Real Salt Lake vs Colorado Rapids SC, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2026

Real Salt Lake

2 – 1

Full Time

Colorado Rapids SC

Sun 17 May 2026 · 01:30 UTC Rio Tinto Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 6' Wayne Frederick

Zavier Gozo 36' 1–1

Sergi Solans 68' 2–1

Y 34' Hamzat Ojediran

Y 67' Joshua Atencio

Y 73' Reggie Cannon

Sam Junqua 75' Y

Zavier Gozo 81' Y

DeAndre Yedlin 90' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Real Salt Lake vs Colorado Rapids SC — MLS at Rio Tinto Stadium.

Real Salt Lake 34 games · 45 pts (2026/26)
Colorado Rapids SC 34 games · 43 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

Real Salt Lake 23 games · Avg 3.4 goals Colorado Rapids SC

Last 5 meetings

2026-05-17 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Colorado Rapids SC 2025-10-05 Real Salt Lake 1–0 Colorado Rapids SC 2025-05-18 Colorado Rapids SC 1–0 Real Salt Lake 2024-07-21 Colorado Rapids SC 3–2 Real Salt Lake 2024-05-19 Real Salt Lake 5–3 Colorado Rapids SC

Recent Form

Real Salt Lake

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
17 May	Colorado Rapids SC	H	2–1	W
14 May	Houston Dynamo	H	3–0	W
10 May	FC Dallas	A	1–3	L
02 May	Portland Timbers	H	2–0	W
26 Apr	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	1–2	L
23 Apr	Internacional CF Miami	H	0–2	L

Colorado Rapids SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
17 May	Real Salt Lake	A	1–2	L
14 May	Minnesota United FC	A	1–0	W
10 May	St. Louis City	H	0–1	L
03 May	Houston Dynamo	A	0–1	L
26 Apr	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	1–3	L
23 Apr	Los Angeles FC	A	0–0	D

Season Stats

Real Salt Lake		Colorado Rapids SC
#24	Position	#27
45	Points	43
34	Played	34
13 / 6 / 15	W / D / L	12 / 7 / 15
53	Scored	47
52	Conceded	50
+1	GD	-3
1.32	PPG	1.26
38%	Win %	35%

Key Stats

52% Both Teams to Score
H2H (23 games)

65% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

12% Clean Sheets
Real Salt Lake this season

32% Clean Sheets
Colorado Rapids SC this season

Real Salt Lake are 24th (45 pts). Colorado Rapids SC are 27th (43 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

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

Colorado Rapids SC

0-15

4/3

16-30

8/5

31-45

4/5

46-60

8/4

61-75

5/9

76+

6/14

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Real Salt Lake

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

Colorado Rapids SC

Paxten Aaronson

8 G

8 A

Events

Match Events

0' The game is set. Colorado Rapids SC kicks off things out of here…
5' The 26-year-old Juan Sanabria has been sensational this season — 1 goals and 3 assists is a remarkable return.
6' A stunning finish from Wayne Frederick — that came from absolutely nowhere!
11' Colorado Rapids SC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 2 meetings.
16' Real Salt Lake is showing some good football. However, Real Salt Lake are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
21' Hamzat Ojediran is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Real Salt Lake so far.
26' 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.
31' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with Colorado Rapids SC winning 50% of all matches.
34' Poor challenge from Hamzat Ojediran. The referee spots it immediately and shows the card.
36' Zavier Gozo doubles the advantage! 1-1 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
41' Over 41 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
46' Supporters expect more eagerness from Connor Ronan, as he is very good at scoring at Rio Tinto Stadium with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
51' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
56' A quiet spell here at Rio Tinto Stadium. Real Salt Lake seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
61' Colorado Rapids SC looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Wayne Frederick scoring 1 goals.
66' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Real Salt Lake side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
67' The referee has no hesitation. Joshua Atencio is booked for Colorado Rapids SC — card on 67.
68' The Spain Sergi Solans breaks the deadlock on 68 minutes. 2-1!
73' A moment of madness from Reggie Cannon on 73 minutes earns him a card. Colorado Rapids SC will be frustrated.
75' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the card for Sam Junqua.
80' Zach Booth has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
81' The referee shows Real Salt Lake player a card on 81.
86' Stijn Spierings is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Colorado Rapids SC tonight.
90' DeAndre Yedlin is having his name booked by the referee on 90.
Full Time. Real Salt Lake beats Colorado Rapids SC

Lineups

Real Salt Lake Lineups

5-4-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Pablo Mastroeni

Colorado Rapids SC Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Matt Wells

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Damir Kreilach	7
Albert Rusnak	5
Carlos Gomez	4
Diego Rubio	4
Jefferson Savarino	4
Cole Bassett	4
Joao Plata	4
Rubio Rubin	3

Head to Head

Real Salt Lake Form

2026-05-17 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Colorado Rapids SC W 2026-05-14 Real Salt Lake 3–0 Houston Dynamo W 2026-05-10 FC Dallas 3–1 Real Salt Lake L 2026-05-02 Real Salt Lake 2–0 Portland Timbers W 2026-04-26 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–1 Real Salt Lake L 2026-04-23 Real Salt Lake 0–2 Internacional CF Miami L

Colorado Rapids SC Form

2026-05-17 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Colorado Rapids SC L 2026-05-14 Minnesota United FC 0–1 Colorado Rapids SC W 2026-05-10 Colorado Rapids SC 0–1 St. Louis City L 2026-05-03 Houston Dynamo 1–0 Colorado Rapids SC L 2026-04-26 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–1 Colorado Rapids SC L 2026-04-23 Los Angeles FC 0–0 Colorado Rapids SC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

1.72 Real Salt Lake xG

Expected Goals

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

1.16 Colorado Rapids SC xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 57%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Real Salt Lake51% Draw25% Colorado Rapids SC24%

Actual: Real Salt Lake win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes57% 0% No43%

Avg goals/match: 2.88

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	78%	22%
± 2.5	54%	46%
± 3.5	33%	67%
± 4.5	17%	83%

Double Chance

Real Salt Lake or Draw

76%

Draw or Colorado Rapids SC

49%

Real Salt Lake or Colorado Rapids SC

75%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Real Salt Lake36% Draw45% Colorado Rapids SC19%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.1%

2 – 1

Actual

1 – 0

8.8%

2 – 0

8.2%

0 – 0

7.4%

1 – 2

6.2%

0 – 1

5.6%

2 – 2

5.4%

3 – 1

5.3%

3 – 0

4.6%

0 – 2

3.7%

3 – 2

3.2%

Asian Handicap — Real Salt Lake

Handicap	Real Salt Lake covers	Push	Colorado Rapids SC covers
-2.5	12%	—	88%
-2	12%	15%	73%
-1.5	27%	—	73%
-1	27%	22%	51%
-0.5	49%	—	51%
+0.5	76%	—	24%
+1	76%	14%	10%
+1.5	90%	—	10%
+2	90%	7%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet

32% ✓

Colorado Rapids SC keeps clean sheet

19% ✓

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