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Colorado Rapids bring home winning streak into matchup with Real Salt Lake

Real Salt Lake (8-8-4, eighth in the Western Conference) vs. Colorado Rapids (9-11-1, eighth in the Western Conference)

Commerce City, Colorado; Saturday, 9:30 p.m. EDT

LINE: Colorado -102, Real Salt Lake +236, Draw +274; over/under is 2.5 goals

BOTTOM LINE: The Colorado Rapids host Real Salt Lake aiming to extend a four-game home winning streak.

The Rapids are 9-8-1 against Western Conference opponents. The Rapids rank eighth in the Western Conference drawing 105 corner kicks, averaging 5.0 per game.

RSL is 7-6-4 against conference opponents. RSL has a 21-2-1 record in games it records two goals.

Saturday's game is the second time these teams square off this season. RSL won the last meeting 2-1.

TOP PERFORMERS: Rafael Navarro has 10 goals and three assists for the Rapids. Reggie Cannon has one goal over the last 10 games.

Sergi Solans has scored nine goals with three assists for RSL. Zavier Gozo has three goals and one assist over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Rapids: 16-10-4, averaging 2.4 goals, 10.8 shots on goal and 17.7 corner kicks per game while allowing 2.7 goals per game.

RSL: 12-9-9, averaging 4.5 goals, 11.7 shots on goal and 16.2 corner kicks per game while allowing 5.4 goals per game.

NOT EXPECTED TO PLAY: Rapids: Mamadou Billo Diop (injured), Kimani Stewart-Baynes (injured), Jackson Travis (injured), Theodore Ku-DiPietro (injured), Miguel Navarro (injured), Zack Steffen (injured).

RSL: Luca Moisa (injured), Ariath Piol (injured), Griffin Dillon (injured), Zach Booth (injured), Emeka Eneli (injured), Justen Glad (injured).

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