Real Salt Lake vs. Minnesota United FC 5/29/21 - MLS Picks & Predictions

Real Salt Lake hosts Minnesota United on Saturday in a MLS Western Conference matchday 7 fixture. Real Salt Lake is 8th in the conference table at 2-2-1 on nine points with a goal difference of +2. Real Salt Lake battled to a 2-2 on the road against FC Dallas last Saturday. However, RSL has struggled at home winning just once in its last five matches with two draws and two losses.

Rubio Rubin has scored four goals through the first five matches of the regular season for Real Salt Lake and that equals the best start in goal scoring in club history with Joao Plata during 2016 and Robbie Findley in 2009. Damir Kreilach and Anderson Julio have each scored two goals. Kreilach Is the leader in assists with three.

Minnesota United continues to struggle and is 12th in the conference table at 2-0-4 on 6 points with a goal difference -5. However, Minnesota has posted two consecutive 1-0 victories after losing each of its first four matches to start the season. In eight of the last 10 victories for Minnesota, the Loons have eight clean sheets, including each of the last five.

Minnesota has two wins and three losses in its last five matches played in the MLS and over that span has scored five goals and allowed six. Minnesota's back line and keeper have clean sheets in each of the last two matches. Robin Lod is the leading goal scorer for Minnesota with two goals and three others have scored one goal each. Lod is the leader in assists with two, while Justin McMaster has one.