Real Salt Lake vs Sporting Kansas City, 2018

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Mon 5 Nov 2018 · 03:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

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Real Salt Lake vs Sporting Kansas City — MLS .

Real Salt Lake 17 games · 27 pts (2026/26)
Sporting Kansas City 18 games · 14 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Baldomero Toledo
Referee Gianni Facchini
Referee David Gantar
Referee Felisha Mariscal
Referee Alan Kelly

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

Real Salt Lake 19 games · Avg 3.2 goals Sporting Kansas City

Last 5 meetings

2018-11-05 Real Salt Lake 1–1 Sporting Kansas City 2018-09-30 Sporting Kansas City 1–1 Real Salt Lake 2018-07-05 Real Salt Lake 4–2 Sporting Kansas City

Recent Form

Real Salt Lake

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
05 Nov	Sporting Kansas City	H	1–1	D
02 Nov	Los Angeles FC	A	3–2	W
21 Oct	Portland Timbers	A	0–3	L
19 Oct	New England Revolution	H	4–1	W
07 Oct	Portland Timbers	H	1–4	L
30 Sep	Sporting Kansas City	A	1–1	D

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
05 Nov	Real Salt Lake	A	1–1	D
28 Oct	Los Angeles FC	H	2–1	W
21 Oct	FC Dallas	A	3–0	W
18 Oct	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	4–1	W
07 Oct	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	1–1	D
30 Sep	Real Salt Lake	H	1–1	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' Three points are at stake. Real Salt Lake host Sporting Kansas City — let the battle begin!
5' Sporting Kansas City have won 439 goals from 285 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
10' Ike Opara is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Real Salt Lake tonight.
15' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
20' Ilie Sanchez needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
25' Sporting Kansas City 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.
30' A quiet spell here at . Real Salt Lake seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
35' Real Salt Lake looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Zavier Gozo scoring 1 goals.
40' Sporting Kansas City started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 40.
45' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Daniel Salloi made 285 appearances and scored 64 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
50' 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 Sebastian Saucedo suffering a number of foals already.
55' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
60' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Real Salt Lake and Sporting Kansas City are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
65' It looks surprising Real Salt Lake does not make any changes. Marcelo Silva has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
70' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
75' It looks like no one’s ball. Sporting Kansas City is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
80' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Peter Vermes will be considering his options from the bench.
85' Real Salt Lake are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Sporting Kansas City's shape.
90' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Real Salt Lake and Sporting Kansas City are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
The referee brings this contest to a close. take all three points.

Lineups

Real Salt Lake Lineups

Starting XI

14
Nedum Onuoha
6
Damir Kreilach
18
Nick Rimando
5
Kyle Beckerman C
11
Albert Rusnak
10
Joao Plata ↓ Corey Baird 77'
30
Marcelo Silva ↓ Justen Glad 41'
7
Jefferson Savarino ↓ Sebastian Saucedo 87'
12
Brooks Lennon
22
Aaron Herrera
8
Stephen Sunday

Bench

15
Justen Glad ↑ 41'
27
Corey Baird ↑ 77'
13
Nick Besler
23
Sebastian Saucedo ↑ 87'
25
Danny Acosta
51
Andrew Putna
20
Luis Silva

Coach Mike Petke

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Peter Vermes

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Johnny Russell	5
Damir Kreilach	4
Daniel Salloi	4
Corey Baird	4
Jefferson Savarino	3
Alan Pulido	2
Ike Opara	2
Willy Agada	2

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

2.37 Real Salt Lake xG

Expected Goals

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

1.37 Sporting Kansas City xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 71% + Both teams to score 67%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Real Salt Lake54% Draw23% Sporting Kansas City23%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes67% 0% No33%

Avg goals/match: 3.74

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	88%	12%
± 2.5	71%	29%
± 3.5	51%	49%
± 4.5	32%	68%

Double Chance

Real Salt Lake or Draw

77%

Draw or Sporting Kansas City

46%

Real Salt Lake or Sporting Kansas City

77%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Real Salt Lake44% Draw38% Sporting Kansas City18%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 1

8.9%

1 – 1

Actual

3 – 1

6.9%

2 – 0

6.7%

2 – 2

1 – 0

5.2%

1 – 2

5.2%

3 – 0

5.2%

3 – 2

4.7%

4 – 1

4.1%

0 – 0

3.6%

4 – 0

Asian Handicap — Real Salt Lake

Handicap	Real Salt Lake covers	Push	Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5	21%	—	79%
-2	21%	17%	62%
-1.5	38%	—	62%
-1	38%	20%	42%
-0.5	58%	—	42%
+0.5	79%	—	21%
+1	79%	12%	9%
+1.5	91%	—	9%
+2	91%	6%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet

26% ✓

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

10% ✓

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

Real Salt Lake vs Sporting Kansas City, 2018

Overview

Match Preview

Match Details

Standings

Head-to-Head

Recent Form

Season Stats

Key Stats

Goal Timing (This Season)

Top Scorers (This Season)

Events

Match Events

Lineups

Real Salt Lake Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Head to Head

Real Salt Lake Form

Sporting Kansas City Form

Predictions

Match Result

Both Teams to Score

Over / Under Goals

Double Chance

Half-Time Result

Correct Score

Asian Handicap — Real Salt Lake

Clean Sheet