Real Salt Lake vs Colorado Rapids SC, MLS 2022 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2022

Real Salt Lake

2 – 2

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Colorado Rapids SC

Sun 10 Jul 2022 · 02:00 UTC Rio Tinto Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 33' Danny Wilson

Zac MacMath 38' Y

Ruiz 47' Y

Y 50' Bryan Acosta

Y 79' Max Alves

Justin Meram 86' Y

Nick Besler 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

2022-07-10 Real Salt Lake 2–2 Colorado Rapids SC 2022-04-03 Colorado Rapids SC 1–1 Real Salt Lake 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

Recent Form

Real Salt Lake

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
10 Jul	Colorado Rapids SC	H	2–2	D
04 Jul	Minnesota United FC	A	2–3	L
26 Jun	Columbus Crew SC	H	0–0	D
19 Jun	San Jose Earthquakes	H	2–0	W
04 Jun	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	1–2	L
29 May	Houston Dynamo	H	3–0	W

Colorado Rapids SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
10 Jul	Real Salt Lake	A	2–2	D
05 Jul	Austin FC	H	2–3	L
26 Jun	Portland Timbers	A	0–3	L
19 Jun	New York City FC	A	1–1	D
29 May	Nashville SC	H	1–3	L
23 May	Seattle Sounders FC	H	1–0	W

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' Here we go! The referee blows the whistle and Real Salt Lake launch into their encounter with Colorado Rapids SC.
5' 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.
10' Johan Kappelhof has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 21 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
15' The crowd applauds Anderson Julio as he leaves the pitch. Justin Meram steps in for Real Salt Lake.
20' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 20 minutes.
25' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
30' Real Salt Lake have won 425 goals from 287 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
33' Danny Wilson was booked on 33.
38' Real Salt Lake receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 38.
43' Scott Caldwell needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
47' Ruiz is having his name booked by the referee on 47.
48' Jefferson Savarino puts Real Salt Lake on the lead.
49' Jefferson Savarino adds to his 3 season tally! Real Salt Lake lead 2-0 — and this changes everything.
50' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Bryan Acosta.
51' Justin Meram makes no mistake. The score reads 3-0 and Real Salt Lake are in front.
56' 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.
61' Another substitution for Colorado Rapids SC to replace Sam Nicholson by Michael Barrios on 61 minute.
64' Michael Barrios has so much to prove this time. He replaces Sam Nicholson on 64 minute.
67' What a strike from Diego Rubio! The score is 3-1.
72' Ruiz is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Colorado Rapids SC tonight.
73' The whistle greets Steven Beitashour as he departs to be replaced by Lucas Esteves.
74' Time for substitution for Real Salt Lake. Ruiz is replaced by Nick Besler.
79' Max Alves has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 79.
82' Dantouma Toure has so much to prove this time. He replaces Max Alves on 82 minute.
85' A tactical swap from Real Salt Lake — Diego Luna on, Jefferson Savarino off on 85 minutes.
86' Justin Meram is having his name booked by the referee on 86.
89' GOAL! Lalas Abubakar scores on 89.
90' The referee does not hesitate — a Yellow card for Nick Besler on 90 minutes.
celebrates a vital win. Three points that could prove pivotal come season's end.

Lineups

Real Salt Lake Lineups

Starting XI

10
Sergio Cordova ↓ Rubio Rubin 74'
30
Marcelo Silva
11
Jefferson Savarino ↓ Diego Luna 85'
22
Aaron Herrera
2
Andrew Brody
4
Johan Kappelhof
18
Zac MacMath
29
Anderson Julio ↓ Justin Meram 15'
6
Ruiz ↓ Nick Besler 74'
16
Maikel Chang Ramirez
28
Jasper Loeffelsend ↓ Scott Caldwell 85'

Bench

13
Nick Besler ↑ 74'
12
Scott Caldwell ↑ 85'
9
Justin Meram ↑ 15'
27
Jonathan Menendez
21
Tate Schmitt
3
Chris Kablan
14
Rubio Rubin ↑ 74'
81
Tomas Gomez
26
Diego Luna ↑ 85'

Coach Pablo Mastroeni

Colorado Rapids SC Lineups

Starting XI

21
Bryan Acosta
11
Diego Rubio
2
Keegan Rosenberry
33
Steven Beitashour ↓ Lucas Esteves 73'
4
Danny Wilson
15
Sam Nicholson ↓ Michael Barrios 61'
29
Gyasi Zardes
6
Lalas Abubakar
22
William Yarbrough
7
Jonathan Lewis
8
Max Alves ↓ Dantouma Toure 82'

Bench

Coach Robin Fraser

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
Corey Baird	3

Head to Head

Real Salt Lake Form

2022-07-10 Real Salt Lake 2–2 Colorado Rapids SC D 2022-07-04 Minnesota United FC 3–2 Real Salt Lake L 2022-06-26 Real Salt Lake 0–0 Columbus Crew SC D 2022-06-19 Real Salt Lake 2–0 San Jose Earthquakes W 2022-06-04 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–1 Real Salt Lake L 2022-05-29 Real Salt Lake 3–0 Houston Dynamo W

Colorado Rapids SC Form

2022-07-10 Real Salt Lake 2–2 Colorado Rapids SC D 2022-07-05 Colorado Rapids SC 2–3 Austin FC L 2022-06-26 Portland Timbers 3–0 Colorado Rapids SC L 2022-06-19 New York City FC 1–1 Colorado Rapids SC D 2022-05-29 Colorado Rapids SC 1–3 Nashville SC L 2022-05-23 Colorado Rapids SC 1–0 Seattle Sounders FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.74 Real Salt Lake xG

Expected Goals

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

1.21 Colorado Rapids SC xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 58% + Over 2.5 goals 56%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Real Salt Lake49% Draw26% Colorado Rapids SC25%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes58% 0% No42%

Avg goals/match: 2.95

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	79%	21%
± 2.5	56%	44%
± 3.5	34%	66%
± 4.5	18%	82%

Double Chance

Real Salt Lake or Draw

74%

Draw or Colorado Rapids SC

51%

Real Salt Lake or Colorado Rapids SC

74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Real Salt Lake35% Draw44% Colorado Rapids SC21%

Actual: Real Salt Lake win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.9%

2 – 1

9.2%

1 – 0

8.3%

2 – 0

7.8%

0 – 0

1 – 2

6.4%

2 – 2

Actual

0 – 1

5.5%

3 – 1

5.3%

3 – 0

4.4%

0 – 2

3.8%

3 – 2

3.3%

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%	52%
-0.5	48%	—	52%
+0.5	74%	—	26%
+1	74%	15%	11%
+1.5	89%	—	11%
+2	89%	7%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet

30% ✓

Colorado Rapids SC keeps clean sheet

18% ✓

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