Real Salt Lake vs Sporting Kansas City, MLS 2024 REGULAR SEASON

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Sporting Kansas City

Sun 5 May 2024 · 01:30 UTC Rio Tinto Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Emeka Eneli 14' Y

Brayan Vera 47' Y

Cristian Arango 90' Y

Y 90' Memo Rodriguez

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

2024-05-05 Real Salt Lake 1–0 Sporting Kansas City 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

Recent Form

Real Salt Lake

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
05 May	Sporting Kansas City	H	1–0	W
27 Apr	Philadelphia Union	A	2–1	W
21 Apr	Chicago Fire FC	A	4–0	W
14 Apr	Columbus Crew SC	H	0–0	D
07 Apr	Minnesota United FC	A	1–1	D
31 Mar	St. Louis City	H	3–1	W

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
05 May	Real Salt Lake	A	0–1	L
28 Apr	Minnesota United FC	A	1–2	L
21 Apr	St. Louis City	H	3–3	D
14 Apr	Internacional CF Miami	H	2–3	L
07 Apr	Portland Timbers	H	3–3	D
30 Mar	Toronto FC	A	3–1	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' 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' Sporting Kansas City fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
10' Real Salt Lake are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Sporting Kansas City backline.
14' That is a card for Real Salt Lake. Emeka Eneli will be fuming at that decision.
19' Brayan Vera is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Sporting Kansas City tonight.
24' Robert Voloder has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
29' Supporters expect more eagerness from Felipe Hernandez, as he is very good at scoring at Rio Tinto Stadium with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
34' Hungary international Daniel Salloi has been a key figure this campaign — 3 goals and 3 assists in the Array this season.
39' It looks surprising Sporting Kansas City does not make any changes. Tim Leibold has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
44' Real Salt Lake looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Zavier Gozo scoring 1 goals.
46' Diego Luna has so much to prove this time. He replaces Fidel Barajas on 46 minute.
47' The referee shows Real Salt Lake player a card on 47.
52' 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.
57' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Real Salt Lake and Sporting Kansas City are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
59' Real Salt Lake ring the changes. Alexandros Katranis has done his job and it is now time for Bode Davis to step up.
61' Johnny Russell makes way for Alenis Vargas at the 61 minute mark. A tactical switch from Sporting Kansas City.
66' Memo Rodriguez has been relatively quiet despite scoring 20 goals in his last 283 appearances.
70' Another substitution for Real Salt Lake to replace Anderson Julio by Nelson Palacio on 70 minute.
75' It is a substitution in Sporting Kansas City team. Alan Pulido is replaced by Willy Agada on 75 minute.
80' A quiet spell here at Rio Tinto Stadium. Sporting Kansas City seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
81' Cristian Arango makes no mistake. The score reads 1-0 and Real Salt Lake are in front.
86' The home supporters are growing impatient. Real Salt Lake must find a spark to ignite this game.
89' Daniel Salloi makes way for Khiry Shelton at the 89 minute mark. A tactical switch from Sporting Kansas City.
90' That looks like a foul for a card for Cristian Arango.
90' The Real Salt Lake bench stirs into life. Carlos Gomez is withdrawn and Maikel Chang gets his opportunity.
Game over. The scoreline of 1-0 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

Lineups

Real Salt Lake Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

16
Maikel Chang ↑ 90'
19
Bode Davis ↑ 59'
26
Philip Quinton
35
Gavin Beavers
26
Diego Luna ↑ 46'
27
Bertin Jacquesson
13
Nelson Palacio ↑ 70'
33
Tommy Silva

Coach Pablo Mastroeni

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

26
Erik Thommy
14
Tim Leibold
9
Alan Pulido ↓ Willy Agada 75'
7
Johnny Russell ↓ Alenis Vargas 61'
3
Fontas
10
Daniel Salloi ↓ Khiry Shelton 89'
8
Memo Rodriguez
4
Robert Voloder
1
John Pulskamp
77
Marinos Tzionis ↓ Felipe Hernandez 46'
17
Jake Davis

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

2024-05-05 Real Salt Lake 1–0 Sporting Kansas City W 2024-04-27 Philadelphia Union 1–2 Real Salt Lake W 2024-04-21 Chicago Fire FC 0–4 Real Salt Lake W 2024-04-14 Real Salt Lake 0–0 Columbus Crew SC D 2024-04-07 Minnesota United FC 1–1 Real Salt Lake D 2024-03-31 Real Salt Lake 3–1 St. Louis City W

Sporting Kansas City Form

2024-05-05 Real Salt Lake 1–0 Sporting Kansas City L 2024-04-28 Minnesota United FC 2–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2024-04-21 Sporting Kansas City 3–3 St. Louis City D 2024-04-14 Sporting Kansas City 2–3 Internacional CF Miami L 2024-04-07 Sporting Kansas City 3–3 Portland Timbers D 2024-03-30 Toronto FC 1–3 Sporting Kansas City W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

2.01 Real Salt Lake xG

Expected Goals

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

1.01 Sporting Kansas City xG

I would bet for: Real Salt Lake to win 59% + Over 2.5 goals 57%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Real Salt Lake59% Draw23% Sporting Kansas City18%

Actual: Real Salt Lake win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes55% 0% No45%

Avg goals/match: 3.02

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	93%	7%
± 1.5	80%	20%
± 2.5	57%	43%
± 3.5	35%	65%
± 4.5	19%	81%

Double Chance

Real Salt Lake or Draw

82%

Draw or Sporting Kansas City

41%

Real Salt Lake or Sporting Kansas City

77%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Real Salt Lake42% Draw42% Sporting Kansas City16%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

10.8%

2 – 0

9.7%

2 – 1

9.6%

1 – 0

Actual

0 – 0

6.6%

3 – 1

6.4%

3 – 0

6.4%

2 – 2

4.8%

1 – 2

4.8%

0 – 1

4.2%

3 – 2

3.3%

4 – 1

3.3%

Asian Handicap — Real Salt Lake

Handicap	Real Salt Lake covers	Push	Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5	18%	—	82%
-2	18%	18%	64%
-1.5	36%	—	64%
-1	36%	23%	41%
-0.5	59%	—	41%
+0.5	83%	—	17%
+1	83%	11%	6%
+1.5	94%	—	6%
+2	94%	5%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet

37% ✗

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

14% ✓

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