Real Salt Lake

Match report

Real Saint-Lake and Minnesota United played out a 1:1 draw in the MLS Regular Season on Sunday evening at America First Field. The result leaves the hosts in twelfth place with twenty-eight points after nineteen matches, while Minnesota United sit ninth with twenty-nine points from the same number of games. To be fair, neither side looked particularly convincing, and the match had more frustration than spectacle.

Real Saint-Lake took the lead through S. Solans in the eighty-second minute, but J. Pereyra equalised for the visitors four minutes later. Before those goals there had been plenty of yellow cards — Zach Booth was cautioned in the twelfth minute and Jefferson Díaz followed in the thirty-second. By then the game had already settled into a pattern of half-chances and midfield battles.

Both managers made several changes during the second half, with Real Saint-Lake bringing on K. Duncan at the start of the second period and then replacing Lineker Rodrigues in the sixtieth minute. Minnesota United made a triple substitution in the seventy-first minute, bringing on J. Diaz, M. Dieng and T. Chancalay all at once. And here's the thing about those changes — you could see the coaches trying to shake things up, but neither side managed to create anything clear-cut after them.

The statistics tell a story of dominance without penetration. Real Saint-Lake held fifty-seven per cent possession and generated two point three nine expected goals from seven shots on target. Minnesota United managed only three shots on target but still pulled off a stunning save from their goalkeeper on seven occasions. They created five big chances compared to the hosts' four, yet the conversion rate told a different tale entirely.

What it means for both sides is rather straightforward. Real Saint-Lake's recent run of results — three wins and two draws in five games — suggests they were heading into this match in decent form. Minnesota United had been more inconsistent, with two draws and two losses in their last five fixtures. This point keeps them within touching distance of each other in the table, though neither side has anything to celebrate yet.

Prepared from match data

Key numbers

Possession, % 57.00 – 43

Shots on target 7 – 3

Shots off target 5 – 9

Expected goals 2.39 – 2.05

🟨 12' Zach Booth — Yellow card ⇄ 15' Z. Booth — Substitution 🟨 32' Jefferson Díaz — Yellow card ⇄ 46' K. Duncan — Substitution 🟨 56' Lineker Rodrigues — Yellow card ⇄ 60' Lineker Rodrigues — Substitution 🟨 68' Yellow card ⇄ 71' J. Diaz — Substitution ⇄ 71' M. Dieng — Substitution ⇄ 71' T. Chancalay — Substitution ⚽ 82' S. Solans — Goal ⇄ 86' D. Luna — Substitution ⇄ 86' S. Solans — Substitution ⇄ 87' S. Solans — Substitution ⇄ 87' W. Trapp — Substitution ⚽ 89' J. Pereyra — Goal 🟨 90+4' Stijn Spierings — Yellow card

Match events

12' 0:0 Real Salt Lake Yellow card Zach Booth
15' 0:0 Real Salt Lake Substitution Z. Booth off: D. Marczuk
32' 0:0 Minnesota United Yellow card Jefferson Díaz
46' 0:0 Minnesota United Substitution K. Duncan off: B. Hlongwane
56' 0:0 Real Salt Lake Yellow card Lineker Rodrigues
60' 0:0 Real Salt Lake Substitution Lineker Rodrigues off: S. Lobjanidze
68' 0:0 Real Salt Lake Yellow card
71' 0:0 Minnesota United Substitution J. Diaz off: C. Harvey
71' 0:0 Minnesota United Substitution M. Dieng off: K. Yeboah
71' 0:0 Minnesota United Substitution T. Chancalay off: M. Gonzalez
82' 1:0 Real Salt Lake Goal S. Solans assist: D. Luna
86' 1:0 Real Salt Lake Substitution D. Luna off: A. Hezarkhani
86' 1:0 Real Salt Lake Substitution S. Solans off: V. Olatunji
87' 1:0 Real Salt Lake Substitution S. Solans off: V. Olatunji
87' 1:0 Minnesota United Substitution W. Trapp off: M. Caldeira
89' 1:1 Minnesota United Goal J. Pereyra assist: M. Caldeira
90+4' 1:1 Real Salt Lake Yellow card Stijn Spierings

Statistics

57.00 Possession, % 43

7 Shots on target 3

5 Shots off target 9

2.39 Expected goals 2.05

4 Big chances 5

100 Attacks 89

7 Corners 10

7 Fouls 12

12 Free kicks 6

1 Offsides 1

3 Yellow cards 1

0 Red cards 0

13 Goal kicks 8

13 Throw-ins 15

All statistics

11/2741% Aerial duels 16/2759%

110 Backward passes 75

1 Blocked shots 3

26 Clearances 21

1/157% Crosses 6/1735%

3/933% Dribbles 6/1443%

2.02 Expected assists 1.70

80 Failed passes 93

1 Goalkeeper saves 7

21 Interceptions 13

10 Key passes 10

23/5343% Long passes 32/6549%

88 Passes into the final third 91

282 Passes in the opposition half 250

308 Passes in own half 189

0.54 Shot accuracy 0.20

5 Shots from outside the box 4

8 Shots inside the box 11

6/1250% Tackles 5/1050%

575 Total passes 422

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