Real Salt Lake vs Sporting Kansas City, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Real Salt Lake vs Sporting Kansas City — MLS at Rio Tinto Stadium.
- Real Salt Lake 14 games · 26 pts (2026/26)
- Sporting Kansas City 14 games · 11 pts (2026/26)
Match Details
- Referee Timothy Ford
- Assistant 1 Adam Garner (USA)
- Assistant 2 Stephen McGonagle (USA)
5 games this season 🟨 3.8/game ⚽ 10.2 goals/game 🟥 2 totalStandings
# 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
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 04 Apr Sporting Kansas City H 3–1 W 22 Mar San Diego FC A 2–2 D 15 Mar Austin FC H 2–1 W 08 Mar Atlanta United FC A 3–2 W 01 Mar Seattle Sounders FC H 2–1 W 22 Feb Vancouver Whitecaps FC A 0–1 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 04 Apr Real Salt Lake A 1–3 L 22 Mar Colorado Rapids SC H 1–4 L 15 Mar Los Angeles Galaxy A 2–1 W 08 Mar San Diego FC H 0–1 L 01 Mar Columbus Crew SC H 2–2 D 22 Feb San Jose Earthquakes A 0–3 L Season Stats
Real Salt Lake Sporting Kansas City #18 Position #30 26 Points 11 14 Played 14 8 / 2 / 4 W / D / L 3 / 2 / 9 26 Scored 14 19 Conceded 36 +7 GD -22 1.86 PPG 0.79 57% Win % 21% Key Stats
63% Both Teams to Score
H2H (19 games)53% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history14% Clean Sheets
Real Salt Lake this season0% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this seasonReal Salt Lake are 18th (26 pts). Sporting Kansas City are 30th (11 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Real Salt Lake0-154/316-302/231-453/146-603/161-752/176+2/5■ Scored ■ ConcededSporting Kansas City0-15–/616-302/331-452/346-601/361-752/576+2/4■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' We are underway at Rio Tinto Stadium. The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
- 4' Goal! Diego Luna scores his 19 goal in 258 matches.
- 9' Sporting Kansas City started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 9.
- 14' Real Salt Lake is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 19' It looks surprising Sporting Kansas City does not make any changes. Jacob Bartlett has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 24' Supporters expect more eagerness from Stephen Afrira, as he is very good at scoring at Rio Tinto Stadium with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 29' Real Salt Lake looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Zavier Gozo scoring 1 goals.
- 34' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Real Salt Lake that had 258 games and scored 381 goals.
- 39' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Jesus Barea suffering a number of foals already.
- 44' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Noel Caliskan made 265 appearances and scored 1 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 46' The Sporting Kansas City manager makes a substitution. Ethan Bartlow departs to be replaced by Diego.
- 51' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Sporting Kansas City needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 55' What a strike from Sergi Solans! The score is 2-0.
- 59' Goal! Dejan Joveljic scores his 56 goal in 245 matches.
- 64' Sporting Kansas City manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Jacob Bartlett is hanging Justin Reynolds on the field on 64 minute.
- 69' Sporting Kansas City is showing some good football. However, Sporting Kansas City are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 72' Victor Olatunji is replacing Sergi Solans for the Real Salt Lake side.
- 74' The supporters are chanting for Stephen Afrira. He replaces Calvin Harris on 74 minute.
- 79' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 82' Goal! Zavier Gozo scores his 5 goal in 258 matches.
- 84' The Real Salt Lake manager makes a substitution. Stijn Spierings departs to be replaced by Griffin Dillon.
- 88' Real Salt Lake receives a card for a hard tackle on 88.
- 90' Jesus Barea has so much to prove this time. He replaces Zavier Gozo on 90 minute.
- The final score is 3-1.
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Lineups
Real Salt Lake Lineups
3-4-2-1Starting XI
- 15
- 98
- 6
- 9
- 26
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10
Diego Luna ↓ Dominik Marczuk 84'
- 4
- 1
- 92
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72
Zavier Gozo ↓ Jesus Barea 90'
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22
Sergi Solans ↓ Victor Olatunji 72'
Bench
- 7
- 31
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29
Sam Junqua ↑ 72'
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17
Victor Olatunji ↑ 72'
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27
Griffin Dillon ↑ 84'
- 34
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11
Dominik Marczuk ↑ 84'
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36
Jesus Barea ↑ 90'
- 24
Coach Pablo MastroeniSporting Kansas City Lineups
3-4-3Starting XI
- 6
- 9
- 1
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23
Ethan Bartlow ↓ Diego 46'
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11
Calvin Harris ↓ Stephen Afrira 74'
- 4
- 8
- 93
- 13
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Ian James ↓ Zorhan Bassong 64'
- 15
Bench
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22
Zorhan Bassong ↑ 64'
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17
Stephen Afrira ↑ 74'
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57
Diego ↑ 46'
- 19
- 14
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16
Jacob Bartlett ↑ 64'
- 20
- 12
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Johnny Russell 5 Daniel Salloi 4 Corey Baird 4 Damir Kreilach 4 Jefferson Savarino 3 Anderson Julio 2 Carlos Gomez 2 Rubio Rubin 2 Head to Head
Real Salt Lake Form
Sporting Kansas City Form
2026-04-04 Real Salt Lake 3–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2026-03-22 Sporting Kansas City 1–4 Colorado Rapids SC L 2026-03-15 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–2 Sporting Kansas City W 2026-03-08 Sporting Kansas City 0–1 San Diego FC L 2026-03-01 Sporting Kansas City 2–2 Columbus Crew SC D 2026-02-22 San Jose Earthquakes 3–0 Sporting Kansas City L -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy4 / 42.87 Real Salt Lake xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.97 Sporting Kansas City xGI would bet for: Real Salt Lake to win 73% + Over 2.5 goals 72%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Real Salt Lake winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 3.84Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 97% 3% ± 1.5 89% 11% ± 2.5 72% 28% ± 3.5 52% 48% ± 4.5 33% 67% Double Chance
Real Salt Lake or Draw 89%Draw or Sporting Kansas City 27%Real Salt Lake or Sporting Kansas City 84%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Real Salt Lake win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 122 – 0 9%2 – 1 8.4%3 – 0 8.3%3 – 1 Actual1 – 1 6.7%1 – 0 6.1%4 – 0 5.9%4 – 1 5.7%2 – 2 4%3 – 2 3.9%5 – 0 3.4%5 – 1 3.3%Asian Handicap — Real Salt Lake
Handicap Real Salt Lake covers Push Sporting Kansas City covers -2.5 35% — 65% -2 35% 20% 45% -1.5 55% — 45% -1 55% 19% 25% -0.5 75% — 25% +0.5 90% — 10% +1 90% 6% 3% +1.5 97% — 3% +2 97% 2% 1% +2.5 99% — 1% Clean Sheet
Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet 38% ✓Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet 7% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.