Real Salt Lake vs Seattle Sounders FC, MLS 2024 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2024

Real Salt Lake

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Seattle Sounders FC

Thu 16 May 2024 · 01:30 UTC Rio Tinto Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 55' Cody Baker

Y 85' Cristian Roldan

Carlos Gomez 86' Y

Fidel Barajas 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)

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

2024-05-16 Real Salt Lake 2–0 Seattle Sounders FC 2023-04-30 Real Salt Lake 0–0 Seattle Sounders FC 2023-03-05 Seattle Sounders FC 2–0 Real Salt Lake 2022-08-15 Seattle Sounders FC 1–2 Real Salt Lake 2022-03-05 Real Salt Lake 1–0 Seattle Sounders FC

Recent Form

Real Salt Lake

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
16 May	Seattle Sounders FC	H	2–0	W
12 May	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	2–2	D
05 May	Sporting Kansas City	H	1–0	W
27 Apr	Philadelphia Union	A	2–1	W
21 Apr	Chicago Fire FC	A	4–0	W
14 Apr	Columbus Crew SC	H	0–0	D

Seattle Sounders FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
16 May	Real Salt Lake	A	0–2	L
12 May	Portland Timbers	A	2–1	W
05 May	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	0–0	D
30 Apr	Philadelphia Union	A	3–2	W
27 Apr	D.C. United SC	A	1–2	L
21 Apr	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	0–2	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' The wait is over. Seattle Sounders FC get us underway at Rio Tinto Stadium.
5' Real Salt Lake are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Seattle Sounders FC backline.
10' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with Seattle Sounders FC winning 50% of all matches.
15' Seattle Sounders FC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
20' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
22' The whistle greets Leo Chu as he departs to be replaced by Paul Rothrock.
27' Brilliant from the ! Carlos Gomez makes it 1-0 with a superb finish on 27.
32' Supporters expect more eagerness from Danny Leyva, as he is very good at scoring at Rio Tinto Stadium with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
37' Seattle Sounders FC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 2 meetings.
42' Real Salt Lake started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 42.
47' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Pablo Mastroeni will be considering his options from the bench.
48' The supporters are chanting for Cristian Roldan. He replaces Joao Paulo on 48 minute.
52' Alexandros Katranis has so much to prove this time. He replaces Andrew Brody on 52 minute.
55' Cody Baker has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a card on 55.
58' What a strike from Diego Luna! The score is 2-0.
63' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Seattle Sounders FC that had 304 games and scored 475 goals.
64' A change in the Seattle Sounders FC ranks — Albert Rusnak exits the field as Jordan Morris enters on 64.
65' Another substitution for Seattle Sounders FC to replace Cody Baker by Reed Baker-Whiting on 65 minute.
70' Over 70 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
71' Real Salt Lake make a change. Cristian Arango trudges off to be replaced by Anderson Julio on 71 minutes.
72' The Real Salt Lake bench stirs into life. Diego Luna is withdrawn and Fidel Barajas gets his opportunity.
77' The whistle greets Matt Crooks as he departs to be replaced by Maikel Chang.
82' Seattle Sounders FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
83' Yeimar Gomez is replacing Jackson Ragen for the Seattle Sounders FC side.
85' Cristian Roldan catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 85.
85' Real Salt Lake manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Nelson Palacio is hanging Braian Ojeda on the field on 85 minute.
86' It’s gonna be a card for Carlos Gomez.
90' Fidel Barajas was booked on 90.
Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for Real Salt Lake players.

Lineups

Real Salt Lake Lineups

Starting XI

9
Cristian Arango ↓ Anderson Julio 71'
15
Justen Glad
2
Andrew Brody ↓ Alexandros Katranis 52'
6
Braian Ojeda ↓ Nelson Palacio 85'
4
Brayan Vera
26
Philip Quinton
35
Gavin Beavers
8
Diego Luna ↓ Fidel Barajas 72'
11
Carlos Gomez
14
Emeka Eneli
25
Matt Crooks ↓ Maikel Chang 77'

Bench

3
Bryan Oviedo
98
Alexandros Katranis ↑ 52'
18
Zac MacMath
16
Maikel Chang ↑ 77'
29
Anderson Julio ↑ 71'
27
Bertin Jacquesson
13
Nelson Palacio ↑ 85'
33
Tommy Silva
17
Fidel Barajas ↑ 72'

Coach Pablo Mastroeni

Seattle Sounders FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

7
Cristian Roldan ↑ 48'
16
Alex Roldan
13
Jordan Morris ↑ 64'
28
Yeimar Gomez ↑ 83'
21
Reed Baker-Whiting ↑ 65'
26
Andrew Thomas
99
Dylan Teves
14
Paul Rothrock ↑ 22'

Coach Brian Schmetzer

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
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

Real Salt Lake Form

2024-05-16 Real Salt Lake 2–0 Seattle Sounders FC W 2024-05-12 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–2 Real Salt Lake D 2024-05-05 Real Salt Lake 1–0 Sporting Kansas City W 2024-04-27 Philadelphia Union 1–2 Real Salt Lake W 2024-04-21 Chicago Fire FC 0–4 Real Salt Lake W 2024-04-14 Real Salt Lake 0–0 Columbus Crew SC D

Seattle Sounders FC Form

2024-05-16 Real Salt Lake 2–0 Seattle Sounders FC L 2024-05-12 Portland Timbers 1–2 Seattle Sounders FC W 2024-05-05 Seattle Sounders FC 0–0 Los Angeles Galaxy D 2024-04-30 Philadelphia Union 2–3 Seattle Sounders FC W 2024-04-27 D.C. United SC 2–1 Seattle Sounders FC L 2024-04-21 Seattle Sounders FC 0–2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.42 Real Salt Lake xG

Expected Goals

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

0.92 Seattle Sounders FC xG

I would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 59%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Real Salt Lake51% Draw27% Seattle Sounders FC22%

Actual: Real Salt Lake win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes47% 0% No53%

Avg goals/match: 2.34

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	88%	12%
± 1.5	68%	32%
± 2.5	41%	59%
± 3.5	21%	79%
± 4.5	10%	90%

Double Chance

Real Salt Lake or Draw

78%

Draw or Seattle Sounders FC

49%

Real Salt Lake or Seattle Sounders FC

73%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Real Salt Lake32% Draw50% Seattle Sounders FC18%

Actual: Real Salt Lake win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

13.5%

1 – 0

12.5%

0 – 0

11.8%

2 – 0

Actual

2 – 1

8.6%

0 – 1

7.7%

1 – 2

5.6%

3 – 0

4.4%

3 – 1

4.2%

2 – 2

4.1%

0 – 2

3.9%

3 – 2

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%	23%	53%
-0.5	47%	—	53%
+0.5	77%	—	23%
+1	77%	15%	8%
+1.5	92%	—	8%
+2	92%	6%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet

40% ✗

Seattle Sounders FC keeps clean sheet

25% ✓

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