Real Salt Lake at Austin FC 6/3/23 MLS Picks & Predictions

Austin FC hosts Real Salt Lake on Saturday in a MLS Western Conference fixture. Austin is eighth in the conference table at 5-4-6 on 19 points with a goal difference of -5. Austin took all three points at home on Wednesday with a 2-1 victory over Minnesota United. Jon Gallagher opened the scoring for Austin in the 19th minute and Sebastian Driussi, who was playing his first match in over a month, scored the game winner with a goal in the 82nd minute.

Following a winless run of eight matches in MLS play, Austin has three victories in its most recent four matches with one loss including winning each of its last two at home. However, Austin has never been victorious in three consecutive matches at home during the same season. Jon Gallagher is the leading goal scorer for Austin with five, while Owen Wolff is the leader in assists with three.

Real Salt Lake is 12th in the conference table at 4-4-7 on 16 points with a goal difference of -10. Real Salt Lake suffered a disappointing 3-2 loss at home on Wednesday night to LA Galaxy. Daniel Musovski scored in the 51st minute for Real Salt Lake and Pablo Ruiz added a second goal in the 67th minute but Real Salt Lake gave up an equalizer in the 72nd minute and lost when conceding a goal in the 74th minute.

Real Salt Lake has only five victories in 44 matches all-time in MLS action that have been played in Texas with 12 draws and 27 losses. Real Salt Lake has nine draws in its last 14 matches played in Texas dating back to 2018 with two victories and three losses. Jefferson Saverino is the leading goal scorer for Real Salt Lake with four and is also the leader in assists with four.