Wednesday , 30 September 2026

FC Cincinnati vs Real Salt Lake, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

MLS · 2026
FC Cincinnati
0 – 3
Full Time
Real Salt Lake
Fri 19 Apr 2019 · 23:30 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'
Y 38' Albert Rusnak
Y 45' Corey Baird
Kendall Waston 58' Y

Overview

Match Preview

FC Cincinnati vs Real Salt Lake — MLS .

Match Details

  • Referee Fotis Bazakos
  • Referee Brian Poeschel
  • Referee Hilario Grajeda
  • Referee Cory Richardson
  • Referee Farhad Dadkho
9 games this season 🟨 2.7/game ⚽ 11.7 goals/game 🟥 1 total

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

2
1
FC Cincinnati 3 games · Avg 2.3 goals Real Salt Lake
Last 5 meetings
2019-04-19 FC Cincinnati 0–3 Real Salt Lake

Recent Form

FC Cincinnati
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
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
Real Salt Lake
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
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
#9 Position #27
33 Points 32
26 Played 27
8 / 9 / 9 W / D / L 9 / 5 / 13
55 Scored 40
64 Conceded 44
-9 GD -4
1.27 PPG 1.19
31% Win % 33%

Key Stats

33% Both Teams to Score
H2H (3 games)
67% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
15% Clean Sheets
FC Cincinnati this season
11% Clean Sheets
Real Salt Lake this season

FC Cincinnati are 9th (33 pts). Real Salt Lake are 27th (32 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

FC Cincinnati
0-15
4/3
16-30
5/9
31-45
9/9
46-60
5/11
61-75
4/4
76+
13/7
■ 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)

FC Cincinnati
Kevin Denkey 14 G 1 A
Evander 13 G 7 A
Tom Barlow 7 G 2 A
Pavel Bucha 6 G 3 A
Real Salt Lake
Sergi Solans 11 G 3 A
Zavier Gozo 6 G 3 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' Three points are at stake. FC Cincinnati host Real Salt Lake — let the battle begin!
  • 5' The energy levels are beginning to show. Alan Koch might look to freshen things up shortly.
  • 10' It looks surprising Real Salt Lake does not make any changes. Alvas Powell has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 15' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
  • 20' FC Cincinnati are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
  • 25' The travelling Real Salt Lake supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 30' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both FC Cincinnati and Real Salt Lake are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
  • 35' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering FC Cincinnati that had 255 games and scored 368 goals.
  • 38' Controversy at the stadium! Albert Rusnak argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
  • 42' The deadlock is broken! Albert Rusnak gets on the scoresheet on 42 minutes.
  • 45' Corey Baird has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 45.
  • 47' A stunning finish from Sam Johnson — that came from absolutely nowhere!
  • 52' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Real Salt Lake needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 57' Roland Lamah has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
  • 58' The referee does not hesitate — a Yellow card for Kendall Waston on 58 minutes.
  • 59' Brilliant from the ! Albert Rusnak makes it 0-3 with a superb finish on 59.
  • 64' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
  • 67' Another substitution for FC Cincinnati to replace Allan Cruz by Kekuta Manneh on 67 minute.
  • 72' USA international Nick Hagglund has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
  • 74' It is a substitution in Real Salt Lake team. Corey Baird is replaced by Sebastian Saucedo on 74 minute.
  • 77' The supporters are chanting for Caleb Stanko. He replaces Darren Mattocks on 77 minute.
  • 82' FC Cincinnati currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
  • 87' The Real Salt Lake manager makes a substitution. Sam Johnson departs to be replaced by Nick Besler.
  • 90' Joao Plata gets the nod from Real Salt Lake. He replaces Jefferson Savarino and will look to change the dynamic.
  • It finishes all square. FC Cincinnati and Real Salt Lake share the spoils 0-3.

Lineups

FC Cincinnati Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Alan Koch

Real Salt Lake Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Mike Petke

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Albert Rusnak 2
Brenner da Silva 2
Sam Johnson 1
Maikel Chang Ramirez 1
Luca Orellano 1

Head to Head

2019-04-19 FC Cincinnati 0–3 Real Salt Lake

FC Cincinnati Form

2019-04-19 FC Cincinnati 0–3 Real Salt Lake L 2019-04-14 Los Angeles FC 2–0 FC Cincinnati L 2019-04-07 FC Cincinnati 1–1 Sporting Kansas City D 2019-03-30 FC Cincinnati 0–2 Philadelphia Union L 2019-03-24 New England Revolution 0–2 FC Cincinnati W 2019-03-17 FC Cincinnati 3–0 Portland Timbers W

Real Salt Lake Form

2019-04-19 FC Cincinnati 0–3 Real Salt Lake W 2019-04-14 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Orlando City SC W 2019-04-07 Seattle Sounders FC 1–0 Real Salt Lake L 2019-03-31 Real Salt Lake 2–4 FC Dallas L 2019-03-24 Los Angeles FC 2–1 Real Salt Lake L 2019-03-17 D.C. United SC 5–0 Real Salt Lake L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
1.6 FC Cincinnati xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
2.17 Real Salt Lake xG
I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 71% + Both teams to score 70%

Match Result

✓ Correct
FC Cincinnati30% Draw24% Real Salt Lake46%
Actual: Real Salt Lake win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong
Yes70% 0% No30%
Avg goals/match: 3.77
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 96%
4%
± 1.5 89%
11%
± 2.5 71%
29%
± 3.5 51%
49%
± 4.5 33%
67%

Double Chance

FC Cincinnati or Draw
55%
Draw or Real Salt Lake
70%
FC Cincinnati or Real Salt Lake
76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
FC Cincinnati23% Draw39% Real Salt Lake38%
Actual: Real Salt Lake win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
8.8%
1 – 2
8.4%
2 – 2
6.6%
2 – 1
6.2%
1 – 3
6%
0 – 2
5.5%
2 – 3
4.8%
0 – 1
4.5%
0 – 3
Actual
3 – 2
3.5%
0 – 0
3.5%
1 – 4
3.3%

Asian Handicap — FC Cincinnati

Handicap FC Cincinnati covers Push Real Salt Lake covers
-2.5 5% — 95%
-2 5% 8% 86%
-1.5 14% — 86%
-1 14% 14% 72%
-0.5 28% — 72%
+0.5 50% — 50%
+1 50% 20% 30%
+1.5 70% — 30%
+2 70% 15% 15%
+2.5 85% — 15%

Clean Sheet

FC Cincinnati keeps clean sheet
12% ✓
Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet
21% ✗

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