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 34 games · 45 pts (2026/26)
Sporting Kansas City 34 games · 26 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	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

Real Salt Lake 20 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
#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' Three points are at stake. Real Salt Lake host Sporting Kansas City — let the battle begin!
5' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Real Salt Lake and Sporting Kansas City are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
10' Real Salt Lake looks like a favorite considering 2 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Noel Caliskan scoring 0 goals.
15' Sporting Kansas City have won 461 goals from 301 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
20' Real Salt Lake are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Sporting Kansas City's shape.
25' Chile international Diego Rubio has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
30' The travelling Sporting Kansas City supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
35' Real Salt Lake currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
40' Roger Espinoza needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
45' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
50' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Jefferson Savarino made 300 appearances and scored 73 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
55' Supporters expect more eagerness from Yohan Croizet, as he is very good at scoring at with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
60' 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.
65' Brooks Lennon has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
70' It is a cagey affair so far. Real Salt Lake in their trying to find a way past Sporting Kansas City's compact .
75' Johnny Russell, a Scotland , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
80' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
85' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Real Salt Lake and Sporting Kansas City are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
90' It’s high time Mike Petke made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 1-1 draw is a fair result on the day.

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

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

2.13 Real Salt Lake xG

Expected Goals

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

1.47 Sporting Kansas City xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 68% + Both teams to score 67%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Real Salt Lake49% Draw24% Sporting Kansas City27%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes67% 0% No33%

Avg goals/match: 3.6

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	87%	13%
± 2.5	68%	32%
± 3.5	48%	52%
± 4.5	29%	71%

Double Chance

Real Salt Lake or Draw

73%

Draw or Sporting Kansas City

51%

Real Salt Lake or Sporting Kansas City

76%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Real Salt Lake39% Draw40% Sporting Kansas City21%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

Actual

2 – 1

8.8%

2 – 2

6.4%

2 – 0

6.3%

3 – 1

6.2%

1 – 2

6.1%

1 – 0

5.3%

3 – 2

4.6%

3 – 0

4.3%

0 – 0

4.1%

0 – 1

3.5%

4 – 1

3.3%

Asian Handicap — Real Salt Lake

Handicap	Real Salt Lake covers	Push	Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5	16%	—	84%
-2	16%	16%	69%
-1.5	31%	—	69%
-1	31%	20%	48%
-0.5	52%	—	48%
+0.5	74%	—	26%
+1	74%	14%	12%
+1.5	88%	—	12%
+2	88%	8%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet

24% ✓

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

13% ✓

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