Real Salt Lake vs Colorado Rapids SC, MLS 2021 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2021

Real Salt Lake

3 – 1

Full Time

Colorado Rapids SC

Sun 17 Oct 2021 · 01:30 UTC Rio Tinto Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 22' Collen Warner

Y 30' Jack Price

Y 31' Jack Price

Erik Holt 61' Y

Y 65' Diego Rubio

David Ochoa 90' Y

Overview

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

Real Salt Lake 27 games · 32 pts (2026/26)
Colorado Rapids SC 27 games · 36 pts (2026/26)

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

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

Last 5 meetings

2021-10-17 Real Salt Lake 3–1 Colorado Rapids SC 2021-08-22 Colorado Rapids SC 2–1 Real Salt Lake 2021-07-25 Real Salt Lake 3–0 Colorado Rapids SC 2020-09-13 Real Salt Lake 0–5 Colorado Rapids SC 2020-08-23 Colorado Rapids SC 1–4 Real Salt Lake

Recent Form

Real Salt Lake

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
17 Oct	Colorado Rapids SC	H	3–1	W
02 Oct	Austin FC	A	1–2	L
30 Sep	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	2–1	W
26 Sep	Portland Timbers	A	1–6	L
19 Sep	Seattle Sounders FC	H	1–0	W
16 Sep	San Jose Earthquakes	A	4–3	W

Colorado Rapids SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
17 Oct	Real Salt Lake	A	1–3	L
10 Oct	Minnesota United FC	A	3–1	W
04 Oct	Seattle Sounders FC	A	0–3	L
30 Sep	Austin FC	H	3–0	W
26 Sep	Toronto FC	H	0–0	D
20 Sep	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	1–1	D

Season Stats

Real Salt Lake		Colorado Rapids SC
#27	Position	#22
32	Points	36
27	Played	27
9 / 5 / 13	W / D / L	11 / 3 / 13
40	Scored	38
44	Conceded	38
-4	GD	+0
1.19	PPG	1.33
33%	Win %	41%

Key Stats

52% Both Teams to Score
H2H (23 games)

65% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

11% Clean Sheets
Real Salt Lake this season

33% Clean Sheets
Colorado Rapids SC this season

Real Salt Lake are 27th (32 pts). Colorado Rapids SC are 22nd (36 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

Colorado Rapids SC

0-15

4/2

16-30

5/5

31-45

3/4

46-60

6/1

61-75

3/7

76+

5/10

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Real Salt Lake

Sergi Solans	11 G	3 A
Zavier Gozo	6 G	3 A

Colorado Rapids SC

Paxten Aaronson

7 G

6 A

Events

Match Events

0' Three points are at stake. Real Salt Lake host Colorado Rapids SC — let the battle begin!
5' Supporters expect more eagerness from Albert Rusnak, as he is very good at scoring at Rio Tinto Stadium with 9 goals in the last 7 games.
10' It looks like no one’s ball. Colorado Rapids SC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
13' What a moment for Damir Kreilach! That strike on 13 puts his side firmly in control.
18' Collen Warner has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
22' Collen Warner was booked on 22.
27' Colorado Rapids SC looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Wayne Frederick scoring 1 goals.
30' The referee shows Colorado Rapids SC player a Yellow card on 30.
31' A meaty challenge results in booking for Jack Price on 31.
36' Ruiz has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
41' 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.
46' Colorado Rapids SC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 2 meetings.
51' Colorado Rapids SC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
56' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Real Salt Lake and Colorado Rapids SC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
57' Goal! Rubio Rubin scores his 14 goal in 288 matches.
57' Michael Barrios is replacing Braian Galvan for the Colorado Rapids SC side.
58' Fresh legs for Colorado Rapids SC! Michael Barrios comes on to replace Braian Galvan.
61' A meaty challenge results in booking for Erik Holt on 61.
65' Colorado Rapids SC player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
70' The energy levels are beginning to show. Robin Fraser might look to freshen things up shortly.
73' GOAL! Younes Namli fires home to make it 2-1!
76' Real Salt Lake manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Anderson Julio is hanging Rubio Rubin on the field on 76 minute.
81' Colorado Rapids SC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Nicolas Mezquida is hanging Cole Bassett on the field on 81 minute.
86' Both keepers have barely been tested. Real Salt Lake and Colorado Rapids SC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
88' The Real Salt Lake manager makes a substitution. Maikel Chang Ramirez departs to be replaced by Ashtone Morgan.
90' That is a Yellow card for Real Salt Lake. David Ochoa will be fuming at that decision.
The referee blows the final whistle. Sensational lose for Colorado Rapids SC.

Lineups

Real Salt Lake Lineups

Starting XI

8
Damir Kreilach
15
Justen Glad
11
Albert Rusnak
22
Aaron Herrera
2
Andrew Brody
1
David Ochoa
20
Erik Holt
14
Rubio Rubin ↓ Anderson Julio 76'
6
Ruiz
16
Maikel Chang Ramirez ↓ Ashtone Morgan 88'
25
Everton ↓ Nick Besler 88'

Bench

Coach Pablo Mastroeni

Colorado Rapids SC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Robin Fraser

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
Cristian Arango	3

Head to Head

Real Salt Lake Form

2021-10-17 Real Salt Lake 3–1 Colorado Rapids SC W 2021-10-02 Austin FC 2–1 Real Salt Lake L 2021-09-30 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2021-09-26 Portland Timbers 6–1 Real Salt Lake L 2021-09-19 Real Salt Lake 1–0 Seattle Sounders FC W 2021-09-16 San Jose Earthquakes 3–4 Real Salt Lake W

Colorado Rapids SC Form

2021-10-17 Real Salt Lake 3–1 Colorado Rapids SC L 2021-10-10 Minnesota United FC 1–3 Colorado Rapids SC W 2021-10-04 Seattle Sounders FC 3–0 Colorado Rapids SC L 2021-09-30 Colorado Rapids SC 3–0 Austin FC W 2021-09-26 Colorado Rapids SC 0–0 Toronto FC D 2021-09-20 Colorado Rapids SC 1–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.91 Real Salt Lake xG

Expected Goals

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

1.38 Colorado Rapids SC xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 64% + Over 2.5 goals 63%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Real Salt Lake51% Draw24% Colorado Rapids SC25%

Actual: Real Salt Lake win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes64% 0% No36%

Avg goals/match: 3.29

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	84%	16%
± 2.5	63%	37%
± 3.5	42%	58%
± 4.5	24%	76%

Double Chance

Real Salt Lake or Draw

75%

Draw or Colorado Rapids SC

49%

Real Salt Lake or Colorado Rapids SC

76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Real Salt Lake36% Draw42% Colorado Rapids SC22%

Actual: Real Salt Lake win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

10.7%

2 – 1

2 – 0

6.7%

1 – 2

6.6%

1 – 0

6.4%

2 – 2

6.2%

3 – 1

Actual

0 – 0

5.2%

0 – 1

4.4%

3 – 0

4.2%

3 – 2

0 – 2

3.6%

Asian Handicap — Real Salt Lake

Handicap	Real Salt Lake covers	Push	Colorado Rapids SC covers
-2.5	13%	—	87%
-2	13%	15%	72%
-1.5	28%	—	72%
-1	28%	21%	51%
-0.5	49%	—	51%
+0.5	73%	—	27%
+1	73%	15%	12%
+1.5	88%	—	12%
+2	88%	8%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet

26% ✓

Colorado Rapids SC keeps clean sheet

16% ✓

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