SANDY, Utah (Interstat) — Real Salt Lake defeated St. Louis City 3-0 on Saturday at America First Field, turning a one-goal first-half lead into a comfortable home win with two more goals after halftime. Sergi Solans scored twice, and Dominik Marczuk added the other goal as Real Salt Lake controlled the decisive stretches of the match. St. Louis City could not find a goal despite several early challenges and finished the night with a loss. Real Salt Lake scored all three goals without reply and held St. Louis City scoreless. The home side led 1-0 at halftime and added two goals in the second half.

Real Salt Lake opened the scoring in the 41st minute when Solans found the net. The home side carried that lead into halftime after a busy first half that included yellow cards for St. Louis City’s Rafael Santos in the third minute and Ostrak T. in the 29th. Real Salt Lake’s Quinton P. was booked in the 40th minute, and Ostrak T. received another yellow card in the 43rd. Rafael Santos’s third-minute booking was the first card of the match. Quinton P.’s booking in the 40th minute came shortly before Ostrak T.’s second yellow card. The cards added tension to a first half that Real Salt Lake ended ahead. St. Louis City had early challenges but could not break through before the interval.

Real Salt Lake doubled its lead in the 53rd minute when Marczuk scored. Solans then struck again in the 59th minute to make it 3-0, completing his brace and putting the match firmly in the home side’s control. Luc De Fougerolles, Saba Lobjanidze and Morgan Guilavogui each recorded an assist in the win. Solans finished with two goals in 68 minutes, Marczuk scored in a 90-minute appearance, De Fougerolles had an assist over 90 minutes, Lobjanidze had an assist over 80 minutes and Guilavogui had an assist over 67 minutes. The scoring sequence came in order, with Solans opening the account, Marczuk doubling the lead and Solans closing the scoring. Marczuk’s goal in the 53rd minute gave Real Salt Lake a two-goal cushion.

St. Louis City made substitutions in the 46th minute involving Durkin C. and Wallem C. Real Salt Lake made a 60th-minute substitution involving Quinton P. Another Real Salt Lake substitution in the 67th minute involved Guilavogui M. and Caliskan N. Solans was involved in a Real Salt Lake substitution in the 68th minute. St. Louis City made substitutions in the 71st minute involving Brunet C. and Becher S. Real Salt Lake’s Lobjanidze was involved in a substitution in the 80th minute, and St. Louis City’s Rafael Navarro was involved in a substitution in the 84th. Real Salt Lake’s Sanabria J. was booked in the 64th minute. Both teams made five substitutions in the match.

The result moved St. Louis City to 1-2-1 in the competition and 2-2-1 across all competitions. Real Salt Lake improved to 2-1-1 in the competition and 2-1-1 across all competitions. St. Louis City’s previous results this season included a 1-0 win at Columbus Crew, a 3-2 loss at Minnesota United, a 0-0 draw against Vancouver Whitecaps and a 6-2 home win over Los Angeles Galaxy. Real Salt Lake had won 3-1 at Sporting Kansas City, drawn 1-1 with San Jose Earthquakes and lost 2-1 at Philadelphia Union before the match. St. Louis City’s competition record and all-competition record both changed after the match.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Real Salt Lake 2, St. Louis City 2. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Real Salt Lake with a 58.4 percent probability to win.