HOUSTON. Houston Dynamo beat Real Salt Lake to win 2-1. It was Houston Dynamo to strike first with a goal of Héctor Herrera at the 22′. Then it was a goal in the 54′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Amine Bassi gave the win to Houston Dynamo in the 79′ minute with a goal. Houston Dynamo was truly better in terms of ball possession (71%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Shell Energy Stadium stadium in Houston on Sunday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The referee was Guido Gonzalez with the support of Jeremy Kieso and Felisha Mariscal. The 4th official was Alex Chilowicz. The weather was light rain. The temperature was extremely hot at 30.24 degrees Celsius or 86.43 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 52%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Houston Dynamo was in firm control of the ball 71% while Real Salt Lake was struggling with a 29% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Houston Dynamo had a more offensive attitude with 73 dangerous attacks and 23 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Houston Dynamo won the match​.

Houston Dynamo shot 23 times, 5 on target, 8 off target. On the other side, Real Salt Lake shot 7 times, 2 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Houston Dynamo received 2 yellow cards (Adalberto Carrasquilla and Franco Escobar). Regarding the opposition, Real Salt Lake received 2 yellow cards (Bryan Oviedo and Anderson Julio).

Standings

After playing this match, Houston Dynamo will have 51 points to remain in the 4th place. Talking about the opposition, Real Salt Lake will stay with 50 points to hold in the 5th place.

Next matches

Houston Dynamo – Formation

Houston Dynamo started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Ben Olsen decided to play with the following team: Steve Clark (6.8), Griffin Dorsey (6.7), Erik Sviatchenko (7.1), Micael (6.7), Franco Escobar (6.8), Artur (8.4), Héctor Herrera (8.2), Adalberto Carrasquilla (7.5), Amine Bassi (7.3), Nelson Quiñones (7.0) and Corey Baird (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Bradley Smith (6.8), Daniel Steres, Iván Franco, Andrew Tarbell, Teenage Hadebe, Ibrahim Aliyu, Luis Caicedo (6.4), Sebastian Kowalczyk and Þorleifur Úlfarsson.

Houston Dynamo could not rely on the presence of Luis Caicedo (injured).

Substitutions

Houston Dynamo made 3 changes: Amine Bassi for Luis Caicedo (87′), Nelson Quiñones for Bradley Smith (87′) and Corey Baird for Ibrahim Aliyu (90′).

Best player: Artur​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Houston Dynamo was Artur even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (8.4) with 86 passes (92% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 6. He hit the woodwork once times.

Real Salt Lake – Formation

Real Salt Lake started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

Pablo Andrés Mastroeni played with: Zac MacMath (6.4), Bode Davis (6.3), Brayan Vera (7.3), Bryan Oviedo (7.0), Andrew Brody (7.3), Emeka Eneli (6.7), Braian Ojeda (7.0), Maikel Chang (6.4), Jefferson Savarino (7.0), Rubio Rubin (6.6) and Diego Luna (7.5).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Antonio Hidalgo, Andres Gomez (6.4), Scott Caldwell, Nelson Palacio, Daniel Musovski (6.8), Jasper Loffelsend (6.8), Anderson Julio (7.0), Kevon Lambert (6.4) and Gavin Beavers.

Real Salt Lake could not rely on the presence of Kevon Lambert (injured).

Substitutions

Real Salt Lake made 5 changes: Rubio Rubin for Anderson Julio (46′), Maikel Chang for Andres Gomez (46′), Emeka Eneli for Daniel Musovski (86′), Andrew Brody for Jasper Loffelsend (86′) and Bode Davis for Kevon Lambert (51′).

Best player: Diego Luna​

The player that probably impressed the most for Real Salt Lake was Diego Luna.

His rating is (7.5) with 1 goal, 28 passes (89% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 8. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Major League Soccer.​

• Los Angeles FC – Vancouver Whitecaps – 5-2
• Houston Dynamo – Real Salt Lake – 2-1