Toronto won its first ever visit to Salt Lake City, a 2-1 victory in July 2007. Since then, Real Salt Lake has won eight of the nine matches in Utah (D1), with the only dropped point coming in the 2017 season opener.
Real Salt Lake has not lost a home match to an Eastern Conference opponent since a 1-0 defeat to Orlando in June 2017. They’ve recorded 10 wins and four draws at Rio Tinto Stadium against Eastern Conference foes since that defeat to Orlando.
Toronto FC has recorded consecutive wins after a nine-match winless run that dated back to the end of last season, though both wins came at home. The Reds haven’t won any of their last 10 away games (D3 L7) dating back to July with their last win at a Western opponent coming at the Galaxy in September 2017.
Justin Meram made his 300th regular season appearance on Saturday against the Rapids. Meram has scored four regular season goals against Toronto FC in his career as he’s only scored more against CF Montréal (5).
Toronto ranks second in MLS in pass attempts per game at 525.2, though they attempt the fewest shots in the league, averaging just 7.8 per match. Toronto is averaging 67.3 passes per shot so far this season, which would be the most in a single MLS season since Opta began detailed coverage in 2010. The only team to average at least 50 passes per shot in a season was Atlanta United (52.3) in 2020.
