Philadelphia Union vs Real Salt Lake Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

Philadelphia Union

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Philadelphia Union prepare for this fixture following on from a 2-2 MLS draw versus Atlanta United.

In that match, Philadelphia Union had 38% possession and 13 attempts on goal with 5 on target. For Philadelphia Union, the scorers were Mikael Uhre (73') and Kai Wagner (77'). Atlanta United got 19 shots on goal with 6 of them 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 match after a 0-4 MLS win as they beat Chicago Fire in their last match.

For Real Salt Lake, the goalscorers 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

An examination of their past head to head meetings stretching back to 12/04/2014 tells us that Philadelphia Union have won 1 of them and Real Salt Lake 3, with the tally of drawn results standing at 2.

There were also goals galore in those games, with 23 in all which averages out at 3.83 goals per meeting.

The last league clash between these clubs was MLS match day 24 on 14/07/2019 when it ended Real Salt Lake 4-0 Philadelphia Union.

In that match, Real Salt Lake managed 56% possession and 14 attempts on goal with 8 on target. The goalscorers were Jefferson Savarino (23', 71'), Albert Rusnák (81') and Damir Kreilach (89').

On the other side, Philadelphia Union had 5 shots at goal with 0 on target.

The referee was Silviu Petrescu.

ℹ️ Team News: Philadelphia Union

Almost everyone can be considered, as there’s just one fitness concern for the Philadelphia Union manager Jim Curtin to be concerned with due to a largely intact squad. Leon Flach (Muscle tear) won’t play.

📰 Team News: Real Salt Lake

Real Salt Lake manager Pablo Mastroeni has multiple availability issues to deal with. Marcelo Silva (Muscle injury), Justen Glad (Groin injury), Pablo Ruiz (Knee injury) and Kevin Bonilla (Cruciate ligament surgery) will not be playing 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, 16:00 26/04/2024