Real Salt Lake vs Sporting Kansas City, MLS 2023 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2023

Real Salt Lake

2 – 3

Full Time

Sporting Kansas City

Sun 8 Oct 2023 · 01:30 UTC Rio Tinto Stadium 21,205 HT 45' · FT 45'

0–1 4' Erik Thommy

0–2 29' Johnny Russell

0–3 77' Alan Pulido

Brayan Vera 81' 1–3

Jefferson Savarino 89' 2–3

Justen Glad 3' R

Y 38' Nemanja Radoja

Brayan Vera 58' Y

Y 90' Tim Melia

Zac MacMath 90' Y

Overview

Match Preview

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

2023-10-08 Real Salt Lake 2–3 Sporting Kansas City 2023-07-13 Sporting Kansas City 2–2 Real Salt Lake 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

Recent Form

Real Salt Lake

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
08 Oct	Sporting Kansas City	H	2–3	L
02 Oct	Los Angeles FC	A	1–0	W
24 Sep	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	2–1	W
21 Sep	FC Dallas	H	1–3	L
17 Sep	San Jose Earthquakes	A	1–2	L
03 Sep	Colorado Rapids SC	H	2–0	W

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
08 Oct	Real Salt Lake	A	3–2	W
01 Oct	St. Louis City	A	1–4	L
24 Sep	Houston Dynamo	H	2–1	W
21 Sep	Nashville SC	H	0–3	L
17 Sep	Minnesota United FC	A	1–0	W
09 Sep	Internacional CF Miami	A	2–3	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' 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.
3' That looks like a foul for a card for Justen Glad.
4' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Erik Thommy makes it 0-1.
5' Diego Luna makes way for Marcelo Silva at the 5 minute mark. A tactical switch from Real Salt Lake.
10' Sporting Kansas City are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
15' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Real Salt Lake and Sporting Kansas City are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
20' Real Salt Lake are deployed in a 4-4-2 today, looking to exploit space against Sporting Kansas City's 4-3-3 shape.
25' 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.
28' Rubio Rubin is ready to make an impact after coming on for Cristian Arango at the 28 minute mark.
29' Against the run of play, Johnny Russell has scored! This game has turned on its head.
34' The travelling Sporting Kansas City supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
38' Nemanja Radoja is having his name booked by the referee on 38.
43' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
48' The Sporting Kansas City bench stirs into life. Dany Rosero is withdrawn and Robert Castellanos gets his opportunity.
52' Time for substitution for Sporting Kansas City. Nemanja Radoja is replaced by Remi Walter.
57' 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.
58' Brayan Vera is having his name booked by the referee on 58.
59' The Sporting Kansas City bench stirs into life. Erik Thommy is withdrawn and Gadi Kinda gets his opportunity.
62' Maikel Chang is replacing Bryan Oviedo for the Real Salt Lake side.
67' A quiet spell here at Rio Tinto Stadium. Sporting Kansas City seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
72' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
74' The supporters are chanting for Marinos Tzionis. He replaces Johnny Russell on 74 minute.
77' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Alan Pulido makes no mistake. 0-3!
81' Goal! Brayan Vera scores his 9 goal in 192 matches.
82' The supporters are chanting for Willy Agada. He replaces Alan Pulido on 82 minute.
87' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Cristian Arango made 172 appearances and scored 73 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
89' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Jefferson Savarino makes no mistake. 2-3!
90' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the card for Tim Melia.
With this win, Sporting Kansas City is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.

Lineups

Real Salt Lake Lineups

4-4-2

Starting XI

Bench

8
Damir Kreilach
30
Marcelo Silva ↑ 5'
16
Maikel Chang ↑ 62'
29
Anderson Julio ↑ 62'
14
Rubio Rubin ↑ 28'
19
Bode Davis ↑ 62'
35
Gavin Beavers
25
Emeka Eneli
31
Kevon Lambert

Coach Pablo Mastroeni

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

Bench

54
Remi Walter ↑ 52'
8
Graham Zusi
15
Roger Espinoza
11
Khiry Shelton
10
Gadi Kinda ↑ 59'
1
John Pulskamp
77
Marinos Tzionis ↑ 74'
19
Robert Castellanos ↑ 48'
23
Willy Agada ↑ 82'

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

2023-10-08 Real Salt Lake 2–3 Sporting Kansas City L 2023-10-02 Los Angeles FC 0–1 Real Salt Lake W 2023-09-24 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC W 2023-09-21 Real Salt Lake 1–3 FC Dallas L 2023-09-17 San Jose Earthquakes 2–1 Real Salt Lake L 2023-09-03 Real Salt Lake 2–0 Colorado Rapids SC W

Sporting Kansas City Form

2023-10-08 Real Salt Lake 2–3 Sporting Kansas City W 2023-10-01 St. Louis City 4–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2023-09-24 Sporting Kansas City 2–1 Houston Dynamo W 2023-09-21 Sporting Kansas City 0–3 Nashville SC L 2023-09-17 Minnesota United FC 0–1 Sporting Kansas City W 2023-09-09 Internacional CF Miami 3–2 Sporting Kansas City L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

2.27 Real Salt Lake xG

Expected Goals

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

1.43 Sporting Kansas City xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 70% + Both teams to score 68%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Real Salt Lake50% Draw24% Sporting Kansas City26%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes68% 0% No32%

Avg goals/match: 3.7

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	88%	12%
± 2.5	70%	30%
± 3.5	50%	50%
± 4.5	31%	69%

Double Chance

Real Salt Lake or Draw

74%

Draw or Sporting Kansas City

50%

Real Salt Lake or Sporting Kansas City

76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Real Salt Lake41% Draw38% Sporting Kansas City21%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 2–3 not predicted

2 – 3

Actual

1 – 1

8.9%

2 – 1

8.8%

3 – 1

6.6%

2 – 0

6.4%

2 – 2

6.2%

1 – 2

5.6%

1 – 0

5.2%

3 – 2

4.7%

3 – 0

4.7%

4 – 1

3.8%

0 – 0

3.7%

0 – 1

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%	20%	45%
-0.5	55%	—	45%
+0.5	77%	—	23%
+1	77%	13%	11%
+1.5	89%	—	11%
+2	89%	7%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet

25% ✓

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

11% ✓

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