Real Salt Lake vs FC Dallas Prediction, 7/23/2022 MLS Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Guy Bruhn - 7/22/2022

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Game: Real Salt Lake vs FC Dallas

Date: Saturday, July 23, 2022

Location: Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy, UT

TV: ESPN+

Odds/Point Spread: Salt Lake (-106) Dallas (+250)

Rubio Rubin and Real Salt Lake (9-6-6, 3rd in Western Conference) play FC Dallas (7-8-6, 6th in Western Conference) at Rio Tinto Stadium on Saturday. The goaltenders protecting the net are David Ochoa for Real Salt Lake and Maarten Paes for FC Dallas. FCD is priced at +250 while RSL is at -106. The O/U opens at 2.5.

Salt Lake faced Kansas City in their most recent game and went home with a win by a final score of 3-0. In sharing the ball, they ended the game with a 91.6% received passes rate by converting 447 out of their 488 pass attempts last match. RSL attempted 6 dribbles in this game and were successful in 4 of the attempts for a rate of 66.7%.

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In relation to shooting accuracy, Salt Lake walked away from the pitch at a 50.0% rate by landing 10 shots on target out of 20 total shots. Salt Lake has an average of 1.33 g/90 (28 total goals) and have racked up 21 assists in all matches for this campaign.

Rubio Rubin is a player you are going to want to keep your eye on for Real Salt Lake. He has totaled 11 assists while earning 0 yellow cards during his career. Rubin has been a starter in 67 contests during his career and he tallies 0.27 goals per 90 mins. The forward representing the United States has totaled 19 goals scored in 6,448 professional minutes.

One more guy who should impact this match is Maikel Chang, the midfielder hailing from Cuba. He has helped on a goal 48 times during his pro soccer career while scoring 36 goals. Chang has been on the field for 16,541 mins during 190 career starting assignments and has been handed 20 yellow card warnings. He is averaging 0.20 G/90 thus far in his career.

The guy who is expected to defend the goal for Real Salt Lake will be David Ochoa. Ochoa has seen the pitch for 4,320 minutes and has 151 stops so far in his pro soccer career. His goals against per 90 mins is 1.52 (73 total goals allowed) and his save percentage is 67.6. The keeper born in the United States has faced 219 shots tried at him in 48 career starts. Ochoa (20-8-20 record in his career) has accounted for 9 clean sheets, which has earned him a 18.8% shutout percentage.

When they last played, Dallas finished locked up with a final of 1-1 against Austin. FCD had a 50.0% successful dribble percentage by completing 5 out of the 10 dribbles they pursued. They finished this game by converting 404 out of their 434 passes they tried for a percentage of 93.1%. Dallas connected on 5 shots on target out of 16 shots tried which had them sitting at a 31.3% rate in their last match. Having a total of 31 goals and 22 assists for all their matches, Dallas sports an average of 1.48 goals and 1.05 assists per 90 minutes.

Jesus Ferreira should provide solid play for FC Dallas. The forward hailing from Colombia has been on the pitch for 8,190 mins and he has scored 35 goals. He has tallied 13 yellow card cautions so far in his career and has helped on a goal 20 times. He currently averages 0.38 goals per 90 minutes and has started 95 matches so far in his career. Make sure to watch out for Jader Obrian, the midfielder representing Colombia. He has earned 34 goals so far in his career while assisting on a goal 7 different times. Obrian has been given a total of 27 yellow cards in 9,486 mins played (103 starting assignments). His goals per 90 min average during his soccer career is 0.32.

Maarten Paes will be residing in front of the net for FC Dallas. Paes has racked up 14 shutouts while seeing 257 shots attempted against him in 6,660 minutes throughout his career. He holds a save % of 66.1 and his clean sheet rate is 18.9%. He has given up 1.28 goals per 90 minutes while he holds a record of 28-15-31. During his professional soccer career, Paes has surrendered 95 goals and has racked up 172 stops in 74 starts.

Who will win tonight's MLS game against the spread?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Salt Lake (-106)

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