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 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

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
#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' It’s Showtime! The match between Real Salt Lake and Sporting Kansas City is underway.
3' That looks like a foul for a card for Justen Glad.
4' GOAL! Erik Thommy scores on 4.
5' Marcelo Silva has so much to prove this time. He replaces Diego Luna on 5 minute.
10' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
15' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
20' Dany Rosero is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Real Salt Lake so far.
25' Real Salt Lake are deployed in a 4-4-2 today, looking to exploit space against Sporting Kansas City's 4-3-3 shape.
28' The supporters are chanting for Rubio Rubin. He replaces Cristian Arango on 28 minute.
29' Johnny Russell has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 29 minutes.
34' Gadi Kinda, a Israel , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
38' It’s a booking for Sporting Kansas City player. Nemanja Radoja gets a card.
43' Real Salt Lake looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Zavier Gozo scoring 1 goals.
48' Sporting Kansas City manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Robert Castellanos is hanging Dany Rosero on the field on 48 minute.
52' The supporters are chanting for Remi Walter. He replaces Nemanja Radoja on 52 minute.
57' Sporting Kansas City come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
58' The referee does not hesitate — a card for Brayan Vera on 58 minutes.
59' Fresh legs for Sporting Kansas City! Gadi Kinda comes on to replace Erik Thommy.
62' Another substitution for Real Salt Lake to replace Bryan Oviedo by Maikel Chang on 62 minute.
67' Daniel Salloi has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
72' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Real Salt Lake side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
74' Another change for Sporting Kansas City made on 74 minute. Johnny Russell leaves to be changed by Marinos Tzionis.
77' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Alan Pulido makes no mistake. 0-3!
81' Brayan Vera does the damage! The net is bulging and Real Salt Lake surge ahead!
82' The supporters are chanting for Willy Agada. He replaces Alan Pulido on 82 minute.
87' Real Salt Lake is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
89' The Venezuela Jefferson Savarino breaks the deadlock on 89 minutes. 2-3!
90' A meaty challenge results in booking for Tim Melia on 90.
Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 2-3 draw is a fair result on the day.

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
Damir Kreilach	4
Daniel Salloi	4
Corey Baird	4
Jefferson Savarino	3
Diego Rubio	2
Corey Baird	2
Diego Luna	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

2.65 Real Salt Lake xG

Expected Goals

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

1.25 Sporting Kansas City xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 73% + Both teams to score 66%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Real Salt Lake58% Draw21% Sporting Kansas City21%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes66% 0% No34%

Avg goals/match: 3.9

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	90%	10%
± 2.5	73%	27%
± 3.5	54%	46%
± 4.5	35%	65%

Double Chance

Real Salt Lake or Draw

79%

Draw or Sporting Kansas City

42%

Real Salt Lake or Sporting Kansas City

79%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Real Salt Lake49% Draw36% Sporting Kansas City15%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 2–3 not predicted

2 – 3

Actual

2 – 1

8.7%

3 – 1

7.5%

1 – 1

7.5%

2 – 0

7.2%

3 – 0

6.2%

2 – 2

5.3%

1 – 0

5.1%

4 – 1

3 – 2

4.7%

1 – 2

4.1%

4 – 0

4.1%

4 – 2

3.2%

Asian Handicap — Real Salt Lake

Handicap	Real Salt Lake covers	Push	Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5	27%	—	73%
-2	27%	19%	54%
-1.5	46%	—	54%
-1	46%	20%	34%
-0.5	66%	—	34%
+0.5	84%	—	16%
+1	84%	9%	6%
+1.5	94%	—	6%
+2	94%	4%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet

29% ✓

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

8% ✓

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