Saturday’s MLS schedule will see Philadelphia Union up against Real Salt Lake.
Full predictions, stats & game poll for the Philadelphia Union v Real Salt Lake match are shown here - plus the latest betting odds.
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Form Guide
Philadelphia Union
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Philadelphia Union enter this game coming off the back of a 2-2 MLS drawn match versus Atlanta United.
In that match, Philadelphia Union managed 38% possession and 13 attempts at goal with 5 on target. For Philadelphia Union, the goals were scored by Mikael Uhre (73') and Kai Wagner (77'). For their opponents, Atlanta United got 19 attempts on goal with 6 on target. Daniel Ríos (55') and Caleb Wiley (63') scored for Atlanta United.
Fixtures involving Philadelphia Union have usually been absorbing encounters of late with a lot of goalmouth action being a real hallmark. Over their past 6 games alone, the sum of 23 goals have been recorded for both sides combined (at an average of 3.83 goals per game) with 11 of them coming from Philadelphia Union.
Real Salt Lake
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Real Salt Lake will go into the encounter after a 0-4 MLS win vs Chicago Fire in their most recent fixture.
For Real Salt Lake, goals were scored by Andrés Gómez (24'), Cristián Arango (33', 37') and Diego Luna (93').
Pablo Mastroeni's Real Salt Lake have seen their efforts on goal rewarded 11 times throughout their previous sextet of matches. The total of goals that have been scored against them during that period adds up to 5.
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Head to head
Looking over their past head-to-head clashes going back to 12/04/2014 shows that Philadelphia Union have won 1 of these & Real Salt Lake 3, with the number of draws standing at 2.
Loads of goals were seen in those games, too - 23 overall at an average of 3.83 goals per meeting.
The previous league clash featuring these clubs was MLS match day 24 on 14/07/2019 which finished with the scoreline of Real Salt Lake 4-0 Philadelphia Union.
In that match, Real Salt Lake had 56% possession and 14 shots on goal with 8 of them on target. Goals were scored by Jefferson Savarino (23', 71'), Albert Rusnák (81') and Damir Kreilach (89').
On the other side, Philadelphia Union had 5 attempts on goal with 0 of them on target.
The referee was Silviu Petrescu.
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Team News: Philadelphia Union
Availability isn’t a big problem, with just the sole fitness concern for the Philadelphia Union gaffer Jim Curtin to be concerned about from of an almost fully healthy squad. Leon Flach (Muscle tear) is sidelined.
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Team News: Real Salt Lake
Real Salt Lake manager Pablo Mastroeni has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Pablo Ruiz (Knee injury), Marcelo Silva (Muscle injury), Kevin Bonilla (Cruciate ligament surgery) and Justen Glad (Groin injury) are not ready for selection.
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Prediction
When taking everything into account, Real Salt Lake will need to push hard to hit the back of the net against this Philadelphia Union side who we think might well score at least once to gain the upper hand.
We’re therefore anticipating a very competitive encounter with a 1-0 win for Philadelphia Union after 90 minutes.
Will be interesting to see how this one goes.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Peter Guest,
14:02 25/04/2024
🏟️ Team Focus:
Philadelphia Union
Formed: 2008
Stadium: Subaru Park (18,500)
Captain: Alejandro Bedoya
Chairman: Jay Sugarman
Manager: Jim Curtin
Competitions: MLS (Parent), MLS (Eastern Conference)