Colorado Rapids SC vs Real Salt Lake, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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Sun 23 Aug 2020 · 01:00 UTC Dick's Sporting Goods Park HT 45+5' · FT 45+3'

Y 78' Damir Kreilach

Y 88' Maikel Chang

Overview

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Colorado Rapids SC vs Real Salt Lake — MLS at Dick's Sporting Goods Park.

Colorado Rapids SC 34 games · 43 pts (2026/26)
Real Salt Lake 34 games · 45 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Fotis Bazakos
Referee Brian Poeschel
Referee Victor Rivas
Referee Thomas Zablocki
Referee Younes Marrakchi

11 games this season 🟨 3.1/game ⚽ 11.4 goals/game 🟥 1 total

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	34	77
2	Internacional CF Miami	34	60
3	New England Revolution	34	58
4	Chicago Fire FC	34	55
5	Charlotte FC	34	54
6	Philadelphia Union	34	50
7	Columbus Crew SC	34	47
8	FC Cincinnati	34	46
9	Orlando City SC	34	46
10	New York City FC	34	42
11	New York Red Bulls	34	42
12	Toronto FC	34	39
13	Atlanta United FC	34	33
14	D.C. United SC	34	33
15	Montreal Impact FC	34	26
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	64
17	FC Dallas	34	58
18	St. Louis City	34	54
19	San Jose Earthquakes	34	52
20	Houston Dynamo	34	51
21	Los Angeles FC	34	47
22	Portland Timbers	34	46
23	Seattle Sounders FC	34	46
24	Real Salt Lake	34	45
25	Minnesota United FC	34	44
26	Los Angeles Galaxy	34	44
27	Colorado Rapids SC	34	43
28	San Diego FC	34	38
29	Austin FC	34	34
30	Sporting Kansas City	34	26

Head-to-Head

Colorado Rapids SC 23 games · Avg 3.4 goals Real Salt Lake

Last 5 meetings

2020-08-23 Colorado Rapids SC 1–4 Real Salt Lake 2020-07-13 Real Salt Lake 2–0 Colorado Rapids SC 2019-08-25 Real Salt Lake 2–0 Colorado Rapids SC 2019-05-12 Colorado Rapids SC 2–3 Real Salt Lake 2018-08-26 Colorado Rapids SC 0–6 Real Salt Lake

Recent Form

Colorado Rapids SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
23 Aug	Real Salt Lake	H	1–4	L
23 Jul	Minnesota United FC	H	2–2	D
18 Jul	Sporting Kansas City	A	2–3	L
13 Jul	Real Salt Lake	A	0–2	L
08 Mar	Orlando City SC	H	2–1	W
29 Feb	D.C. United SC	A	2–1	W

Real Salt Lake

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
23 Aug	Colorado Rapids SC	A	4–1	W
28 Jul	San Jose Earthquakes	A	2–5	L
22 Jul	Sporting Kansas City	H	0–2	L
18 Jul	Minnesota United FC	H	0–0	D
13 Jul	Colorado Rapids SC	H	2–0	W
07 Mar	New York Red Bulls	H	1–1	D

Season Stats

Colorado Rapids SC		Real Salt Lake
#27	Position	#24
43	Points	45
34	Played	34
12 / 7 / 15	W / D / L	13 / 6 / 15
47	Scored	53
50	Conceded	52
-3	GD	+1
1.26	PPG	1.32
35%	Win %	38%

Key Stats

52% Both Teams to Score
H2H (23 games)

65% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

32% Clean Sheets
Colorado Rapids SC this season

12% Clean Sheets
Real Salt Lake this season

Colorado Rapids SC are 27th (43 pts). Real Salt Lake are 24th (45 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Colorado Rapids SC

0-15

4/3

16-30

8/5

31-45

4/5

46-60

8/4

61-75

5/9

76+

6/14

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Real Salt Lake

0-15

9/7

16-30

5/7

31-45

6/6

46-60

8/7

61-75

7/7

76+

8/11

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Colorado Rapids SC

Paxten Aaronson

8 G

8 A

Real Salt Lake

Sergi Solans	15 G	4 A
Zavier Gozo	6 G	3 A

Events

Match Events

0' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Colorado Rapids SC and Real Salt Lake has kicked off!
5' Colorado Rapids SC currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
10' Colorado Rapids SC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
15' A tactical swap from Real Salt Lake — Justin Meram on, Douglas Martinez off on 15 minutes.
20' With 0 assists to his name this season, Younes Namli is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Colorado Rapids SC.
25' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Colorado Rapids SC and Real Salt Lake are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
30' Real Salt Lake started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 30.
35' Erik Holt is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Colorado Rapids SC tonight.
38' Against the run of play, Aaron Herrera has scored! This game has turned on its head.
43' Corey Baird has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 29 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
46' Everton Luiz makes way for Maikel Chang at the 46 minute mark. A tactical switch from Real Salt Lake.
51' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
56' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Colorado Rapids SC and Real Salt Lake are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
57' What a moment for Damir Kreilach! That strike on 57 puts his side firmly in control.
62' Real Salt Lake is showing some good football. However, Real Salt Lake are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
67' Colorado Rapids SC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 2 meetings.
71' Nicolas Mezquida makes way for Andre Shinyashiki at the 71 minute mark. A tactical switch from Colorado Rapids SC.
76' GOAL! Maikel Chang scores on 76.
78' The referee has no hesitation. Damir Kreilach is booked for Real Salt Lake — Yellow card on 78.
83' Nick Besler has so much to prove this time. He replaces Pablo Ruiz on 83 minute.
84' Kei Kamara is replacing Danny Wilson for the Colorado Rapids SC side.
85' What a strike from Corey Baird! The score is 0-4.
88' Controversy at the stadium! Maikel Chang argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
89' GOAL! Justin Meram fires home to make it 0-5!
90' Another substitution for Real Salt Lake to replace Albert Rusnak by Justin Portillo on 90 minute.
Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 1-4 draw is a fair result on the day.

Lineups

Colorado Rapids SC Lineups

Starting XI

21
Younes Namli
11
Diego Rubio
2
Keegan Rosenberry
19
Jack Price C
4
Danny Wilson ↓ Kei Kamara 84'
10
Kellyn Acosta
6
Lalas Abubakar
20
Nicolas Mezquida ↓ Andre Shinyashiki 71'
7
Jon Lewis
13
Sam Vines
50
William Yarbrough

Bench

Coach Robin Fraser

Real Salt Lake Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

13
Nick Besler ↑ 83'
18
Zac MacMath
9
Justin Meram ↑ 15'
50
Sam Johnson
43
Justin Portillo ↑ 90'
20
Erik Holt ↑ 90'
21
Tate Schmitt
16
Maikel Chang ↑ 46'
23
Milan Iloski

Coach Freddy Juarez

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Damir Kreilach	7
Albert Rusnak	5
Diego Rubio	4
Jefferson Savarino	4
Cole Bassett	4
Joao Plata	4
Carlos Gomez	4
Lalas Abubakar	3

Head to Head

Colorado Rapids SC Form

2020-08-23 Colorado Rapids SC 1–4 Real Salt Lake L 2020-07-23 Colorado Rapids SC 2–2 Minnesota United FC D 2020-07-18 Sporting Kansas City 3–2 Colorado Rapids SC L 2020-07-13 Real Salt Lake 2–0 Colorado Rapids SC L 2020-03-08 Colorado Rapids SC 2–1 Orlando City SC W 2020-02-29 D.C. United SC 1–2 Colorado Rapids SC W

Real Salt Lake Form

2020-08-23 Colorado Rapids SC 1–4 Real Salt Lake W 2020-07-28 San Jose Earthquakes 5–2 Real Salt Lake L 2020-07-22 Real Salt Lake 0–2 Sporting Kansas City L 2020-07-18 Real Salt Lake 0–0 Minnesota United FC D 2020-07-13 Real Salt Lake 2–0 Colorado Rapids SC W 2020-03-07 Real Salt Lake 1–1 New York Red Bulls D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.58 Colorado Rapids SC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

2.27 Real Salt Lake xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 73% + Both teams to score 71%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Colorado Rapids SC27% Draw23% Real Salt Lake50%

Actual: Real Salt Lake win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes71% 0% No29%

Avg goals/match: 3.85

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	89%	11%
± 2.5	73%	27%
± 3.5	53%	47%
± 4.5	34%	66%

Double Chance

Colorado Rapids SC or Draw

50%

Draw or Real Salt Lake

73%

Colorado Rapids SC or Real Salt Lake

77%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Colorado Rapids SC22% Draw38% Real Salt Lake40%

Actual: Colorado Rapids SC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

8.5%

1 – 2

8.4%

2 – 2

6.5%

1 – 3

6.3%

2 – 1

5.9%

0 – 2

5.6%

2 – 3

4.9%

0 – 1

4.4%

0 – 3

4.1%

1 – 4

Actual

3 – 2

3.5%

0 – 0

3.3%

Asian Handicap — Colorado Rapids SC

Handicap	Colorado Rapids SC covers	Push	Real Salt Lake covers
-2.5	5%	—	95%
-2	5%	8%	87%
-1.5	13%	—	87%
-1	13%	14%	74%
-0.5	26%	—	74%
+0.5	48%	—	52%
+1	48%	20%	32%
+1.5	68%	—	32%
+2	68%	16%	17%
+2.5	83%	—	17%

Clean Sheet

Colorado Rapids SC keeps clean sheet

11% ✓

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet

21% ✓

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