Real Salt Lake
- Real Salt Lake have won one, drawn one and lost three of their last five matches in all competitions.
- Pablo Mastroeni has honed RSL into a compact side that likes to possess the ball, looking to open up opponents with clever balls in behind before counter-pressing in the narrow areas.
- This approach has yielded eight goals in their five games this season, but they do have an ace up their sleeve in Sergi Solans, who has been the sharpest finisher in the team with three of those strikes.
CF Atlante
- CF Atlante have won two and drawn one in their last three matches.
- CF Atlante have picked up where they left off in this competition, winning their first match under Miguel Herrera, a sharp upturn in form.
- The coach has been true to his identity, with his side playing at a high tempo and in a direct attacking style.
Key Players
- Sergi Solans has been Real Salt Lake's sharpest finisher with three goals in his last five appearances in all competitions.
- The wide overloads and aggressive forward runs can quickly find the net, as Cruz Azul and Vancouver Whitecaps discovered recently, but there is a clinical finisher in Eugenio Pizzuto, who has the most goals for Atlante in this period.
Betting Insights
- The hosts will get chances of their own, but Atlante are in the better form at the moment and I'm backing the Mexican visitors to get the points at 3.75.
- The odds-on Over 2.5 option looks a solid play here too, considering how open this fixture could be.
Prediction
Real Salt Lake may want to control this fixture, but the pace and width in the Atlante attack should see them break through and find success in the areas where Mastroeni's side are most vulnerable.
