Real Salt Lake vs Sporting Kansas City, MLS 2021 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2021

Real Salt Lake

3 – 1

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Sporting Kansas City

Sat 1 May 2021 · 18:00 UTC Rio Tinto Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Ruiz 32' Y

Maikel Chang Ramirez 79' Y

Overview

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Real Salt Lake vs Sporting Kansas City — MLS at Rio Tinto Stadium.

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

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

2021-05-01 Real Salt Lake 3–1 Sporting Kansas City 2020-11-08 Real Salt Lake 0–2 Sporting Kansas City 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

Recent Form

Real Salt Lake

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
01 May	Sporting Kansas City	H	3–1	W
25 Apr	Minnesota United FC	A	2–1	W
08 Nov	Sporting Kansas City	H	0–2	L
02 Nov	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	1–2	L
29 Oct	San Jose Earthquakes	A	0–2	L
25 Oct	FC Dallas	H	0–0	D

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
01 May	Real Salt Lake	A	1–3	L
23 Apr	Orlando City SC	H	1–1	D
18 Apr	New York Red Bulls	A	2–1	W
04 Dec	Minnesota United FC	H	0–3	L
22 Nov	San Jose Earthquakes	H	3–3	D
08 Nov	Real Salt Lake	A	2–0	W

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.
5' A quiet spell here at Rio Tinto Stadium. Sporting Kansas City seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
10' Real Salt Lake have won 420 goals from 283 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
15' Gianluca Busio has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 18 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
17' What composure from Alan Pulido! The Mexico international strokes it home. 0-1.
22' Sporting Kansas City are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
27' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Real Salt Lake and Sporting Kansas City are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
30' Another substitution for Real Salt Lake to replace Aaron Herrera by Andrew Brody on 30 minute.
32' Ruiz was booked on 32.
35' Damir Kreilach makes no mistake. The score reads 1-1 and Real Salt Lake are in front.
40' Real Salt Lake has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
45' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
50' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
52' The deadlock is broken! Rubio Rubin gets on the scoresheet on 52 minutes.
55' The whistle greets Johnny Russell as he departs to be replaced by Daniel Salloi.
57' Another substitution for Real Salt Lake to replace Anderson Julio by Justin Meram on 57 minute.
62' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
64' Roger Espinoza is replacing Remi Walter for the Sporting Kansas City side.
69' Anderson Julio is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Sporting Kansas City so far.
72' A change in the Sporting Kansas City ranks — Gianluca Busio exits the field as Gadi Kinda enters on 72.
77' A stunning finish from Rubio Rubin — that came from absolutely nowhere!
79' That is a Yellow card for Real Salt Lake. Maikel Chang Ramirez will be fuming at that decision.
79' Another change for Real Salt Lake made on 79 minute. Rubio Rubin leaves to be changed by Maikel Chang Ramirez.
84' It looks like no one’s ball. Real Salt Lake is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
89' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Real Salt Lake and Sporting Kansas City are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 3-1.

Lineups

Real Salt Lake Lineups

Starting XI

8
Damir Kreilach
15
Justen Glad
11
Albert Rusnak
30
Marcelo Silva
22
Aaron Herrera ↓ Andrew Brody 30'
13
Nick Besler
1
David Ochoa
29
Anderson Julio ↓ Justin Meram 57'
14
Rubio Rubin ↓ Maikel Chang Ramirez 79'
6
Ruiz ↓ Douglas Martinez 79'
4
Donny Toia

Bench

Coach Freddy Juarez

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Peter Vermes

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Johnny Russell	5
Daniel Salloi	4
Corey Baird	4
Damir Kreilach	4
Jefferson Savarino	3
Sebastian Saucedo	2
Sam Johnson	2
Brayan Vera	2

Head to Head

Real Salt Lake Form

2021-05-01 Real Salt Lake 3–1 Sporting Kansas City W 2021-04-25 Minnesota United FC 1–2 Real Salt Lake W 2020-11-08 Real Salt Lake 0–2 Sporting Kansas City L 2020-11-02 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–1 Real Salt Lake L 2020-10-29 San Jose Earthquakes 2–0 Real Salt Lake L 2020-10-25 Real Salt Lake 0–0 FC Dallas D

Sporting Kansas City Form

2021-05-01 Real Salt Lake 3–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2021-04-23 Sporting Kansas City 1–1 Orlando City SC D 2021-04-18 New York Red Bulls 1–2 Sporting Kansas City W 2020-12-04 Sporting Kansas City 0–3 Minnesota United FC L 2020-11-22 Sporting Kansas City 3–3 San Jose Earthquakes D 2020-11-08 Real Salt Lake 0–2 Sporting Kansas City W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

2.33 Real Salt Lake xG

Expected Goals

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

1.11 Sporting Kansas City xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 65% + Both teams to score 60%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Real Salt Lake59% Draw22% Sporting Kansas City19%

Actual: Real Salt Lake win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes60% 0% No40%

Avg goals/match: 3.44

Actual: Yes — both scored

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

81%

Draw or Sporting Kansas City

41%

Real Salt Lake or Sporting Kansas City

78%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Real Salt Lake46% Draw39% Sporting Kansas City15%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 1

9.3%

1 – 1

9.1%

2 – 0

8.7%

3 – 1

Actual

1 – 0

7.1%

3 – 0

6.6%

2 – 2

5.1%

0 – 0

4.6%

1 – 2

4.5%

4 – 1

4.2%

3 – 2

4 – 0

3.8%

Asian Handicap — Real Salt Lake

Handicap	Real Salt Lake covers	Push	Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5	23%	—	77%
-2	23%	19%	58%
-1.5	42%	—	58%
-1	42%	22%	37%
-0.5	63%	—	37%
+0.5	84%	—	16%
+1	84%	10%	6%
+1.5	94%	—	6%
+2	94%	4%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet

34% ✓

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

11% ✓

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