Free MLS Pick FC Dallas vs. Real Salt Lake
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MLS Handicapping
FC Dallas vs. Real Salt Lake
Date: Saturday July 23
Time: 08:00 PM
Venue: Rio Tinto Stadium
MLS Moneyline Odds: FC Dallas 255 / Draw 255/ Real Salt Lake 106 (Bet Now!)
MLS Spread Betting Odds: Dallas 0.5 / Salt Lake City -0.5
MLS Betting Total: O/U 2.5
Heading into this matchup, the FC Dallas is the 0.5-goal underdogs. Through 21 matches, they have covered this margin 15 times. As for the Real Salt Lake, they enter the match as -0.5 goal favorites. Through 21 matches, they have won by this margin 9 times.
FC Dallas
Heading into the FC Dallas 22nd game of the season, the team is below .500 at 7-8-6. This mark places them 6th in the Western Conference. Dallas comes into this match off having played to a 1-1 draw against Austin FC. So far, the FC Dallas have turned in 5 performances with one goal or less. On defense, Dallas has played 4 games in which they held their opponent to one goal or less.
So far, the FC Dallas has been an above-average scoring team, at 1.48 goals per 90 minutes (9th). On defense, Dallas is 9th in the MLS, giving up 1.19 goals per 90 minutes.
Heading into the match, Jesus Ferreira leads Dallas with 11 goals through 21 matches. Behind him is Paul Arriola, who has also found the net 9 times. This season, goalie Maarten Paes is turning away goals at a rate near the league average. This has come with the FC Dallas’s opponents have generated a total of 75 shots on target. Paes is saving these attempts at a rate of 70.6%.
Real Salt Lake
The Real Salt Lake will host the FC Dallas, with an above .500 record, at 9-6-6. This mark places them 3rd in the Western Conference. Salt Lake City comes into the game following a 3-0 win over Sporting KC. For the season, the Real Salt Lake have finished 10 matches having scored at least two goals. On defense, they picked up their 8th shutout of the year.
So far, the Real Salt Lake is the 14th-rated scoring team, averaging 1.33 goals per 90 minutes of action. On defense, Salt Lake City is 11th in the MLS, giving up 1.24 goals per 90 minutes.
Heading into the match, Jefferson Savarino leads Salt Lake with 4 goals through 7 matches. Behind him is Sergio Córdova, who has also found the net 4 times. In terms of goalie play, Real Salt Lake has gotten good performances from Zac MacMath. On the season, opposing teams have accumulated 96 shots on target, in which MacMath has turned home at a rate of 77.1%. This percentage is good for 2nd in the MLS.
Free FC Dallas vs. Real Salt Lake MLS Final Analysis:
So far, both the Real Salt Lake and FC Dallas are generating scoring opportunites at a below-average rate. On the season Salt Lake City ranks 19th in attacking area possessions, with Dallas sitting 24th. Not only are both squads struggling to generate offensive opportunites, but they are also both average teams in terms of attacking possessions allowed, with Salt Lake City ranking 14th and Dallas at 18th.
Thus far, both FC Dallas and Real Salt Lake have generated shots at a rate near the MLS average, ranking 13th and 18th, respectively. For the year, FC Dallas has turned 12.0% of their shot into goals. As for Real Salt Lake, their current shooting percentage is 11.0%. So far, 33.3% of FC Dallas’s shots have been on target. On the other side, Real Salt Lake has a season long on target percent of 35.2%. For FC Dallas, they have converted on 35.0% of these on-target shots compared to Real Salt Lake at 31.0%.
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