Wednesday , 30 September 2026

Real Salt Lake vs Colorado Rapids SC, MLS 2023 REGULAR SEASON

MLS · 2023
Real Salt Lake
2 – 0
Full Time
Colorado Rapids SC
Sun 3 Sep 2023 · 01:30 UTC Rio Tinto Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'
Brayan Vera 19' 1–0
Cristian Arango 49' 2–0
Y 16' Connor Ronan
Nelson Palacio 24' Y
Y 42' Andreas Maxso
Brayan Vera 62' Y
Y 72' Lalas Abubakar

Overview

Match Preview

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

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

14
3
6
Real Salt Lake 23 games · Avg 3.4 goals Colorado Rapids SC
Last 5 meetings
2023-09-03 Real Salt Lake 2–0 Colorado Rapids SC 2023-05-21 Colorado Rapids SC 2–3 Real Salt Lake 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

Recent Form

Real Salt Lake
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
03 Sep Colorado Rapids SC H 2–0 W
31 Aug Portland Timbers A 1–2 L
27 Aug Houston Dynamo H 0–3 L
16 Jul New York Red Bulls H 3–1 W
13 Jul Sporting Kansas City A 2–2 D
09 Jul Orlando City SC H 4–0 W
Colorado Rapids SC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
03 Sep Real Salt Lake A 0–2 L
31 Aug Minnesota United FC A 0–3 L
24 Aug Los Angeles FC A 0–4 L
16 Jul Houston Dynamo H 0–0 D
13 Jul Portland Timbers H 0–0 D
09 Jul FC Dallas H 2–1 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' KICK OFF: Real Salt Lake gets underway.
  • 5' Marko Ilic needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
  • 10' The 24-year-old Ralph Priso-Mbongue has been sensational this season — 1 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
  • 15' Bode Davis has been relatively quiet despite scoring 2 goals in his last 287 appearances.
  • 16' Connor Ronan has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a card on 16.
  • 19' Brayan Vera has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 19 minutes.
  • 24' Nelson Palacio picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
  • 29' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 29 minutes.
  • 34' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
  • 39' Supporters expect more eagerness from Andreas Maxso, as he is very good at scoring at Rio Tinto Stadium with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
  • 42' The referee shows Colorado Rapids SC player a card on 42.
  • 47' Colorado Rapids SC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 2 meetings.
  • 49' GOAL! Cristian Arango fires home to make it 2-0!
  • 54' Braian Galvan has so much to prove this time. He replaces Ralph Priso-Mbongue on 54 minute.
  • 59' A change in the Real Salt Lake ranks — Maikel Chang exits the field as Rubio Rubin enters on 59.
  • 62' Real Salt Lake player sees a card in front of him.
  • 67' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Real Salt Lake and Colorado Rapids SC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
  • 72' Lalas Abubakar catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 72.
  • 77' Over 77 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
  • 82' Danny Wilson is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Colorado Rapids SC so far.
  • 87' Another change for Real Salt Lake made on 87 minute. Nelson Palacio leaves to be changed by Emeka Eneli.
  • The points are shared — Real Salt Lake 2-0 Colorado Rapids SC. Honours even.

Lineups

Real Salt Lake Lineups

4-4-2

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Pablo Mastroeni

Colorado Rapids SC Lineups

4-4-2

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Robin Fraser

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
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

2023-09-03 Real Salt Lake 2–0 Colorado Rapids SC 2023-05-21 Colorado Rapids SC 2–3 Real Salt Lake 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

Real Salt Lake Form

2023-09-03 Real Salt Lake 2–0 Colorado Rapids SC W 2023-08-31 Portland Timbers 2–1 Real Salt Lake L 2023-08-27 Real Salt Lake 0–3 Houston Dynamo L 2023-07-16 Real Salt Lake 3–1 New York Red Bulls W 2023-07-13 Sporting Kansas City 2–2 Real Salt Lake D 2023-07-09 Real Salt Lake 4–0 Orlando City SC W

Colorado Rapids SC Form

2023-09-03 Real Salt Lake 2–0 Colorado Rapids SC L 2023-08-31 Minnesota United FC 3–0 Colorado Rapids SC L 2023-08-24 Los Angeles FC 4–0 Colorado Rapids SC L 2023-07-16 Colorado Rapids SC 0–0 Houston Dynamo D 2023-07-13 Colorado Rapids SC 0–0 Portland Timbers D 2023-07-09 Colorado Rapids SC 2–1 FC Dallas W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
1 / 4
1.97 Real Salt Lake xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.08 Colorado Rapids SC xG
I would bet for: Real Salt Lake to win 58% + Over 2.5 goals 58%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Real Salt Lake58% Draw23% Colorado Rapids SC19%
Actual: Real Salt Lake win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong
Yes57% 0% No43%
Avg goals/match: 3.05
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 94%
6%
± 1.5 81%
19%
± 2.5 58%
42%
± 3.5 36%
64%
± 4.5 20%
80%

Double Chance

Real Salt Lake or Draw
81%
Draw or Colorado Rapids SC
42%
Real Salt Lake or Colorado Rapids SC
77%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Real Salt Lake41% Draw42% Colorado Rapids SC17%
Actual: Real Salt Lake win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
10.9%
2 – 1
9.6%
2 – 0
Actual
1 – 0
8.6%
0 – 0
6.3%
3 – 1
6.3%
3 – 0
5.8%
1 – 2
5.2%
2 – 2
5.2%
0 – 1
4.3%
3 – 2
3.5%
4 – 1
3.2%

Asian Handicap — Real Salt Lake

Handicap Real Salt Lake covers Push Colorado Rapids SC covers
-2.5 17% — 83%
-2 17% 17% 66%
-1.5 34% — 66%
-1 34% 22% 43%
-0.5 57% — 43%
+0.5 81% — 19%
+1 81% 12% 8%
+1.5 92% — 8%
+2 92% 5% 2%
+2.5 98% — 2%

Clean Sheet

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet
34% ✗
Colorado Rapids SC keeps clean sheet
15% ✓

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