📏 Form Guide

Minnesota United

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Minnesota United will be hoping to return to winning ways here after the 2-0 MLS defeat in their last game at the hands of Philadelphia Union.

In that match, Minnesota United had 55% possession and 7 attempts at goal with 5 on target. At the other end, Philadelphia Union had 14 attempts on goal with 4 on target. Dániel Gazdag (16') and Julián Carranza (84') scored for Philadelphia Union.

It has been a rare occasion in recent times that Minnesota United have shown defensive steel. The facts show that Minnesota United have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 matches, shipping 9 goals on the way.

Real Salt Lake

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Real Salt Lake head into the meeting after a 3-1 MLS win to beat St. Louis City in their most recent fixture.

In that game, Real Salt Lake had 57% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 4 on target. The scorer for Real Salt Lake was Cristián Arango (70', 84', 91'). St. Louis City had 9 attempts on goal with 2 on target. Indiana Vassilev (3') was the scorer for St. Louis City.

Looking at their form, and Real Salt Lake have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, conceding 7 goals overall. In defence, Real Salt Lake certainly have room for improvement. That being said, we must now wait to see whether that pattern might be replicated in this upcoming match.

↔️ Head to head

A look at their most recent head to head meetings dating back to 25/04/2021 tells us that Minnesota United have won 1 of these and Real Salt Lake 2, with the number of drawn results standing at 3.

A sum of 19 goals were scored between them during those clashes, with 8 of them from Loons and 11 coming from Claret and Cobalt. That’s an average goals per game of 3.17.

The previous league encounter between these clubs was MLS match day 28 on 25/06/2023 which ended up with the score at Real Salt Lake 2-2 Minnesota United.

On that day, Real Salt Lake had 70% possession and 27 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. The goalscorers were Danny Musovski (79') and Justen Glad (98').

Minnesota United got 8 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. Hassani Dotson (27') and Emanuel Reynoso (39') scored.

The match was refereed by Tori Penso.

ℹ️ Team News: Minnesota United

The Minnesota United boss Eric Ramsay will be grateful not to have any fitness concerns at all coming into this clash with a completely injury-free group available to choose from.

We think that Loons will probably use the 4-3-3 formation for this one featuring Dayne St. Clair, DJ Taylor, Michael Boxall, Devin Padelford, Joseph Rosales, Robin Lod, Wil Trapp, Hassani Dotson, Sang-bin Jeong, Teemu Pukki and Caden Clark.

📋 Team News: Real Salt Lake

Real Salt Lake boss Pablo Mastroeni has not got a full squad to pick from. Pablo Ruiz (Knee injury) and Kevin Bonilla (Cruciate ligament surgery) won’t be making appearances.

We reckon that Claret and Cobalt might play in a 4-2-3-1 system, going with Zac MacMath, Andrew Brody, Justen Glad, Brayan Vera, Alexandros Katranis, Emeka Eneli, Braian Ojeda, Bode Hidalgo, Matt Crooks, Diego Luna and Cristian Arango.

🔮 Prediction

Looking at these two teams, we feel that Real Salt Lake have the ability to break down this Minnesota United outfit, however it probably won’t prevent them from conceding a couple at the other end.

We’re predicting a narrow 2-1 victory for Minnesota United when the full-time whistle blows. It’s a very tough call.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 00:04 07/04/2024