New York City welcomes River Salt Lake to Yankee Stadium this weekend for an Inter-Conference in the Major League Soccer. Match day schedules for 17th April 2022 at 20:00 EAT.
The championship partying may be over for The Yankees, although it appears that the reigning MLS Cup champions are still suffering from a hangover, earning a mere four points after five domestic fixtures. New York City FC made it four straight defeats across competitions ten days ago when they fell 3-1 away at Seattle Sounders in the first leg of their CONCACAF Champions League semifinal tie.
New York City FC gets into this match following on from a 1-1 CONCACAF Champions League draw with Seattle Sounders FC. In that game, New York had 63% possession, 25 shots with eight of them on target and a goal scored by Santiago Rodriguez (51’). Seattle Sounders got eight shots with six of them on target and a goal by Raul Ruidiaz (28’).
With 12 points from seven games, Real Salt Lake is third in the Western Conference standings, level on points with second-placed LA Galaxy. Real Salt Lake is winless in the last three league outings, a run that ruined their bright start to the season. However they might rely on tradition going into this tie as they have been the dominant force in the short history of this matchup claiming four wins from their last five encounters.
Real Salt Lake come into this game after they shared spoils 2-2 with Toronto FC in their last MLS tie. In that match, Real Salt Lake had 48% possession, 16 shots with four of them on target and goals scored by Meram (7′) and Kreilach (43′). Toronto FC god seven shots with three of them on target and goals by Thompson (9′) and Nelson (79′) scored for Toronto FC.
New York City FC vs Real Salt Lake head to head
River Salt Lake boasts the upper hand in the history of this fixture claiming four wins while New York City claims a single win in their last five head to head meetings.
- Salt Lake 3-1 New York City 04/08/19
- New York City 4-0 Salt Lake 12/04/18
- Salt Lake 2-1 New York City 18/05/17
- New York City 2-3 Salt Lake 03/06/16
- Salt Lake 2-0 New York City 24/05/15
Home
- New York City 1-1 Seattle
- Seattle 3-1 New York City
- Toronto 2-1 New York City
- New York City 0-2 Philadelphia
- Comunicaciones 4-2 New York City
Away
- Salt Lake 2-2 Toronto
- Colorado 1-1 Salt Lake
- Kansas City 1-0 Salt Lake
- Salt Lake 2-1 Nashville
- New England 2-3 Salt Lake
- New York City FC team news
Ronny Deila will be without the services of Anton Tinnerholm and Maxime Chanot who are unavailable due to injuries.
River Salt Lake team news
Pablo Mastroeni has multiple availability issues as Axel Kei, David Ochoa and Zack Farnsworth have been ruled out through injuries.
Prediction and odds
We predict an a way wins as Real Salt Lake lost only one of their last five matches, while New York City won only one of the last five fixtures they played.
- Real Salt Lake Win
- Goals over 2.5
- Both teams to score
