New York Red Bulls
Football USA - MLS Sports Illustrated Stadium Mon 11 Aug 06:00
Real Salt Lake
  1. Prediction
  2. Odds
  3. Stats
  4. Team News
  5. Lineups
  6. Injuries
  7. Squads
  8. Table

MLS Betting Preview: New York Red Bulls vs Real Salt Lake

New York Red Bulls host Real Salt Lake in this MLS match at Sports Illustrated Stadium, with kick-off set for 06:00 on Monday 11 August. Our betting preview features expert predictions, betting tips, the latest odds, H2H stats, team news and both predicted and confirmed lineups.

Strong Case for Backing Over 2.5 Goals

NY Red Bulls and Salt Lake are set for a relatively high-scoring clash, with Over 2.5 looking like the best pick when it comes to the Total Goals market. There are odds of 1.64 for this outcome and that looks worth taking.

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RSL Beat Red Bulls in their Previous Meeting

New York Red Bulls have lost back-to-back MLS games. Away at Soldier Field, Chicago Fire recently beat them 1-0. Sandro Schwarz's team had 49% possession and three shots on target.

Real Salt Lake claimed a 2-1 home victory over San Jose Earthquakes at America First Field in their previous game. The Claret-and-Cobalt managed three shots on goal and enjoyed 60% possession, while Jamar Ricketts (own goal) and Braian Ojeda were both on target.

Head-to-Head Statistics

The last clash between RSL and Red Bulls saw the former triumph at home. It was a 3-1 scoreline at America First Field. The previous 3 H2H matches have featured one Red Bulls win, one RSL victory and a draw.

MLS G W D L GF GA GD GD P
17 NY Red Bulls logo NY Red Bulls 30 11 7 12 43 40 3 43:40 40
20 Real Salt Lake logo Real Salt Lake 29 10 4 15 31 41 -10 31:41 34
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New York Red Bulls – Last 10 League Games

Red Bulls have 3 wins, 4 losses and 3 draws, averaging 1.7 goals from 3.9 shots on goal and 8.7 attempts. The Red Bulls have averaged 50.6% possession and 4.3 corners per match, conceding 1.9 goals and 4.9 corners from 4.6 shots on goal and 9.8 attempts.

Top scorer Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting has found the net 6 times, with Emil Forsberg and Mohammed Sofo getting 4 and 2 respectively. Emil Forsberg, Ronald Donkor and Kyle Duncan have racked up the most assists with 2 each.

Real Salt Lake – Last 10 League Games

RSL have 5 victories, 3 defeats and 2 draws, with an average of 5.0 shots on goal, 10.7 attempts and 1.3 goals. The Utah side average 50.5% possession, 5.2 corners taken and 5.8 corners against them, while 1.1 goals have been conceded from 9.3 attempts and 3.8 shots on goal.

The top scorers have been Diogo Goncalves, William Agada, Johnny Russell and Zavier Gozo, with 2 goals apiece. Alexandros Katranis and Diego Luna are the top assists providers with 2 in the previous 10 games.

Confirmed Lineups

New York Red Bulls confirmed lineup (4-2-3-1): AJ Marcucci (GK), Kyle Duncan, Sean Nealis, Alexander Hack, Raheem Edwards, Ronald Donkor, Daniel Edelman, Wikelman Carmona, Emil Forsberg, Mohammed Sofo, Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting.

Real Salt Lake confirmed lineup (4-2-2-2): Rafael Cabral (GK), Noel Caliskan, Justen Glad, Brayan Vera, Sam Junqua, Braian Ojeda, Emeka Eneli, Diogo Goncalves, Diego Luna, Zavier Gozo, William Agada.

New York Red Bulls vs Real Salt Lake Prediction & Betting Tips

Take on New York Red Bulls vs Real Salt Lake with our in-depth betting analysis, featuring an expert match prediction, scoreline advice, corners market insight, key player props and a value-driven bet builder.

Match Prediction

The number of goals can provide the best angle considering that odds of 1.64 are available when it comes to Over 2.5. We expect the line to be covered by the end of this MLS tussle.

Team news plays a valuable role and our football experts are always monitoring the players who have an injury concern. We’ve also got a handle on the form guide, with plenty of MLS data provided which puts you in the picture in terms of stats.

Key New York Red Bulls vs Real Salt Lake league stats:

  • The 2.5 line has been covered in 4 of the last 5 Red Bulls games at home.
  • The 2.5 line has been covered in 8 of the last 10 Red Bulls games at home.
  • The 2.5 line has been covered in the last 3 Red Bulls games at home.
  • The 2.5 line has been covered in 2 of the last 3 games between these teams.

Over 2.5 Probability

The best football betting sites make it a 61% chance that our pick is settled as a winner. In the opinion of our tipsters, there’s actually a probability of success closer to 70%. The wager can be recommended for this precise reason.

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If you’re sweet on the prospect of a few goals over the ninety minutes, there’s the chance to combine Over 2.5 Goals with BTTS Yes on the Total Goals & Both Teams to Score market. It’s available at bigger odds and you need both sides to find the net.

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Correct Score Prediction

NY Red Bulls NY Red Bulls logo 2 - 1 Salt Lake logo Salt Lake

NY Red Bulls are available at 8.00 to secure a 2-1 victory. Many bettors enjoy a correct score wager and there are some nice potential returns to be had.

Latest Correct Score Odds

Player Prop Picks

Top Pick: Diego Luna Over 0.5 Shots On Target

Diego Luna (RSL) can be backed to record one or more shots on goal at 1.73. It’s all about backing him at attractive odds when it comes to the Shots on Target market.

Latest Diego Luna Player Prop Odds
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Emil Forsberg to Score

Emil Forsberg (Red Bulls) has managed seven goals in his past nine MLS games on home soil. Considering the numbers, we think that odds of 3.95 offer plenty of appeal when it comes to wagering on Anytime Goalscorer.

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Corners Prediction

Salt Lake Over 3.5 Corners

Real Salt Lake have been awarded an average of 5.20 corners in the past 10 matches, while the corner count against New York Red Bulls has been more than 3.5 in the previous four home games. There’s a chance to go over the RSL Team Corners line and we’re confident this will happen, with odds of 1.66 on offer.

League Games
League Games
Last 10 Total For Against
Last 10 at Home Total For Against
Last 10 Away Total For Against
NY Red Bulls Logo NY Red Bulls
Total
9.20 4.30 4.90
Home
8.00 4.10 3.90
Away
9.60 4.70 4.90
Salt Lake Logo Salt Lake
Total
11.00 5.20 5.80
Home
9.30 5.50 3.80
Away
8.90 3.40 5.50
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Total Corners
NY Red Bulls Corners
Salt Lake Corners
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Bet Builder Tips

Total Goals Over 2.5
Full-Time Result NY Red Bulls
Shots On Target Diego Luna Over 0.5

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New York Red Bulls vs Real Salt Lake Odds

The odds are updated on a frequent basis. You might therefore find that they are different to the ones listed for the above betting predictions.

Bookies Have Red Bulls as Favourites

With the bookies giving them a 48% probability of winning, New York Red Bulls might be a popular acca pick. Their current betting odds are 2.10 when it comes to triumphing in this MLS clash. If you want to wager on the underdog, Real Salt Lake have been priced up at 3.15.

If you think that Red Bulls are able to beat RSL, then the 1.79 could be the option for you on the Asian Handicap -0.25. Built into this bet is the half stake refund should the scoreline end level.

The odds suggest that Over 2.5 Goals is a strong probability in this exciting contest. Both Teams to Score is one of the top markets and the BTTS Yes option can be wagered at 1.54.

The best betting sites push the boat out to ensure that football bettors can select from hundreds of markets. You can access them for every MLS match before making a decision.

Full-Time Result
Half-Time Result
Double Chance
Draw No Bet
Asian Handicap
Total Goals
Both Teams to Score

Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting Top of First Goalscorer List

Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting is the First Goalscorer favourite at 5.20 and there’s an opportunity to back him to find the net anytime at 2.55.

Player Goals
Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting (Red Bulls)
William Agada (RSL)
Mohammed Sofo (Red Bulls)
Emil Forsberg (Red Bulls)
Player Shots On Target
William Agada (RSL)
Mohammed Sofo (Red Bulls)
Emil Forsberg (Red Bulls)
Diego Luna (RSL)
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Sports Illustrated Stadium
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Red Bulls Have Seven Wins from Past Ten Home Games

Red Bulls have racked up seven wins, two defeats and one draw in the last 10 home matches, scoring an average of 2.70 goals per game and conceding 1.60.

RSL have collected five losses, three draws and two victories in the past 10 away matches, scoring an average of 0.90 goals per game and conceding 1.30.

When the sides last met at Sports Illustrated Stadium, Red Bulls beat RSL 4-0.

Last 10 League Games W-D-L G GF GA O2.5 U2.5 B-Y B-No
New York Red Bulls logo New York Red Bulls Home Stats 7-1-2 4.30 2.70 1.60 8 2 7 3
Real Salt Lake logo Real Salt Lake Away Stats 2-3-5 2.20 0.90 1.30 3 7 6 4
  • W-D-L = Wins-Draws-Losses
  • G = Avg. Goals
  • GF = Avg. Goals For
  • GA = Avg. Goals Against
  • O2.5 = Matches Over 2.5 Goals
  • U2.5 = Matches Under 2.5 Goals
  • B-Y = Matches BTTS Yes
  • B-No = Matches BTTS No
Team Stats
New York Red Bulls logo New York Red Bulls League Stats
Real Salt Lake logo Real Salt Lake League Stats
Full-Time Result
  • 3 wins, 4 defeats and 3 draws in the previous 10 matches
  • 7 wins, 2 defeats and 1 draw in the previous 10 home matches
Full-Time Result
  • 5 wins, 3 defeats and 2 draws in the previous 10 matches
  • 2 wins, 5 defeats and 3 draws in the previous 10 away matches
Goals
Goals
Corners
Corners
Possession
Possession
Top Scorers & Assists
Top Scorers & Assists

New York Red Bulls vs Real Salt Lake Lineups & Team News

Know who’s in and who’s out for Red Bulls vs RSL before making your bets. We’ll bring you the expected and confirmed lineups for the MLS along with up-to-date injury news.

New York Red Bulls Confirmed Lineup 4-2-3-1

Real Salt Lake Confirmed Lineup 4-2-2-2

New York Red Bulls Confirmed Lineup 4-2-3-1

1 AJ Marcucci
6 Kyle Duncan 15 Sean Nealis 42 Alexander Hack 44 Raheem Edwards
48 Ronald Donkor 75 Daniel Edelman
19 Wikelman Carmona 10 Emil Forsberg 37 Mohammed Sofo
13 E. M. Choupo-Moting
1 Rafael Cabral
92 Noel Caliskan 15 Justen Glad 4 Brayan Vera 29 Sam Junqua
6 Braian Ojeda 14 Emeka Eneli
10 Diogo Goncalves 8 Diego Luna
72 Zavier Gozo 9 William Agada

Real Salt Lake Confirmed Lineup 4-2-2-2

New York Red Bulls Substitutes

  • 5Omar Valencia
  • 7Wiktor Bogacz
  • 8Peter Stroud
  • 12Dylan Nealis
  • 14Marcelo Morales
  • 16Julian Hall
  • 26Tim Parker
  • 31Carlos Coronel
  • 81Serge Ngoma

Real Salt Lake Substitutes

  • 7Pablo Ruiz
  • 11Dominik Marczuk
  • 12Rwan Cruz
  • 19Bode Hidalgo
  • 23Ariath Piol
  • 24Max Kerkvliet
  • 26Philip Quinton
  • 77Johnny Russell
  • 98Alexandros Katranis

Previous New York Red Bulls Lineups

27 Jul MLS
Chicago Fire 1-0 NY Red Bulls
20 Jul MLS
NY Red Bulls 1-5 Inter Miami
17 Jul MLS
NY Red Bulls 5-3 NE Revolution
13 Jul MLS
Philadelphia 2-0 NY Red Bulls
06 Jul MLS
SJ Earthquakes 1-1 NY Red Bulls
29 Jun MLS
NY Red Bulls 2-2 Minnesota Utd

Previous Real Salt Lake Lineups

27 Jul MLS
Real Salt Lake 2-1 SJ Earthquakes
20 Jul MLS
Real Salt Lake 0-1 FC Cincinnati
17 Jul MLS
Portland Timbers 0-1 Real Salt Lake
13 Jul MLS
Real Salt Lake 1-0 Houston Dynamo
06 Jul MLS
Real Salt Lake 3-2 St. Louis
29 Jun MLS
Sporting KC 1-1 Real Salt Lake

Injuries & Suspensions

New York Red Bulls Injury Table
Type Name Info
AJ Marcucci Knee
Cameron Harper Knee
Real Salt Lake Injury Table
Type Name Info
Javain Brown Knee
Zac MacMath Shoulder
Matthew Bell Hamstring
USA FlagMLS Table
2025 Season
# Team G W D L +/- P
1 Philadelphia 30 17 6 7 49:33 57
2 San Diego 30 17 5 8 55:37 56
3 FC Cincinnati 30 17 4 9 44:37 55
4 Minnesota Utd 30 15 9 6 51:33 54
5 Charlotte FC 30 17 2 11 51:40 53
6 Vancouver 28 15 7 6 54:31 52
7 Nashville SC 30 15 5 10 50:35 50
8 NYCFC 29 15 5 9 44:35 50
9 Inter Miami 27 14 7 6 57:44 49
10 Columbus Crew 30 13 10 7 50:46 49
11 Orlando City 29 13 9 7 55:41 48
12 Los Angeles FC 28 13 8 7 53:36 47
13 Seattle Sounders 29 12 9 8 51:43 45
14 Chicago Fire 29 12 6 11 54:53 42
15 Portland Timbers 29 11 9 9 38:39 42
16 Austin FC 29 11 8 10 31:36 41
17 NY Red Bulls 30 11 7 12 43:40 40
18 Colorado Rapids 30 11 6 13 40:49 39
19 SJ Earthquakes 30 9 8 13 55:55 35
20 Real Salt Lake 29 10 4 15 31:41 34
21 FC Dallas 29 8 10 11 42:48 34
22 Houston Dynamo 30 8 9 13 39:49 33
23 NE Revolution 30 8 8 14 39:44 32
24 Sporting KC 30 7 6 17 45:61 27
25 Toronto FC 29 5 11 13 29:36 26
26 Atlanta United 29 5 11 13 36:54 26
27 St. Louis 30 6 7 17 36:51 25
28 D.C. United 30 5 10 15 27:55 25
29 CF Montréal 30 5 9 16 29:53 24
30 LA Galaxy 29 4 9 16 35:58 21
# Team G W D L +/- P
1 Charlotte FC 15 12 1 2 30:12 37
2 Philadelphia 15 10 4 1 34:15 34
3 Nashville SC 15 10 3 2 31:11 33
4 NY Red Bulls 15 10 3 2 34:19 33
5 Vancouver 14 9 3 2 36:16 30
6 NYCFC 14 10 0 4 25:15 30
7 Seattle Sounders 14 8 5 1 34:18 29
8 Columbus Crew 15 8 4 3 25:18 28
9 Inter Miami 13 8 3 2 30:18 27
10 Los Angeles FC 14 8 2 4 24:12 26
11 San Diego 16 7 5 4 25:16 26
12 FC Cincinnati 15 8 2 5 23:18 26
13 Colorado Rapids 15 8 2 5 22:18 26
14 Portland Timbers 15 7 5 3 23:20 26
15 Minnesota Utd 15 7 4 4 26:17 25
16 Orlando City 14 7 3 4 31:21 24
17 Austin FC 14 5 7 2 14:12 22
18 Real Salt Lake 15 7 1 7 19:20 22
19 Chicago Fire 15 5 5 5 21:23 20
20 SJ Earthquakes 15 4 6 5 34:28 18
21 Atlanta United 15 4 6 5 27:27 18
22 St. Louis 15 4 5 6 21:23 17
23 Sporting KC 15 4 4 7 25:30 16
24 FC Dallas 15 4 3 8 20:23 15
25 Houston Dynamo 15 4 3 8 17:26 15
26 LA Galaxy 13 4 2 7 17:22 14
27 D.C. United 15 2 7 6 13:24 13
28 Toronto FC 15 2 6 7 12:16 12
29 NE Revolution 15 3 3 9 16:23 12
30 CF Montréal 15 2 5 8 13:30 11