Thursday , 2 July 2026

Real Salt Lake vs Colorado Rapids SC, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

MLS · 2026
Real Salt Lake
2 – 1
Full Time
Colorado Rapids SC
Sun 17 May 2026 · 01:30 UTC Rio Tinto Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'
0–1 6' Wayne Frederick
Zavier Gozo 36' 1–1
Sergi Solans 68' 2–1
Y 34' Hamzat Ojediran
Y 67' Joshua Atencio
Y 73' Reggie Cannon
Sam Junqua 75' Y
Zavier Gozo 81' Y
DeAndre Yedlin 90' Y

Overview

Match Preview

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

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
2026-05-17 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Colorado Rapids SC 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

Recent Form

Real Salt Lake
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
17 May Colorado Rapids SC H 2–1 W
14 May Houston Dynamo H 3–0 W
10 May FC Dallas A 1–3 L
02 May Portland Timbers H 2–0 W
26 Apr Los Angeles Galaxy A 1–2 L
23 Apr Internacional CF Miami H 0–2 L
Colorado Rapids SC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
17 May Real Salt Lake A 1–2 L
14 May Minnesota United FC A 1–0 W
10 May St. Louis City H 0–1 L
03 May Houston Dynamo A 0–1 L
26 Apr Vancouver Whitecaps FC A 1–3 L
23 Apr Los Angeles FC A 0–0 D

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' Welcome to Rio Tinto Stadium that hosts another battle between Real Salt Lake and Colorado Rapids SC.
  • 5' Jackson Travis needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
  • 6' GOAL! Wayne Frederick scores on 6. Assisted by Paxten Aaronson
  • 11' Georgi Minoungou has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 16 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
  • 16' It looks surprising Real Salt Lake does not make any changes. Aiden Hezarkhani has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 21' Supporters expect more eagerness from Nick Defreitas-Hansen, as he is very good at scoring at Rio Tinto Stadium with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
  • 26' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Sergi Solans made 280 appearances and scored 4 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • 31' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Real Salt Lake needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 34' It’s a booking for Colorado Rapids SC player. Hamzat Ojediran gets a card.
  • 36' Goal! Zavier Gozo scores his 9 goal in 280 matches.
  • 41' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Colorado Rapids SC that had 272 games and scored 394 goals.
  • 46' Real Salt Lake started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 46.
  • 51' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 56' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Colorado Rapids SC winning 0% of all matches.
  • 61' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 61 minutes.
  • 66' 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.
  • 67' That looks like a foul for a card for Joshua Atencio.
  • 68' Goal! Sergi Solans scores his 4 goal in 280 matches.
  • 73' It’s gonna be a card for Reggie Cannon.
  • 75' Sam Junqua is having his name booked by the referee on 75.
  • 80' 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.
  • 81' The referee calls foul for Zavier Gozo. He receives a card.
  • 86' 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.
  • 90' DeAndre Yedlin is having his name booked by the referee on 90.
  • The final score is 2-1.

Lineups

Real Salt Lake Lineups

5-4-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Pablo Mastroeni

Colorado Rapids SC Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Matt Wells

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
Joao Plata 3

Head to Head

2026-05-17 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Colorado Rapids SC 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

Real Salt Lake Form

2026-05-17 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Colorado Rapids SC W 2026-05-14 Real Salt Lake 3–0 Houston Dynamo W 2026-05-10 FC Dallas 3–1 Real Salt Lake L 2026-05-02 Real Salt Lake 2–0 Portland Timbers W 2026-04-26 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–1 Real Salt Lake L 2026-04-23 Real Salt Lake 0–2 Internacional CF Miami L

Colorado Rapids SC Form

2026-05-17 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Colorado Rapids SC L 2026-05-14 Minnesota United FC 0–1 Colorado Rapids SC W 2026-05-10 Colorado Rapids SC 0–1 St. Louis City L 2026-05-03 Houston Dynamo 1–0 Colorado Rapids SC L 2026-04-26 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 3–1 Colorado Rapids SC L 2026-04-23 Los Angeles FC 0–0 Colorado Rapids SC D

Predictions

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

Match Result

✓ Correct
Real Salt Lake54% Draw24% Colorado Rapids SC22%
Actual: Real Salt Lake win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes60% 0% No40%
Avg goals/match: 3.14
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 94%
6%
± 1.5 82%
18%
± 2.5 60%
40%
± 3.5 38%
62%
± 4.5 21%
79%

Double Chance

Real Salt Lake or Draw
78%
Draw or Colorado Rapids SC
46%
Real Salt Lake or Colorado Rapids SC
76%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Real Salt Lake39% Draw42% Colorado Rapids SC19%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
10.9%
2 – 1
Actual
2 – 0
8.1%
1 – 0
7.8%
3 – 1
6.1%
0 – 0
5.9%
1 – 2
5.8%
2 – 2
5.6%
3 – 0
5.2%
0 – 1
4.4%
3 – 2
3.7%
0 – 2
3.1%

Asian Handicap — Real Salt Lake

Handicap Real Salt Lake covers Push Colorado Rapids SC covers
-2.5 15% — 85%
-2 15% 16% 68%
-1.5 32% — 68%
-1 32% 22% 46%
-0.5 54% — 46%
+0.5 78% — 22%
+1 78% 13% 9%
+1.5 91% — 9%
+2 91% 6% 3%
+2.5 97% — 3%

Clean Sheet

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet
31% ✓
Colorado Rapids SC keeps clean sheet
15% ✓

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