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

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MLS · 2024

Real Salt Lake

2 – 0

Full Time

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 27 games · 32 pts (2026/26)
Seattle Sounders FC 26 games · 35 pts (2026/26)

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

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
#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' Jackson Ragen has been relatively quiet despite scoring 5 goals in his last 292 appearances.
10' It’s high time Brian Schmetzer made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
15' Real Salt Lake are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Seattle Sounders FC backline.
20' The home supporters are growing impatient. Real Salt Lake must find a spark to ignite this game.
22' Paul Rothrock is replacing Leo Chu for the Seattle Sounders FC side.
27' Assisted by Matt Crooks with the perfectly-timed delivery and Carlos Gomez makes no mistake. 1-0!
32' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Seattle Sounders FC that had 292 games and scored 457 goals.
37' 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.
42' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
47' The travelling Seattle Sounders FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
48' Seattle Sounders FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Cristian Roldan is hanging Joao Paulo on the field on 48 minute.
52' A change in the Real Salt Lake ranks — Andrew Brody exits the field as Alexandros Katranis enters on 52.
55' That looks like a foul for a card for Cody Baker.
58' Against the run of play, Diego Luna has scored! This game has turned on its head.
63' 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.
64' Jordan Morris is ready to make an impact after coming on for Albert Rusnak at the 64 minute mark.
65' Time for substitution for Seattle Sounders FC. Cody Baker is replaced by Reed Baker-Whiting.
70' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Real Salt Lake and Seattle Sounders FC are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
71' Anderson Julio is replacing Cristian Arango for the Real Salt Lake side.
72' Another substitution for Real Salt Lake to replace Diego Luna by Fidel Barajas on 72 minute.
77' Another substitution for Real Salt Lake to replace Matt Crooks by Maikel Chang on 77 minute.
82' Real Salt Lake has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
83' The supporters are chanting for Yeimar Gomez. He replaces Jackson Ragen on 83 minute.
85' The referee does not hesitate — a card for Cristian Roldan on 85 minutes.
85' The whistle greets Braian Ojeda as he departs to be replaced by Nelson Palacio.
86' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the card for Carlos Gomez.
90' Fidel Barajas catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 90.
What a match! Full time at {STADIUM} — Real Salt Lake 2-0 Seattle Sounders FC.

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
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

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

1.37 Real Salt Lake xG

Expected Goals

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

0.96 Seattle Sounders FC xG

I would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 59%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Real Salt Lake50% Draw28% Seattle Sounders FC22%

Actual: Real Salt Lake win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes47% 0% No53%

Avg goals/match: 2.33

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	88%	12%
± 1.5	67%	33%
± 2.5	41%	59%
± 3.5	21%	79%
± 4.5	9%	91%

Double Chance

Real Salt Lake or Draw

77%

Draw or Seattle Sounders FC

50%

Real Salt Lake or Seattle Sounders FC

72%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Real Salt Lake31% Draw50% Seattle Sounders FC19%

Actual: Real Salt Lake win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

13.7%

1 – 0

12.3%

0 – 0

12%

2 – 0

Actual

2 – 1

8.5%

0 – 1

8.2%

1 – 2

5.9%

0 – 2

4.3%

2 – 2

4.1%

3 – 0

3 – 1

3.9%

3 – 2

Asian Handicap — Real Salt Lake

Handicap	Real Salt Lake covers	Push	Seattle Sounders FC covers
-2.5	8%	—	92%
-2	8%	14%	78%
-1.5	22%	—	78%
-1	22%	23%	55%
-0.5	45%	—	55%
+0.5	75%	—	25%
+1	75%	16%	9%
+1.5	91%	—	9%
+2	91%	7%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet

39% ✗

Seattle Sounders FC keeps clean sheet

26% ✓

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