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

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MLS · 2022

Real Salt Lake

3 – 0

Full Time

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 27 games · 32 pts (2026/26)
Sporting Kansas City 26 games · 21 pts (2026/26)

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	26	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	FC Dallas	27	47
18	San Jose Earthquakes	27	45
19	St. Louis City	26	44
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

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
#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' Packed stands, loud atmosphere — Real Salt Lake and Sporting Kansas City get this one started.
5' Khiry Shelton is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Real Salt Lake tonight.
10' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Real Salt Lake and Sporting Kansas City are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
15' Sporting Kansas City have won 443 goals from 290 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
20' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
24' Roger Espinoza has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 24.
29' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
33' The referee does not hesitate — a Yellow card for Justen Glad on 33 minutes.
34' The referee does not hesitate — a Yellow card for Justen Glad on 34 minutes.
39' Sporting Kansas City are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
44' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
49' The home supporters are growing impatient. Real Salt Lake must find a spark to ignite this game.
50' Sergio Cordova does the damage! The net is bulging and Real Salt Lake surge ahead!
51' The referee calls foul for Sergio Cordova. He receives a Yellow card.
56' Supporters expect more eagerness from Cameron Duke, as he is very good at scoring at Rio Tinto Stadium with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
57' It is a substitution in Sporting Kansas City team. Oriol Rosell is replaced by Felipe Hernandez on 57 minute.
62' That looks like a foul for a Red card for Roger Espinoza.
65' A stunning finish from Ruiz — that came from absolutely nowhere!
66' The Sporting Kansas City bench stirs into life. Marinos Tzionis is withdrawn and Khiry Shelton gets his opportunity.
71' Jefferson Savarino doubles the advantage! 3-0 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
72' Nick Besler is replacing Jasper Loeffelsend for the Real Salt Lake side.
77' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
79' The Sporting Kansas City manager makes a substitution. Johnny Russell departs to be replaced by Cameron Duke.
82' Time for substitution for Real Salt Lake. Justen Glad is replaced by Erik Holt.
85' Sporting Kansas City receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 85.
90' Anderson Julio picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
That’s it! Another goalless match for Real Salt Lake and Sporting Kansas City (для сухой ничьи).

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
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

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

2.17 Real Salt Lake xG

Expected Goals

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

0.97 Sporting Kansas City xG

I would bet for: Real Salt Lake to win 60% + Over 2.5 goals 60%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Real Salt Lake60% Draw22% Sporting Kansas City18%

Actual: Real Salt Lake win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes55% 0% No45%

Avg goals/match: 3.14

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	94%	6%
± 1.5	82%	18%
± 2.5	60%	40%
± 3.5	38%	62%
± 4.5	21%	79%

Double Chance

Real Salt Lake or Draw

82%

Draw or Sporting Kansas City

40%

Real Salt Lake or Sporting Kansas City

78%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Real Salt Lake46% Draw41% Sporting Kansas City13%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 0

10.1%

1 – 1

9.9%

2 – 1

9.5%

1 – 0

8.9%

3 – 0

Actual

3 – 1

6.9%

0 – 0

5.9%

2 – 2

4.6%

1 – 2

4.3%

4 – 0

3.9%

4 – 1

3.8%

0 – 1

3.5%

Asian Handicap — Real Salt Lake

Handicap	Real Salt Lake covers	Push	Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5	22%	—	78%
-2	22%	19%	59%
-1.5	41%	—	59%
-1	41%	23%	37%
-0.5	63%	—	37%
+0.5	85%	—	15%
+1	85%	10%	5%
+1.5	95%	—	5%
+2	95%	4%	1%
+2.5	99%	—	1%

Clean Sheet

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet

38% ✗

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

12% ✓

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