Wednesday , 30 September 2026

Real Salt Lake vs Colorado Rapids SC, MLS 2025 REGULAR SEASON

MLS · 2025
Real Salt Lake
1 – 0
Full Time
Colorado Rapids SC
Sun 5 Oct 2025 · 01:30 UTC America First Field HT 45' · FT 45'
Braian Ojeda 90' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Real Salt Lake vs Colorado Rapids SC — MLS at America First Field.

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
2025-10-05 Real Salt Lake 1–0 Colorado Rapids SC 2025-05-18 Colorado Rapids SC 1–0 Real Salt Lake 2024-07-21 Colorado Rapids SC 3–2 Real Salt Lake 2024-05-19 Real Salt Lake 5–3 Colorado Rapids SC 2024-03-10 Real Salt Lake 1–2 Colorado Rapids SC

Recent Form

Real Salt Lake
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
05 Oct Colorado Rapids SC H 1–0 W
28 Sep Austin FC H 3–1 W
22 Sep Los Angeles FC A 1–4 L
18 Sep Los Angeles FC H 1–4 L
14 Sep Sporting Kansas City H 2–1 W
24 Aug Minnesota United FC H 1–3 L
Colorado Rapids SC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
05 Oct Real Salt Lake A 0–1 L
28 Sep Minnesota United FC H 1–1 D
21 Sep FC Dallas A 1–3 L
14 Sep Houston Dynamo H 2–1 W
31 Aug Sporting Kansas City A 2–4 L
24 Aug Los Angeles Galaxy A 0–3 L

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' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for Real Salt Lake to score. At the same time, Colorado Rapids SC does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
  • 5' Connor Ronan has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
  • 10' Real Salt Lake started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 10.
  • 15' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 15 minutes.
  • 20' Colorado Rapids SC looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Wayne Frederick scoring 1 goals.
  • 25' 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.
  • 30' Colorado Rapids SC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
  • 35' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Real Salt Lake and Colorado Rapids SC are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
  • 39' What a strike from Diogo Goncalves! The score is 1-0.
  • 44' Real Salt Lake are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Colorado Rapids SC's shape.
  • 49' Colorado Rapids SC have won 400 goals from 279 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
  • 54' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
  • 59' Colorado Rapids SC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 61' The crowd applauds Rafael Santos as he leaves the pitch. Sam Vines steps in for Colorado Rapids SC.
  • 66' Real Salt Lake is showing some good football. However, Real Salt Lake are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 69' Colorado Rapids SC ring the changes. Joshua Atencio has done his job and it is now time for Oliver Larraz to step up.
  • 70' Willy Agada is ready to make an impact after coming on for Diogo Goncalves at the 70 minute mark.
  • 75' The crowd applauds Calvin Harris as he leaves the pitch. Darren Yapi steps in for Colorado Rapids SC.
  • 80' Colorado Rapids SC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 2 meetings.
  • 82' Fresh legs for Real Salt Lake! Sam Junqua comes on to replace Alexandros Katranis.
  • 87' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
  • 88' Emeka Eneli is ready to make an impact after coming on for Diego Luna at the 88 minute mark.
  • 90' Braian Ojeda has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a card on 90.
  • 90' The whistle greets Victor Olatunji as he departs to be replaced by Ariath Piol.
  • Game over. The scoreline of 1-0 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

Lineups

Real Salt Lake Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Pablo Mastroeni

Colorado Rapids SC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Chris Armas

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
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

2025-10-05 Real Salt Lake 1–0 Colorado Rapids SC 2025-05-18 Colorado Rapids SC 1–0 Real Salt Lake 2024-07-21 Colorado Rapids SC 3–2 Real Salt Lake 2024-05-19 Real Salt Lake 5–3 Colorado Rapids SC 2024-03-10 Real Salt Lake 1–2 Colorado Rapids SC

Real Salt Lake Form

2025-10-05 Real Salt Lake 1–0 Colorado Rapids SC W 2025-09-28 Real Salt Lake 3–1 Austin FC W 2025-09-22 Los Angeles FC 4–1 Real Salt Lake L 2025-09-18 Real Salt Lake 1–4 Los Angeles FC L 2025-09-14 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Sporting Kansas City W 2025-08-24 Real Salt Lake 1–3 Minnesota United FC L

Colorado Rapids SC Form

2025-10-05 Real Salt Lake 1–0 Colorado Rapids SC L 2025-09-28 Colorado Rapids SC 1–1 Minnesota United FC D 2025-09-21 FC Dallas 3–1 Colorado Rapids SC L 2025-09-14 Colorado Rapids SC 2–1 Houston Dynamo W 2025-08-31 Sporting Kansas City 4–2 Colorado Rapids SC L 2025-08-24 Los Angeles Galaxy 3–0 Colorado Rapids SC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
1 / 4
1.76 Real Salt Lake xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.39 Colorado Rapids SC xG
I would bet for: Both teams to score 62% + Over 2.5 goals 60%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Real Salt Lake47% Draw25% Colorado Rapids SC28%
Actual: Real Salt Lake win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong
Yes62% 0% No38%
Avg goals/match: 3.15
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 94%
6%
± 1.5 82%
18%
± 2.5 60%
40%
± 3.5 39%
61%
± 4.5 22%
78%

Double Chance

Real Salt Lake or Draw
72%
Draw or Colorado Rapids SC
53%
Real Salt Lake or Colorado Rapids SC
75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Real Salt Lake34% Draw43% Colorado Rapids SC23%
Actual: Real Salt Lake win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
11.3%
2 – 1
8.9%
1 – 2
7%
1 – 0
Actual
2 – 0
6.6%
2 – 2
6.2%
0 – 0
5.9%
3 – 1
5.2%
0 – 1
5.1%
0 – 2
4.1%
3 – 0
3.8%
3 – 2
3.7%

Asian Handicap — Real Salt Lake

Handicap Real Salt Lake covers Push Colorado Rapids SC covers
-2.5 11% — 89%
-2 11% 14% 75%
-1.5 25% — 75%
-1 25% 20% 55%
-0.5 45% — 55%
+0.5 71% — 29%
+1 71% 16% 14%
+1.5 86% — 14%
+2 86% 9% 5%
+2.5 95% — 5%

Clean Sheet

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet
26% ✗
Colorado Rapids SC keeps clean sheet
18% ✓

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