Real Salt Lake vs Sporting Kansas City, MLS 2026 MLS IS BACK GROUP STAGE

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Real Salt Lake

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Sporting Kansas City

Wed 22 Jul 2020 · 13:00 UTC ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex HT 45+4' · FT 45+4'

Erik Holt 20' Y

Erik Holt 21' Y

Y 36' Ilie Sanchez

Sam Johnson 40' Y

Kyle Beckerman 55' Y

Y 56' Gianluca Busio

Y 62' Graham Smith

Justen Glad 71' Y

Overview

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Real Salt Lake vs Sporting Kansas City — MLS at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex.

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

Match Details

Referee Corey Rockwell
Referee Jeremy Hanson
Referee Fotis Bazakos
Referee Drew Fischer
Referee Joe Dickerson

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

2020-07-22 Real Salt Lake 0–2 Sporting Kansas City 2019-08-11 Sporting Kansas City 1–2 Real Salt Lake 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

Recent Form

Real Salt Lake

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
22 Jul	Sporting Kansas City	H	0–2	L
18 Jul	Minnesota United FC	H	0–0	D
13 Jul	Colorado Rapids SC	H	2–0	W
07 Mar	New York Red Bulls	H	1–1	D
29 Feb	Orlando City SC	A	0–0	D
20 Oct	Portland Timbers	H	2–1	W

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
22 Jul	Real Salt Lake	A	2–0	W
18 Jul	Colorado Rapids SC	H	3–2	W
13 Jul	Minnesota United FC	H	1–2	L
08 Mar	Houston Dynamo	H	4–0	W
01 Mar	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	3–1	W
06 Oct	FC Dallas	A	0–6	L

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' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. Real Salt Lake is hosting Sporting Kansas City for another epic battle.
1' Assisted by Alan Pulido with the perfectly-timed delivery and Johnny Russell makes no mistake. 0-1!
6' It’s high time Freddy Juarez made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
11' 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.
16' The travelling Sporting Kansas City supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
20' Real Salt Lake player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
21' Erik Holt picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
26' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Donald Toia made 286 appearances and scored 1 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
31' Real Salt Lake currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
36' Ilie Sanchez is having his name booked by the referee on 36.
40' Controversy at the stadium! Sam Johnson argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
45' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Real Salt Lake and Sporting Kansas City are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
46' A change in the Real Salt Lake ranks — Sam Johnson exits the field as Douglas Martinez enters on 46.
51' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
55' Controversy at the stadium! Kyle Beckerman argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
56' The referee shows Sporting Kansas City player a Yellow card on 56.
58' Felipe Hernandez gets the nod from Sporting Kansas City. He replaces Roger Espinoza and will look to change the dynamic.
62' Graham Smith was booked on 62.
64' Another substitution for Real Salt Lake to replace Kyle Beckerman by Pablo Ruiz on 64 minute.
67' A tactical swap from Sporting Kansas City — Gadi Kinda on, Gianluca Busio off on 67 minutes.
71' Real Salt Lake receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 71.
72' The Real Salt Lake bench stirs into life. Damir Kreilach is withdrawn and Giuseppe Rossi gets his opportunity.
77' The crowd applauds Corey Baird as he leaves the pitch. Jeizon Ramirez steps in for Real Salt Lake.
82' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
84' The crowd applauds Khiry Shelton as he leaves the pitch. Daniel Salloi steps in for Sporting Kansas City.
86' Brilliant from the ! Gerso Fernandes makes it 0-2 with a superb finish on 86.
Time to leave. No sensation happened. Another win for Sporting Kansas City players.

Lineups

Real Salt Lake Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Freddy Juarez

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

36
Luis Martins ↓ Amadou Dia 67'
9
Alan Pulido C
7
Johnny Russell ↓ Gerso Fernandes 84'
8
Graham Zusi
29
Tim Melia
6
Ilie Sanchez
27
Gianluca Busio ↓ Gadi Kinda 67'
15
Roger Espinoza ↓ Felipe Hernandez 58'
11
Khiry Shelton ↓ Daniel Salloi 84'
16
Graham Smith
4
Roberto Puncec

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
Ike Opara	2
Willy Agada	2
Ike Opara	2

Head to Head

Real Salt Lake Form

2020-07-22 Real Salt Lake 0–2 Sporting Kansas City L 2020-07-18 Real Salt Lake 0–0 Minnesota United FC D 2020-07-13 Real Salt Lake 2–0 Colorado Rapids SC W 2020-03-07 Real Salt Lake 1–1 New York Red Bulls D 2020-02-29 Orlando City SC 0–0 Real Salt Lake D 2019-10-20 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Portland Timbers W

Sporting Kansas City Form

2020-07-22 Real Salt Lake 0–2 Sporting Kansas City W 2020-07-18 Sporting Kansas City 3–2 Colorado Rapids SC W 2020-07-13 Sporting Kansas City 1–2 Minnesota United FC L 2020-03-08 Sporting Kansas City 4–0 Houston Dynamo W 2020-03-01 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–3 Sporting Kansas City W 2019-10-06 FC Dallas 6–0 Sporting Kansas City L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

0 / 4

2.24 Real Salt Lake xG

Expected Goals

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

1.18 Sporting Kansas City xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 65% + Both teams to score 62%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Real Salt Lake53% Draw24% Sporting Kansas City23%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes62% 0% No38%

Avg goals/match: 3.42

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	85%	15%
± 2.5	65%	35%
± 3.5	44%	56%
± 4.5	26%	74%

Double Chance

Real Salt Lake or Draw

77%

Draw or Sporting Kansas City

47%

Real Salt Lake or Sporting Kansas City

76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Real Salt Lake44% Draw39% Sporting Kansas City17%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 0–2 not predicted

0 – 2

Actual

1 – 1

9.5%

2 – 1

9.4%

2 – 0

8.2%

3 – 1

6.9%

1 – 0

6.8%

3 – 0

2 – 2

5.5%

1 – 2

0 – 0

4.7%

3 – 2

4.1%

4 – 1

3.9%

4 – 0

3.3%

Asian Handicap — Real Salt Lake

Handicap	Real Salt Lake covers	Push	Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5	20%	—	80%
-2	20%	18%	62%
-1.5	38%	—	62%
-1	38%	21%	40%
-0.5	60%	—	40%
+0.5	82%	—	18%
+1	82%	11%	7%
+1.5	93%	—	7%
+2	93%	5%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet

31% ✓

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

12% ✗

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