Wednesday , 30 September 2026

Real Salt Lake vs Atlanta United FC, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

MLS · 2026
Real Salt Lake
2 – 1
Full Time
Atlanta United FC
Sat 25 May 2019 · 01:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'
Y 38' Michael Parkhurst
Aaron Herrera 66' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Real Salt Lake vs Atlanta United FC — MLS .

Match Details

  • Referee Jair Marrufo
  • Referee Jeremy Kieso
  • Referee Guido Gonzalez
  • Referee Jose Da Silva
  • Referee Farhad Dadkho
6 games this season 🟨 1.0/game ⚽ 5.2 goals/game

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

3
2
Real Salt Lake 5 games · Avg 4.0 goals Atlanta United FC
Last 5 meetings
2019-05-25 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Atlanta United FC 2018-09-22 Atlanta United FC 2–0 Real Salt Lake

Recent Form

Real Salt Lake
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
25 May Atlanta United FC H 2–1 W
18 May Toronto FC H 3–0 W
12 May Colorado Rapids SC A 3–2 W
05 May Portland Timbers H 1–2 L
29 Apr Los Angeles Galaxy A 1–2 L
19 Apr FC Cincinnati A 3–0 W
Atlanta United FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
25 May Real Salt Lake A 1–2 L
19 May New York Red Bulls A 0–1 L
16 May Vancouver Whitecaps FC A 1–0 W
12 May Orlando City SC H 1–0 W
08 May Toronto FC H 2–0 W
06 May Sporting Kansas City A 3–0 W

Season Stats

Real Salt Lake Atlanta United FC
#27 Position #14
32 Points 27
27 Played 27
9 / 5 / 13 W / D / L 7 / 6 / 14
40 Scored 32
44 Conceded 45
-4 GD -13
1.19 PPG 1.00
33% Win % 26%

Key Stats

80% Both Teams to Score
H2H (5 games)
80% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
11% Clean Sheets
Real Salt Lake this season
15% Clean Sheets
Atlanta United FC this season

Real Salt Lake are 27th (32 pts). Atlanta United FC are 14th (27 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

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
Atlanta United FC
0-15
2/4
16-30
3/5
31-45
2/5
46-60
3/6
61-75
4/7
76+
5/6
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Real Salt Lake
Sergi Solans 11 G 3 A
Zavier Gozo 6 G 3 A
Atlanta United FC
Aleksei Miranchuk 6 G 6 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The wait is over. Real Salt Lake get us underway at .
  • 5' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 10' Real Salt Lake is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 15' The travelling Atlanta United FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 20' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Real Salt Lake and Atlanta United FC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
  • 25' Nick Besler needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
  • 30' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Real Salt Lake winning 100% of all matches.
  • 35' 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.
  • 36' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Sebastian Saucedo makes it 1-0.
  • 38' The referee has no hesitation. Michael Parkhurst is booked for Atlanta United FC — Yellow card on 38.
  • 43' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
  • 48' Damir Kreilach has been relatively quiet despite scoring 67 goals in his last 287 appearances.
  • 53' Atlanta United FC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
  • 58' The Atlanta United FC manager makes a substitution. Brek Shea departs to be replaced by Franco Escobar.
  • 63' It’s high time Frank de Boer made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 66' Real Salt Lake player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
  • 71' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Real Salt Lake and Atlanta United FC are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
  • 72' A change in the Real Salt Lake ranks — Damir Kreilach exits the field as Everton Luiz enters on 72.
  • 77' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Eric Remedi made 291 appearances and scored 2 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • 78' Time for substitution for Atlanta United FC. Dion Pereira is replaced by Justin Meram.
  • 78' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Josef Martinez makes it 1-1.
  • 79' A tactical swap from Real Salt Lake — Sam Johnson on, Corey Baird off on 79 minutes.
  • 81' The whistle greets Corey Baird as he departs to be replaced by Sam Johnson.
  • 86' Real Salt Lake are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Atlanta United FC's shape.
  • 90' Time for substitution for Real Salt Lake. Sebastian Saucedo is replaced by Brooks Lennon.
  • Real Salt Lake celebrates a vital win. Three points that could prove pivotal come season's end.

Lineups

Real Salt Lake Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Mike Petke

Atlanta United FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Frank de Boer

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Ronaldo Cisneros 3
Johan Kappelhof 1
Daniel Rios 1
Saba Lobzhanidze 1
Hector Villalba 1
Cristian Arango 1
Julian Gressel 1
Alexandros Katranis 1

Head to Head

2019-05-25 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Atlanta United FC 2018-09-22 Atlanta United FC 2–0 Real Salt Lake

Real Salt Lake Form

2019-05-25 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Atlanta United FC W 2019-05-18 Real Salt Lake 3–0 Toronto FC W 2019-05-12 Colorado Rapids SC 2–3 Real Salt Lake W 2019-05-05 Real Salt Lake 1–2 Portland Timbers L 2019-04-29 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–1 Real Salt Lake L 2019-04-19 FC Cincinnati 0–3 Real Salt Lake W

Atlanta United FC Form

2019-05-25 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Atlanta United FC L 2019-05-19 New York Red Bulls 1–0 Atlanta United FC L 2019-05-16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0–1 Atlanta United FC W 2019-05-12 Atlanta United FC 1–0 Orlando City SC W 2019-05-08 Atlanta United FC 2–0 Toronto FC W 2019-05-06 Sporting Kansas City 0–3 Atlanta United FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
1.57 Real Salt Lake xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.19 Atlanta United FC xG
I would bet for: Both teams to score 55%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Real Salt Lake47% Draw27% Atlanta United FC26%
Actual: Real Salt Lake win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes55% 0% No45%
Avg goals/match: 2.76
Actual: Yes — both scored

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

Real Salt Lake or Draw
73%
Draw or Atlanta United FC
53%
Real Salt Lake or Atlanta United FC
73%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Real Salt Lake32% Draw46% Atlanta United FC22%
Actual: Real Salt Lake win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
12.8%
1 – 0
9.1%
2 – 1
Actual
0 – 0
8.3%
2 – 0
7.7%
1 – 2
6.7%
0 – 1
6.6%
2 – 2
5.3%
3 – 1
4.7%
0 – 2
4.4%
3 – 0
3.9%
3 – 2
2.9%

Asian Handicap — Real Salt Lake

Handicap Real Salt Lake covers Push Atlanta United FC covers
-2.5 10% — 90%
-2 10% 14% 77%
-1.5 23% — 77%
-1 23% 21% 55%
-0.5 45% — 55%
+0.5 72% — 28%
+1 72% 16% 12%
+1.5 88% — 12%
+2 88% 8% 4%
+2.5 96% — 4%

Clean Sheet

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet
31% ✓
Atlanta United FC keeps clean sheet
22% ✓

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