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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 18 40
2 Internacional CF Miami 18 38
3 New England Revolution 18 30
4 Chicago Fire FC 17 29
5 New York City FC 18 26
6 FC Cincinnati 18 26
7 Charlotte FC 18 25
8 New York Red Bulls 18 25
9 D.C. United SC 18 23
10 Columbus Crew SC 18 20
11 Orlando City SC 18 20
12 Toronto FC 18 17
13 Philadelphia Union 18 16
14 Montreal Impact FC 18 16
15 Atlanta United FC 18 12
16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 17 34
17 Los Angeles FC 19 34
18 San Jose Earthquakes 18 33
19 Houston Dynamo 18 32
20 FC Dallas 18 27
21 Real Salt Lake 17 27
22 St. Louis City 18 26
23 Portland Timbers 18 24
24 Seattle Sounders FC 17 24
25 Minnesota United FC 18 24
26 Colorado Rapids SC 18 22
27 Los Angeles Galaxy 19 22
28 San Diego FC 18 21
29 Austin FC 18 17
30 Sporting Kansas City 18 14

Head-to-Head

10
4
5
Real Salt Lake 19 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
#21 Position #30
27 Points 14
17 Played 18
8 / 3 / 6 W / D / L 4 / 2 / 12
29 Scored 18
25 Conceded 46
+4 GD -28
1.59 PPG 0.78
47% Win % 22%

Key Stats

63% Both Teams to Score
H2H (19 games)
53% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
11% Clean Sheets
Real Salt Lake this season
0% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

Real Salt Lake are 21st (27 pts). Sporting Kansas City are 30th (14 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Real Salt Lake
0-15
4/4
16-30
3/2
31-45
3/2
46-60
4/2
61-75
2/4
76+
4/6
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Sporting Kansas City
0-15
–/7
16-30
3/4
31-45
3/6
46-60
2/4
61-75
2/8
76+
3/7
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Real Salt Lake
Zavier Gozo 6 G 3 A
Sergi Solans 6 G 3 A
Sporting Kansas City
Dejan Joveljic 8 G 1 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' That's the starting whistle at . Ninety minutes of football awaits between Real Salt Lake and Sporting Kansas City.
  • 5' 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 Nick Rimando suffering a number of foals already.
  • 10' Real Salt Lake are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Sporting Kansas City's shape.
  • 15' 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.
  • 20' Sporting Kansas City come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
  • 25' Corey Baird needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
  • 30' Sporting Kansas City fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
  • 35' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Real Salt Lake side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
  • 40' Khiry Shelton has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
  • 45' Ilie Sanchez is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Sporting Kansas City tonight.
  • 50' 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.
  • 55' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
  • 60' A quiet spell here at . Real Salt Lake seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
  • 65' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
  • 70' It’s high time Mike Petke made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 75' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 80' Both keepers have barely been tested. Real Salt Lake and Sporting Kansas City are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
  • 85' Real Salt Lake currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
  • 90' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
  • The final whistle goes. A composed, disciplined performance from Real Salt Lake to claim maximum points.

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
Damir Kreilach 4
Daniel Salloi 4
Corey Baird 4
Jefferson Savarino 3
Ike Opara 2
Diego Rubio 2
Corey Baird 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
3.12 Real Salt Lake xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.15 Sporting Kansas City xG
I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 78% + Real Salt Lake to win 69%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Real Salt Lake69% Draw17% Sporting Kansas City14%
Actual: Real Salt Lake win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes65% 0% No35%
Avg goals/match: 4.27
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 98%
2%
± 1.5 92%
8%
± 2.5 78%
22%
± 3.5 60%
40%
± 4.5 41%
59%

Double Chance

Real Salt Lake or Draw
86%
Draw or Sporting Kansas City
31%
Real Salt Lake or Sporting Kansas City
83%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Real Salt Lake57% Draw31% Sporting Kansas City12%
Actual: Real Salt Lake win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
3 – 1
7.9%
2 – 1
7.8%
2 – 0
7.1%
3 – 0
7.1%
4 – 1
6.1%
1 – 1
5.8%
4 – 0
5.4%
3 – 2
4.5%
2 – 2
4.4%
1 – 0
4.3%
5 – 1
3.9%
4 – 2
Actual

Asian Handicap — Real Salt Lake

Handicap Real Salt Lake covers Push Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5 37% — 63%
-2 37% 20% 44%
-1.5 56% — 44%
-1 56% 18% 25%
-0.5 75% — 25%
+0.5 89% — 11%
+1 89% 7% 4%
+1.5 96% — 4%
+2 96% 3% 1%
+2.5 99% — 1%

Clean Sheet

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet
32% ✓
Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet
5% ✓

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