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Colorado Rapids SC vs Real Salt Lake, 2018

MLS · 2018
Colorado Rapids SC
0 – 6
Full Time
Real Salt Lake
Sun 26 Aug 2018 · 01:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

Match Preview

Colorado Rapids SC vs Real Salt Lake — MLS .

Match Details

  • Referee Frank Anderson
  • Referee Armando Villarreal
  • Referee Rubiel Vazquez
  • Referee Ted Unkel
  • Referee Matthew Nelson

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Nashville SC 27 60
2 Internacional CF Miami 27 46
3 New England Revolution 27 46
4 Charlotte FC 27 43
5 Chicago Fire FC 26 42
6 Philadelphia Union 27 39
7 Orlando City SC 27 34
8 New York City FC 27 33
9 FC Cincinnati 26 33
10 New York Red Bulls 26 33
11 D.C. United SC 26 30
12 Columbus Crew SC 27 29
13 Toronto FC 27 29
14 Atlanta United FC 27 27
15 Montreal Impact FC 27 24
16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 26 50
17 FC Dallas 27 47
18 San Jose Earthquakes 27 45
19 St. Louis City 26 44
20 Houston Dynamo 27 44
21 Los Angeles FC 28 41
22 Colorado Rapids SC 27 36
23 Los Angeles Galaxy 28 36
24 Seattle Sounders FC 26 35
25 San Diego FC 27 32
26 Portland Timbers 27 32
27 Real Salt Lake 27 32
28 Austin FC 27 31
29 Minnesota United FC 27 29
30 Sporting Kansas City 26 21

Head-to-Head

6
3
14
Colorado Rapids SC 23 games · Avg 3.4 goals Real Salt Lake
Last 5 meetings
2018-08-26 Colorado Rapids SC 0–6 Real Salt Lake 2018-07-22 Real Salt Lake 2–2 Colorado Rapids SC 2018-04-22 Real Salt Lake 3–0 Colorado Rapids SC

Recent Form

Colorado Rapids SC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
26 Aug Real Salt Lake H 0–6 L
20 Aug Los Angeles FC A 0–2 L
15 Aug Los Angeles Galaxy A 2–2 D
12 Aug San Jose Earthquakes H 2–1 W
05 Aug Los Angeles Galaxy H 2–1 W
29 Jul D.C. United SC A 1–2 L
Real Salt Lake
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
26 Aug Colorado Rapids SC A 6–0 W
19 Aug Houston Dynamo A 2–1 W
16 Aug Los Angeles FC A 0–2 L
12 Aug Montreal Impact FC H 1–1 D
05 Aug Chicago Fire FC H 2–1 W
29 Jul San Jose Earthquakes A 0–0 D

Season Stats

Colorado Rapids SC Real Salt Lake
#22 Position #27
36 Points 32
27 Played 27
11 / 3 / 13 W / D / L 9 / 5 / 13
38 Scored 40
38 Conceded 44
+0 GD -4
1.33 PPG 1.19
41% Win % 33%

Key Stats

52% Both Teams to Score
H2H (23 games)
65% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
33% Clean Sheets
Colorado Rapids SC this season
11% Clean Sheets
Real Salt Lake this season

Colorado Rapids SC are 22nd (36 pts). Real Salt Lake are 27th (32 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Colorado Rapids SC
0-15
4/2
16-30
5/5
31-45
3/4
46-60
6/1
61-75
3/7
76+
5/10
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Real Salt Lake
0-15
5/6
16-30
4/5
31-45
5/5
46-60
5/6
61-75
5/7
76+
6/9
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Colorado Rapids SC
Paxten Aaronson 7 G 6 A
Real Salt Lake
Sergi Solans 11 G 3 A
Zavier Gozo 6 G 3 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' KICK OFF: Real Salt Lake gets underway.
  • 5' With 0 assists to his name this season, Corey Baird is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Colorado Rapids SC.
  • 10' Tim Howard is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Colorado Rapids SC tonight.
  • 15' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
  • 20' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Colorado Rapids SC and Real Salt Lake are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
  • 25' Nick Besler is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Real Salt Lake so far.
  • 30' Colorado Rapids SC is showing some good football. However, Colorado Rapids SC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 35' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
  • 40' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with Colorado Rapids SC winning 50% of all matches.
  • 45' Real Salt Lake come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
  • 50' Colorado Rapids SC are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Real Salt Lake backline.
  • 55' It looks surprising Colorado Rapids SC does not make any changes. Nick Rimando has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 60' Damir Kreilach has been relatively quiet despite scoring 67 goals in his last 288 appearances.
  • 65' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
  • 70' Stephen Sunday, a Nigeria , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
  • 75' The travelling Real Salt Lake supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 80' United States international Sebastian Saucedo has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
  • 85' Supporters expect more eagerness from Kellyn Acosta, as he is very good at scoring at with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
  • 90' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
  • What a match! Full time at {STADIUM} — Colorado Rapids SC 0-6 Real Salt Lake.

Lineups

Colorado Rapids SC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Anthony Hudson

Real Salt Lake Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Mike Petke

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Damir Kreilach 7
Albert Rusnak 5
Carlos Gomez 4
Diego Rubio 4
Jefferson Savarino 4
Cole Bassett 4
Joao Plata 4
Cristian Arango 3

Head to Head

2018-08-26 Colorado Rapids SC 0–6 Real Salt Lake 2018-07-22 Real Salt Lake 2–2 Colorado Rapids SC 2018-04-22 Real Salt Lake 3–0 Colorado Rapids SC

Colorado Rapids SC Form

2018-08-26 Colorado Rapids SC 0–6 Real Salt Lake L 2018-08-20 Los Angeles FC 2–0 Colorado Rapids SC L 2018-08-15 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–2 Colorado Rapids SC D 2018-08-12 Colorado Rapids SC 2–1 San Jose Earthquakes W 2018-08-05 Colorado Rapids SC 2–1 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2018-07-29 D.C. United SC 2–1 Colorado Rapids SC L

Real Salt Lake Form

2018-08-26 Colorado Rapids SC 0–6 Real Salt Lake W 2018-08-19 Houston Dynamo 1–2 Real Salt Lake W 2018-08-16 Los Angeles FC 2–0 Real Salt Lake L 2018-08-12 Real Salt Lake 1–1 Montreal Impact FC D 2018-08-05 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Chicago Fire FC W 2018-07-29 San Jose Earthquakes 0–0 Real Salt Lake D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
1.25 Colorado Rapids SC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
2.28 Real Salt Lake xG
I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 67% + Both teams to score 64%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Colorado Rapids SC23% Draw24% Real Salt Lake53%
Actual: Real Salt Lake win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong
Yes64% 0% No36%
Avg goals/match: 3.53
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 96%
4%
± 1.5 86%
14%
± 2.5 67%
33%
± 3.5 46%
54%
± 4.5 28%
72%

Double Chance

Colorado Rapids SC or Draw
47%
Draw or Real Salt Lake
77%
Colorado Rapids SC or Real Salt Lake
76%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Colorado Rapids SC17% Draw39% Real Salt Lake44%
Actual: Real Salt Lake win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 0–6 not predicted
0 – 6
Actual
1 – 2
9.2%
1 – 1
9.2%
0 – 2
7.7%
1 – 3
6.9%
0 – 1
6.2%
2 – 2
5.7%
0 – 3
5.7%
2 – 1
5.1%
2 – 3
4.4%
0 – 0
4.3%
1 – 4
4%
0 – 4
3.2%

Asian Handicap — Colorado Rapids SC

Handicap Colorado Rapids SC covers Push Real Salt Lake covers
-2.5 3% — 97%
-2 3% 5% 92%
-1.5 8% — 92%
-1 8% 11% 81%
-0.5 19% — 81%
+0.5 41% — 59%
+1 41% 21% 38%
+1.5 62% — 38%
+2 62% 18% 20%
+2.5 80% — 20%

Clean Sheet

Colorado Rapids SC keeps clean sheet
11% ✓
Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet
29% ✗

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.