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 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

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
#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' KICK OFF: Colorado Rapids SC gets underway.
5' Colombia international Michael Barrios has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
10' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 10 minutes.
13' Damir Kreilach does the damage! The net is bulging and Real Salt Lake surge ahead!
18' The home supporters are growing impatient. Real Salt Lake must find a spark to ignite this game.
22' Collen Warner is having his name booked by the referee on 22.
27' Auston Trusty is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Colorado Rapids SC tonight.
30' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Jack Price.
31' A meaty challenge results in booking for Jack Price on 31.
36' Real Salt Lake seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
41' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Colorado Rapids SC that had 291 games and scored 418 goals.
46' Colorado Rapids SC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
51' It is a cagey affair so far. Real Salt Lake in their trying to find a way past Colorado Rapids SC's compact .
56' 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.
57' Rubio Rubin is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
57' Colorado Rapids SC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Michael Barrios is hanging Braian Galvan on the field on 57 minute.
58' The supporters are chanting for Michael Barrios. He replaces Braian Galvan on 58 minute.
61' The referee has no hesitation. Erik Holt is booked for Real Salt Lake — Yellow card on 61.
65' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Diego Rubio.
70' Colorado Rapids SC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
73' Younes Namli doubles the advantage! 2-1 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
76' Time for substitution for Real Salt Lake. Rubio Rubin is replaced by Anderson Julio.
81' Fresh legs for Colorado Rapids SC! Nicolas Mezquida comes on to replace Cole Bassett.
86' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
88' Maikel Chang Ramirez makes way for Ashtone Morgan at the 88 minute mark. A tactical switch from Real Salt Lake.
90' David Ochoa is having his name booked by the referee on 90.
With this win, Real Salt Lake is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.

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
Damir Kreilach	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

1.98 Real Salt Lake xG

Expected Goals

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

1.33 Colorado Rapids SC xG

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

Match Result

✓ Correct

Real Salt Lake53% Draw23% Colorado Rapids SC24%

Actual: Real Salt Lake win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes63% 0% No37%

Avg goals/match: 3.31

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

76%

Draw or Colorado Rapids SC

47%

Real Salt Lake or Colorado Rapids SC

77%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Real Salt Lake38% Draw41% Colorado Rapids SC21%

Actual: Real Salt Lake win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

10.5%

2 – 1

9.2%

2 – 0

7.2%

1 – 0

6.6%

1 – 2

6.2%

2 – 2

3 – 1

Actual

0 – 0

5.2%

3 – 0

4.6%

0 – 1

4.2%

3 – 2

0 – 2

3.3%

Asian Handicap — Real Salt Lake

Handicap	Real Salt Lake covers	Push	Colorado Rapids SC covers
-2.5	15%	—	85%
-2	15%	16%	70%
-1.5	30%	—	70%
-1	30%	21%	49%
-0.5	51%	—	49%
+0.5	75%	—	25%
+1	75%	14%	11%
+1.5	89%	—	11%
+2	89%	7%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet

27% ✓

Colorado Rapids SC keeps clean sheet

15% ✓

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