Thursday , 2 July 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 14 33
2 Internacional CF Miami 15 31
3 Chicago Fire FC 14 26
4 New England Revolution 14 25
5 New York Red Bulls 15 22
6 Charlotte FC 15 21
7 FC Cincinnati 15 20
8 New York City FC 15 19
9 D.C. United SC 15 18
10 Columbus Crew SC 15 16
11 Toronto FC 14 14
12 Montreal Impact FC 14 14
13 Orlando City SC 15 14
14 Atlanta United FC 14 11
15 Philadelphia Union 15 7
16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 14 32
17 San Jose Earthquakes 15 32
18 Real Salt Lake 14 26
19 FC Dallas 15 25
20 Los Angeles FC 15 24
21 Seattle Sounders FC 13 24
22 Houston Dynamo 14 22
23 Minnesota United FC 15 22
24 Los Angeles Galaxy 15 20
25 San Diego FC 15 17
26 Colorado Rapids SC 15 16
27 St. Louis City 14 16
28 Portland Timbers 14 14
29 Austin FC 15 14
30 Sporting Kansas City 14 11

Head-to-Head

14
3
5
Real Salt Lake 22 games · Avg 3.5 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
#18 Position #26
26 Points 16
14 Played 15
8 / 2 / 4 W / D / L 5 / 1 / 9
26 Scored 25
19 Conceded 24
+7 GD +1
1.86 PPG 1.07
57% Win % 33%

Key Stats

55% Both Teams to Score
H2H (22 games)
68% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
14% Clean Sheets
Real Salt Lake this season
20% Clean Sheets
Colorado Rapids SC this season

Real Salt Lake are 18th (26 pts). Colorado Rapids SC are 26th (16 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Real Salt Lake
0-15
4/3
16-30
2/2
31-45
3/1
46-60
3/1
61-75
2/1
76+
2/5
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Colorado Rapids SC
0-15
3/2
16-30
2/3
31-45
1/3
46-60
4/–
61-75
2/4
76+
1/4
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

  • 0' And we are off! Real Salt Lake vs Colorado Rapids SC — let the football do the talking.
  • 5' Over 5 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
  • 10' Diego Luna needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 1 Red cards this season.
  • 15' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Real Salt Lake side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
  • 20' Real Salt Lake have won 417 goals from 280 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
  • 25' Real Salt Lake are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Colorado Rapids SC backline.
  • 30' 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.
  • 35' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
  • 39' What a strike from Diogo Goncalves! The score is 1-0.
  • 44' Connor Ronan has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
  • 49' Supporters expect more eagerness from Rafael Navarro, as he is very good at scoring at America First Field with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
  • 54' Both keepers have barely been tested. Real Salt Lake and Colorado Rapids SC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
  • 59' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Real Salt Lake and Colorado Rapids SC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
  • 61' Fresh legs for Colorado Rapids SC! Sam Vines comes on to replace Rafael Santos.
  • 66' Real Salt Lake are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
  • 69' The supporters are chanting for Oliver Larraz. He replaces Joshua Atencio on 69 minute.
  • 70' It is a substitution in Real Salt Lake team. Diogo Goncalves is replaced by Willy Agada on 70 minute.
  • 75' The supporters are chanting for Darren Yapi. He replaces Calvin Harris on 75 minute.
  • 80' Colorado Rapids SC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
  • 82' Real Salt Lake manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Sam Junqua is hanging Alexandros Katranis on the field on 82 minute.
  • 87' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
  • 88' Another substitution for Real Salt Lake to replace Diego Luna by Emeka Eneli on 88 minute.
  • 90' Braian Ojeda has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a card on 90.
  • 90' Real Salt Lake make a change. Victor Olatunji trudges off to be replaced by Ariath Piol on 90 minutes.
  • The referee brings this contest to a close. Real Salt Lake take all three points.

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
Damir Kreilach 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
2.06 Real Salt Lake xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.37 Colorado Rapids SC xG
I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 65% + Both teams to score 65%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Real Salt Lake52% Draw23% Colorado Rapids SC25%
Actual: Real Salt Lake win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong
Yes65% 0% No35%
Avg goals/match: 3.43
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 95%
5%
± 1.5 85%
15%
± 2.5 65%
35%
± 3.5 44%
56%
± 4.5 26%
74%

Double Chance

Real Salt Lake or Draw
75%
Draw or Colorado Rapids SC
48%
Real Salt Lake or Colorado Rapids SC
77%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Real Salt Lake39% Draw40% Colorado Rapids SC21%
Actual: Real Salt Lake win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
10%
2 – 1
9.1%
2 – 0
6.9%
3 – 1
6.2%
2 – 2
6.2%
1 – 0
Actual
1 – 2
6.1%
0 – 0
4.7%
3 – 0
4.6%
3 – 2
4.3%
0 – 1
3.8%
4 – 1
3.2%

Asian Handicap — Real Salt Lake

Handicap Real Salt Lake covers Push Colorado Rapids SC covers
-2.5 15% — 85%
-2 15% 16% 69%
-1.5 31% — 69%
-1 31% 21% 48%
-0.5 52% — 48%
+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
26% ✗
Colorado Rapids SC keeps clean sheet
14% ✓

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