Real Salt Lake vs FC Dallas — Tips & Analysis

Under 3.25: Both of these teams show up in high-scoring games, but four-goal games are rarer than that suggests. Only 7 of Salt Lake's 19 games and 9 of Dallas's 20 have had 4 or more goals. Salt Lake are strong at home. They are 8W-1D-1L at America First Field, where they score more than 2 goals a game and let in less than one. That comes from control, not chaos, and they protect their own box well. Dallas travel well too. They are 6W-2D-4L on the road and let in just over a goal a game away from home. They also arrive on three days' rest after a 2-1 win at Austin, and they lose Urhoghide to suspension with three more players out. A tired team that sits deeper usually slows a game down. Dallas have won the last two meetings, 3-1 in May and 2-0 in January, so they will still carry a threat. A 2-1 to Salt Lake looks the likeliest finish, a good game decided by one goal rather than one that runs away. The risk is plain. Salt Lake score heavily at their own ground, and 13 of their last 19 games had 3 or more goals, so this can turn busy. We still expect the goals to stay in check.