real Salt Lake 1–0 Houston Dynamo Real Salt Lake
Mar 2025 Houston Dynamo 1–2 Real Salt Lake Real Salt Lake
Sep 2024 Houston Dynamo 4–1 Real Salt Lake Houston Dynamo
Aug 2024 Houston Dynamo 3–0 Real Salt Lake Houston Dynamo

Over 2.5 goals in 7 of the last 10 meetings.

Confirmed lineups
Houston Dynamo 5-3-2
  • 31 J. Bond G
  • 11 L. Ennali F
  • 3 Antônio Carlos D
  • 6 Artur M
  • 5 Lucas Halter D
  • 21 F. Negri M
  • 19 M. Bogusz M
  • 30 A. Bouzat M
  • 16 H. Herrera M
  • 20 Guilherme F
  • 24 A. Ibrahim F
Bench D. Samassékou, Vinicius Silva, M. Arana, B. Gillingham, D. Holmes, N. Markanich, D. McGuire, A. Resch, G. Rivera

Ben Olsen

Real Salt Lake 5-4-1
  • 1 Rafael Cabral G
  • 2 D. Yedlin D
  • 3 K. Henry D
  • 21 J. Arias D
  • 4 L. Engel D
  • 8 J. Sanabria M
  • 39 A. Hezarkhani M
  • 92 N. Caliskan M
  • 25 Colin Guske M
  • 10 D. Luna M
  • 13 Jason Shokalook F
Bench A. Katránis, Lineker Rodrigues, S. Lobzhanidze, R. Mesalles, L. Moisa, liam gara o, P. Quinton, M. Stajduhar, O. Anderson

P. Mastroeni

Team news · injuries & suspensions
Houston Dynamo
  • OUT Felipe Andrade Yellow Cards
  • OUT L. Foster Inactive
  • OUT J. Maurer Concussion
  • DOUBT M. Saracchi Lower-Body Injury
  • OUT Felipe Andrade Yellow Cards
  • OUT L. Foster Inactive
  • OUT J. Maurer Concussion
  • DOUBT M. Saracchi Lower-Body Injury
Real Salt Lake
  • OUT Z. Booth Hamstring Injury
  • OUT G. Dillon Foot Injury
  • OUT J. Glad Groin Injury
  • OUT A. Piol Achilles Tendon Injury
  • DOUBT E. Eneli Knee Injury
  • DOUBT M. Guilavogui Knee Injury
  • DOUBT S. Junqua Concussion
  • DOUBT S. Spierings Ankle Injury
  • OUT Z. Booth Hamstring Injury
  • OUT G. Dillon Foot Injury
  • OUT J. Glad Groin Injury
  • OUT A. Piol Achilles Tendon Injury
  • DOUBT E. Eneli Knee Injury
  • DOUBT M. Guilavogui Knee Injury
  • DOUBT S. Junqua Concussion
  • DOUBT S. Spierings Ankle Injury