Wednesday , 30 September 2026

Real Salt Lake vs Seattle Sounders FC, MLS 2025 REGULAR SEASON

MLS · 2025
Real Salt Lake
2 – 0
Full Time
Seattle Sounders FC
Sat 1 Mar 2025 · 21:30 UTC America First Field HT 45' · FT 45'
Y 25' Nouhou Tolo
Diego Luna 56' Y
Forster Ajago 90' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Real Salt Lake vs Seattle Sounders FC — MLS at America First Field.

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
2025-03-01 Real Salt Lake 2–0 Seattle Sounders FC 2024-05-30 Seattle Sounders FC 1–1 Real Salt Lake 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

Recent Form

Real Salt Lake
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
01 Mar Seattle Sounders FC H 2–0 W
23 Feb San Jose Earthquakes A 0–4 L
20 Oct Vancouver Whitecaps FC H 2–1 W
06 Oct San Jose Earthquakes A 1–0 W
03 Oct Minnesota United FC H 0–0 D
29 Sep Austin FC A 2–2 D
Seattle Sounders FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
01 Mar Real Salt Lake A 0–2 L
23 Feb Charlotte FC H 2–2 D
20 Oct Portland Timbers H 1–1 D
06 Oct Colorado Rapids SC A 1–0 W
03 Oct Vancouver Whitecaps FC A 3–0 W
29 Sep Houston Dynamo H 1–0 W

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' KICK OFF: Real Salt Lake gets underway.
  • 5' Seattle Sounders FC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
  • 8' GOAL! Nouhou Tolo fires home to make it 0-1!
  • 13' A quiet spell here at America First Field. Real Salt Lake seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
  • 18' Real Salt Lake are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Seattle Sounders FC's shape.
  • 23' It is a cagey affair so far. Real Salt Lake in their trying to find a way past Seattle Sounders FC's compact .
  • 25' It’s gonna be a card for Nouhou Tolo.
  • 30' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Seattle Sounders FC that had 293 games and scored 457 goals.
  • 35' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Real Salt Lake and Seattle Sounders FC are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
  • 40' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
  • 45' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 46' Pedro De la Vega is replacing Georgi Minoungou for the Seattle Sounders FC side.
  • 51' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
  • 56' Diego Luna picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
  • 61' Real Salt Lake seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
  • 66' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Real Salt Lake side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
  • 68' Sam Junqua has so much to prove this time. He replaces Alexandros Katranis on 68 minute.
  • 69' Jackson Ragen has so much to prove this time. He replaces Nouhou Tolo on 69 minute.
  • 74' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Real Salt Lake and Seattle Sounders FC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
  • 79' GOAL! Forster Ajago scores on 79.
  • 81' The Seattle Sounders FC manager makes a substitution. Jordan Morris departs to be replaced by Danny Leyva.
  • 86' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
  • 90' Forster Ajago is having his name booked by the referee on 90.
  • 90' Real Salt Lake manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Brayan Vera is hanging Philip Quinton on the field on 90 minute.
  • The points are shared — Real Salt Lake 2-0 Seattle Sounders FC. Honours even.

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
Nouhou Tolo 2
Corey Baird 2
Jordan Morris 2
Carlos Gomez 2
Raul Ruidiaz 2
Nicolas Lodeiro 2

Head to Head

2025-03-01 Real Salt Lake 2–0 Seattle Sounders FC 2024-05-30 Seattle Sounders FC 1–1 Real Salt Lake 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

Real Salt Lake Form

2025-03-01 Real Salt Lake 2–0 Seattle Sounders FC W 2025-02-23 San Jose Earthquakes 4–0 Real Salt Lake L 2024-10-20 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC W 2024-10-06 San Jose Earthquakes 0–1 Real Salt Lake W 2024-10-03 Real Salt Lake 0–0 Minnesota United FC D 2024-09-29 Austin FC 2–2 Real Salt Lake D

Seattle Sounders FC Form

2025-03-01 Real Salt Lake 2–0 Seattle Sounders FC L 2025-02-23 Seattle Sounders FC 2–2 Charlotte FC D 2024-10-20 Seattle Sounders FC 1–1 Portland Timbers D 2024-10-06 Colorado Rapids SC 0–1 Seattle Sounders FC W 2024-10-03 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0–3 Seattle Sounders FC W 2024-09-29 Seattle Sounders FC 1–0 Houston Dynamo W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
1.28 Real Salt Lake xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.95 Seattle Sounders FC xG
I would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 62%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Real Salt Lake46% Draw29% Seattle Sounders FC25%
Actual: Real Salt Lake win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes45% 0% No55%
Avg goals/match: 2.23
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 87%
13%
± 1.5 66%
34%
± 2.5 38%
62%
± 3.5 19%
81%
± 4.5 8%
92%

Double Chance

Real Salt Lake or Draw
75%
Draw or Seattle Sounders FC
54%
Real Salt Lake or Seattle Sounders FC
71%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Real Salt Lake29% Draw51% Seattle Sounders FC20%
Actual: Real Salt Lake win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
14%
0 – 0
13%
1 – 0
12.5%
0 – 1
9%
2 – 0
Actual
2 – 1
8.1%
1 – 2
6%
0 – 2
4.7%
2 – 2
4%
3 – 0
3.6%
3 – 1
3.5%
1 – 3
1.9%

Asian Handicap — Real Salt Lake

Handicap Real Salt Lake covers Push Seattle Sounders FC covers
-2.5 7% — 93%
-2 7% 13% 80%
-1.5 20% — 80%
-1 20% 23% 58%
-0.5 42% — 58%
+0.5 74% — 26%
+1 74% 16% 10%
+1.5 90% — 10%
+2 90% 7% 3%
+2.5 97% — 3%

Clean Sheet

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet
39% ✗
Seattle Sounders FC keeps clean sheet
28% ✓

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