Real Salt Lake has lost only one of its last 21 home MLS editions of the Rocky Mountain Cup dating back to September 2007 (W15 D5), including winning the last two. RSL’s 23 regular season wins over Colorado since the start of the 2007 season (D11 L10) are the most by any team against another in that time.
Real Salt Lake drew its last home match, 0-0, against Columbus, just the fourth time RSL failed to win in its last 17 home matches (W13 D2 L2). RSL has kept a clean sheet in three straight home matches, something it hasn’t done in four straight games at Rio Tinto Stadium since August-September 2010.
The Rapids have lost three of their last four matches (D1) following defeats to Portland and Austin. The Rapids haven’t lost three straight MLS matches since an eight-game losing streak in March-May 2019.
Jefferson Savarino had a goal and an assist in Real Salt Lake’s loss to Minnesota on Sunday, his second game with a goal and an assist in his three starts since returning to RSL. Savarino has been involved in all four of RSL’s goals since his first start back with the club on June 18.
Colorado’s 3-2 defeat to Austin on Monday after leading 2-0 marked the sixth time in club history that the Rapids have lost a match in which it led by at least two goals, but the first in nearly eight years, since an August 2014 home loss to the Galaxy.
