The Houston Dynamo come into a matchup against Real Salt Lake after recording two straight shutout wins

Real Salt Lake (13-6-8, third in the Western Conference) vs. Houston Dynamo (11-8-8, seventh in the Western Conference)

Houston; Saturday, 8:30 p.m. EDT

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK: LINE Houston -111, Real Salt Lake +257, Draw +280; over/under is 2.5 goals

BOTTOM LINE: The Houston Dynamo head into a matchup with Real Salt Lake after securing two straight shutout wins.

The Dynamo are 9-5-7 against Western Conference teams. The Dynamo rank third in the league allowing 31 goals.

RSL is 9-5-6 in Western Conference games. Christian Arango leads the third-ranked scoring team in the league with 17 goals. RSL has scored 53.

The teams square off Saturday for the second time this season. RSL won the last meeting 3-2.

TOP PERFORMERS: Ibrahim Aliyu has scored six goals with four assists for the Dynamo. Sebastian Ferreira has four goals and one assist over the past 10 games.

Arango has 17 goals and five assists for RSL. Andres Gomez has five goals over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Dynamo: 5-2-3, averaging 1.7 goals, 4.9 shots on goal and 5.0 corner kicks per game while allowing 1.1 goals per game.

RSL: 4-4-2, averaging 1.7 goals, 5.3 shots on goal and 4.9 corner kicks per game while allowing 1.7 goals per game.

NOT EXPECTED TO PLAY: Dynamo: Xavier Valdez (injured), Nelson Quinones (injured), Lawrence Ennali (injured).

RSL: Jose Kevin Bonilla (injured), Nelson Palacio (injured), Bode Davis (injured), Brayan Vera (injured), Pablo Ruiz (injured), Christian Arango (injured), Matt Crooks (injured).

The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.