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

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

Real Salt Lake 14 games · 26 pts (2026/26)
Seattle Sounders FC 13 games · 24 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	14	33
2	Internacional CF Miami	15	31
3	Chicago Fire FC	14	26
4	New England Revolution	14	25
5	New York Red Bulls	15	22
6	Charlotte FC	15	21
7	FC Cincinnati	15	20
8	New York City FC	15	19
9	D.C. United SC	15	18
10	Columbus Crew SC	15	16
11	Toronto FC	14	14
12	Montreal Impact FC	14	14
13	Orlando City SC	15	14
14	Atlanta United FC	14	11
15	Philadelphia Union	15	7
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	14	32
17	San Jose Earthquakes	15	32
18	Real Salt Lake	14	26
19	FC Dallas	15	25
20	Los Angeles FC	15	24
21	Seattle Sounders FC	13	24
22	Houston Dynamo	14	22
23	Minnesota United FC	15	22
24	Los Angeles Galaxy	15	20
25	San Diego FC	15	17
26	Colorado Rapids SC	15	16
27	St. Louis City	14	16
28	Portland Timbers	14	14
29	Austin FC	15	14
30	Sporting Kansas City	14	11

Head-to-Head

Real Salt Lake 17 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
#18	Position	#21
26	Points	24
14	Played	13
8 / 2 / 4	W / D / L	7 / 3 / 3
26	Scored	17
19	Conceded	11
+7	GD	+6
1.86	PPG	1.85
57%	Win %	54%

Key Stats

35% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)

35% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

14% Clean Sheets
Real Salt Lake this season

38% Clean Sheets
Seattle Sounders FC this season

Real Salt Lake are 18th (26 pts). Seattle Sounders FC are 21st (24 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Real Salt Lake

0-15

4/3

16-30

2/2

31-45

3/1

46-60

3/1

61-75

2/1

76+

2/5

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Seattle Sounders FC

0-15

2/1

16-30

2/3

31-45

2/1

46-60

2/–

61-75

–/1

76+

4/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

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 is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
10' Seattle Sounders FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
15' Real Salt Lake has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
20' Danny Musovski is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Seattle Sounders FC tonight.
22' Seattle Sounders FC make a change. Leo Chu trudges off to be replaced by Paul Rothrock on 22 minutes.
27' Assisted by Matt Crooks with the perfectly-timed delivery and Carlos Gomez makes no mistake. 1-0!
32' Seattle Sounders FC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
37' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Emeka Eneli made 280 appearances and scored 1 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
42' Real Salt Lake currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
47' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
48' Cristian Roldan has so much to prove this time. He replaces Joao Paulo on 48 minute.
52' The whistle greets Andrew Brody as he departs to be replaced by Alexandros Katranis.
55' Cody Baker was booked on 55.
58' What composure from Diego Luna! The USA international strokes it home. 2-0.
63' 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.
64' Jordan Morris is replacing Albert Rusnak for the Seattle Sounders FC side.
65' The whistle greets Cody Baker as he departs to be replaced by Reed Baker-Whiting.
70' Real Salt Lake have won 417 goals from 280 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
71' The supporters are chanting for Anderson Julio. He replaces Cristian Arango on 71 minute.
72' It is a substitution in Real Salt Lake team. Diego Luna is replaced by Fidel Barajas on 72 minute.
77' The supporters are chanting for Maikel Chang. He replaces Matt Crooks on 77 minute.
82' It is a cagey affair so far. Real Salt Lake in their trying to find a way past Seattle Sounders FC's compact .
83' Fresh legs for Seattle Sounders FC! Yeimar Gomez comes on to replace Jackson Ragen.
85' The referee calls foul for Cristian Roldan. He receives a card.
85' The whistle greets Braian Ojeda as he departs to be replaced by Nelson Palacio.
86' It’s a booking for Real Salt Lake player. Carlos Gomez gets a card.
90' Fidel Barajas catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 90.
With this win, Real Salt Lake is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.

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	2
Yeimar Gomez	2
Nouhou Tolo	2
Carlos Gomez	2
Corey Baird	2
Jordan Morris	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

1.22 Real Salt Lake xG

Expected Goals

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

0.86 Seattle Sounders FC xG

I would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 66% + Under — clean sheet likely 58%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Real Salt Lake48% Draw29% Seattle Sounders FC23%

Actual: Real Salt Lake win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes42% 0% No58%

Avg goals/match: 2.08

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	85%	15%
± 1.5	62%	38%
± 2.5	34%	66%
± 3.5	16%	84%
± 4.5	7%	93%

Double Chance

Real Salt Lake or Draw

78%

Draw or Seattle Sounders FC

52%

Real Salt Lake or Seattle Sounders FC

71%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Real Salt Lake29% Draw53% Seattle Sounders FC18%

Actual: Real Salt Lake win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

0 – 0

14.9%

1 – 0

14.1%

1 – 1

14%

0 – 1

9.4%

2 – 0

Actual

2 – 1

7.8%

1 – 2

5.4%

0 – 2

4.3%

3 – 0

3.6%

2 – 2

3.5%

3 – 1

3.2%

1 – 3

1.6%

Asian Handicap — Real Salt Lake

Handicap	Real Salt Lake covers	Push	Seattle Sounders FC covers
-2.5	7%	—	93%
-2	7%	13%	81%
-1.5	19%	—	81%
-1	19%	24%	57%
-0.5	43%	—	57%
+0.5	76%	—	24%
+1	76%	16%	8%
+1.5	92%	—	8%
+2	92%	6%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet

43% ✗

Seattle Sounders FC keeps clean sheet

30% ✓

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