Real Salt Lake vs Colorado Rapids SC, MLS 2024 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2024

Real Salt Lake

5 – 3

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Colorado Rapids SC

Sun 19 May 2024 · 01:30 UTC Rio Tinto Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 32' Zack Steffen

Matt Crooks 51' Y

Brayan Vera 65' Y

Emeka Eneli 79' Y

Carlos Gomez 90' Y

Y 90' Darren Yapi

Overview

Match Preview

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

2024-05-19 Real Salt Lake 5–3 Colorado Rapids SC 2024-03-10 Real Salt Lake 1–2 Colorado Rapids SC 2023-10-22 Colorado Rapids SC 0–1 Real Salt Lake 2023-09-03 Real Salt Lake 2–0 Colorado Rapids SC 2023-05-21 Colorado Rapids SC 2–3 Real Salt Lake

Recent Form

Real Salt Lake

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
19 May	Colorado Rapids SC	H	5–3	W
16 May	Seattle Sounders FC	H	2–0	W
12 May	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	2–2	D
05 May	Sporting Kansas City	H	1–0	W
27 Apr	Philadelphia Union	A	2–1	W
21 Apr	Chicago Fire FC	A	4–0	W

Colorado Rapids SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
19 May	Real Salt Lake	A	3–5	L
16 May	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	1–0	W
12 May	San Jose Earthquakes	H	2–3	L
05 May	New York City FC	A	2–0	W
27 Apr	FC Cincinnati	A	1–2	L
21 Apr	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' Welcome to Rio Tinto Stadium that hosts another battle between Real Salt Lake and Colorado Rapids SC.
5' A goal from the USA international Cole Bassett! He fires home on 5 to make it 0-1!
10' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
15' Calvin Harris, a England , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
19' Against the run of play, Rafael Navarro has scored! This game has turned on its head.
23' Cristian Arango makes no mistake. The score reads 1-2 and Real Salt Lake are in front.
28' Diego Luna has been relatively quiet despite scoring 27 goals in his last 287 appearances.
32' Poor challenge from Zack Steffen. The referee spots it immediately and shows the card.
37' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Real Salt Lake and Colorado Rapids SC are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
40' Carlos Gomez has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 40 minutes.
45' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Real Salt Lake and Colorado Rapids SC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
50' Colorado Rapids SC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 2 meetings.
51' It’s a booking for Real Salt Lake player. Matt Crooks gets a card.
56' GOAL! Djordje Mihailovic fires home to make it 2-3!
60' Real Salt Lake ring the changes. Matt Crooks has done his job and it is now time for Anderson Julio to step up.
65' That is a card for Real Salt Lake. Brayan Vera will be fuming at that decision.
66' The whistle greets Calvin Harris as he departs to be replaced by Kevin Cabral.
71' Fresh legs for Colorado Rapids SC! Darren Yapi comes on to replace Rafael Navarro.
75' Real Salt Lake make a change. Alexandros Katranis trudges off to be replaced by Bryan Oviedo on 75 minutes.
79' Real Salt Lake player sees a card in front of him.
83' Djordje Mihailovic makes way for Lalas Abubakar at the 83 minute mark. A tactical switch from Colorado Rapids SC.
85' Cristian Arango is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
88' What a moment for Carlos Gomez! That strike on 88 puts his side firmly in control.
90' It’s gonna be a card for Carlos Gomez.
90' Diego Luna makes way for Maikel Chang at the 90 minute mark. A tactical switch from Real Salt Lake.
The referee brings this contest to a close. Real Salt Lake take all three points.

Lineups

Real Salt Lake Lineups

Starting XI

9
Cristian Arango
15
Justen Glad
2
Andrew Brody ↓ Philip Quinton 90'
98
Alexandros Katranis ↓ Bryan Oviedo 75'
18
Zac MacMath
6
Braian Ojeda ↓ Nelson Palacio 60'
4
Brayan Vera
8
Diego Luna ↓ Maikel Chang 90'
11
Carlos Gomez
14
Emeka Eneli
25
Matt Crooks ↓ Anderson Julio 60'

Bench

3
Bryan Oviedo ↑ 75'
16
Maikel Chang ↑ 90'
29
Anderson Julio ↑ 60'
26
Philip Quinton ↑ 90'
35
Gavin Beavers
27
Bertin Jacquesson
13
Nelson Palacio ↑ 60'
17
Fidel Barajas

Coach Pablo Mastroeni

Colorado Rapids SC Lineups

Starting XI

2
Keegan Rosenberry
10
Djordje Mihailovic ↓ Lalas Abubakar 83'
23
Cole Bassett
95
Zack Steffen
5
Andreas Maxso
3
Sam Vines
11
Omir Fernandez
9
Rafael Navarro ↓ Darren Yapi 71'
14
Calvin Harris ↓ Kevin Cabral 66'
18
Oliver Larraz ↓ Jasper Loffelsend 71'
64
Moise Bombito

Bench

Coach Chris Armas

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
Lalas Abubakar	3

Head to Head

Real Salt Lake Form

2024-05-19 Real Salt Lake 5–3 Colorado Rapids SC W 2024-05-16 Real Salt Lake 2–0 Seattle Sounders FC W 2024-05-12 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–2 Real Salt Lake D 2024-05-05 Real Salt Lake 1–0 Sporting Kansas City W 2024-04-27 Philadelphia Union 1–2 Real Salt Lake W 2024-04-21 Chicago Fire FC 0–4 Real Salt Lake W

Colorado Rapids SC Form

2024-05-19 Real Salt Lake 5–3 Colorado Rapids SC L 2024-05-16 Colorado Rapids SC 1–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC W 2024-05-12 Colorado Rapids SC 2–3 San Jose Earthquakes L 2024-05-05 New York City FC 0–2 Colorado Rapids SC W 2024-04-27 FC Cincinnati 2–1 Colorado Rapids SC L 2024-04-21 Colorado Rapids SC 2–1 FC Dallas W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

2.14 Real Salt Lake xG

Expected Goals

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

1.51 Colorado Rapids SC xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 69% + Both teams to score 68%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Real Salt Lake55% Draw22% Colorado Rapids SC23%

Actual: Real Salt Lake win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes68% 0% No32%

Avg goals/match: 3.65

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	88%	12%
± 2.5	69%	31%
± 3.5	49%	51%
± 4.5	30%	70%

Double Chance

Real Salt Lake or Draw

77%

Draw or Colorado Rapids SC

45%

Real Salt Lake or Colorado Rapids SC

78%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Real Salt Lake38% Draw39% Colorado Rapids SC23%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✗ 5–3 not predicted

5 – 3

Actual

1 – 1

9.2%

2 – 1

8.7%

2 – 2

6.5%

1 – 2

6.2%

3 – 1

6.1%

2 – 0

1 – 0

5.1%

3 – 2

4.6%

3 – 0

4.2%

0 – 0

3.9%

0 – 1

3.4%

4 – 1

3.3%

Asian Handicap — Real Salt Lake

Handicap	Real Salt Lake covers	Push	Colorado Rapids SC covers
-2.5	16%	—	84%
-2	16%	15%	69%
-1.5	31%	—	69%
-1	31%	20%	49%
-0.5	51%	—	49%
+0.5	74%	—	26%
+1	74%	14%	12%
+1.5	88%	—	12%
+2	88%	8%	5%
+2.5	95%	—	5%

Clean Sheet

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet

23% ✓

Colorado Rapids SC keeps clean sheet

13% ✓

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