Real Salt Lake vs Seattle Sounders FC, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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Real Salt Lake

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Seattle Sounders FC

Thu 3 Sep 2020 · 01:30 UTC Rio Tinto Stadium HT 45+4' · FT 45+5'

Y 18' Xavier Arreaga

Aaron Herrera 28' Y

Damir Kreilach 45' Y

Y 80' Joao Paulo

Corey Baird 90' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Real Salt Lake vs Seattle Sounders FC — MLS at Rio Tinto Stadium.

Real Salt Lake 34 games · 45 pts (2026/26)
Seattle Sounders FC 34 games · 46 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Jeff Hosking
Referee Thomas Zablocki
Referee Timothy Ford
Referee Edvin Jurisevic
Referee Malik Badawi

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	34	77
2	Internacional CF Miami	34	60
3	New England Revolution	34	58
4	Chicago Fire FC	34	55
5	Charlotte FC	34	54
6	Philadelphia Union	34	50
7	Columbus Crew SC	34	47
8	FC Cincinnati	34	46
9	Orlando City SC	34	46
10	New York City FC	34	42
11	New York Red Bulls	34	42
12	Toronto FC	34	39
13	Atlanta United FC	34	33
14	D.C. United SC	34	33
15	Montreal Impact FC	34	26
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	64
17	FC Dallas	34	58
18	St. Louis City	34	54
19	San Jose Earthquakes	34	52
20	Houston Dynamo	34	51
21	Los Angeles FC	34	47
22	Portland Timbers	34	46
23	Seattle Sounders FC	34	46
24	Real Salt Lake	34	45
25	Minnesota United FC	34	44
26	Los Angeles Galaxy	34	44
27	Colorado Rapids SC	34	43
28	San Diego FC	34	38
29	Austin FC	34	34
30	Sporting Kansas City	34	26

Head-to-Head

Real Salt Lake 18 games · Avg 2.0 goals Seattle Sounders FC

Last 5 meetings

2020-09-03 Real Salt Lake 2–2 Seattle Sounders FC 2019-08-15 Real Salt Lake 3–0 Seattle Sounders FC 2019-04-07 Seattle Sounders FC 1–0 Real Salt Lake 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

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
03 Sep	Seattle Sounders FC	H	2–2	D
30 Aug	Portland Timbers	A	4–4	D
23 Aug	Colorado Rapids SC	A	4–1	W
28 Jul	San Jose Earthquakes	A	2–5	L
22 Jul	Sporting Kansas City	H	0–2	L
18 Jul	Minnesota United FC	H	0–0	D

Seattle Sounders FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
03 Sep	Real Salt Lake	A	2–2	D
31 Aug	Los Angeles FC	H	3–1	W
24 Aug	Portland Timbers	A	3–0	W
28 Jul	Los Angeles FC	H	1–4	L
20 Jul	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	3–0	W
14 Jul	Chicago Fire FC	A	1–2	L

Season Stats

Real Salt Lake		Seattle Sounders FC
#24	Position	#23
45	Points	46
34	Played	34
13 / 6 / 15	W / D / L	12 / 10 / 12
53	Scored	44
52	Conceded	46
+1	GD	-2
1.32	PPG	1.35
38%	Win %	35%

Key Stats

33% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)

33% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

12% Clean Sheets
Real Salt Lake this season

24% Clean Sheets
Seattle Sounders FC this season

Real Salt Lake are 24th (45 pts). Seattle Sounders FC are 23rd (46 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Real Salt Lake

0-15

9/7

16-30

5/7

31-45

6/6

46-60

8/7

61-75

7/7

76+

8/11

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Seattle Sounders FC

0-15

5/5

16-30

5/7

31-45

4/7

46-60

8/6

61-75

4/5

76+

13/14

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Real Salt Lake

Sergi Solans	15 G	4 A
Zavier Gozo	6 G	3 A

Seattle Sounders FC

Dejan Joveljic	13 G	1 A
Paul Rothrock	5 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' Welcome to Rio Tinto Stadium that hosts another battle between Real Salt Lake and Seattle Sounders FC.
5' Seattle Sounders FC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
10' Seattle Sounders FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
15' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
18' Seattle Sounders FC player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
23' Seattle Sounders FC 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.
28' Controversy at the stadium! Aaron Herrera argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
29' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Nicolas Lodeiro makes no mistake. 0-1!
34' The energy levels are beginning to show. Brian Schmetzer might look to freshen things up shortly.
39' 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.
44' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
45' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Damir Kreilach.
46' Real Salt Lake ring the changes. Maikel Chang has done his job and it is now time for Giuseppe Rossi to step up.
50' Justen Glad does the damage! The net is bulging and Real Salt Lake surge ahead!
55' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
56' The whistle greets Handwalla Bwana as he departs to be replaced by Jordan Morris.
61' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 61 minutes.
66' 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.
69' Goal! Yeimar Gomez scores his 16 goal in 195 matches.
70' A tactical swap from Real Salt Lake — Sam Johnson on, Justin Meram off on 70 minutes.
71' Another change for Seattle Sounders FC made on 71 minute. Jordy Delem leaves to be changed by Joao Paulo.
76' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Real Salt Lake side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
80' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Joao Paulo.
83' Seattle Sounders FC ring the changes. Raul Ruidiaz has done his job and it is now time for Will Bruin to step up.
85' GOAL! Pablo Ruiz scores on 85.
87' Another change for Real Salt Lake made on 87 minute. Albert Rusnak leaves to be changed by Everton Luiz.
90' A meaty challenge results in booking for Corey Baird on 90.
will have plenty to reflect on. were simply the better side today.

Lineups

Real Salt Lake Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

25
Everton Luiz ↑ 87'
7
Giuseppe Rossi ↑ 46'
14
Nedum Onuoha
5
Kyle Beckerman ↑ 87'
13
Nick Besler
18
Zac MacMath
50
Sam Johnson ↑ 70'
21
Tate Schmitt
23
Milan Iloski

Coach Freddy Juarez

Seattle Sounders FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

6
Joao Paulo ↑ 71'
33
Joevin Jones ↑ 71'
30
Stefan Cleveland
18
Kelvin Leerdam ↑ 83'
17
Will Bruin ↑ 83'
13
Jordan Morris ↑ 56'
11
Miguel Ibarra
84
Joshua Atencio

Coach Brian Schmetzer

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Albert Rusnak	3
Albert Rusnak	3
Nicolas Lodeiro	2
Yeimar Gomez	2
Nouhou Tolo	2
Corey Baird	2
Jordan Morris	2
Carlos Gomez	2

Head to Head

Real Salt Lake Form

2020-09-03 Real Salt Lake 2–2 Seattle Sounders FC D 2020-08-30 Portland Timbers 4–4 Real Salt Lake D 2020-08-23 Colorado Rapids SC 1–4 Real Salt Lake W 2020-07-28 San Jose Earthquakes 5–2 Real Salt Lake L 2020-07-22 Real Salt Lake 0–2 Sporting Kansas City L 2020-07-18 Real Salt Lake 0–0 Minnesota United FC D

Seattle Sounders FC Form

2020-09-03 Real Salt Lake 2–2 Seattle Sounders FC D 2020-08-31 Seattle Sounders FC 3–1 Los Angeles FC W 2020-08-24 Portland Timbers 0–3 Seattle Sounders FC W 2020-07-28 Seattle Sounders FC 1–4 Los Angeles FC L 2020-07-20 Seattle Sounders FC 3–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC W 2020-07-14 Chicago Fire FC 2–1 Seattle Sounders FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.44 Real Salt Lake xG

Expected Goals

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

1.29 Seattle Sounders FC xG

I would bet for: Real Salt Lake or Seattle Sounders FC 72% + Both teams to score 56%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Real Salt Lake41% Draw28% Seattle Sounders FC31%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes56% 0% No44%

Avg goals/match: 2.73

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	92%	8%
± 1.5	76%	24%
± 2.5	51%	49%
± 3.5	29%	71%
± 4.5	15%	85%

Double Chance

Real Salt Lake or Draw

69%

Draw or Seattle Sounders FC

59%

Real Salt Lake or Seattle Sounders FC

72%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Real Salt Lake29% Draw47% Seattle Sounders FC24%

Actual: Seattle Sounders FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

13%

0 – 0

8.5%

1 – 0

8.4%

2 – 1

8.4%

1 – 2

7.5%

0 – 1

7.4%

2 – 0

6.6%

2 – 2

Actual

0 – 2

5.3%

3 – 1

1 – 3

3.2%

3 – 0

3.1%

Asian Handicap — Real Salt Lake

Handicap	Real Salt Lake covers	Push	Seattle Sounders FC covers
-2.5	7%	—	93%
-2	7%	12%	81%
-1.5	19%	—	81%
-1	19%	20%	61%
-0.5	39%	—	61%
+0.5	68%	—	32%
+1	68%	18%	15%
+1.5	85%	—	15%
+2	85%	10%	5%
+2.5	95%	—	5%

Clean Sheet

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet

28% ✓

Seattle Sounders FC keeps clean sheet

25% ✓

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