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

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MLS · 2021

Real Salt Lake

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

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

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
#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' Temperatures are rising at Rio Tinto Stadium as Real Salt Lake face off against Sporting Kansas City in what promises to be a fascinating contest.
5' A quiet spell here at Rio Tinto Stadium. Sporting Kansas City seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
10' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 10 minutes.
15' It is a cagey affair so far. Real Salt Lake in their trying to find a way past Sporting Kansas City's compact .
17' The Mexico Alan Pulido breaks the deadlock on 17 minutes. 0-1!
22' Real Salt Lake have won 433 goals from 295 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
27' Both keepers have barely been tested. Real Salt Lake and Sporting Kansas City are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
30' The Real Salt Lake bench stirs into life. Aaron Herrera is withdrawn and Andrew Brody gets his opportunity.
32' A moment of madness from Ruiz on 32 minutes earns him a Yellow card. Real Salt Lake will be frustrated.
35' Damir Kreilach is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
40' Johnny Russell has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 1 cards already picked up this season.
45' The 29-year-old Aaron Herrera has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
50' Jaylin Lindsey, a USA , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
52' Rubio Rubin puts Real Salt Lake on the lead.
55' Sporting Kansas City make a change. Johnny Russell trudges off to be replaced by Daniel Salloi on 55 minutes.
57' Anderson Julio makes way for Justin Meram at the 57 minute mark. A tactical switch from Real Salt Lake.
62' 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.
64' Another change for Sporting Kansas City made on 64 minute. Remi Walter leaves to be changed by Roger Espinoza.
69' 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.
72' Gadi Kinda is ready to make an impact after coming on for Gianluca Busio at the 72 minute mark.
77' GOAL! Rubio Rubin fires home to make it 3-1!
79' The referee has no hesitation. Maikel Chang Ramirez is booked for Real Salt Lake — Yellow card on 79.
79' A tactical swap from Real Salt Lake — Maikel Chang Ramirez on, Rubio Rubin off on 79 minutes.
84' It’s high time Peter Vermes made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
89' Over 89 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
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
Damir Kreilach	4
Daniel Salloi	4
Corey Baird	4
Jefferson Savarino	3
Corey Baird	2
Willy Agada	2
Diego Luna	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

2.08 Real Salt Lake xG

Expected Goals

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

1.2 Sporting Kansas City xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 63% + Both teams to score 61%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Real Salt Lake54% Draw24% Sporting Kansas City22%

Actual: Real Salt Lake win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes61% 0% No39%

Avg goals/match: 3.28

Actual: Yes — both scored

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

78%

Draw or Sporting Kansas City

46%

Real Salt Lake or Sporting Kansas City

76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Real Salt Lake41% Draw41% Sporting Kansas City18%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

10.2%

2 – 1

9.4%

2 – 0

8.1%

1 – 0

7.2%

3 – 1

Actual

2 – 2

5.6%

3 – 0

5.5%

1 – 2

5.4%

0 – 0

5.3%

3 – 2

3.9%

0 – 1

3.8%

4 – 1

3.4%

Asian Handicap — Real Salt Lake

Handicap	Real Salt Lake covers	Push	Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5	18%	—	82%
-2	18%	17%	65%
-1.5	35%	—	65%
-1	35%	22%	44%
-0.5	56%	—	44%
+0.5	79%	—	21%
+1	79%	12%	8%
+1.5	92%	—	8%
+2	92%	6%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet

31% ✓

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

13% ✓

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