Philadelphia Union vs Real Salt Lake Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Philadelphia Union

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Philadelphia Union prepare for this fixture coming off the back of a 2-2 MLS draw vs Atlanta United.

In that game, Philadelphia Union managed 38% possession and 13 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. For Philadelphia Union, goals were scored by Mikael Uhre (73') and Kai Wagner (77'). Atlanta United had 19 shots 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 head into the game following on from a 0-4 MLS win with the eclipse of Chicago Fire in their last outing.

For Real Salt Lake, the scorers were 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.

👥 Head to head

A glance at their prior head-to-head meetings going back to 12/04/2014 tells us that Philadelphia Union have won 1 of them & Real Salt Lake 3, with the number of drawn games being 2.

There were also plenty of goals scored in those games, 23 in total at an average of 3.83 goals per match.

The previous league meeting featuring these sides was MLS match day 24 on 14/07/2019 which finished with the scoreline of Real Salt Lake 4-0 Philadelphia Union.

On that day, Real Salt Lake had 56% possession and 14 shots at goal with 8 of them on target. The scorers were Jefferson Savarino (23', 71'), Albert Rusnák (81') and Damir Kreilach (89').

Philadelphia Union got 5 shots on goal with 0 on target.

The referee was Silviu Petrescu.

🗞️ Team News: Philadelphia Union

It’s a low absenteeism rate, with just a single fitness concern for the Philadelphia Union manager Jim Curtin to be concerned with due to a largely intact group of players. Leon Flach (Muscle tear) is out of contention.

🗞️ Team News: Real Salt Lake

Real Salt Lake boss Pablo Mastroeni has a number of players out of action. Kevin Bonilla (Cruciate ligament surgery), Justen Glad (Groin injury), Pablo Ruiz (Knee injury) and Marcelo Silva (Muscle injury) miss out here.

💡 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.

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Peter Guest, 23:05 23/04/2024