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

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

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
#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' KICK OFF: Sporting Kansas City gets underway.
1' Johnny Russell puts Sporting Kansas City on the lead.
6' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Gerso Fernandes made 301 appearances and scored 17 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
11' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Real Salt Lake and Sporting Kansas City are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
16' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
20' The referee shows Real Salt Lake player a Yellow card on 20.
21' Erik Holt picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
26' Everton Luiz is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Real Salt Lake so far.
31' Over 31 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
36' It’s a booking for Sporting Kansas City player. Ilie Sanchez gets a Yellow card.
40' Real Salt Lake receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 40.
45' USA international Justen Glad has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
46' Fresh legs for Real Salt Lake! Douglas Martinez comes on to replace Sam Johnson.
51' 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.
55' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Kyle Beckerman.
56' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Gianluca Busio.
58' Felipe Hernandez has so much to prove this time. He replaces Roger Espinoza on 58 minute.
62' Sporting Kansas City receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 62.
64' Pablo Ruiz is ready to make an impact after coming on for Kyle Beckerman at the 64 minute mark.
67' A change in the Sporting Kansas City ranks — Gianluca Busio exits the field as Gadi Kinda enters on 67.
71' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Justen Glad.
72' The supporters are chanting for Giuseppe Rossi. He replaces Damir Kreilach on 72 minute.
77' The whistle greets Corey Baird as he departs to be replaced by Jeizon Ramirez.
82' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
84' Sporting Kansas City ring the changes. Khiry Shelton has done his job and it is now time for Daniel Salloi to step up.
86' Against the run of play, Gerso Fernandes has scored! This game has turned on its head.
Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 0-2.

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

Expected Goals

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

1.27 Sporting Kansas City xG

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

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Real Salt Lake48% Draw25% Sporting Kansas City27%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes62% 0% No38%

Avg goals/match: 3.27

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	84%	16%
± 2.5	62%	38%
± 3.5	41%	59%
± 4.5	24%	76%

Double Chance

Real Salt Lake or Draw

74%

Draw or Sporting Kansas City

52%

Real Salt Lake or Sporting Kansas City

75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Real Salt Lake39% Draw41% Sporting Kansas City20%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 0–2 not predicted

0 – 2

Actual

1 – 1

10.5%

2 – 1

9.3%

2 – 0

7.5%

1 – 0

3 – 1

6.2%

1 – 2

5.9%

2 – 2

5.9%

0 – 0

5.3%

3 – 0

4.9%

0 – 1

4.1%

3 – 2

4 – 1

3.1%

Asian Handicap — Real Salt Lake

Handicap	Real Salt Lake covers	Push	Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5	15%	—	85%
-2	15%	16%	68%
-1.5	32%	—	68%
-1	32%	21%	47%
-0.5	53%	—	47%
+0.5	77%	—	23%
+1	77%	13%	10%
+1.5	90%	—	10%
+2	90%	7%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet

29% ✓

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

14% ✗

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