Real Salt Lake vs. Columbus Crew 6/25/22 - Major League Soccer Picks & Predictions

Real Salt Lake hosts Columbus Crew on Saturday in a MLS inter-conference fixture. Real Salt Lake is second in the Western Conference table at 8-4-4 on 28 points with a goal difference +1. Real Salt Lake is just two points adrift of first place LAFC. Real Salt Lake defeated San Jose 2-0 last Saturday. Scoring for Real Salt Lake were Marcelo Silva in the 22nd minute and Jefferson Savarino in the 81st minute.

Real Salt Lake has four consecutive wins at home and through its seven home matches at home has taken 19 points out of a possible 21, which is the best ever start at home through seven matches for RSL. Sergio Cordova, Bobby Wood and Justen Glad are the leading goal scorers for Real Salt Lake with three each. Maikel Chang is the leader in assists with four.

Columbus Crew is struggling as the club is 11th in the Eastern Conference table at 4-5-5 on 17 points with a goal difference of +1. Columbus battled at home to a disappointing 1-1 draw with Charlotte FC last weekend. Erik Hurtado scored in the 41st minute for Columbus but the Crew’s back line and goalkeeper gave up an equalizer in the 50th minute and had to share spoils.

Columbus Crew has just two wins in its last 11 matches in the MLS with four draws and five losses. However, one of the two victories was on the road against Atlanta in its most recent match away from home. Lucas Zelarayan is the leading goal scorer for Columbus Crew with four, while Derrick Etienne and Erik Hurtado have each scored three. Etienne is the leader in assists with five.