It will be relegation in the Major League Soccer this weekend as Real Salt Lake welcomes FC Cincinnati to Rio Tinto Stadium in the 32nd round of the competition. Kickoffs schedules for September 18 at 04:30 EAT.
Real Salt Lake occupies the last playoffs spots in the Western Conference, just three points clear of eighth-placed LA Galaxy, who boast one game in hand. Sujnday’s visitors can at least take confidence from the fact that in the only previous meeting between the two sides in 2019, they clinched a comfortable 3-0 victory.
Real Salt Lake prepares for this game after 3-0 MLS defeat at the hands of Austin FC in their most recent fixture. In that game, Real Salt Lake managed 55% possession, 17 shots with six of them on target. Austin FC got 14 shots with three of them on target and goals by Moussa Djitté (60′, 76′, and 80’).
On the other side, FC Cincinnati is sixth in the Eastern Conference table with 42 points three points clear of Inter Miami, who sit just outside the Eastern Conference playoffs. , the Orange and Blue are enjoying a nine-game unbeaten run, although only three of those matches have yielded all the three points.
FC Cincinnati heads into this game off the back of 6-0 MLS victory over San Jose Earthquakes in their most recent match. In that game, FC Cincinnati 48% possession, 20 shots with 10 of them on target and goals scored by Álvaro Barreal (44′), Brenner (47′, 90′, and 95’), Luciano Acosta (71′) and Yuya Kubo (77′). San Jose Earthquakes got nine shots with five of them on target.
Real Salt Lake vs. FC Cincinnati head to head
Sunday’s fixture will be the second head to head encounter between these two sides; Real Salt Lake won in the preceding fixture while FC Cincinnati is yet to win.
- Cincinnati 0-3 Salt Lake 20/04/19
Home
- Austin 3-0 Salt Lake
- Salt Lake 0-0 DC United
- Los Angeles 2-0 Salt Lake
- Salt Lake 3-0 Minnesota
- Dallas 1-1 Salt Lake
Away
- Cincinnati 6-0 San Jose
- New York City 1-1 Cincinnati
- Cincinnati 2-0 Charlotte
- Cincinnati 2-2 Columbus
- New York 1-1Cincinnati
Real Salt Lake team news
Pablo Mastroeni will be without the services of Bobby Wood, Zack Farnsworth and Damir Kreilach who have been ruled out of this game through injuries.
FC Cincinnati team news
Boss Pat Noonan will be without the services of Kenneth Vermeer through injury and Geoff Cameron through a one match suspension.
Prediction and odds
- Real Salt Lake Win
- Draw
- Goals over 2.5
