Real Salt Lake will host Seattle Sounders at the America First Field on Saturday in the opening round of the 2023 Leagues Cup.
The home side are enjoying a good run of results in Major League Soccer at the moment and will hope they can carry that momentum onto the cup competition this weekend. They beat the New York Red Bulls 3-1 in their last game, with Diego Luna scoring a brace before Jefferson Savarino wrapped up the points late in the game.
The Seattle Sounders, meanwhile, have struggled for results in their domestic assignments of late and will hope they can find better luck on the continental stage on Saturday. They were held to a 1-1 draw by FC Dallas last time out and perhaps deserved more from the game but were guilty of wasteful finishing.
The visitors made it to the final in the last edition of the Leagues Cup before losing 3-2 to Mexican side Leon and will hope they can go all the way this time around.
Real Salt Lake have won three of their last four games and are undefeated in their last 10 games across all competitions. They are undefeated in their last five home games and will be hopeful of a result here.
The Sounders, meanwhile, are on a run of back-to-back winless outings and have won just two of their last nine games. They have won just one of their last five away games and could see defeat this weekend.
Prediction: Real Salt Lake 1-0 Seattle Sounders
Tip 1 - Result: Real Salt Lake
Tip 2 - Goals - Over/under 2.5 - Under 2.5 goals (Five of the last six matches between the two teams have produced fewer than 2.5 goals)
Tip 3 - Both teams to score: NO (Both sides have found the back of the net in just one of their last six matchups)
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