Salt Lake vs New York City — MLS 2026

Salt Lake sit 18th and New York City 19th, both on 29 points, but the home/away split shows Salt Lake are a different side at home. Salt Lake have taken 2.09 points per home game versus just 0.5 away, while New York City are steadier at 1.18 points per away game. The table gap is minimal, but Salt Lake's true strength is heavily venue-dependent.

Salt Lake18th

29 pts · 8-5-10GD 0 · 37:37

Home 7-2-2GF:GA 24:15

Last 6 · all comps

League form · 2 pts · 28th

New York City19th

29 pts · 7-8-9GD +4 · 37:33

Away 3-4-4GF:GA 11:13

Last 6 · all comps

League form · 3 pts · 25th

Both teams are in poor form, with Salt Lake taking just 2 points from their last six and New York City 3, but neither has won in that span. Salt Lake's last six show 0W-2D-4L and New York City's 0W-3D-3L, so this is a meeting of two sides searching for a spark. The form signal is weak and mostly noise.

RSL play at home, NYC away — the “Home/Away” rows use that split.

Recent rows count each side's last matches in any competition — MLS matches by sample: Last 5 — RSL 4 of 5, NYC 5 of 5; Last 5, Home/Away — RSL 3 of 5, NYC 4 of 5.

Salt Lake average 4.83 shots on goal per game compared to New York City's 4.71, a marginal edge. Salt Lake also see more of their shots blocked, 2.48 per game versus 1.79 for New York City. The attacking efficiency gap is small.

Both teams are most dangerous between minutes 16-30, with Salt Lake scoring 24% of their goals there and New York City 27%. Both also concede most heavily in the final 15 minutes, 24% for Salt Lake and 27% for New York City. Expect early pressure and late vulnerability from both sides.

Salt Lake's home matches have gone over 2.5 goals in 72.73% of cases this season, while New York City's away matches have done so in only 36.36%. Salt Lake's home games average 3.55 total goals, New York City's away games 2.18. The goal environment strongly favors the over at Salt Lake's home venue.

Based on Salt Lake's 11 home games and New York City's 11 away games this season

The total goals market is set at 3.0, and our model puts the over at 29% while the market implies 49%. Our read sits about 20 percentage points below the market's, a meaningful gap driven by New York City's low-scoring away matches.

The Match Trends below are sampled over a different time window than the Match Forecast above — read them side by side, not as matching figures.

1. 01Draw seems to be a common result for New York City lately. They have drawn 2 out of their last 3 MLS matches.
2. 02In their last 5 MLS matches, Salt Lake have received an average of 3.6 cards per match, while New York City have averaged 1.8 cards.
3. 03In their last 3 MLS matches, Salt Lake have been awarded an average of 3.3 corners per match, while New York City have averaged 5.6 corners.
4. 04In their last 5 MLS matches, Salt Lake have received an average of 1 card in the first half per match, while New York City have averaged 0.4 cards.
5. 05In the last 5 matches of the MLS, Salt Lake conceded on average 2.2 goals per match while New York City conceded on average 1.2 goals per match.
6. 06Chances are good to see a goal from New York City within the first half. They have averaged 0.9 goals before halftime in the MLS this season.

Two sides stuck in long winless runs meet with the market giving Salt Lake a modest edge at home, but the real story is how differently their matches play out. Salt Lake's home games have averaged 3.55 total goals this season while New York City's away matches have averaged just 2.18, a gap that shapes every goals-market read. The key uncertainty is whether Salt Lake's home scoring (2.2 per game) can overcome their own defensive leaks, since New York City have failed to score in only 18% of away games.