- Saint Louis City SC have won their last five games in a row.
- Real Salt Lake have three wins, one draw and one defeat from their last five in all competitions.
- RSL have won three of the last five head-to-head clashes, two ended all square and Saint Louis have won none.
Saint Louis City SC are in a good place
Saint Louis City SC are in top form ahead of the visit of Real Salt Lake, who have had an up and down time of it, to Energizer Park, USA.
Yoann Damet's men are 13th in the MLS 2026 standings with 25 points from 17 matches while RSL are 8th with 26 points from 15 games so the table doesn't lie in terms of the gap between these teams, but the difference in their recent form does.
Saint Louis have won their last five matches in a row, starting with a 3-2 home thriller against Sporting Kansas City, a 3-1 away win at LA Galaxy and most recently a 1-0 home win over Colorado Rapids earlier today. RSL have had one win in their last three outings, losing the first to Minnesota United (0-1) in MLS 2026 and beating Burnley 4-1 in a friendly before losing to Los Angeles FC in MLS 2026 by three goals to one.
RSL have a reliable front-man
Pablo Mastroeni's men are built around collective pressing and compact transition shapes, with the wingbacks providing the width in a 3-4-3 system that isn't as chaotic as the number suggests. Sergi Solans has been RSL's MLS 2026 leading scorer with six goals in 15 games and they'll need him to be on form again here because Saint Louis have a real spark in Marcel Hartel, who has four of his five goals in MLS 2026 during the club's last five-game winning streak.
The odds of 28/25 for Saint Louis City SC to win this game are slightly shorter than we expected with RSL available at 2/1 and the draw at 14/5. The visitors look a little short on the road having won just one of their seven road games in MLS 2026, drawn two and lost four while conceding 14 goals at an average of 2.00 per-match.
Game of chess awaits
Damet will want his side to try and hold RSL back with quick circulation and overloads while Mastroeni will be looking to get his side to spring direct transitions to get into the space behind the press. It should be a proper chess match, so over 2.5 goals at 1/2 and Both Teams To Score at 21/50 look tempting, although BTTS Yes is probably the cleanest angle. Saint Louis are the likelier winner, but RSL's better head-to-head record and away threat to score goals makes this one interesting and competitive.
