Matchday

MLS 2026 · 14 May 2026

Real Salt Lake 3–0 Houston Dynamo

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Apr 2026; the outlined result is what happened.

Expected xG
2.0 – 0.9
Actual xG
0.6 – 0.9
Goals
3 – 0

Footybot made Real Salt Lake favourites at 64%.

Real Salt Lake won a close one on the chances: 0.6 xG to 0.9.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Agustin Resch, 66.2 in 45′.

Well above their usual level: Agustin Resch +30.2, Franco Negri +16.6, Rafael Cabral +14.3.

Well below it: Jonathan Bond −12.3, Juan Sanabria −10.2, Diego Luna −10.2.

Going in

Each side's last five results before this match.

Real Salt Lake

10 May 2026L 1–3at FC Dallas MLS
2 May 2026W 2–0v Portland Timbers MLS
26 Apr 2026L 1–2at LA Galaxy MLS
23 Apr 2026L 0–2v Inter Miami CF MLS
19 Apr 2026W 4–2v San Diego FC MLS

Houston Dynamo

11 May 2026W 4–1at Los Angeles FC MLS
3 May 2026W 1–0v Colorado Rapids MLS
26 Apr 2026L 0–2at Austin FC MLS
23 Apr 2026W 1–0v San Diego FC MLS
18 Apr 2026W 1–0at Orlando City SC MLS

Head to head

No earlier meeting in Footybot's data.

Real Salt Lake

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Rafael Cabral Goalkeeper9000–64.1+14.3
Zavier Gozo Midfielder81200.4454.7+12.3
Noel Caliskan Midfielder1500–50.1–
Stijn Spierings Midfielder75010.0147.1+0.2
Morgan Guilavogui Forward4500–46.9+3.6
Aiden Hezarkhani Forward9000.0345.0–
Sergi Solans Forward3300–41.6–
Griffin Dillon Midfielder9000–41.2−6.8
Philip Quinton Defender9000–37.7−1.1
Diego Luna Midfielder4500–36.2−10.2
Victor Olatunji Forward5700–34.3–
Juan Sanabria Midfielder90000.0333.9−10.2
DeAndre Yedlin Defender9001–33.9−4.3
Sam Junqua Defender9000–33.7−0.5
Dominik Marczuk Midfielder75000.0429.9–
Zach Booth Midfielder15000.0925.3–

Houston Dynamo

PlayerMinGAxGScorevs usual
Agustin Resch Defender45000.1066.2+30.2
Héctor Herrera Midfielder90000.0757.3+11.9
Jack McGlynn Midfielder45000.0654.5+9.8
Franco Negri Defender9000–49.7+16.6
Antônio Carlos Defender4500–44.0+1.7
Nick Markanich Forward55000.2843.5–
Ibrahim Aliyu Forward90000.1243.5–
Agustín Bouzat Midfielder90000.0342.0+5.6
Mateusz Bogusz Forward4500–41.9−0.0
Ezequiel Ponce Forward800–41.8–
Ondrej Lingr Forward86000.1340.8–
Duane Holmes Midfielder7900–40.4+4.0
Guilherme Midfielder35000.0936.6–
Jonathan Bond Goalkeeper9000–34.9−12.3
Erik Sviatchenko Defender9000–33.5−4.5
Lawrence Ennali Midfielder1100–21.2–