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Real Salt Lake vs Seattle Sounders FC, 2018

MLS · 2018
Real Salt Lake
2 – 0
Full Time
Seattle Sounders FC
Sun 3 Jun 2018 · 01:30 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

Match Preview

Real Salt Lake vs Seattle Sounders FC — MLS .

Match Details

  • Referee Fotis Bazakos
  • Referee Brian Poeschel
  • Referee Alex Chilowicz
  • Referee Jeremy Kieso
  • Referee Kevin Stott
9 games this season 🟨 2.7/game ⚽ 11.7 goals/game 🟥 1 total

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 27 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 St. Louis City 27 47
18 FC Dallas 27 47
19 San Jose Earthquakes 27 45
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

9
3
6
Real Salt Lake 18 games · Avg 2.0 goals Seattle Sounders FC
Last 5 meetings
2018-06-03 Real Salt Lake 2–0 Seattle Sounders FC 2018-05-26 Seattle Sounders FC 0–1 Real Salt Lake

Recent Form

Real Salt Lake
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
03 Jun Seattle Sounders FC H 2–0 W
31 May Houston Dynamo H 2–1 W
26 May Seattle Sounders FC A 1–0 W
19 May Philadelphia Union A 1–4 L
13 May D.C. United SC H 3–2 W
06 May Orlando City SC A 1–3 L
Seattle Sounders FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
03 Jun Real Salt Lake A 0–2 L
26 May Real Salt Lake H 0–1 L
13 May Portland Timbers A 0–1 L
09 May Toronto FC A 2–1 W
05 May Columbus Crew SC H 0–0 D
30 Apr Los Angeles FC A 0–1 L

Season Stats

Real Salt Lake Seattle Sounders FC
#27 Position #24
32 Points 35
27 Played 26
9 / 5 / 13 W / D / L 9 / 8 / 9
40 Scored 33
44 Conceded 34
-4 GD -1
1.19 PPG 1.35
33% Win % 35%

Key Stats

33% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)
33% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
11% Clean Sheets
Real Salt Lake this season
27% Clean Sheets
Seattle Sounders FC this season

Real Salt Lake are 27th (32 pts). Seattle Sounders FC are 24th (35 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
Seattle Sounders FC
0-15
3/2
16-30
5/6
31-45
3/5
46-60
5/4
61-75
1/3
76+
11/12
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Real Salt Lake
Sergi Solans 11 G 3 A
Zavier Gozo 6 G 3 A
Seattle Sounders FC
Dejan Joveljic 11 G 1 A
Paul Rothrock 5 G 1 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' Temperatures are rising at as Real Salt Lake face off against Seattle Sounders FC in what promises to be a fascinating contest.
  • 5' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
  • 10' With 0 assists to his name this season, Joao Plata is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Real Salt Lake.
  • 15' Lamar Neagle needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
  • 20' Real Salt Lake currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
  • 25' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
  • 30' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
  • 35' Jordy Delem has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
  • 40' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 45' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Mike Petke will be considering his options from the bench.
  • 50' Seattle Sounders FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 50.
  • 55' Harry Shipp, a United States , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
  • 60' Both keepers have barely been tested. Real Salt Lake and Seattle Sounders FC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
  • 65' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Real Salt Lake and Seattle Sounders FC are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
  • 70' 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.
  • 75' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Seattle Sounders FC that had 292 games and scored 457 goals.
  • 80' It is a cagey affair so far. Real Salt Lake in their trying to find a way past Seattle Sounders FC's compact .
  • 85' It looks surprising Seattle Sounders FC does not make any changes. Clint Dempsey has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 90' Seattle Sounders FC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
  • The final whistle goes. A composed, disciplined performance from Real Salt Lake to claim maximum points.

Lineups

Real Salt Lake Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Mike Petke

Seattle Sounders FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Brian Schmetzer

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Albert Rusnak 3
Albert Rusnak 3
Yeimar Gomez 2
Nouhou Tolo 2
Corey Baird 2
Jordan Morris 2
Carlos Gomez 2
Raul Ruidiaz 2

Head to Head

2018-06-03 Real Salt Lake 2–0 Seattle Sounders FC 2018-05-26 Seattle Sounders FC 0–1 Real Salt Lake

Real Salt Lake Form

2018-06-03 Real Salt Lake 2–0 Seattle Sounders FC W 2018-05-31 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Houston Dynamo W 2018-05-26 Seattle Sounders FC 0–1 Real Salt Lake W 2018-05-19 Philadelphia Union 4–1 Real Salt Lake L 2018-05-13 Real Salt Lake 3–2 D.C. United SC W 2018-05-06 Orlando City SC 3–1 Real Salt Lake L

Seattle Sounders FC Form

2018-06-03 Real Salt Lake 2–0 Seattle Sounders FC L 2018-05-26 Seattle Sounders FC 0–1 Real Salt Lake L 2018-05-13 Portland Timbers 1–0 Seattle Sounders FC L 2018-05-09 Toronto FC 1–2 Seattle Sounders FC W 2018-05-05 Seattle Sounders FC 0–0 Columbus Crew SC D 2018-04-30 Los Angeles FC 1–0 Seattle Sounders FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
4 / 4
1.57 Real Salt Lake xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.82 Seattle Sounders FC xG
I would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 58% + Real Salt Lake to win 57%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Real Salt Lake57% Draw26% Seattle Sounders FC17%
Actual: Real Salt Lake win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes45% 0% No55%
Avg goals/match: 2.39
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 89%
11%
± 1.5 69%
31%
± 2.5 42%
58%
± 3.5 22%
78%
± 4.5 10%
90%

Double Chance

Real Salt Lake or Draw
83%
Draw or Seattle Sounders FC
43%
Real Salt Lake or Seattle Sounders FC
74%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Real Salt Lake37% Draw49% Seattle Sounders FC14%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 0
13.5%
1 – 1
12.6%
0 – 0
11.3%
2 – 0
Actual
2 – 1
8.9%
0 – 1
6.5%
3 – 0
5.6%
3 – 1
4.7%
1 – 2
4.6%
2 – 2
3.7%
0 – 2
3%
4 – 0
2.2%

Asian Handicap — Real Salt Lake

Handicap Real Salt Lake covers Push Seattle Sounders FC covers
-2.5 12% — 88%
-2 12% 17% 71%
-1.5 29% — 71%
-1 29% 25% 47%
-0.5 53% — 47%
+0.5 82% — 18%
+1 82% 12% 6%
+1.5 94% — 6%
+2 94% 4% 1%
+2.5 99% — 1%

Clean Sheet

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet
45% ✗
Seattle Sounders FC keeps clean sheet
22% ✓

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