Real Salt Lake vs New York City FC, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2026

Real Salt Lake

3 – 1

Full Time

New York City FC

Sun 4 Aug 2019 · 02:00 UTC HT 45+3' · FT 45+5'

Y 27' James Sands

Everton Luiz 45' Y

Kyle Beckerman 68' Y

Y 74' Alexander Ring

Y 90' Ronald Matarrita

Overview

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Real Salt Lake vs New York City FC — MLS .

Real Salt Lake 27 games · 32 pts (2026/26)
New York City FC 27 games · 33 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Brian Poeschel
Referee Mike Kampmeinert
Referee Alejandro Mariscal
Referee Timothy Ford
Referee David Barrie

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 5 games · Avg 3.2 goals New York City FC

Last 5 meetings

2019-08-04 Real Salt Lake 3–1 New York City FC 2018-04-11 New York City FC 4–0 Real Salt Lake

Recent Form

Real Salt Lake

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
04 Aug	New York City FC	H	3–1	W
28 Jul	FC Dallas	A	0–0	D
21 Jul	Minnesota United FC	H	1–1	D
14 Jul	Philadelphia Union	H	4–0	W
07 Jul	San Jose Earthquakes	A	0–1	L
04 Jul	Columbus Crew SC	H	1–0	W

New York City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
04 Aug	Real Salt Lake	A	1–3	L
26 Jul	Sporting Kansas City	H	3–1	W
21 Jul	Colorado Rapids SC	A	2–1	W
14 Jul	New York Red Bulls	A	1–2	L
07 Jul	Portland Timbers	H	0–1	L
03 Jul	Seattle Sounders FC	H	3–0	W

Season Stats

Real Salt Lake		New York City FC
#27	Position	#8
32	Points	33
27	Played	27
9 / 5 / 13	W / D / L	8 / 9 / 10
40	Scored	41
44	Conceded	36
-4	GD	+5
1.19	PPG	1.22
33%	Win %	30%

Key Stats

20% Both Teams to Score
H2H (5 games)

60% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

11% Clean Sheets
Real Salt Lake this season

19% Clean Sheets
New York City FC this season

Real Salt Lake are 27th (32 pts). New York City FC are 8th (33 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

New York City FC

0-15

5/2

16-30

4/4

31-45

5/5

46-60

4/4

61-75

4/6

76+

2/7

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Real Salt Lake

Sergi Solans	11 G	3 A
Zavier Gozo	6 G	3 A

New York City FC

Nicolas Fernandez Marcau	15 G	4 A
Agustin Ojeda	5 G	5 A
Hannes Wolf	5 G	1 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, New York City FC does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
4' Alexander Ring is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
9' The 35-year-old Ben Sweat has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
14' Corey Baird has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
17' Time for substitution for New York City FC. Ben Sweat is replaced by Sebastien Ibeagha.
22' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
27' A meaty challenge results in booking for James Sands on 27.
32' New York City FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
37' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Jefferson Savarino makes it 1-1.
42' It is a cagey affair so far. Real Salt Lake in their trying to find a way past New York City FC's compact .
45' The referee has no hesitation. Everton Luiz is booked for Real Salt Lake — Yellow card on 45.
50' Justen Glad has been relatively quiet despite scoring 12 goals in his last 287 appearances.
55' New York City FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
60' Over 60 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
64' The New York City FC manager makes a substitution. Valentin Castellanos departs to be replaced by Keaton Parks.
68' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Kyle Beckerman.
73' USA international Sean Johnson has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
74' The referee calls foul for Alexander Ring. He receives a Yellow card.
75' Real Salt Lake is taking the lead after the goal scored by Albert Rusnak on 75.
76' Sebastian Saucedo is replacing Corey Baird for the Real Salt Lake side.
78' A change in the New York City FC ranks — Ebenezer Ofori exits the field as Gary Mackay-Steven enters on 78.
80' A tactical swap from Real Salt Lake — Nick Besler on, Kyle Beckerman off on 80 minutes.
83' Joao Plata has so much to prove this time. He replaces Albert Rusnak on 83 minute.
88' Assisted by Jefferson Savarino with the perfectly-timed delivery and Nick Besler makes no mistake. 3-1!
90' Controversy at the stadium! Ronald Matarrita argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for Real Salt Lake players.

Lineups

Real Salt Lake Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Mike Petke

New York City FC Lineups

Starting XI

12
Ebenezer Ofori ↓ Gary Mackay-Steven 78'
3
Anton Tinnerholm
11
Valentin Castellanos ↓ Keaton Parks 64'
22
Ronald Matarrita
4
Maxime Chanot
8
Alexander Ring C
2
Ben Sweat ↓ Sebastien Ibeagha 17'
1
Sean Johnson
16
James Sands
28
Alexandru Mitrita
9
Heber

Bench

Coach Domenec Torrent

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Valentin Castellanos	5
Thiago	2
Maxi Moralez	1
Nicolas Fernandez Marcau	1
Ebenezer Ofori	1
Luighi Hanri	1
Jo Inge Berget	1
Ismael Tajouri	1

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

1.72 Real Salt Lake xG

Expected Goals

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

1.54 New York City FC xG

I would bet for: Real Salt Lake or New York City FC 75% + Both teams to score 65%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Real Salt Lake45% Draw25% New York City FC30%

Actual: Real Salt Lake win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes65% 0% No35%

Avg goals/match: 3.26

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	84%	16%
± 2.5	62%	38%
± 3.5	41%	59%
± 4.5	24%	76%

Double Chance

Real Salt Lake or Draw

70%

Draw or New York City FC

55%

Real Salt Lake or New York City FC

75%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Real Salt Lake31% Draw42% New York City FC27%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11%

2 – 1

8.4%

1 – 2

7.5%

2 – 2

6.5%

1 – 0

5.9%

2 – 0

5.6%

0 – 0

5.4%

0 – 1

5.2%

3 – 1

Actual

0 – 2

4.6%

1 – 3

3.9%

3 – 2

3.8%

Asian Handicap — Real Salt Lake

Handicap	Real Salt Lake covers	Push	New York City FC covers
-2.5	9%	—	91%
-2	9%	13%	78%
-1.5	22%	—	78%
-1	22%	19%	59%
-0.5	41%	—	59%
+0.5	66%	—	34%
+1	66%	17%	17%
+1.5	83%	—	17%
+2	83%	10%	7%
+2.5	93%	—	7%

Clean Sheet

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet

22% ✓

New York City FC keeps clean sheet

19% ✓

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

Real Salt Lake vs New York City FC, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

Overview

Match Preview

Match Details

Standings

Head-to-Head

Recent Form

Season Stats

Key Stats

Goal Timing (This Season)

Top Scorers (This Season)

Events

Match Events

Lineups

Real Salt Lake Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

New York City FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Head to Head

Real Salt Lake Form

New York City FC Form

Predictions

Match Result

Both Teams to Score

Over / Under Goals

Double Chance

Half-Time Result

Correct Score

Asian Handicap — Real Salt Lake

Clean Sheet