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

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MLS · 2026

Real Salt Lake

0 – 2

Full Time

New York City FC

Sun 13 Sep 2026 · 01:30 UTC Rio Tinto Stadium 20,293 HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 41' Nicolas Fernandez Marcau

0–2 61' Luighi Hanri

Alexandros Katranis 64' Y

Rodrigues Lineker 69' Y

Y 81' Kevin O'Toole

Y 90' Matt Freese

Overview

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Real Salt Lake vs New York City FC — MLS at Rio Tinto Stadium.

Real Salt Lake 29 games · 33 pts (2026/26)
New York City FC 29 games · 33 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Assistant 1 Cameron Blanchard (USA)
Assistant 2

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	29	66
2	Internacional CF Miami	29	52
3	New England Revolution	29	49
4	Chicago Fire FC	29	48
5	Charlotte FC	29	46
6	Philadelphia Union	29	45
7	Orlando City SC	29	38
8	FC Cincinnati	28	36
9	New York Red Bulls	29	36
10	New York City FC	29	33
11	Toronto FC	29	33
12	D.C. United SC	28	33
13	Columbus Crew SC	29	32
14	Atlanta United FC	29	30
15	Montreal Impact FC	29	24
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	29	52
17	St. Louis City	29	51
18	FC Dallas	29	50
19	San Jose Earthquakes	29	47
20	Houston Dynamo	29	46
21	Los Angeles FC	30	45
22	Seattle Sounders FC	29	41
23	Los Angeles Galaxy	30	39
24	Colorado Rapids SC	29	38
25	San Diego FC	29	33
26	Portland Timbers	29	33
27	Real Salt Lake	29	33
28	Minnesota United FC	29	31
29	Austin FC	29	31
30	Sporting Kansas City	29	22

Head-to-Head

Real Salt Lake 5 games · Avg 3.2 goals New York City FC

Last 5 meetings

2026-09-13 Real Salt Lake 0–2 New York City FC 2023-06-11 Real Salt Lake 0–0 New York City FC 2022-04-17 New York City FC 6–0 Real Salt Lake 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
13 Sep	New York City FC	H	0–2	L
10 Sep	Houston Dynamo	A	1–2	L
06 Sep	Los Angeles FC	H	2–2	D
30 Aug	Colorado Rapids SC	A	0–1	L
22 Aug	Orlando City SC	A	1–2	L
20 Aug	FC Dallas	H	3–4	L

New York City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
13 Sep	Real Salt Lake	A	2–0	W
10 Sep	New England Revolution	H	1–2	L
04 Sep	Nashville SC	H	0–0	D
29 Aug	Toronto FC	A	1–1	D
23 Aug	New England Revolution	A	1–1	D
19 Aug	FC Cincinnati	A	1–2	L

Season Stats

Real Salt Lake		New York City FC
#27	Position	#10
33	Points	33
29	Played	29
9 / 6 / 14	W / D / L	8 / 9 / 12
42	Scored	42
47	Conceded	40
-5	GD	+2
1.14	PPG	1.14
31%	Win %	28%

Key Stats

20% Both Teams to Score
H2H (5 games)

60% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

10% Clean Sheets
Real Salt Lake this season

17% Clean Sheets
New York City FC this season

Real Salt Lake are 27th (33 pts). New York City FC are 10th (33 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Real Salt Lake

0-15

5/6

16-30

4/5

31-45

5/6

46-60

5/6

61-75

5/7

76+

8/11

■ Scored ■ Conceded

New York City FC

0-15

5/2

16-30

5/5

31-45

5/6

46-60

4/5

61-75

4/6

76+

2/8

■ 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' It’s Showtime! The match between Real Salt Lake and New York City FC is underway.
5' With 0 assists to his name this season, Alonso Martinez is clearly more than just a goal scorer for New York City FC.
10' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Pascal Jansen will be considering his options from the bench.
15' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering New York City FC that had 300 games and scored 468 goals.
20' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
25' New York City FC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
30' It looks surprising New York City FC does not make any changes. DeAndre Yedlin has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
35' Nicolas Fernandez Marcau is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for New York City FC tonight.
40' Both keepers have barely been tested. Real Salt Lake and New York City FC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
41' Nicolas Fernandez Marcau makes no mistake. The score reads 0-1 and New York City FC are in front.
46' Real Salt Lake are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
51' 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.
56' The travelling New York City FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
57' Kobi Henry gets the nod from Real Salt Lake. He replaces Juan Arias and will look to change the dynamic.
61' Brilliant from the ! Luighi Hanri makes it 0-2 with a superb finish on 61.
62' Magnificent from Luighi Hanri! That is 5 goals in 398 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
64' Alexandros Katranis has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a card on 64.
67' Another substitution for Real Salt Lake to replace Sergi Solans by Rodrigues Lineker on 67 minute.
69' That is a card for Real Salt Lake. Rodrigues Lineker will be fuming at that decision.
72' New York City FC make a change. Luighi Hanri trudges off to be replaced by Benie Traore on 72 minutes.
76' Real Salt Lake make a change. Morgan Guilavogui trudges off to be replaced by Taylor Booth on 76 minutes.
80' Kevin O'Toole gets the nod from New York City FC. He replaces Nico Cavallo and will look to change the dynamic.
81' The referee has no hesitation. Kevin O'Toole is booked for New York City FC — card on 81.
86' The home supporters are growing impatient. Real Salt Lake must find a spark to ignite this game.
88' Alonso Martinez is replacing Hannes Wolf for the New York City FC side.
90' The referee has no hesitation. Matt Freese is booked for New York City FC — card on 90.
What a match! Full time at {STADIUM} — Real Salt Lake 0-2 New York City FC.

Lineups

Real Salt Lake Lineups

5-4-1

Starting XI

2
DeAndre Yedlin
98
Alexandros Katranis
9
Morgan Guilavogui ↓ Taylor Booth 76'
8
Juan Sanabria
26
Philip Quinton ↓ Aiden Hezarkhani 67'
1
Rafael Cabral
92
Noel Caliskan
21
Juan Arias ↓ Kobi Henry 57'
12
Saba Lobzhanidze
34
Luca Moisa ↓ Colin Guske 57'
22
Sergi Solans ↓ Rodrigues Lineker 67'

Bench

31
Mason Stajduhar
18
Taylor Booth ↑ 76'
14
Emeka Eneli
25
Colin Guske ↑ 57'
3
Kobi Henry ↑ 57'
39
Aiden Hezarkhani ↑ 67'
13
Jason Shokalook
77
Ruben Mesalles
70
Rodrigues Lineker ↑ 67'

Coach Pablo Mastroeni

New York City FC Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Pascal Jansen

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Valentin Castellanos	5
Thiago	2
Nick Besler	1
Ebenezer Ofori	1
Alexander Ring	1
Jo Inge Berget	1
Ismael Tajouri	1
Maxi Moralez	1

Head to Head

Real Salt Lake Form

2026-09-13 Real Salt Lake 0–2 New York City FC L 2026-09-10 Houston Dynamo 2–1 Real Salt Lake L 2026-09-06 Real Salt Lake 2–2 Los Angeles FC D 2026-08-30 Colorado Rapids SC 1–0 Real Salt Lake L 2026-08-22 Orlando City SC 2–1 Real Salt Lake L 2026-08-20 Real Salt Lake 3–4 FC Dallas L

New York City FC Form

2026-09-13 Real Salt Lake 0–2 New York City FC W 2026-09-10 New York City FC 1–2 New England Revolution L 2026-09-04 New York City FC 0–0 Nashville SC D 2026-08-29 Toronto FC 1–1 New York City FC D 2026-08-23 New England Revolution 1–1 New York City FC D 2026-08-19 FC Cincinnati 2–1 New York City FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

1.16 Real Salt Lake xG

Expected Goals

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

1.82 New York City FC xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 58% + Over 2.5 goals 56%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Real Salt Lake26% Draw26% New York City FC48%

Actual: New York City FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes58% 0% No42%

Avg goals/match: 2.98

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	80%	20%
± 2.5	56%	44%
± 3.5	35%	65%
± 4.5	19%	81%

Double Chance

Real Salt Lake or Draw

52%

Draw or New York City FC

74%

Real Salt Lake or New York City FC

74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Real Salt Lake19% Draw44% New York City FC37%

Actual: New York City FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.6%

1 – 2

9.4%

0 – 1

8.5%

0 – 2

Actual

0 – 0

6.8%

2 – 1

1 – 3

5.7%

2 – 2

5.5%

1 – 0

5.1%

0 – 3

4.9%

2 – 0

3.4%

2 – 3

3.4%

Asian Handicap — Real Salt Lake

Handicap	Real Salt Lake covers	Push	New York City FC covers
-2.5	3%	—	97%
-2	3%	7%	90%
-1.5	10%	—	90%
-1	10%	14%	77%
-0.5	23%	—	77%
+0.5	49%	—	51%
+1	49%	22%	29%
+1.5	71%	—	29%
+2	71%	16%	13%
+2.5	87%	—	13%

Clean Sheet

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet

17% ✓

New York City FC keeps clean sheet

32% ✗

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