Real Salt Lake vs Austin FC Prediction, Odds, Best Bets - MLS
Salt Lake walk into Q2 Stadium with the form, the hot striker and the better attack, against an Austin side that has drawn its way through the home schedule. The visitors do not even need to win this one.
The Matchup
Real Salt Lake arrive in Austin as the form side in a game the standings say should be tight. Salt Lake have won three of their last five, including a 3-0 win over St. Louis on October 25 and a 3-1 win at Sporting Kansas City on October 18, and they sit tenth in the West at 11-6-14.
Austin are fourteenth at 8-10-13, with one win in five, and their home record is the soft underbelly of this fixture. Austin won only 4 of 15 at Q2 Stadium and drew 6 of them, which is how a home side becomes the underdog in its own building.
Neither club has named its side yet. The expectation is Sergi Solans leading Salt Lake's line after starting against St. Louis, with Morgan Guilavogui and Dominik Marczuk around him. For Austin, Myrto Uzuni is expected to start after starting at Kansas City on October 25, with Brandon Vazquez and Facundo Torres alongside him.
Salt Lake's Diego Luna is a doubt. He has missed the club's last two starting lineups and no club confirmation of his status has been published, so Salt Lake's case does not depend on him either way.
Key Factors
Solans is the hottest player in this game. He scored twice in the 3-0 win over St. Louis, in the 41st and 59th minutes, taking his rookie-season total to 14 league goals, and Guilavogui set up two goals in the same game on his way to 4 goals and 10 assists this season.
Marczuk scored in that game too. Austin's problem is at the other end. They conceded 57 goals in 31 matches, and their last five include a 4-1 home loss to Nashville and a 3-1 loss at LAFC. Uzuni, with 9 goals, is a genuine threat, and Salt Lake's away record is the honest counterpoint.
Salt Lake won only 2 of 15 on the road and conceded 27 away goals, so a side this leaky away from home can absolutely lose in Austin. What they do not have to do here is win. The draw returns the stake, and Austin's habit of drawing at home, 6 of 15, does the rest of the work.
Salt Lake are the side in form, Solans is scoring in bunches, and Austin have turned Q2 Stadium into a place where home games go to draw. The visitors do not need to win this to cash, and their attack is playing well enough to take it outright. Take Real Salt Lake draw no bet at -124.
Game information
| DATE | Wednesday (10/28) |
|---|---|
| START TIME | 7:30 PM CT |
| HOW TO WATCH | Apple TV |
| VENUE | Q2 Stadium, Austin |
| COMPETITION | MLS |
| ROUND | MLS Regular Season |
| SPREAD | Austin FC 0 (+103) |
| TOTAL | 3 (Over -105) |
| MONEYLINE | Austin FC +166 / Draw +289 / Real Salt Lake +140 |
| DRAW NO BET | Austin FC +100 / Real Salt Lake -124 |
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