Wednesday , 30 September 2026

Real Salt Lake vs Seattle Sounders FC, MLS 2022 REGULAR SEASON

MLS · 2022
Real Salt Lake
1 – 0
Full Time
Seattle Sounders FC
Sat 5 Mar 2022 · 23:00 UTC Rio Tinto Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'
Y 48' Albert Rusnak
Scott Caldwell 70' Y
Y 73' Kelyn Rowe

Overview

Match Preview

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

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

9
3
6
Real Salt Lake 18 games · Avg 2.0 goals Seattle Sounders FC
Last 5 meetings
2022-03-05 Real Salt Lake 1–0 Seattle Sounders FC 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

Recent Form

Real Salt Lake
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
05 Mar Seattle Sounders FC H 1–0 W
28 Feb Houston Dynamo A 0–0 D
07 Nov Sporting Kansas City A 1–0 W
04 Nov Portland Timbers H 1–3 L
30 Oct San Jose Earthquakes H 3–4 L
28 Oct FC Dallas A 2–1 W
Seattle Sounders FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
05 Mar Real Salt Lake A 0–1 L
28 Feb Nashville SC H 0–1 L
07 Nov Vancouver Whitecaps FC A 1–1 D
02 Nov Los Angeles Galaxy H 1–1 D
27 Oct Los Angeles FC A 0–3 L
23 Oct Sporting Kansas City H 1–2 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' The wait is over. Real Salt Lake get us underway at Rio Tinto Stadium.
  • 5' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
  • 10' Seattle Sounders FC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
  • 15' The travelling Seattle Sounders FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 20' Both keepers have barely been tested. Real Salt Lake and Seattle Sounders FC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
  • 25' Reed Baker-Whiting, a USA , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
  • 30' Real Salt Lake looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker scoring 0 goals.
  • 35' A quiet spell here at Rio Tinto Stadium. Seattle Sounders FC seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
  • 40' It is a cagey affair so far. Real Salt Lake in their trying to find a way past Seattle Sounders FC's compact .
  • 45' The home supporters are growing impatient. Real Salt Lake must find a spark to ignite this game.
  • 46' Bobby Wood doubles the advantage! 1-0 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
  • 46' Nouhou Tolo is ready to make an impact after coming on for Alex Roldan at the 46 minute mark.
  • 48' Albert Rusnak picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
  • 53' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
  • 58' Fredy Montero is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Real Salt Lake tonight.
  • 59' Jordan Morris is replacing Leo Chu for the Seattle Sounders FC side.
  • 64' It looks surprising Seattle Sounders FC does not make any changes. Obed Vargas has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 66' The Seattle Sounders FC bench stirs into life. Albert Rusnak is withdrawn and Obed Vargas gets his opportunity.
  • 70' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Scott Caldwell.
  • 70' Fresh legs for Real Salt Lake! Sergio Cordova comes on to replace Justin Meram.
  • 73' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Kelyn Rowe.
  • 78' Real Salt Lake is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 83' Seattle Sounders FC have won 457 goals from 292 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
  • 85' The whistle greets Bobby Wood as he departs to be replaced by Everton.
  • 90' 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.
  • Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 1-0.

Lineups

Real Salt Lake Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Pablo Mastroeni

Seattle Sounders FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Brian Schmetzer

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

2022-03-05 Real Salt Lake 1–0 Seattle Sounders FC 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

Real Salt Lake Form

2022-03-05 Real Salt Lake 1–0 Seattle Sounders FC W 2022-02-28 Houston Dynamo 0–0 Real Salt Lake D 2021-11-07 Sporting Kansas City 0–1 Real Salt Lake W 2021-11-04 Real Salt Lake 1–3 Portland Timbers L 2021-10-30 Real Salt Lake 3–4 San Jose Earthquakes L 2021-10-28 FC Dallas 1–2 Real Salt Lake W

Seattle Sounders FC Form

2022-03-05 Real Salt Lake 1–0 Seattle Sounders FC L 2022-02-28 Seattle Sounders FC 0–1 Nashville SC L 2021-11-07 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–1 Seattle Sounders FC D 2021-11-02 Seattle Sounders FC 1–1 Los Angeles Galaxy D 2021-10-27 Los Angeles FC 3–0 Seattle Sounders FC L 2021-10-23 Seattle Sounders FC 1–2 Sporting Kansas City L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
1.41 Real Salt Lake xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.21 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
Yes54% 0% No46%
Avg goals/match: 2.62
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 91%
9%
± 1.5 74%
26%
± 2.5 48%
52%
± 3.5 27%
73%
± 4.5 13%
87%

Double Chance

Real Salt Lake or Draw
72%
Draw or Seattle Sounders FC
54%
Real Salt Lake or Seattle Sounders FC
73%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Real Salt Lake29% Draw48% Seattle Sounders FC23%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
13.4%
0 – 0
9.3%
1 – 0
Actual
2 – 1
8.4%
0 – 1
7.8%
1 – 2
7.2%
2 – 0
7.1%
0 – 2
5.2%
2 – 2
5.2%
3 – 1
4%
3 – 0
3.3%
1 – 3
2.9%

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% 21% 60%
-0.5 40% — 60%
+0.5 69% — 31%
+1 69% 18% 13%
+1.5 87% — 13%
+2 87% 9% 4%
+2.5 96% — 4%

Clean Sheet

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet
31% ✗
Seattle Sounders FC keeps clean sheet
25% ✓

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