Real Salt Lake hosts Nashville SC on Saturday in a MLS Western Conference matchday 4 fixture. Real Salt Lake is second in the conference table at 2-1-0 on seven points with a goal difference of +2. Real Salt Lake defeated New England 3-2 in New England last Saturday. RSL trailed 2-0 after 62 minutes but scored three goals in the final 12 minutes. Sergio Cordova, Justen Glad and Tate Schmitt each scored for RSL.
Saturday’s victory over NE was the first time that Real Salt Lake won after trailing by two goals since 2014, when rallying to beat Chicago. The seven points that Real Salt Lake has taken through its first three matches is the second most in the history of the club after taking nine points in 2011. Four players have scored one goal each for Colorado, while three players have one assist apiece for the Rapids.
Nashville is off to a disappointing start at 10th in the conference table at 1-1-1 on four points with a goal difference of -1. Nashville was defeated by FC Dallas last Saturday 2-0 and prior to that opened with a 1-0 victory on the road against Seattle before battling to a 1-1 draw on the road with Minnesota United. The loss to Dallas was Nashville's second in its last 15 matches with four wins and nine draws.
Nashville is one of three MLS clubs, that includes Columbus in Chicago, to have the same 11 start each of their first three matches this season. Fourteen players for Nashville have appeared in their three matches, which is tied for the most this season with Austin. Anibal Godoy and C.J. Sapong each have scored one goal for Nashville, while Hany Mukhtar and Randall Leal each have one assist.
