Real Salt lake is unbeaten in its 12 regular-season home matches against the New York Red Bulls (W6 D6), though the New York Red Bulls did defeat Real Salt Lake, 1-0, in the 2008 Western Conference Final. The New York Red Bulls have recorded at least one win at every other opponent they’ve visited at least three times in regular-season play.
Real Salt Lake is unbeaten in eight straight MLS matches (W5 D3) and has suffered just two defeats in its last 16 league matches dating back to late April. Only FC Cincinnati (31) and the Philadelphia Union (29) have more points than Real Salt Lake (28) since that run began on April 22.
The New York Red Bulls lost their eighth match of the season on Wednesday, a 2-1 home defeat to FC Cincinnati. The New York Red Bulls have not lost consecutive matches all season, following their first seven defeats with a win in their next match three times and a draw four times.
Anderson Julio came off the bench to score the equalizing goal in Real Salt Lake’s draw with Sporting Kansas City on Wednesday. It was Julio’s 11th goal as a substitution in his Real Salt lake career, one behind Robbie Findley for the most in the club’s MLS history.
The New York Red Bulls faced only seven shots in their loss to FC Cincinnati on Wednesday. Over its eight losses, the New York Red Bulls had faced a total of 52 shots (6.5 per match), conceding goals on 13 of those (25.0% conversion). In its other 14 matches, opponents have scored with 10.6 percent of their shots (10/94).
