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Real Salt Lake vs Sporting Kansas City, 2018

MLS · 2018
Real Salt Lake
4 – 2
Full Time
Sporting Kansas City
Thu 5 Jul 2018 · 02:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

Match Preview

Real Salt Lake vs Sporting Kansas City — MLS .

Match Details

  • Referee Sorin Stoica
  • Referee Peter Balciunas
  • Referee M. de Oliveira
  • Referee Alejandro Mariscal
  • Referee Jose Da Silva

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

11
4
5
Real Salt Lake 20 games · Avg 3.2 goals Sporting Kansas City
Last 5 meetings
2018-07-05 Real Salt Lake 4–2 Sporting Kansas City

Recent Form

Real Salt Lake
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
05 Jul Sporting Kansas City H 4–2 W
30 Jun Columbus Crew SC A 1–2 L
24 Jun San Jose Earthquakes H 1–1 D
10 Jun Los Angeles Galaxy A 0–3 L
03 Jun Seattle Sounders FC H 2–0 W
31 May Houston Dynamo H 2–1 W
Sporting Kansas City
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
05 Jul Real Salt Lake A 2–4 L
30 Jun Montreal Impact FC A 0–2 L
24 Jun Houston Dynamo H 3–2 W
10 Jun Portland Timbers A 0–0 D
04 Jun Minnesota United FC H 4–1 W
27 May Columbus Crew SC H 0–0 D

Season Stats

Real Salt Lake Sporting Kansas City
#24 Position #30
45 Points 26
34 Played 34
13 / 6 / 15 W / D / L 7 / 5 / 22
53 Scored 40
52 Conceded 81
+1 GD -41
1.32 PPG 0.76
38% Win % 21%

Key Stats

65% Both Teams to Score
H2H (20 games)
55% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
12% Clean Sheets
Real Salt Lake this season
6% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

Real Salt Lake are 24th (45 pts). Sporting Kansas City are 30th (26 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
Sporting Kansas City
0-15
3/12
16-30
8/10
31-45
9/9
46-60
3/7
61-75
6/15
76+
5/14
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Real Salt Lake
Sergi Solans 15 G 4 A
Zavier Gozo 6 G 3 A
Sporting Kansas City
Andre Luiz 7 G 1 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' Real Salt Lake have kicked off against Sporting Kansas City. Both sides are eager to make an early statement.
  • 5' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 5 minutes.
  • 10' Real Salt Lake currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
  • 15' It looks like no one’s ball. Real Salt Lake is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
  • 20' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Real Salt Lake needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 25' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Real Salt Lake and Sporting Kansas City are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
  • 30' Marcelo Silva has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
  • 35' Supporters expect more eagerness from Roger Espinoza, as he is very good at scoring at with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
  • 40' Real Salt Lake looks like a favorite considering 2 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Noel Caliskan scoring 0 goals.
  • 45' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
  • 50' It’s high time Peter Vermes made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 55' Real Salt Lake has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 2 of the last 2 meetings.
  • 60' Wan Kuzain needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
  • 65' Real Salt Lake are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
  • 70' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
  • 75' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
  • 80' The energy levels are beginning to show. Mike Petke might look to freshen things up shortly.
  • 85' Sporting Kansas City fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
  • 90' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Real Salt Lake that had 300 games and scored 445 goals.
  • 4-2 the final result. Sporting Kansas City will be bitterly disappointed.

Lineups

Real Salt Lake Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Mike Petke

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Peter Vermes

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Johnny Russell 5
Corey Baird 4
Damir Kreilach 4
Daniel Salloi 4
Jefferson Savarino 3
Rubio Rubin 2
Anderson Julio 2
Alan Pulido 2

Head to Head

2018-07-05 Real Salt Lake 4–2 Sporting Kansas City

Real Salt Lake Form

2018-07-05 Real Salt Lake 4–2 Sporting Kansas City W 2018-06-30 Columbus Crew SC 2–1 Real Salt Lake L 2018-06-24 Real Salt Lake 1–1 San Jose Earthquakes D 2018-06-10 Los Angeles Galaxy 3–0 Real Salt Lake L 2018-06-03 Real Salt Lake 2–0 Seattle Sounders FC W 2018-05-31 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Houston Dynamo W

Sporting Kansas City Form

2018-07-05 Real Salt Lake 4–2 Sporting Kansas City L 2018-06-30 Montreal Impact FC 2–0 Sporting Kansas City L 2018-06-24 Sporting Kansas City 3–2 Houston Dynamo W 2018-06-10 Portland Timbers 0–0 Sporting Kansas City D 2018-06-04 Sporting Kansas City 4–1 Minnesota United FC W 2018-05-27 Sporting Kansas City 0–0 Columbus Crew SC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
4 / 4
2.88 Real Salt Lake xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.25 Sporting Kansas City xG
I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 76% + Both teams to score 67%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Real Salt Lake65% Draw19% Sporting Kansas City16%
Actual: Real Salt Lake win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes67% 0% No33%
Avg goals/match: 4.13
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 97%
3%
± 1.5 91%
9%
± 2.5 76%
24%
± 3.5 58%
42%
± 4.5 39%
61%

Double Chance

Real Salt Lake or Draw
84%
Draw or Sporting Kansas City
35%
Real Salt Lake or Sporting Kansas City
81%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Real Salt Lake52% Draw34% Sporting Kansas City14%
Actual: Real Salt Lake win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
2 – 1
8.2%
3 – 1
7.7%
2 – 0
6.9%
1 – 1
6.6%
3 – 0
6.4%
4 – 1
5.5%
2 – 2
5%
3 – 2
4.8%
1 – 0
4.5%
4 – 0
4.5%
1 – 2
3.6%
4 – 2
Actual

Asian Handicap — Real Salt Lake

Handicap Real Salt Lake covers Push Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5 31% — 69%
-2 31% 19% 50%
-1.5 50% — 50%
-1 50% 19% 31%
-0.5 69% — 31%
+0.5 86% — 14%
+1 86% 8% 5%
+1.5 95% — 5%
+2 95% 4% 2%
+2.5 98% — 2%

Clean Sheet

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet
29% ✓
Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet
6% ✓

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