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 27 games · 32 pts (2026/26)
Sporting Kansas City 26 games · 21 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	27	60
2	Internacional CF Miami	27	46
3	New England Revolution	27	46
4	Charlotte FC	27	43
5	Chicago Fire FC	26	42
6	Philadelphia Union	27	39
7	Orlando City SC	27	34
8	New York City FC	27	33
9	FC Cincinnati	26	33
10	New York Red Bulls	27	33
11	D.C. United SC	26	30
12	Columbus Crew SC	27	29
13	Toronto FC	27	29
14	Atlanta United FC	27	27
15	Montreal Impact FC	27	24
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	26	50
17	St. Louis City	27	47
18	FC Dallas	27	47
19	San Jose Earthquakes	27	45
20	Houston Dynamo	27	44
21	Los Angeles FC	28	41
22	Colorado Rapids SC	27	36
23	Los Angeles Galaxy	28	36
24	Seattle Sounders FC	26	35
25	San Diego FC	27	32
26	Portland Timbers	27	32
27	Real Salt Lake	27	32
28	Austin FC	27	31
29	Minnesota United FC	27	29
30	Sporting Kansas City	26	21

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
#27	Position	#30
32	Points	21
27	Played	26
9 / 5 / 13	W / D / L	6 / 3 / 17
40	Scored	31
44	Conceded	63
-4	GD	-32
1.19	PPG	0.81
33%	Win %	23%

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

4% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

Real Salt Lake are 27th (32 pts). Sporting Kansas City are 30th (21 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Real Salt Lake

0-15

5/6

16-30

4/5

31-45

5/5

46-60

5/6

61-75

5/7

76+

6/9

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Sporting Kansas City

0-15

3/8

16-30

7/7

31-45

5/8

46-60

2/6

61-75

4/11

76+

4/9

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Real Salt Lake

Sergi Solans	11 G	3 A
Zavier Gozo	6 G	3 A

Events

Match Events

0' That's the starting whistle at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex. Ninety minutes of football awaits between Real Salt Lake and Sporting Kansas City.
1' A goal from the Scotland international Johnny Russell! He fires home on 1 to make it 0-1!
6' Sporting Kansas City fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
11' Felipe Hernandez is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Real Salt Lake so far.
16' Real Salt Lake started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 16.
20' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Yellow card for Erik Holt.
21' Erik Holt has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 21.
26' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Peter Vermes will be considering his options from the bench.
31' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Real Salt Lake side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
36' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Ilie Sanchez.
40' Sam Johnson was booked on 40.
45' Real Salt Lake are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Sporting Kansas City backline.
46' Douglas Martinez has so much to prove this time. He replaces Sam Johnson on 46 minute.
51' With 0 assists to his name this season, Khiry Shelton is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Sporting Kansas City.
55' A meaty challenge results in booking for Kyle Beckerman on 55.
56' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Gianluca Busio.
58' Felipe Hernandez is ready to make an impact after coming on for Roger Espinoza at the 58 minute mark.
62' That is a Yellow card for Sporting Kansas City. Graham Smith will be fuming at that decision.
64' Kyle Beckerman makes way for Pablo Ruiz at the 64 minute mark. A tactical switch from Real Salt Lake.
67' It is a substitution in Sporting Kansas City team. Gianluca Busio is replaced by Gadi Kinda on 67 minute.
71' Real Salt Lake receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 71.
72' Another substitution for Real Salt Lake to replace Damir Kreilach by Giuseppe Rossi on 72 minute.
77' Jeizon Ramirez is replacing Corey Baird for the Real Salt Lake side.
82' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Real Salt Lake winning 100% of all matches.
84' Daniel Salloi gets the nod from Sporting Kansas City. He replaces Khiry Shelton and will look to change the dynamic.
86' Gerso Fernandes adds to his 0 season tally! Sporting Kansas City lead 0-2 — and this changes everything.
Real Salt Lake will have plenty to reflect on. Sporting Kansas City were simply the better side today.

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
Corey Baird	2
Diego Luna	2
Erik Thommy	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

1.96 Real Salt Lake xG

Expected Goals

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

1.32 Sporting Kansas City xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 63% + Over 2.5 goals 63%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Real Salt Lake47% Draw26% Sporting Kansas City27%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes63% 0% No37%

Avg goals/match: 3.28

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	84%	16%
± 2.5	63%	37%
± 3.5	41%	59%
± 4.5	24%	76%

Double Chance

Real Salt Lake or Draw

72%

Draw or Sporting Kansas City

53%

Real Salt Lake or Sporting Kansas City

74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Real Salt Lake38% Draw42% Sporting Kansas City20%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

10.6%

2 – 1

9.2%

2 – 0

7.2%

1 – 0

6.7%

1 – 2

6.2%

2 – 2

3 – 1

0 – 0

5.3%

3 – 0

4.6%

0 – 1

4.3%

3 – 2

0 – 2

Actual

Asian Handicap — Real Salt Lake

Handicap	Real Salt Lake covers	Push	Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5	14%	—	86%
-2	14%	16%	70%
-1.5	30%	—	70%
-1	30%	21%	49%
-0.5	51%	—	49%
+0.5	75%	—	25%
+1	75%	14%	11%
+1.5	89%	—	11%
+2	89%	7%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet

27% ✓

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

15% ✗

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