Two of the top teams in the Western Conference meet on Thursday night as Real Salt Lake hosts Houston. Real Salt Lake is one of only two unbeaten teams at home this season. Real Salt Lake and Houston have 15 points each, two back of the L.A. Galaxy in the Western Conference.
SBG Global reports that early Soccer Betting has the public taking Dynamo on the Road.
MLS Betting Preview
Houston at Real Salt Lake
Thursday, 10:00 pm Eastern – ESPN 2
SBG Global Opening Line: Real Salt Lake – ½ EV , Total 2.5 Over -120
Real Salt Lake had their unbeaten streak snapped at five in their last game when they lost to Kansas City 1-0. "It's hard for us to feel satisfied," RSL coach Jason Kreis said. "This is another game where you have to feel like you dropped a point. If we're a little more focused for the last couple of minutes, we pick up a point. That's happened too often to us this year."
Houston is coming off a 1-1 draw against Dallas last week. "The game is a sour point for us. I thought we had more than enough chances in the first few minutes to possibly put the game out of reach. We were in good situations and had good chances. To get a tie out of it, we are not happy," head coach Dominic Kinnear said. "The guys are disappointed, as we should be. At the halfway point [of the season], I don't think we are getting as many points as we want or need." One of the problems for Houston has been their defense. They have allowed 19 goals already this season after allowing only 23 all of last year. "You look at our team and what has made us successful the past couple of years. It's defense," Brian Ching said. "We have been one of the best defensive, if not the best, defensive team in the league. But now we've got guys letting in mistakes. They are making big mistakes and costing us games. It's the same guys costing us 3-4 games, so it's disappointing."
SBG Global Current Line: Real Salt Lake – ½ -105 , Total 2.5 Over -125
Houston will not play for almost three weeks following Thursday’s game.
They did not advance in the U.S. Open Cup as they lost Tuesday to the USL-1 Charleston Battery on penalties.
Here are the Soccer Betting stats for Thursday’s game. The two teams have met 7 times in history. Houston has four wins, Real Salt Lake has two wins and the other match ended in a draw. At home, Real Salt Lake is 2-1-1 against Houston. Houston won the season series last year and split the two games in Salt Lake City. Houston has scored one goal or less in nine of their 15 matches overall this season.
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