Real Salt Lake hosts the Houston Dynamo on Wednesday in a MLS Western Conference fixture. Real Salt Lake is sixth in the conference table at 6-6-6 on 24 points with a goal difference of +7. Real Salt Lake defeated Austin FC 1-0 on Saturday to snap a three-match winless run. Bobby Wood scored the only goal in the match for RSL in the win. However, RSL has scored only three goals in its last four matches.
Real Salt Lake has won two consecutive matches at home for the first time since 2019 after defeating Austin on Saturday and Colorado the previous weekend. RSL has lost only one of its last eight matches at home with three wins and four draws. Damir Kreilach is the leading goal scorer for Real Salt Lake with eight, while Aaron Herrera is the leader in assists with five.
The Houston Dynamo are 11th in the conference table at 3-9-7 on 18 points with a goal difference of -8. Houston was defeated by Colorado at home on Sunday 3-1 and the Dynamo are winless in each of their last 12 matches. Houston has been held to one goal or less in eight of its last 10 matches and in the other two matches scored two goals but both ended in draws.
Houston's winless streak of 12 straight matches is a club record. Houston has seven draws and five losses during that stretch and has lost three consecutive matches for just the first time this season. Maximiliano Urruti is the leading goal scorer for Houston with six, while Fabrice Picault and Tyler Pasher have two assists each to lead the club.
