Wednesday , 30 September 2026

New York Red Bulls vs Real Salt Lake, MLS 2025 REGULAR SEASON

MLS · 2025
New York Red Bulls
2 – 1
Full Time
Real Salt Lake
Sun 10 Aug 2025 · 22:00 UTC Red Bull Arena HT 45' · FT 45'
Alexander Hack 14' Y
Ronald Donkor 59' Y
Y 77' Zavier Gozo
Sean Nealis 77' Y
Y 83' Diego Luna
YR 85' Diego Luna
Kyle Duncan 90' R

Overview

Match Preview

New York Red Bulls vs Real Salt Lake — MLS at Red Bull Arena.

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
2
New York Red Bulls 5 games · Avg 2.8 goals Real Salt Lake
Last 5 meetings
2025-08-10 New York Red Bulls 2–1 Real Salt Lake 2023-07-16 Real Salt Lake 3–1 New York Red Bulls 2020-03-07 Real Salt Lake 1–1 New York Red Bulls 2019-06-01 New York Red Bulls 4–0 Real Salt Lake 2018-03-18 Real Salt Lake 1–0 New York Red Bulls

Recent Form

New York Red Bulls
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
10 Aug Real Salt Lake H 2–1 W
27 Jul Chicago Fire FC A 0–1 L
19 Jul Internacional CF Miami H 1–5 L
16 Jul New England Revolution H 5–3 W
12 Jul Philadelphia Union A 0–2 L
06 Jul San Jose Earthquakes A 1–1 D
Real Salt Lake
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
10 Aug New York Red Bulls A 1–2 L
27 Jul San Jose Earthquakes H 2–1 W
20 Jul FC Cincinnati H 0–1 L
17 Jul Portland Timbers A 1–0 W
13 Jul Houston Dynamo H 1–0 W
06 Jul St. Louis City H 3–2 W

Season Stats

New York Red Bulls Real Salt Lake
#10 Position #27
33 Points 32
26 Played 27
9 / 6 / 11 W / D / L 9 / 5 / 13
34 Scored 40
48 Conceded 44
-14 GD -4
1.27 PPG 1.19
35% Win % 33%

Key Stats

60% Both Teams to Score
H2H (5 games)
60% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
23% Clean Sheets
New York Red Bulls this season
11% Clean Sheets
Real Salt Lake this season

New York Red Bulls are 10th (33 pts). Real Salt Lake are 27th (32 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

New York Red Bulls
0-15
6/4
16-30
2/3
31-45
5/6
46-60
5/8
61-75
2/6
76+
5/4
■ 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)

New York Red Bulls
Julian Hall 10 G 2 A
Jorge Ruvalcaba 7 G
Real Salt Lake
Sergi Solans 11 G 3 A
Zavier Gozo 6 G 3 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' We are underway at Red Bull Arena. The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
  • 3' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Zavier Gozo makes no mistake. 0-1!
  • 8' New York Red Bulls are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Real Salt Lake's shape.
  • 13' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. New York Red Bulls needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 14' Alexander Hack catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 14.
  • 19' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 24' Rafael Cabral has been relatively quiet despite scoring 0 goals in his last 260 appearances.
  • 29' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His New York Red Bulls side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
  • 34' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
  • 39' New York Red Bulls have won 427 goals from 294 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
  • 44' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
  • 46' Alexander Hack makes way for Tim Parker at the 46 minute mark. A tactical switch from New York Red Bulls.
  • 51' With 0 assists to his name this season, Pablo Ruiz is clearly more than just a goal scorer for New York Red Bulls.
  • 52' Magnificent from Maxim Choupo-Moting! That is 69 goals in 526 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
  • 57' A quiet spell here at Red Bull Arena. Real Salt Lake seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
  • 59' It’s a booking for New York Red Bulls player. Ronald Donkor gets a card.
  • 64' Real Salt Lake make a change. Braian Ojeda trudges off to be replaced by Pablo Ruiz on 64 minutes.
  • 69' Nigeria international Willy Agada has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
  • 71' New York Red Bulls make a change. Mohammed Sofo trudges off to be replaced by Serge Ngoma on 71 minutes.
  • 76' It looks like no one’s ball. Real Salt Lake is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
  • 77' It’s a booking for Real Salt Lake player. Zavier Gozo gets a card.
  • 82' New York Red Bulls currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
  • 83' Controversy at the stadium! Diego Luna argues furiously but the card stands.
  • 85' Diego Luna has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a card on 85.
  • 90' Kyle Duncan is having his name booked by the referee on 90.
  • 90' Dylan Nealis is ready to make an impact after coming on for Emil Forsberg at the 90 minute mark.
  • The final score is 2-1.

Lineups

New York Red Bulls Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Sandro Schwarz

Real Salt Lake Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Pablo Mastroeni

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Diego Luna 2
Maxim Choupo-Moting 2
Albert Rusnak 1
Frankie Amaya 1
Marcelo Silva 1
Michael Amir Murillo 1
Daniel Royer 1
Omir Fernandez 1

Head to Head

2025-08-10 New York Red Bulls 2–1 Real Salt Lake 2023-07-16 Real Salt Lake 3–1 New York Red Bulls 2020-03-07 Real Salt Lake 1–1 New York Red Bulls 2019-06-01 New York Red Bulls 4–0 Real Salt Lake 2018-03-18 Real Salt Lake 1–0 New York Red Bulls

New York Red Bulls Form

2025-08-10 New York Red Bulls 2–1 Real Salt Lake W 2025-07-27 Chicago Fire FC 1–0 New York Red Bulls L 2025-07-19 New York Red Bulls 1–5 Internacional CF Miami L 2025-07-16 New York Red Bulls 5–3 New England Revolution W 2025-07-12 Philadelphia Union 2–0 New York Red Bulls L 2025-07-06 San Jose Earthquakes 1–1 New York Red Bulls D

Real Salt Lake Form

2025-08-10 New York Red Bulls 2–1 Real Salt Lake L 2025-07-27 Real Salt Lake 2–1 San Jose Earthquakes W 2025-07-20 Real Salt Lake 0–1 FC Cincinnati L 2025-07-17 Portland Timbers 0–1 Real Salt Lake W 2025-07-13 Real Salt Lake 1–0 Houston Dynamo W 2025-07-06 Real Salt Lake 3–2 St. Louis City W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
1.68 New York Red Bulls xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.66 Real Salt Lake xG
I would bet for: New York Red Bulls or Real Salt Lake 75% + Both teams to score 66%

Match Result

✓ Correct
New York Red Bulls41% Draw25% Real Salt Lake34%
Actual: New York Red Bulls win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes66% 0% No34%
Avg goals/match: 3.34
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 95%
5%
± 1.5 84%
16%
± 2.5 64%
36%
± 3.5 42%
58%
± 4.5 25%
75%

Double Chance

New York Red Bulls or Draw
66%
Draw or Real Salt Lake
59%
New York Red Bulls or Real Salt Lake
75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
New York Red Bulls29% Draw42% Real Salt Lake29%
Actual: Real Salt Lake win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
10.8%
2 – 1
Actual
1 – 2
7.9%
2 – 2
6.6%
1 – 0
5.3%
0 – 1
5.2%
0 – 0
5.1%
2 – 0
5%
0 – 2
4.9%
3 – 1
4.5%
1 – 3
4.4%
3 – 2
3.7%

Asian Handicap — New York Red Bulls

Handicap New York Red Bulls covers Push Real Salt Lake covers
-2.5 8% — 92%
-2 8% 11% 80%
-1.5 20% — 80%
-1 20% 18% 62%
-0.5 38% — 62%
+0.5 63% — 37%
+1 63% 18% 19%
+1.5 81% — 19%
+2 81% 11% 8%
+2.5 92% — 8%

Clean Sheet

New York Red Bulls keeps clean sheet
20% ✓
Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet
20% ✓

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