Real Salt Lake vs FC Cincinnati, MLS 2025 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Real Salt Lake vs FC Cincinnati — MLS at America First Field.
- Real Salt Lake 14 games · 26 pts (2026/26)
- FC Cincinnati 15 games · 20 pts (2026/26)
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
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 20 Jul FC Cincinnati H 0–1 L 17 Jul Portland Timbers A 1–0 W 13 Jul Houston Dynamo H 1–0 W 06 Jul St. Louis City H 3–2 W 29 Jun Sporting Kansas City A 1–1 D 15 Jun D.C. United SC H 2–0 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 20 Jul Real Salt Lake A 1–0 W 16 Jul Internacional CF Miami H 3–0 W 13 Jul Columbus Crew SC H 2–4 L 05 Jul Chicago Fire FC H 2–1 W 28 Jun Orlando City SC A 2–1 W 25 Jun Montreal Impact FC A 3–1 W Season Stats
Real Salt Lake FC Cincinnati #18 Position #7 26 Points 20 14 Played 15 8 / 2 / 4 W / D / L 5 / 5 / 5 26 Scored 36 19 Conceded 37 +7 GD -1 1.86 PPG 1.33 57% Win % 33% Key Stats
33% Both Teams to Score
H2H (3 games)67% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history14% Clean Sheets
Real Salt Lake this season27% Clean Sheets
FC Cincinnati this seasonReal Salt Lake are 18th (26 pts). FC Cincinnati are 7th (20 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Real Salt Lake0-154/316-302/231-453/146-603/161-752/176+2/5■ Scored ■ ConcededFC Cincinnati0-151/116-302/531-457/346-603/461-752/176+8/3■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for Real Salt Lake to score. At the same time, FC Cincinnati does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
- 5' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 10' FC Cincinnati is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 15' It’s high time Pat Noonan made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 16' A meaty challenge results in booking for Corey Baird on 16.
- 21' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 26' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 27' FC Cincinnati receives a card for a hard tackle on 27.
- 31' That looks like a foul for a card for Alexandros Katranis.
- 36' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 39' A meaty challenge results in booking for Brayan Vera on 39.
- 42' A meaty challenge results in booking for Gilberto Flores on 42.
- 46' The supporters are chanting for Sam Junqua. He replaces Alexandros Katranis on 46 minute.
- 51' Pavel Bucha has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 8 appearances with only 1 goals this season.
- 56' FC Cincinnati started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 56.
- 61' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 62' Another substitution for Real Salt Lake to replace Pablo Ruiz by Emeka Eneli on 62 minute.
- 63' The supporters are chanting for Luca Orellano. He replaces Gerardo Valenzuela on 63 minute.
- 68' Luca Orellano needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 71' Another substitution for Real Salt Lake to replace Zavier Gozo by Johnny Russell on 71 minute.
- 73' The referee shows FC Cincinnati player a card on 73.
- 74' Another change for FC Cincinnati made on 74 minute. Roman Celentano leaves to be changed by Sergio Santos.
- 79' It looks like no one’s ball. Real Salt Lake is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 84' 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.
- 85' Matt Miazga has so much to prove this time. He replaces Lukas Engel on 85 minute.
- 87' What a strike from Luca Orellano! The score is 0-1.
- The referee blows the final whistle. Sensational lose for Real Salt Lake.
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Lineups
Real Salt Lake Lineups
Starting XI
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7
Pablo Ruiz ↓ Emeka Eneli 62'
- 15
- 98
- 6
- 4
- 8
- 1
- 92
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72
Zavier Gozo ↓ Johnny Russell 71'
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23
Ariath Piol ↓ Willy Agada 63'
Bench
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77
Johnny Russell ↑ 71'
- 31
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29
Sam Junqua ↑ 46'
- 19
- 26
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14
Emeka Eneli ↑ 62'
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9
Willy Agada ↑ 63'
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- 36
Coach Pablo MastroeniFC Cincinnati Lineups
Starting XI
- 10
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11
Corey Baird ↓ Kei Kamara 63'
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2
Alvas Powell ↓ DeAndre Yedlin 63'
- 12
- 20
- 16
- 27
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18
Roman Celentano ↓ Sergio Santos 74'
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29
Lukas Engel ↓ Matt Miazga 85'
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Bench
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91
DeAndre Yedlin ↑ 63'
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21
Matt Miazga ↑ 85'
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- 14
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85
Kei Kamara ↑ 63'
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23
Luca Orellano ↑ 63'
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17
Sergio Santos ↑ 74'
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Coach Pat Noonan -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Albert Rusnak 2 Brenner da Silva 2 Sam Johnson 1 Maikel Chang Ramirez 1 Luca Orellano 1 Head to Head
Real Salt Lake Form
FC Cincinnati Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy1 / 42.15 Real Salt Lake xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.55 FC Cincinnati xGI would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 70% + Both teams to score 69%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: FC Cincinnati winBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 3.7Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✗ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 96% 4% ± 1.5 88% 12% ± 2.5 70% 30% ± 3.5 50% 50% ± 4.5 31% 69% Double Chance
Real Salt Lake or Draw 70%Draw or FC Cincinnati 54%Real Salt Lake or FC Cincinnati 75%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 9.1%2 – 1 8.6%2 – 2 6.6%1 – 2 6.2%3 – 1 6.1%2 – 0 5.8%1 – 0 4.8%3 – 2 4.7%3 – 0 4%0 – 0 3.7%2 – 3 3.4%0 – 1 ActualAsian Handicap — Real Salt Lake
Handicap Real Salt Lake covers Push FC Cincinnati covers -2.5 15% — 85% -2 15% 15% 70% -1.5 30% — 70% -1 30% 20% 50% -0.5 50% — 50% +0.5 73% — 27% +1 73% 14% 13% +1.5 87% — 13% +2 87% 8% 5% +2.5 95% — 5% Clean Sheet
Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet 22% ✓FC Cincinnati keeps clean sheet 13% ✗Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.