Real Salt Lake vs Colorado Rapids SC, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Real Salt Lake vs Colorado Rapids SC — MLS at Rio Tinto Stadium.
- Real Salt Lake 14 games · 26 pts (2026/26)
- Colorado Rapids SC 15 games · 16 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
Recent Form
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 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 #18 Position #26 26 Points 16 14 Played 15 8 / 2 / 4 W / D / L 5 / 1 / 9 26 Scored 25 19 Conceded 24 +7 GD +1 1.86 PPG 1.07 57% Win % 33% Key Stats
55% Both Teams to Score
H2H (22 games)68% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history14% Clean Sheets
Real Salt Lake this season20% Clean Sheets
Colorado Rapids SC this seasonReal Salt Lake are 18th (26 pts). Colorado Rapids SC are 26th (16 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Real Salt Lake0-154/316-302/231-453/146-603/161-752/176+2/5■ Scored ■ ConcededColorado Rapids SC0-153/216-302/331-451/346-604/–61-752/476+1/4■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The game is set. Real Salt Lake kicks off things out of here…
- 5' It’s high time Matt Wells made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 6' Colorado Rapids SC is taking the lead after the goal scored by Wayne Frederick on 6.
- 11' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 11 minutes.
- 16' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 21' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Georgi Minoungou suffering a number of foals already.
- 26' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Colorado Rapids SC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 31' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Colorado Rapids SC winning 0% of all matches.
- 34' It’s a booking for Colorado Rapids SC player. Hamzat Ojediran gets a card.
- 36' What a strike from Zavier Gozo! The score is 1-1.
- 41' Real Salt Lake is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 46' Supporters expect more eagerness from Lucas Herrington, as he is very good at scoring at Rio Tinto Stadium with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 51' It looks surprising Colorado Rapids SC does not make any changes. Noel Caliskan has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 56' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 61' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 66' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Juan Sanabria made 521 appearances and scored 0 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 67' Colorado Rapids SC player sees a card in front of him.
- 68' What a strike from Sergi Solans! The score is 2-1.
- 73' Reggie Cannon is having his name booked by the referee on 73.
- 75' A meaty challenge results in booking for Sam Junqua on 75.
- 80' Colorado Rapids SC is showing some good football. However, Colorado Rapids SC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 81' A meaty challenge results in booking for Zavier Gozo on 81.
- 86' Lukas Engel has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 0 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 90' A meaty challenge results in booking for DeAndre Yedlin on 90.
- Full Time. Real Salt Lake beats Colorado Rapids SC
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Lineups
Real Salt Lake Lineups
5-4-1Starting XI
- 2
- 15
- 6
- 8
- 4
- 1
- 92
- 23
- 72
- 39
- 22
Bench
- 98
- 29
- 9
- 26
- 17
- 27
- 11
- 24
Coach Pablo MastroeniColorado Rapids SC Lineups
4-3-3Starting XI
- 20
- 9
- 29
- 10
- 33
- 99
- 8
- 93
- 13
- 22
- 41
Bench
- 6
- 4
- 2
- 12
- 7
- 77
- 24
- 31
- 11
Coach Matt Wells -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Damir Kreilach 7 Albert Rusnak 5 Joao Plata 4 Carlos Gomez 4 Diego Rubio 4 Jefferson Savarino 4 Cole Bassett 4 Damir Kreilach 3 Head to Head
Real Salt Lake Form
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 accuracy4 / 41.95 Real Salt Lake xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.19 Colorado Rapids SC xGI would bet for: Both teams to score 60% + Over 2.5 goals 60%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Real Salt Lake winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 3.14Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 94% 6% ± 1.5 82% 18% ± 2.5 60% 40% ± 3.5 38% 62% ± 4.5 21% 79% Double Chance
Real Salt Lake or Draw 78%Draw or Colorado Rapids SC 46%Real Salt Lake or Colorado Rapids SC 76%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 10.9%2 – 1 Actual2 – 0 8.1%1 – 0 7.8%3 – 1 6.1%0 – 0 5.9%1 – 2 5.8%2 – 2 5.6%3 – 0 5.2%0 – 1 4.4%3 – 2 3.7%0 – 2 3.1%Asian Handicap — Real Salt Lake
Handicap Real Salt Lake covers Push Colorado Rapids SC covers -2.5 15% — 85% -2 15% 16% 68% -1.5 32% — 68% -1 32% 22% 46% -0.5 54% — 46% +0.5 78% — 22% +1 78% 13% 9% +1.5 91% — 9% +2 91% 6% 3% +2.5 97% — 3% Clean Sheet
Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet 31% ✓Colorado Rapids SC keeps clean sheet 15% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.