Thursday , 2 July 2026

Real Salt Lake vs Sporting Kansas City, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

MLS · 2026
Real Salt Lake
2 – 0
Full Time
Sporting Kansas City
Sun 30 Jun 2019 · 02:00 UTC HT 45+3' · FT 45+6'
Y 38' Ilie Sanchez
Kyle Beckerman 45' Y
Y 66' Benny Feilhaber
Everton Luiz 90' Y

Overview

Match Preview

Real Salt Lake vs Sporting Kansas City — MLS .

Match Details

  • Referee Ian Anderson
  • Referee Nima Saghafi
  • Referee Alejandro Mariscal
  • Referee Thomas Zablocki
  • Referee Kevin Broadley

Standings

# 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

10
4
5
Real Salt Lake 19 games · Avg 3.2 goals Sporting Kansas City
Last 5 meetings
2019-06-30 Real Salt Lake 2–0 Sporting Kansas City 2018-11-11 Sporting Kansas City 4–2 Real Salt Lake 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
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
30 Jun Sporting Kansas City H 2–0 W
23 Jun Chicago Fire FC A 1–1 D
01 Jun New York Red Bulls A 0–4 L
29 May Montreal Impact FC A 1–2 L
25 May Atlanta United FC H 2–1 W
18 May Toronto FC H 3–0 W
Sporting Kansas City
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
30 Jun Real Salt Lake A 0–2 L
23 Jun Columbus Crew SC A 1–0 W
07 Jun Toronto FC A 2–2 D
02 Jun Houston Dynamo A 1–1 D
30 May Los Angeles Galaxy H 0–2 L
26 May Seattle Sounders FC H 3–2 W

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 history
14% Clean Sheets
Real Salt Lake this season
0% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

Real Salt Lake are 18th (26 pts). Sporting Kansas City are 30th (11 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Real Salt Lake
0-15
4/3
16-30
2/2
31-45
3/1
46-60
3/1
61-75
2/1
76+
2/5
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Sporting Kansas City
0-15
–/6
16-30
2/3
31-45
2/3
46-60
1/3
61-75
2/5
76+
2/4
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

  • 0' Three points are at stake. Real Salt Lake host Sporting Kansas City — let the battle begin!
  • 5' Sporting Kansas City come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
  • 10' The energy levels are beginning to show. Mike Petke might look to freshen things up shortly.
  • 15' Sam Johnson adds to his 0 season tally! Real Salt Lake lead 1-0 — and this changes everything.
  • 20' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
  • 25' Sporting Kansas City are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
  • 29' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Sam Johnson makes it 2-0.
  • 34' Real Salt Lake is showing some good football. However, Real Salt Lake are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 38' A moment of madness from Ilie Sanchez on 38 minutes earns him a Yellow card. Sporting Kansas City will be frustrated.
  • 43' Hungary international Krisztian Nemeth has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
  • 45' Poor challenge from Kyle Beckerman. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
  • 46' Sporting Kansas City make a change. Krisztian Nemeth trudges off to be replaced by Yohan Croizet on 46 minutes.
  • 51' Donald Toia is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Sporting Kansas City tonight.
  • 56' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Real Salt Lake side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
  • 61' Brooks Lennon gets the nod from Real Salt Lake. He replaces Sebastian Saucedo and will look to change the dynamic.
  • 62' The supporters are chanting for Fontas. He replaces Botond Barath on 62 minute.
  • 66' Benny Feilhaber picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
  • 67' The whistle greets Sam Johnson as he departs to be replaced by Corey Baird.
  • 71' Sporting Kansas City make a change. Ilie Sanchez trudges off to be replaced by Benny Feilhaber on 71 minutes.
  • 76' It is a cagey affair so far. Real Salt Lake in their trying to find a way past Sporting Kansas City's compact .
  • 81' 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.
  • 84' The Croatia Damir Kreilach breaks the deadlock on 84 minutes. 3-0!
  • 89' Supporters expect more eagerness from Yohan Croizet, as he is very good at scoring at with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
  • 90' Everton Luiz is having his name booked by the referee on 90.
  • 90' The Real Salt Lake manager makes a substitution. Albert Rusnak departs to be replaced by Tate Schmitt.
  • Real Salt Lake celebrates a vital win. Three points that could prove pivotal come season's end.

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
Carlos Gomez 2
Rubio Rubin 2
Alan Pulido 2

Head to Head

2019-06-30 Real Salt Lake 2–0 Sporting Kansas City 2018-11-11 Sporting Kansas City 4–2 Real Salt Lake 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

Real Salt Lake Form

2019-06-30 Real Salt Lake 2–0 Sporting Kansas City W 2019-06-23 Chicago Fire FC 1–1 Real Salt Lake D 2019-06-01 New York Red Bulls 4–0 Real Salt Lake L 2019-05-29 Montreal Impact FC 2–1 Real Salt Lake L 2019-05-25 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Atlanta United FC W 2019-05-18 Real Salt Lake 3–0 Toronto FC W

Sporting Kansas City Form

2019-06-30 Real Salt Lake 2–0 Sporting Kansas City L 2019-06-23 Columbus Crew SC 0–1 Sporting Kansas City W 2019-06-07 Toronto FC 2–2 Sporting Kansas City D 2019-06-02 Houston Dynamo 1–1 Sporting Kansas City D 2019-05-30 Sporting Kansas City 0–2 Los Angeles Galaxy L 2019-05-26 Sporting Kansas City 3–2 Seattle Sounders FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
2.63 Real Salt Lake xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.91 Sporting Kansas City xG
I would bet for: Real Salt Lake to win 67% + Over 2.5 goals 67%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Real Salt Lake67% Draw19% Sporting Kansas City14%
Actual: Real Salt Lake win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong
Yes55% 0% No45%
Avg goals/match: 3.54
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 96%
4%
± 1.5 86%
14%
± 2.5 67%
33%
± 3.5 46%
54%
± 4.5 28%
72%

Double Chance

Real Salt Lake or Draw
86%
Draw or Sporting Kansas City
33%
Real Salt Lake or Sporting Kansas City
81%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Real Salt Lake54% Draw36% Sporting Kansas City10%
Actual: Real Salt Lake win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
2 – 0
Actual
2 – 1
8.9%
3 – 0
8.6%
1 – 1
7.7%
3 – 1
7.7%
1 – 0
7.5%
4 – 0
5.6%
4 – 1
5.1%
0 – 0
4.2%
2 – 2
4%
3 – 2
3.5%
1 – 2
3.1%

Asian Handicap — Real Salt Lake

Handicap Real Salt Lake covers Push Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5 31% — 69%
-2 31% 21% 48%
-1.5 52% — 48%
-1 52% 21% 27%
-0.5 73% — 27%
+0.5 90% — 10%
+1 90% 7% 3%
+1.5 97% — 3%
+2 97% 3% 1%
+2.5 99% — 1%

Clean Sheet

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet
41% ✗
Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet
8% ✓

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