Since June 2018, Real Salt Lake has not played at Columbus Crew SC. The Crew have won five of their last seven home games against Real Salt Lake in all competitions (W5 D2). Genuine Salt Lake’s just two successes in 14 visits to Columbus (D2 L10) were a 2-1 win in 2006 and a 3-2 win in the second leg of the 2009 Meeting Elimination rounds.
In Saturday’s victory over Atlanta United FC, the Columbus Crew SC equaled a club record by scoring six goals. This was the first time the team had scored six goals in a game since 2003. Columbus has dominated three straight home matches subsequent to winning only three of their past 11 at Lower.com Field (D6 L2).
Real Salt Lake has lost three straight counterparts interestingly under Pablo Mastroeni following a 4-0 misfortune to St. Louis City SC on Saturday. Only D. C. United (4) has won more games since the beginning of July 2022 than Real Salt Lake has (D6 L10).
Christian Ramirez made his Columbus Crew SC debut against Atlanta United FC on Saturday, scoring twice. This was his first MLS game since May 2021. Ramirez is the fifth player in MLS history to score on his club debut for three different teams (R. Lassiter 4, A. Razov, K. Cooper, and K. Kamara). He has done so for Columbus Crew SC, Minnesota United FC, and Houston Dynamo FC.
Real Salt Lake has committed a normal of simply 6.3 fouls per match this season, with no other group committing less than nine for every match. Over the course of an entire season, no team has committed fewer than 8.8 fouls per match since 2010 (Toronto FC in 2018).
