FC Cincinnati vs Real Salt Lake, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
FC Cincinnati vs Real Salt Lake — MLS .
- FC Cincinnati 15 games · 20 pts (2026/26)
- Real Salt Lake 14 games · 26 pts (2026/26)
Match Details
- Referee Fotis Bazakos
- Referee Brian Poeschel
- Referee Hilario Grajeda
- Referee Cory Richardson
- Referee Farhad Dadkho
7 games this season 🟨 2.4/game ⚽ 11.6 goals/game 🟥 1 totalStandings
# Team P Pts 1 Nashville SC 14 33 2 Internacional CF Miami 15 31 3 Chicago Fire FC 14 26 4 New England Revolution 14 25 5 New York Red Bulls 15 22 6 Charlotte FC 15 21 7 FC Cincinnati 15 20 8 New York City FC 15 19 9 D.C. United SC 15 18 10 Columbus Crew SC 15 16 11 Toronto FC 14 14 12 Montreal Impact FC 14 14 13 Orlando City SC 15 14 14 Atlanta United FC 14 11 15 Philadelphia Union 15 7 16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 14 32 17 San Jose Earthquakes 15 32 18 Real Salt Lake 14 26 19 FC Dallas 15 25 20 Los Angeles FC 15 24 21 Seattle Sounders FC 13 24 22 Houston Dynamo 14 22 23 Minnesota United FC 15 22 24 Los Angeles Galaxy 15 20 25 San Diego FC 15 17 26 Colorado Rapids SC 15 16 27 St. Louis City 14 16 28 Portland Timbers 14 14 29 Austin FC 15 14 30 Sporting Kansas City 14 11 Head-to-Head
Last 5 meetingsRecent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 19 Apr Real Salt Lake H 0–3 L 14 Apr Los Angeles FC A 0–2 L 07 Apr Sporting Kansas City H 1–1 D 30 Mar Philadelphia Union H 0–2 L 24 Mar New England Revolution A 2–0 W 17 Mar Portland Timbers H 3–0 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 19 Apr FC Cincinnati A 3–0 W 14 Apr Orlando City SC H 2–1 W 07 Apr Seattle Sounders FC A 0–1 L 31 Mar FC Dallas H 2–4 L 24 Mar Los Angeles FC A 1–2 L 17 Mar D.C. United SC A 0–5 L Season Stats
FC Cincinnati Real Salt Lake #7 Position #18 20 Points 26 15 Played 14 5 / 5 / 5 W / D / L 8 / 2 / 4 36 Scored 26 37 Conceded 19 -1 GD +7 1.33 PPG 1.86 33% Win % 57% Key Stats
33% Both Teams to Score
H2H (3 games)67% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history27% Clean Sheets
FC Cincinnati this season14% Clean Sheets
Real Salt Lake this seasonFC Cincinnati are 7th (20 pts). Real Salt Lake are 18th (26 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
FC Cincinnati0-151/116-302/531-457/346-603/461-752/176+8/3■ Scored ■ ConcededReal Salt Lake0-154/316-302/231-453/146-603/161-752/176+2/5■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. FC Cincinnati is hosting Real Salt Lake for another epic battle.
- 5' 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.
- 10' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering FC Cincinnati that had 223 games and scored 302 goals.
- 15' It’s high time Mike Petke made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 20' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 20 minutes.
- 25' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. FC Cincinnati needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 30' Kendall Waston has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 0 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 35' Real Salt Lake is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 38' Albert Rusnak is having his name booked by the referee on 38.
- 42' What a strike from Albert Rusnak! The score is 0-1.
- 45' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Corey Baird.
- 47' What a strike from Sam Johnson! The score is 0-2.
- 52' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Darren Mattocks suffering a number of foals already.
- 57' The travelling Real Salt Lake supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 58' A meaty challenge results in booking for Kendall Waston on 58.
- 59' GOAL! Albert Rusnak scores on 59.
- 64' Supporters expect more eagerness from Alvas Powell, as he is very good at scoring at with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 67' It is a substitution in FC Cincinnati team. Allan Cruz is replaced by Kekuta Manneh on 67 minute.
- 72' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 74' Another change for Real Salt Lake made on 74 minute. Corey Baird leaves to be changed by Sebastian Saucedo.
- 77' The whistle greets Darren Mattocks as he departs to be replaced by Caleb Stanko.
- 82' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Donald Toia made 260 appearances and scored 1 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 87' The whistle greets Sam Johnson as he departs to be replaced by Nick Besler.
- 90' The supporters are chanting for Joao Plata. He replaces Jefferson Savarino on 90 minute.
- Another three points for Real Salt Lake.
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Lineups
FC Cincinnati Lineups
Starting XI
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- 7
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Victor Ulloa ↓ Fatai Alashe 77'
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- 14
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15
Allan Cruz ↓ Kekuta Manneh 67'
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11
Darren Mattocks ↓ Caleb Stanko 77'
- 93
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Bench
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33
Caleb Stanko ↑ 77'
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- 16
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27
Fatai Alashe ↑ 77'
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31
Kekuta Manneh ↑ 67'
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Coach Alan KochReal Salt Lake Lineups
Starting XI
- 14
- 8
- 15
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- 11
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Jefferson Savarino ↓ Joao Plata 90'
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17
Corey Baird ↓ Sebastian Saucedo 74'
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Sam Johnson ↓ Nick Besler 87'
Bench
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Joao Plata ↑ 90'
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Nick Besler ↑ 87'
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Sebastian Saucedo ↑ 74'
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Coach Mike Petke -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Brenner da Silva 2 Albert Rusnak 2 Luca Orellano 1 Sam Johnson 1 Maikel Chang Ramirez 1 Head to Head
FC Cincinnati Form
Real Salt Lake Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 41.5 FC Cincinnati xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo2.42 Real Salt Lake xGI would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 74% + Both teams to score 70%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Real Salt Lake winBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 3.92Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 97% 3% ± 1.5 90% 10% ± 2.5 74% 26% ± 3.5 54% 46% ± 4.5 35% 65% Double Chance
FC Cincinnati or Draw 50%Draw or Real Salt Lake 73%FC Cincinnati or Real Salt Lake 77%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Real Salt Lake win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 2 8.5%1 – 1 8%1 – 3 6.7%2 – 2 6.3%0 – 2 5.9%2 – 1 5.3%2 – 3 5%0 – 3 Actual0 – 1 4.4%1 – 4 4.1%3 – 2 3.1%0 – 0 3.1%Asian Handicap — FC Cincinnati
Handicap FC Cincinnati covers Push Real Salt Lake covers -2.5 4% — 96% -2 4% 7% 90% -1.5 10% — 90% -1 10% 12% 77% -0.5 23% — 77% +0.5 43% — 57% +1 43% 20% 37% +1.5 63% — 37% +2 63% 17% 20% +2.5 80% — 20% Clean Sheet
FC Cincinnati keeps clean sheet 10% ✓Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet 23% ✗Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.