Real Salt Lake vs Sporting Kansas City, MLS 2022 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2022

Real Salt Lake

3 – 0

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Sporting Kansas City

Mon 18 Jul 2022 · 01:30 UTC Rio Tinto Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 24' Roger Espinoza

Justen Glad 33' Y

Justen Glad 34' Y

Sergio Cordova 51' Y

R 62' Roger Espinoza

Y 85' Nicolas Isimat-Mirin

Anderson Julio 90' Y

Overview

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

Real Salt Lake 14 games · 26 pts (2026/26)
Sporting Kansas City 14 games · 11 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	14	33
2	Internacional CF Miami	15	31
3	Chicago Fire FC	14	26
4	New England Revolution	14	25
5	New York Red Bulls	15	22
6	Charlotte FC	15	21
7	FC Cincinnati	15	20
8	New York City FC	15	19
9	D.C. United SC	15	18
10	Columbus Crew SC	15	16
11	Toronto FC	14	14
12	Montreal Impact FC	14	14
13	Orlando City SC	15	14
14	Atlanta United FC	14	11
15	Philadelphia Union	15	7
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	14	32
17	San Jose Earthquakes	15	32
18	Real Salt Lake	14	26
19	FC Dallas	15	25
20	Los Angeles FC	15	24
21	Seattle Sounders FC	13	24
22	Houston Dynamo	14	22
23	Minnesota United FC	15	22
24	Los Angeles Galaxy	15	20
25	San Diego FC	15	17
26	Colorado Rapids SC	15	16
27	St. Louis City	14	16
28	Portland Timbers	14	14
29	Austin FC	15	14
30	Sporting Kansas City	14	11

Head-to-Head

Real Salt Lake 19 games · Avg 3.2 goals Sporting Kansas City

Last 5 meetings

2022-07-18 Real Salt Lake 3–0 Sporting Kansas City 2022-03-26 Sporting Kansas City 1–0 Real Salt Lake 2021-11-07 Sporting Kansas City 0–1 Real Salt Lake 2021-05-01 Real Salt Lake 3–1 Sporting Kansas City 2020-11-08 Real Salt Lake 0–2 Sporting Kansas City

Recent Form

Real Salt Lake

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
18 Jul	Sporting Kansas City	H	3–0	W
13 Jul	Atlanta United FC	A	1–2	L
10 Jul	Colorado Rapids SC	H	2–2	D
04 Jul	Minnesota United FC	A	2–3	L
26 Jun	Columbus Crew SC	H	0–0	D
19 Jun	San Jose Earthquakes	H	2–0	W

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
18 Jul	Real Salt Lake	A	0–3	L
14 Jul	Minnesota United FC	A	1–1	D
09 Jul	Montreal Impact FC	A	2–1	W
04 Jul	New York Red Bulls	H	0–1	L
25 Jun	Seattle Sounders FC	A	0–3	L
19 Jun	Nashville SC	A	2–1	W

Season Stats

Real Salt Lake		Sporting Kansas City
#18	Position	#30
26	Points	11
14	Played	14
8 / 2 / 4	W / D / L	3 / 2 / 9
26	Scored	14
19	Conceded	36
+7	GD	-22
1.86	PPG	0.79
57%	Win %	21%

Key Stats

63% Both Teams to Score
H2H (19 games)

53% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

14% Clean Sheets
Real Salt Lake this season

0% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

Real Salt Lake are 18th (26 pts). Sporting Kansas City are 30th (11 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Real Salt Lake

0-15

4/3

16-30

2/2

31-45

3/1

46-60

3/1

61-75

2/1

76+

2/5

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Sporting Kansas City

0-15

–/6

16-30

2/3

31-45

2/3

46-60

1/3

61-75

2/5

76+

2/4

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' The ball is rolling at Rio Tinto Stadium. Real Salt Lake are looking to make home advantage count against Sporting Kansas City.
5' Marinos Tzionis, a Cyprus , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
10' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
15' Real Salt Lake seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
20' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
24' Sporting Kansas City receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 24.
29' Sporting Kansas City started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 29.
33' A meaty challenge results in booking for Justen Glad on 33.
34' The referee does not hesitate — a Yellow card for Justen Glad on 34 minutes.
39' The home supporters are growing impatient. Real Salt Lake must find a spark to ignite this game.
44' Real Salt Lake currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
49' Sporting Kansas City are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
50' Sergio Cordova makes no mistake. The score reads 1-0 and Real Salt Lake are in front.
51' The referee does not hesitate — a Yellow card for Sergio Cordova on 51 minutes.
56' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Logan Ndenbe made 165 appearances and scored 2 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
57' Sporting Kansas City ring the changes. Oriol Rosell has done his job and it is now time for Felipe Hernandez to step up.
62' A meaty challenge results in booking for Roger Espinoza on 62.
65' GOAL! Ruiz scores on 65.
66' Khiry Shelton is replacing Marinos Tzionis for the Sporting Kansas City side.
71' Goal! Jefferson Savarino scores his 69 goal in 280 matches.
72' Another change for Real Salt Lake made on 72 minute. Jasper Loeffelsend leaves to be changed by Nick Besler.
77' Real Salt Lake are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Sporting Kansas City's shape.
79' Fresh legs for Sporting Kansas City! Cameron Duke comes on to replace Johnny Russell.
82' Erik Holt has so much to prove this time. He replaces Justen Glad on 82 minute.
85' Sporting Kansas City receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 85.
90' Poor challenge from Anderson Julio. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
Sporting Kansas City will have plenty to reflect on. Real Salt Lake were simply the better side today.

Lineups

Real Salt Lake Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

13
Nick Besler ↑ 72'
4
Johan Kappelhof
20
Erik Holt ↑ 82'
29
Anderson Julio ↑ 72'
14
Rubio Rubin
19
Bode Davis
81
Tomas Gomez
26
Diego Luna ↑ 82'

Coach Pablo Mastroeni

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

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
Carlos Gomez	2
Rubio Rubin	2
Alan Pulido	2

Head to Head

Real Salt Lake Form

2022-07-18 Real Salt Lake 3–0 Sporting Kansas City W 2022-07-13 Atlanta United FC 2–1 Real Salt Lake L 2022-07-10 Real Salt Lake 2–2 Colorado Rapids SC D 2022-07-04 Minnesota United FC 3–2 Real Salt Lake L 2022-06-26 Real Salt Lake 0–0 Columbus Crew SC D 2022-06-19 Real Salt Lake 2–0 San Jose Earthquakes W

Sporting Kansas City Form

2022-07-18 Real Salt Lake 3–0 Sporting Kansas City L 2022-07-14 Minnesota United FC 1–1 Sporting Kansas City D 2022-07-09 Montreal Impact FC 1–2 Sporting Kansas City W 2022-07-04 Sporting Kansas City 0–1 New York Red Bulls L 2022-06-25 Seattle Sounders FC 3–0 Sporting Kansas City L 2022-06-19 Nashville SC 1–2 Sporting Kansas City W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

2.56 Real Salt Lake xG

Expected Goals

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

0.79 Sporting Kansas City xG

I would bet for: Real Salt Lake to win 68% + Over 2.5 goals 63%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Real Salt Lake68% Draw19% Sporting Kansas City13%

Actual: Real Salt Lake win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes50% 0% No50%

Avg goals/match: 3.35

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	42%	58%
± 4.5	24%	76%

Double Chance

Real Salt Lake or Draw

87%

Draw or Sporting Kansas City

32%

Real Salt Lake or Sporting Kansas City

81%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Real Salt Lake54% Draw36% Sporting Kansas City10%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 0

11.6%

3 – 0

Actual

1 – 0

8.9%

2 – 1

8.8%

1 – 1

7.8%

3 – 1

7.5%

4 – 0

6.1%

0 – 0

4.9%

4 – 1

4.8%

2 – 2

3.4%

5 – 0

3.1%

3 – 2

Asian Handicap — Real Salt Lake

Handicap	Real Salt Lake covers	Push	Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5	32%	—	68%
-2	32%	21%	47%
-1.5	53%	—	47%
-1	53%	21%	26%
-0.5	74%	—	26%
+0.5	91%	—	9%
+1	91%	6%	3%
+1.5	97%	—	3%
+2	97%	2%	1%
+2.5	99%	—	1%

Clean Sheet

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet

46% ✗

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

9% ✓

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