St Louis City vs Real Salt Lake - prediction, team news, lineups

A St Louis City broadside successful outstanding signifier volition look to instrumentality vantage of Real Salt Lake's caller struggles erstwhile the 2 teams conscionable astatine Energizer Park this play successful Major League Soccer.

Just 1 constituent separates the clubs successful the Western Conference standings, with the Missouri hosts sitting seventh, 3 places down the visitors, who person played 1 lucifer fewer.

Match preview

St Louis endured a hard commencement to the campaign, managing conscionable 1 triumph from their opening 10 MLS fixtures portion suffering six defeats, but they person since emerged arsenic 1 of the division's signifier teams.

Since a 2-0 decision astatine Austin FC successful aboriginal May, Yoann Damet's men person gone 7 league matches unbeaten (W6, D1), portion nary squad successful the Western Conference has collected much points than their 13 crossed the past 5 rounds.

The hosts extended their winning streak to 4 league matches past play erstwhile Tomas Ostrak's 83rd-minute onslaught earned a hard-fought 1-0 triumph implicit 10-man Colorado Rapids, though the Missouri nine had scored 3 goals successful each of their erstwhile 3 outings.

Much of St Louis' revival has besides been built connected their betterment astatine Energizer Park, wherever they person won each of their past 4 MLS fixtures aft signaling conscionable 1 triumph from their opening 4 location matches (D1, L2).

However, the Missouri nine person recovered this fixture acold little comfy connected location soil, failing to triumph immoderate of their erstwhile 3 league meetings astatine Energizer Park against Real Salt Lake (D2, L1), portion their lone occurrence from six MLS encounters betwixt the sides came distant from location successful 2023.

In opposition to the hosts' resurgence, Real Salt Lake person seen a promising commencement to the run fade, collecting conscionable 10 points from their past 9 league matches, six less than they managed from their opening 7 fixtures.

Although 4 victories from those 9 games is not an alarming return, the Claret and Cobalt caput into this contention without a triumph successful three, having drawn with Minnesota United earlier the World Cup interruption and past mislaid to Los Angeles FC and Portland Timbers aft the restart.

Last weekend's 2-1 decision to Portland proved costly aft Morgan Guilavogui's 34th-minute reddish card, with Pablo Mastroeni's broadside surrendering Juan Sanabria's first-half opener by conceding doubly aft the interval.

As Mastroeni searches for a replacement for the suspended Guilavogui, helium indispensable besides find a solution to his side's mediocre distant form, with Real Salt Lake winless crossed their past six league trips, losing 4 of those matches.

As a substance of fact, the Claret and Cobalt person collected conscionable 5 points from 8 MLS distant fixtures this play (W1, D2, L5), with lone Austin FC signaling a poorer instrumentality connected the roadworthy successful the Western Conference.

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Team News

St Louis were dealt an wounded interest during past weekend's triumph implicit Colorado aft Jaziel Orozco was forced disconnected successful the closing stage, and if the defender fails to retrieve successful time, Lukas MacNaughton is expected to travel into the backmost three.

Celio Pompeu remains sidelined with a genu injury, though Conrad Wallem marked his instrumentality from a concussion lay-off by completing the afloat 90 minutes past clip retired and should support his place.

Ostrak strengthened his lawsuit for a starting berth aft climbing disconnected the seat to people the victor against Colorado, though Chris Durkin could clasp his spot aft establishing himself arsenic a regular nether Damet.

Captain Marcel Hartel leads the nine with 5 league goals and 3 assists, and helium is expected to commencement connected the near successful enactment of Simon Becher, with Jeong Sang-bin operating from the other flank.

Real Salt Lake volition beryllium without the suspended Guilavogui, which could unfastened the doorway for Saba Lobzhanidze to travel into the side, portion Diego Luna is expected to proceed connected the other helping of attack.

Sergi Solans, who shares the team's scoring pb with Zavier Gozo connected six league goals, should proceed done the middle, with the second apt to clasp his spot connected the close broadside of a four-man midfield.

The visitors volition besides stay without Emeka Eneli (knee), Justen Glad (adductor), Aiden Hezarkhani (toe) and Ari Piol (Achilles) done injury.

St. Louis City imaginable starting lineup:

Burki; MacNaughton, Baumgartl, Polvara; Totland, Durkin, Edelman, Wallem; Sang-bin, Becher, Hartel

Real Salt Lake imaginable starting lineup:

Cabral; Yedlin, Quinton, Engel; Gozo, Caliskan, Spierings, Sanabria; Lobzhanidze, Solans, Luna

We say: St Louis City 2-1 Real Salt Lake

The league array suggests Real Salt Lake person enjoyed the stronger run overall, but caller signifier tells a precise antithetic story.

St Louis City caput into this brushwood afloat of confidence, and their caller attacking signifier could beryllium excessively overmuch for a Real Salt Lake broadside struggling defensively and inactive searching for consistency connected their travels.
 

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