Real Salt Lake vs Charlotte FC, MLS 2023 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Real Salt Lake vs Charlotte FC — MLS at Rio Tinto Stadium.
- Real Salt Lake 14 games · 26 pts (2026/26)
- Charlotte FC 15 games · 21 pts (2026/26)
Standings
# 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 09 Apr Charlotte FC H 3–1 W 01 Apr Columbus Crew SC A 0–4 L 26 Mar St. Louis City H 0–4 L 12 Mar Austin FC H 1–2 L 05 Mar Seattle Sounders FC A 0–2 L 26 Feb Vancouver Whitecaps FC A 2–1 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 09 Apr Real Salt Lake A 1–3 L 01 Apr Toronto FC A 2–2 D 25 Mar New York Red Bulls H 1–1 D 18 Mar Orlando City SC A 2–1 W 11 Mar Atlanta United FC H 0–3 L 05 Mar St. Louis City A 1–3 L Season Stats
Real Salt Lake Charlotte FC #18 Position #6 26 Points 21 14 Played 15 8 / 2 / 4 W / D / L 6 / 3 / 6 26 Scored 24 19 Conceded 23 +7 GD +1 1.86 PPG 1.40 57% Win % 40% Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (2 games)50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history14% Clean Sheets
Real Salt Lake this season27% Clean Sheets
Charlotte FC this seasonReal Salt Lake are 18th (26 pts). Charlotte FC are 6th (21 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Real Salt Lake0-154/316-302/231-453/146-603/161-752/176+2/5■ Scored ■ ConcededCharlotte FC0-15–/216-302/431-453/–46-601/261-751/376+4/3■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Real Salt Lake and Charlotte FC has kicked off!
- 5' The travelling Charlotte FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 10' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 13' The referee calls foul for Ben Bender. He receives a Yellow card.
- 18' Charlotte FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 18.
- 22' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Brayan Vera.
- 23' The referee calls foul for Brayan Vera. He receives a Yellow card.
- 27' What a strike from Karol Swiderski! The score is 0-1.
- 32' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 37' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 37 minutes.
- 42' Harrison Afful is having his name booked by the referee on 42.
- 47' Charlotte FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 48' It’s a booking for Charlotte FC player. Kamil Jozwiak gets a Yellow card.
- 53' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
- 56' What an equalizer from Ruiz!
- 59' Real Salt Lake is taking the lead after the goal scored by Anderson Julio on 59.
- 62' What a strike from Jefferson Savarino! The score is 3-1.
- 66' The Charlotte FC manager makes a substitution. Kerwin Vargas departs to be replaced by Andre Shinyashiki.
- 68' Real Salt Lake manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Ilijah Paul is hanging Anderson Julio on the field on 68 minute.
- 70' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Justen Glad.
- 74' The whistle greets Brayan Vera as he departs to be replaced by Maikel Chang Ramirez.
- 77' Vinicius Mello is replacing Kamil Jozwiak for the Charlotte FC side.
- 82' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Real Salt Lake that had 258 games and scored 381 goals.
- 83' Braian Ojeda is replacing Jasper Loeffelsend for the Real Salt Lake side.
- 88' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Adilson Malanda made 340 appearances and scored 2 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for Real Salt Lake players.
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Lineups
Real Salt Lake Lineups
4-4-2Starting XI
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Jefferson Savarino ↓ Diego Luna 83'
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29
Anderson Julio ↓ Ilijah Paul 68'
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- 28
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Carlos Gomez ↓ Bode Davis 68'
Bench
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Braian Ojeda ↑ 83'
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Maikel Chang Ramirez ↑ 74'
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Bode Davis ↑ 68'
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Diego Luna ↑ 83'
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Ilijah Paul ↑ 68'
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Coach Pablo MastroeniCharlotte FC Lineups
4-3-3Starting XI
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Karol Swiderski ↓ Chris Hegardt 66'
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Kamil Jozwiak ↓ Vinicius Mello 77'
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Ben Bender ↓ Derrick Jones 66'
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Bench
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Derrick Jones ↑ 66'
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Andre Shinyashiki ↑ 66'
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Vinicius Mello ↑ 77'
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Chris Hegardt ↑ 66'
Coach Christian Lattanzio -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Jefferson Savarino 1 Anderson Julio 1 Ruiz 1 Karol Swiderski 1 Idan Gorno 1 Head to Head
Real Salt Lake Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 42.2 Real Salt Lake xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.42 Charlotte FC xGI would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 69% + Both teams to score 67%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Real Salt Lake winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 3.62Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 96% 4% ± 1.5 87% 13% ± 2.5 69% 31% ± 3.5 48% 52% ± 4.5 30% 70% Double Chance
Real Salt Lake or Draw 76%Draw or Charlotte FC 46%Real Salt Lake or Charlotte FC 77%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Charlotte FC win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 9.2%2 – 1 8.9%2 – 0 6.5%3 – 1 Actual2 – 2 6.3%1 – 2 5.8%1 – 0 5.4%3 – 0 4.6%3 – 2 4.6%0 – 0 4%4 – 1 3.6%0 – 1 3.2%Asian Handicap — Real Salt Lake
Handicap Real Salt Lake covers Push Charlotte FC covers -2.5 17% — 83% -2 17% 16% 66% -1.5 34% — 66% -1 34% 20% 46% -0.5 54% — 46% +0.5 76% — 24% +1 76% 13% 11% +1.5 89% — 11% +2 89% 7% 4% +2.5 96% — 4% Clean Sheet
Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet 25% ✓Charlotte FC keeps clean sheet 12% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.