New York City FC vs Real Salt Lake, MLS 2022 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2022

New York City FC

6 – 0

Full Time

Real Salt Lake

Sun 17 Apr 2022 · 17:00 UTC Yankee Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Tayvon Gray 31' Y

Valentin Castellanos 34' Y

Y 38' Tate Schmitt

Y 42' Aaron Herrera

Y 63' Scott Caldwell

Overview

Match Preview

New York City FC vs Real Salt Lake — MLS at Yankee Stadium.

New York City FC 34 games · 42 pts (2026/26)
Real Salt Lake 34 games · 45 pts (2026/26)

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

New York City FC 5 games · Avg 3.2 goals Real Salt Lake

Last 5 meetings

2022-04-17 New York City FC 6–0 Real Salt Lake 2019-08-04 Real Salt Lake 3–1 New York City FC 2018-04-11 New York City FC 4–0 Real Salt Lake

Recent Form

New York City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
17 Apr	Real Salt Lake	H	6–0	W
02 Apr	Toronto FC	A	1–2	L
19 Mar	Philadelphia Union	H	0–2	L
12 Mar	Montreal Impact FC	H	4–1	W
05 Mar	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	0–0	D
27 Feb	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	0–1	L

Real Salt Lake

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
17 Apr	New York City FC	A	0–6	L
10 Apr	Toronto FC	H	2–2	D
03 Apr	Colorado Rapids SC	A	1–1	D
26 Mar	Sporting Kansas City	A	0–1	L
20 Mar	Nashville SC	H	2–1	W
13 Mar	New England Revolution	A	3–2	W

Season Stats

New York City FC		Real Salt Lake
#10	Position	#24
42	Points	45
34	Played	34
10 / 12 / 12	W / D / L	13 / 6 / 15
49	Scored	53
45	Conceded	52
+4	GD	+1
1.24	PPG	1.32
29%	Win %	38%

Key Stats

20% Both Teams to Score
H2H (5 games)

60% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

18% Clean Sheets
New York City FC this season

12% Clean Sheets
Real Salt Lake this season

New York City FC are 10th (42 pts). Real Salt Lake are 24th (45 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

New York City FC

0-15

5/2

16-30

6/5

31-45

6/8

46-60

5/6

61-75

5/6

76+

5/10

■ 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)

New York City FC

Nicolas Fernandez Marcau	16 G	6 A
Agustin Ojeda	5 G	5 A
Hannes Wolf	5 G	1 A

Real Salt Lake

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

Events

Match Events

0' We are underway at Yankee Stadium. The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
5' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Real Salt Lake that had 296 games and scored 436 goals.
9' GOAL! Valentin Castellanos scores on 9.
10' Valentin Castellanos does the damage! The net is bulging and New York City FC surge ahead!
15' Brilliant from the ! Thiago makes it 3-0 with a superb finish on 15.
20' Over 20 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
25' The energy levels are beginning to show. Ronny Deila might look to freshen things up shortly.
30' Real Salt Lake come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
31' Poor challenge from Tayvon Gray. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
34' The referee calls foul for Valentin Castellanos. He receives a Yellow card.
38' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Tate Schmitt.
40' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Valentin Castellanos makes it 4-0.
42' The referee calls foul for Aaron Herrera. He receives a Yellow card.
46' Fresh legs for Real Salt Lake! Andrew Brody comes on to replace Sergio Cordova.
51' Maikel Chang Ramirez is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for New York City FC so far.
55' A goal from the international Thiago! He fires home on 55 to make it 5-0!
57' What composure from Valentin Castellanos! The Argentina international strokes it home. 6-0.
59' New York City FC make a change. Santiago Rodriguez trudges off to be replaced by Gabriel Pereira on 59 minutes.
60' The New York City FC bench stirs into life. Alfredo Morales is withdrawn and Nicolas Acevedo gets his opportunity.
63' Scott Caldwell picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
63' Time for substitution for Real Salt Lake. Tate Schmitt is replaced by Maikel Chang Ramirez.
64' The supporters are chanting for Everton. He replaces Scott Caldwell on 64 minute.
69' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Pablo Mastroeni will be considering his options from the bench.
71' The crowd applauds Keaton Parks as he leaves the pitch. Heber steps in for New York City FC.
76' Real Salt Lake fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
80' Assisted by Santiago Rodriguez with the perfectly-timed delivery and Valentin Castellanos makes no mistake. 7-0!
81' Real Salt Lake make a change. Ruiz trudges off to be replaced by Nick Besler on 81 minutes.
86' Aaron Herrera has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 6-0 draw is a fair result on the day.

Lineups

New York City FC Lineups

Starting XI

7
Alfredo Morales ↓ Nicolas Acevedo 60'
12
Malte Amundsen
5
Thiago Martins ↓ Vuk Latinovich 71'
11
Valentin Castellanos
6
Alexander Callens
1
Sean Johnson
55
Keaton Parks ↓ Heber 71'
43
Talles Magno ↓ Gedion Zelalem 71'
24
Tayvon Gray
8
Thiago
20
Santiago Rodriguez ↓ Gabriel Pereira 59'

Bench

9
Heber ↑ 71'
13
Luis Barraza
23
Gedion Zelalem ↑ 71'
2
Chris Gloster
26
Nicolas Acevedo ↑ 60'
38
Gabriel Pereira ↑ 59'
32
Vuk Latinovich ↑ 71'
21
Andres Jasson
22
Kevin O'Toole

Coach Ronny Deila

Real Salt Lake Lineups

Starting XI

10
Sergio Cordova ↓ Andrew Brody 46'
7
Bobby Wood ↓ Rubio Rubin 64'
8
Damir Kreilach
30
Marcelo Silva
22
Aaron Herrera
12
Scott Caldwell ↓ Everton 64'
18
Zac MacMath
9
Justin Meram
21
Tate Schmitt ↓ Maikel Chang Ramirez 63'
6
Ruiz ↓ Nick Besler 81'
99
Jaziel Orozco

Bench

13
Nick Besler ↑ 81'
2
Andrew Brody ↑ 46'
17
Christopher Garcia
14
Rubio Rubin ↑ 64'
16
Maikel Chang Ramirez ↑ 63'
25
Everton ↑ 64'
19
Bode Davis
81
Tomas Gomez

Coach Pablo Mastroeni

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Valentin Castellanos	5
Thiago	2
Jo Inge Berget	1
Ismael Tajouri	1
Maxi Moralez	1
Nicolas Fernandez Marcau	1
Ebenezer Ofori	1
Luighi Hanri	1

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

2.56 New York City FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.07 Real Salt Lake xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 69% + New York City FC to win 63%

Match Result

✓ Correct

New York City FC63% Draw20% Real Salt Lake17%

Actual: New York City FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes60% 0% No40%

Avg goals/match: 3.63

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	87%	13%
± 2.5	69%	31%
± 3.5	48%	52%
± 4.5	30%	70%

Double Chance

New York City FC or Draw

83%

Draw or Real Salt Lake

37%

New York City FC or Real Salt Lake

80%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

New York City FC50% Draw36% Real Salt Lake14%

Actual: New York City FC win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 6–0 not predicted

6 – 0

Actual

2 – 1

2 – 0

8.7%

1 – 1

8.1%

3 – 1

7.6%

3 – 0

7.2%

1 – 0

6.5%

4 – 1

4.9%

2 – 2

4.8%

4 – 0

4.6%

3 – 2

4.1%

0 – 0

3.9%

1 – 2

3.8%

Asian Handicap — New York City FC

Handicap	New York City FC covers	Push	Real Salt Lake covers
-2.5	27%	—	73%
-2	27%	20%	53%
-1.5	47%	—	53%
-1	47%	21%	32%
-0.5	68%	—	32%
+0.5	87%	—	13%
+1	87%	8%	5%
+1.5	95%	—	5%
+2	95%	4%	1%
+2.5	99%	—	1%

Clean Sheet

New York City FC keeps clean sheet

35% ✗

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet

9% ✓

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

New York City FC vs Real Salt Lake, MLS 2022 REGULAR SEASON

Overview

Match Preview

Standings

Head-to-Head

Recent Form

Season Stats

Key Stats

Goal Timing (This Season)

Top Scorers (This Season)

Events

Match Events

Lineups

New York City FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Real Salt Lake Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Head to Head

New York City FC Form

Real Salt Lake Form

Predictions

Match Result

Both Teams to Score

Over / Under Goals

Double Chance

Half-Time Result

Correct Score

Asian Handicap — New York City FC

Clean Sheet