Colorado Rapids SC vs Real Salt Lake, MLS 2025 REGULAR SEASON

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Sun 18 May 2025 · 01:30 UTC Dick's Sporting Goods Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Joshua Atencio 29' Y

Y 31' Braian Ojeda

Darren Yapi 80' Y

Reggie Cannon 90' Y

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 Pierre-Luc Lauziere (Canada)

11 games this season 🟨 2.7/game ⚽ 7.9 goals/game

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

2025-05-18 Colorado Rapids SC 1–0 Real Salt Lake 2024-07-21 Colorado Rapids SC 3–2 Real Salt Lake 2024-05-19 Real Salt Lake 5–3 Colorado Rapids SC 2024-03-10 Real Salt Lake 1–2 Colorado Rapids SC 2023-10-22 Colorado Rapids SC 0–1 Real Salt Lake

Recent Form

Colorado Rapids SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
18 May	Real Salt Lake	H	1–0	W
15 May	San Diego FC	A	0–2	L
11 May	San Jose Earthquakes	H	0–2	L
03 May	D.C. United SC	A	1–2	L
27 Apr	Seattle Sounders FC	H	1–1	D
20 Apr	Houston Dynamo	A	2–2	D

Real Salt Lake

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
18 May	Colorado Rapids SC	A	0–1	L
15 May	Portland Timbers	H	0–0	D
11 May	FC Dallas	A	1–1	D
04 May	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	1–2	L
26 Apr	San Diego FC	A	3–1	W
20 Apr	Toronto FC	H	0–1	L

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' Here we go! The referee blows the whistle and Colorado Rapids SC launch into their encounter with Real Salt Lake.
5' The travelling Real Salt Lake supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
10' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
15' Colorado Rapids SC are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Real Salt Lake's shape.
20' Emeka Eneli needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
25' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Colorado Rapids SC and Real Salt Lake are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
29' The referee shows Colorado Rapids SC player a card on 29.
31' Controversy at the stadium! Braian Ojeda argues furiously but the card stands.
36' It’s high time Pablo Mastroeni made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
41' Colorado Rapids SC currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
46' Real Salt Lake started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 46.
51' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
56' Both keepers have barely been tested. Colorado Rapids SC and Real Salt Lake are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
58' The Real Salt Lake bench stirs into life. Bode Davis is withdrawn and Alexandros Katranis gets his opportunity.
61' Theodore Ku-DiPietro has so much to prove this time. He replaces Kevin Cabral on 61 minute.
66' With 4 assists to his name this season, Cole Bassett is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Real Salt Lake.
70' Djordje Mihailovic has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 70 minutes.
75' The Real Salt Lake manager makes a substitution. Tyler Wolff departs to be replaced by Johnny Russell.
79' Fresh legs for Colorado Rapids SC! Samuel Bassett comes on to replace Cole Bassett.
80' The referee calls foul for Darren Yapi. He receives a card.
85' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
88' The crowd applauds Djordje Mihailovic as he leaves the pitch. Calvin Harris steps in for Colorado Rapids SC.
90' That is a card for Colorado Rapids SC. Reggie Cannon will be fuming at that decision.
Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for Colorado Rapids SC players.

Lineups

Colorado Rapids SC Lineups

Starting XI

91
Kevin Cabral ↓ Theodore Ku-DiPietro 61'
6
Chidozie Awaziem
4
Reggie Cannon
10
Djordje Mihailovic ↓ Calvin Harris 88'
23
Cole Bassett ↓ Samuel Bassett 79'
5
Andreas Maxso
12
Joshua Atencio
8
Oliver Larraz
77
Darren Yapi ↓ Sam Vines 88'
99
Jackson Travis ↓ Connor Ronan 88'
41
Nick Defreitas-Hansen

Bench

Coach Chris Armas

Real Salt Lake Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

77
Johnny Russell ↑ 75'
98
Alexandros Katranis ↑ 58'
31
Mason Stajduhar
26
Philip Quinton
14
Emeka Eneli ↑ 58'
23
Ariath Piol
11
Dominik Marczuk ↑ 58'
3
Kobi Henry
36
Jesus Barea ↑ 75'

Coach Pablo Mastroeni

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

Colorado Rapids SC Form

2025-05-18 Colorado Rapids SC 1–0 Real Salt Lake W 2025-05-15 San Diego FC 2–0 Colorado Rapids SC L 2025-05-11 Colorado Rapids SC 0–2 San Jose Earthquakes L 2025-05-03 D.C. United SC 2–1 Colorado Rapids SC L 2025-04-27 Colorado Rapids SC 1–1 Seattle Sounders FC D 2025-04-20 Houston Dynamo 2–2 Colorado Rapids SC D

Real Salt Lake Form

2025-05-18 Colorado Rapids SC 1–0 Real Salt Lake L 2025-05-15 Real Salt Lake 0–0 Portland Timbers D 2025-05-11 FC Dallas 1–1 Real Salt Lake D 2025-05-04 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–1 Real Salt Lake L 2025-04-26 San Diego FC 1–3 Real Salt Lake W 2025-04-20 Real Salt Lake 0–1 Toronto FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.41 Colorado Rapids SC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.34 Real Salt Lake xG

I would bet for: Colorado Rapids SC or Real Salt Lake 73% + Both teams to score 56%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Colorado Rapids SC42% Draw27% Real Salt Lake31%

Actual: Colorado Rapids SC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes56% 0% No44%

Avg goals/match: 2.75

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	92%	8%
± 1.5	76%	24%
± 2.5	51%	49%
± 3.5	30%	70%
± 4.5	15%	85%

Double Chance

Colorado Rapids SC or Draw

69%

Draw or Real Salt Lake

58%

Colorado Rapids SC or Real Salt Lake

73%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Colorado Rapids SC28% Draw46% Real Salt Lake26%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

13%

0 – 0

8.3%

2 – 1

8.2%

1 – 0

Actual

1 – 2

7.8%

0 – 1

7.6%

2 – 0

6.2%

0 – 2

5.6%

2 – 2

5.5%

3 – 1

3.9%

1 – 3

3.5%

3 – 0

2.9%

Asian Handicap — Colorado Rapids SC

Handicap	Colorado Rapids SC covers	Push	Real Salt Lake covers
-2.5	7%	—	93%
-2	7%	11%	82%
-1.5	18%	—	82%
-1	18%	19%	63%
-0.5	37%	—	63%
+0.5	66%	—	34%
+1	66%	18%	16%
+1.5	84%	—	16%
+2	84%	10%	6%
+2.5	94%	—	6%

Clean Sheet

Colorado Rapids SC keeps clean sheet

27% ✗

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet

25% ✓

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