Sunday , 16 August 2026

Real Salt Lake vs Seattle Sounders FC, MLS 2021 REGULAR SEASON

MLS · 2021
Real Salt Lake
1 – 0
Full Time
Seattle Sounders FC
Sun 19 Sep 2021 · 01:30 UTC Rio Tinto Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'
Everton 33' Y
Damir Kreilach 41' Y
Damir Kreilach 42' Y
Y 45' Abdoulaye Cissoko
Aaron Herrera 53' Y
Anderson Julio 85' Y

Overview

Match Preview

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

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Nashville SC 18 40
2 Internacional CF Miami 18 38
3 New England Revolution 18 30
4 Chicago Fire FC 17 29
5 New York City FC 18 26
6 FC Cincinnati 18 26
7 Charlotte FC 18 25
8 New York Red Bulls 18 25
9 D.C. United SC 18 23
10 Columbus Crew SC 18 20
11 Orlando City SC 18 20
12 Toronto FC 18 17
13 Philadelphia Union 18 16
14 Montreal Impact FC 18 16
15 Atlanta United FC 18 12
16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 17 34
17 Los Angeles FC 19 34
18 San Jose Earthquakes 18 33
19 Houston Dynamo 18 32
20 FC Dallas 18 27
21 Real Salt Lake 17 27
22 St. Louis City 18 26
23 Portland Timbers 18 24
24 Seattle Sounders FC 17 24
25 Minnesota United FC 18 24
26 Colorado Rapids SC 18 22
27 Los Angeles Galaxy 19 22
28 San Diego FC 18 21
29 Austin FC 18 17
30 Sporting Kansas City 18 14

Head-to-Head

9
3
5
Real Salt Lake 17 games · Avg 2.0 goals Seattle Sounders FC
Last 5 meetings
2021-09-19 Real Salt Lake 1–0 Seattle Sounders FC 2021-06-24 Seattle Sounders FC 2–1 Real Salt Lake 2020-10-08 Seattle Sounders FC 2–1 Real Salt Lake 2020-09-03 Real Salt Lake 2–2 Seattle Sounders FC 2019-08-15 Real Salt Lake 3–0 Seattle Sounders FC

Recent Form

Real Salt Lake
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
19 Sep Seattle Sounders FC H 1–0 W
16 Sep San Jose Earthquakes A 4–3 W
13 Sep Los Angeles FC A 2–3 L
05 Sep FC Dallas H 3–2 W
30 Aug Vancouver Whitecaps FC A 1–4 L
22 Aug Colorado Rapids SC A 1–2 L
Seattle Sounders FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
19 Sep Real Salt Lake A 0–1 L
11 Sep Minnesota United FC H 1–0 W
30 Aug Portland Timbers H 0–2 L
21 Aug Columbus Crew SC A 2–1 W
19 Aug FC Dallas A 1–0 W
16 Aug Portland Timbers A 6–2 W

Season Stats

Real Salt Lake Seattle Sounders FC
#21 Position #24
27 Points 24
17 Played 17
8 / 3 / 6 W / D / L 7 / 3 / 7
29 Scored 20
25 Conceded 22
+4 GD -2
1.59 PPG 1.41
47% Win % 41%

Key Stats

35% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)
35% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
11% Clean Sheets
Real Salt Lake this season
29% Clean Sheets
Seattle Sounders FC this season

Real Salt Lake are 21st (27 pts). Seattle Sounders FC are 24th (24 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Real Salt Lake
0-15
4/4
16-30
3/2
31-45
3/2
46-60
4/2
61-75
2/4
76+
4/6
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Seattle Sounders FC
0-15
2/2
16-30
4/4
31-45
2/3
46-60
2/2
61-75
–/2
76+
5/7
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

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

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The ball is rolling at Rio Tinto Stadium. Real Salt Lake are looking to make home advantage count against Seattle Sounders FC.
  • 5' Rubio Rubin is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Real Salt Lake so far.
  • 10' The energy levels are beginning to show. Freddy Juarez might look to freshen things up shortly.
  • 15' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 15 minutes.
  • 20' Over 20 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
  • 25' Real Salt Lake looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker scoring 0 goals.
  • 30' Seattle Sounders FC is showing some good football. However, Seattle Sounders FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 33' Real Salt Lake receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 33.
  • 38' Supporters expect more eagerness from Nicolas Benezet, as he is very good at scoring at Rio Tinto Stadium with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
  • 41' Damir Kreilach picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
  • 42' The referee shows Real Salt Lake player a Yellow card on 42.
  • 45' Poor challenge from Abdoulaye Cissoko. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
  • 46' Kelyn Rowe is ready to make an impact after coming on for Alex Roldan at the 46 minute mark.
  • 48' A stunning finish from Damir Kreilach — that came from absolutely nowhere!
  • 53' The referee shows Real Salt Lake player a Yellow card on 53.
  • 58' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Real Salt Lake winning 100% of all matches.
  • 61' The crowd applauds Justin Meram as he leaves the pitch. Noah Powder steps in for Real Salt Lake.
  • 64' Seattle Sounders FC ring the changes. Brad Smith has done his job and it is now time for Jimmy Medranda to step up.
  • 69' Real Salt Lake has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
  • 71' The crowd applauds Rubio Rubin as he leaves the pitch. Anderson Julio steps in for Real Salt Lake.
  • 76' With 1 assists to his name this season, Nouhou Tolo is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Real Salt Lake.
  • 80' The crowd applauds Danny Leyva as he leaves the pitch. Will Bruin steps in for Seattle Sounders FC.
  • 82' Another substitution for Real Salt Lake to replace Aaron Herrera by Maikel Chang Ramirez on 82 minute.
  • 85' The referee calls foul for Anderson Julio. He receives a Yellow card.
  • 90' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
  • Full Time. Real Salt Lake beats Seattle Sounders FC

Lineups

Real Salt Lake Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Freddy Juarez

Seattle Sounders FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Brian Schmetzer

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Albert Rusnak 3
Carlos Gomez 2
Corey Baird 2
Jordan Morris 2
Raul Ruidiaz 2
Nicolas Lodeiro 2
Albert Rusnak 2
Yeimar Gomez 2

Head to Head

2021-09-19 Real Salt Lake 1–0 Seattle Sounders FC 2021-06-24 Seattle Sounders FC 2–1 Real Salt Lake 2020-10-08 Seattle Sounders FC 2–1 Real Salt Lake 2020-09-03 Real Salt Lake 2–2 Seattle Sounders FC 2019-08-15 Real Salt Lake 3–0 Seattle Sounders FC

Real Salt Lake Form

2021-09-19 Real Salt Lake 1–0 Seattle Sounders FC W 2021-09-16 San Jose Earthquakes 3–4 Real Salt Lake W 2021-09-13 Los Angeles FC 3–2 Real Salt Lake L 2021-09-05 Real Salt Lake 3–2 FC Dallas W 2021-08-30 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 4–1 Real Salt Lake L 2021-08-22 Colorado Rapids SC 2–1 Real Salt Lake L

Seattle Sounders FC Form

2021-09-19 Real Salt Lake 1–0 Seattle Sounders FC L 2021-09-11 Seattle Sounders FC 1–0 Minnesota United FC W 2021-08-30 Seattle Sounders FC 0–2 Portland Timbers L 2021-08-21 Columbus Crew SC 1–2 Seattle Sounders FC W 2021-08-19 FC Dallas 0–1 Seattle Sounders FC W 2021-08-16 Portland Timbers 2–6 Seattle Sounders FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
1.55 Real Salt Lake xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.16 Seattle Sounders FC xG
I would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.

Match Result

✓ Correct
Real Salt Lake46% Draw27% Seattle Sounders FC27%
Actual: Real Salt Lake win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong
Yes55% 0% No45%
Avg goals/match: 2.71
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 91%
9%
± 1.5 75%
25%
± 2.5 50%
50%
± 3.5 29%
71%
± 4.5 14%
86%

Double Chance

Real Salt Lake or Draw
73%
Draw or Seattle Sounders FC
54%
Real Salt Lake or Seattle Sounders FC
73%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Real Salt Lake32% Draw47% Seattle Sounders FC21%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
12.9%
1 – 0
Actual
2 – 1
8.9%
0 – 0
8.6%
2 – 0
7.8%
0 – 1
6.7%
1 – 2
6.7%
2 – 2
5.2%
3 – 1
4.6%
0 – 2
4.4%
3 – 0
4%
3 – 2
2.8%

Asian Handicap — Real Salt Lake

Handicap Real Salt Lake covers Push Seattle Sounders FC covers
-2.5 9% — 91%
-2 9% 14% 77%
-1.5 23% — 77%
-1 23% 22% 55%
-0.5 45% — 55%
+0.5 73% — 27%
+1 73% 16% 11%
+1.5 89% — 11%
+2 89% 8% 4%
+2.5 96% — 4%

Clean Sheet

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet
32% ✗
Seattle Sounders FC keeps clean sheet
22% ✓

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