Real Salt Lake will be relieved to be returning to their Rio Tinto Stadium for this Saturday evening clash against Sporting Kansas following three away matches on the trot in the MLS.
Two defeats and a draw on the road at Montreal Impact, New York Red Bulls and Chicago Fire in 2-1, 4-0 and 1-1 results respectively mean that Real Salt Lake have earned just 1 point from a possible 9 on offer in recent times.
However, Real Salt Lake have won 3 out of their last 4 on home turf at their Rio Tinto Stadium with victories against Orlando City, Toronto and Atlanta United, recording 2-1, 3-0 and 2-1 wins respectively, so they’ll be confident they can bounce back with a win at home on Saturday.
Real Salt Lake currently sit on the fringes of the play-off pack in the Western Conference but home form looks to be their best shot at breaking into the top seven and the play-off pack having won 4 of their 6 wins at their Rio Tinto Stadium so far this season.
Sporting Kansas sit third from bottom in the Western Conference but are just 1 point behind their hosts, Real Salt Lake, ahead of this important Saturday night fixture in Ohio with both teams looking to stake further claims for a top seven spot.
Recent results have also picked up for Sporting Kansas as they’ve suffered just 1 defeat out of their last 6 matches overall in the MLS, which was a 2-0 loss at home to LA Galaxy back at the end of May.
The draw has been prevalent though where Sporting Kansas have been concerned, both home and away, as the visitors have been involved in 7 draws out of a total of 16 matches played so far this season.
Indeed, of their last 12 matches overall, Sporting Kansas have managed just 2 wins which were against Seattle Sounders and Columbus Crew, but have also drawn 6 of these last 12 matches too.
The visitors have also picked up just 1 away win from their last 10 matches on the road, with the draw again being prominent as no fewer than 6 of these last 10 on their travels ending in stalemates.
With just 4 away wins from their last 15 away matches, Sporting Kansas look to be up against it at Real Salt Lake, but keep the draw in mind for this clash.