Philadelphia Union vs Real Salt Lake Prediction & Betting Tips

How each side has been playing

Philadelphia's last 20 shows 10 wins, four draws and six defeats, with 44 goals scored and 31 conceded, a healthy return that points to a side scoring freely most weeks. It's not been all smooth sailing lately, though: a 5-0 win away at San Diego sits alongside a 3-4 defeat to Sporting Kansas City, so they can be loose at the back too.

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Philadelphia Union to win

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Draw

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Real Salt Lake to win

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Philadelphia Union: 20 completed matches; Real Salt Lake: 20 completed matches.

Philadelphia Union

20 matches

Win

50% 10 / 20

Draw

20% 4 / 20

Loss

30% 6 / 20

Scored

44

Conceded

31

Difference

+13

Real Salt Lake

20 matches

Win

25% 5 / 20

Draw

25% 5 / 20

Loss

50% 10 / 20

Scored

29

Conceded

32

Difference

-3

Real Salt Lake's sample tells a different story. Five wins, five draws and ten defeats from 20, with 29 scored and 32 conceded, and they've shipped goals in bunches on the road, including a 3-0 loss at Seattle in their most recent outing before this data was pulled.

Philadelphia's home form and RSL's away struggles point the same direction, though both squads have shown they can be breached.

History between these two

These sides have met nine times going back to 2012, with results fairly spread out, including a 4-0 Philadelphia win in 2019 and a 4-1 win the year before that. The most recent meeting, back in April 2024, actually went the other way, with Real Salt Lake winning 1-2 at Philadelphia's own ground.

That head-to-head sample spans well over a decade, though, so it says more about history than about either side's level right now.

The most recent meeting was a Real Salt Lake win, but it's now over two years old.

Where they sit in the table

Philadelphia are sixth with 36 points from 26 games and a healthy goal difference, 50 scored against 42 conceded. Real Salt Lake are well down in 13th on 29 points from the same number of matches, with a negative goal difference of 37 for and 44 against.

That seven-point gap, and the difference in goals for and against, lines up with what the recent form figures already suggest.

Who might be missing

Philadelphia have several players away on international duty, including A. Blake, D. Jean Jacques, N. Pierre, C. Sullivan and F. Westfield, who's been their leading assist provider this season. P. Ndinga is also out with a hamstring problem. Their top scorer, M. Iloski, isn't among the names listed as missing.

Philadelphia Union:

Best scorers:

M. Iloski - 13

Best assist providers:

F. Westfield - 7

Penalty cards:

J. Sery Larsen x 1 x 4

Cavan Sullivan x 1 x 2

E. Alladoh x 1 x 2

Injury list:

A. Blake

D. Jean Jacques

P. Ndinga

N. Pierre

C. Sullivan

F. Westfield

Real Salt Lake:

Penalty cards:

M. Guilavogui x 1 x 6

Injury list:

J. J. Arias

L. De Fougerolles

G. Dillon

J. Glad

D. Luna

A. Piol

J. Sanabria

Z. Booth

L. Engel

A. Katranis

D. Zagar

Real Salt Lake's list runs longer still. Several players are down as missing through injury or international call-ups, among them J.J. Arias, G. Dillon, J. Glad, D. Luna and A. Piol, with a handful more listed as questionable due to hamstring and groin issues. That's a lot of bodies to work around at the back.

With this many names in doubt for both sides, the eventual lineups could look quite different once the international window clears.