Real Salt Lake vs Sporting Kansas City, MLS 2025 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2025

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Sporting Kansas City

Sun 14 Sep 2025 · 01:30 UTC America First Field HT 45' · FT 45'

Rwan Seco 59' Y

Justen Glad 90' Y

Overview

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Real Salt Lake vs Sporting Kansas City — MLS at America First Field.

Real Salt Lake 17 games · 27 pts (2026/26)
Sporting Kansas City 18 games · 14 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	18	40
2	Internacional CF Miami	18	38
3	New England Revolution	18	30
4	Chicago Fire FC	17	29
5	New York City FC	18	26
6	FC Cincinnati	18	26
7	Charlotte FC	18	25
8	New York Red Bulls	18	25
9	D.C. United SC	18	23
10	Columbus Crew SC	18	20
11	Orlando City SC	18	20
12	Toronto FC	18	17
13	Philadelphia Union	18	16
14	Montreal Impact FC	18	16
15	Atlanta United FC	18	12
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	17	34
17	Los Angeles FC	19	34
18	San Jose Earthquakes	18	33
19	Houston Dynamo	18	32
20	FC Dallas	18	27
21	Real Salt Lake	17	27
22	St. Louis City	18	26
23	Portland Timbers	18	24
24	Seattle Sounders FC	17	24
25	Minnesota United FC	18	24
26	Colorado Rapids SC	18	22
27	Los Angeles Galaxy	19	22
28	San Diego FC	18	21
29	Austin FC	18	17
30	Sporting Kansas City	18	14

Head-to-Head

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

Last 5 meetings

2025-09-14 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Sporting Kansas City 2025-06-29 Sporting Kansas City 1–1 Real Salt Lake 2024-06-20 Sporting Kansas City 3–4 Real Salt Lake 2024-05-05 Real Salt Lake 1–0 Sporting Kansas City 2023-10-08 Real Salt Lake 2–3 Sporting Kansas City

Recent Form

Real Salt Lake

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
14 Sep	Sporting Kansas City	H	2–1	W
24 Aug	Minnesota United FC	H	1–3	L
16 Aug	Charlotte FC	A	0–1	L
10 Aug	New York Red Bulls	A	1–2	L
27 Jul	San Jose Earthquakes	H	2–1	W
20 Jul	FC Cincinnati	H	0–1	L

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
14 Sep	Real Salt Lake	A	1–2	L
07 Sep	Austin FC	H	1–2	L
31 Aug	Colorado Rapids SC	H	4–2	W
25 Aug	Seattle Sounders FC	A	2–5	L
17 Aug	Orlando City SC	A	1–3	L
10 Aug	San Diego FC	H	0–2	L

Season Stats

Real Salt Lake		Sporting Kansas City
#21	Position	#30
27	Points	14
17	Played	18
8 / 3 / 6	W / D / L	4 / 2 / 12
29	Scored	18
25	Conceded	46
+4	GD	-28
1.59	PPG	0.78
47%	Win %	22%

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

0% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

Real Salt Lake are 21st (27 pts). Sporting Kansas City are 30th (14 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Real Salt Lake

0-15

4/4

16-30

3/2

31-45

3/2

46-60

4/2

61-75

2/4

76+

4/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Sporting Kansas City

0-15

–/7

16-30

3/4

31-45

3/6

46-60

2/4

61-75

2/8

76+

3/7

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Real Salt Lake

Zavier Gozo	6 G	3 A
Sergi Solans	6 G	3 A

Sporting Kansas City

Dejan Joveljic

8 G

1 A

Events

Match Events

0' Welcome to America First Field that hosts another battle between Real Salt Lake and Sporting Kansas City.
5' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Daniel Salloi suffering a number of foals already.
10' Real Salt Lake has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
15' The energy levels are beginning to show. Pablo Mastroeni might look to freshen things up shortly.
20' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Magomed Suleymanov made 37 appearances and scored 2 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
25' Real Salt Lake are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
30' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
35' Real Salt Lake are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Sporting Kansas City backline.
40' Against the run of play, Diego Luna has scored! This game has turned on its head.
45' Real Salt Lake is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
50' Dejan Joveljic has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
55' It looks surprising Real Salt Lake does not make any changes. John Pulskamp has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
59' Controversy at the stadium! Rwan Seco argues furiously but the card stands.
62' Against the run of play, Alexandros Katranis has scored! This game has turned on its head.
64' Joaquin Fernandez makes way for Alan Montes Castro at the 64 minute mark. A tactical switch from Sporting Kansas City.
69' Real Salt Lake are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Sporting Kansas City's shape.
71' Brayan Vera does the damage! The net is bulging and Real Salt Lake surge ahead!
72' The crowd applauds Alexandros Katranis as he leaves the pitch. Sam Junqua steps in for Real Salt Lake.
73' Time for substitution for Real Salt Lake. Rwan Seco is replaced by Willy Agada.
78' Another substitution for Sporting Kansas City to replace Jake Davis by Manu Garcia on 78 minute.
79' Diogo Goncalves is replacing Diego Luna for the Real Salt Lake side.
84' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Real Salt Lake and Sporting Kansas City are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
85' Sporting Kansas City make a change. Daniel Salloi trudges off to be replaced by Santiago Munoz on 85 minutes.
90' Justen Glad catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 90.
The points are shared — Real Salt Lake 2-1 Sporting Kansas City. Honours even.

Lineups

Real Salt Lake Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

10
Diogo Goncalves ↑ 79'
77
Johnny Russell
31
Mason Stajduhar
29
Sam Junqua ↑ 72'
16
Tyler Wolff ↑ 72'
26
Philip Quinton
9
Willy Agada ↑ 73'
23
Ariath Piol

Coach Pablo Mastroeni

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

6
Nemanja Radoja
24
Joaquin Fernandez ↓ Alan Montes Castro 64'
10
Daniel Salloi ↓ Santiago Munoz 85'
11
Khiry Shelton
9
Dejan Joveljic
18
Logan Ndenbe
1
John Pulskamp
17
Jake Davis ↓ Manu Garcia 78'
93
Magomed Suleymanov ↓ Erik Thommy 64'
16
Jacob Bartlett ↓ Mason Toye 64'
15
Jansen Miller

Bench

21
Manu Garcia ↑ 78'
26
Erik Thommy ↑ 64'
14
Tim Leibold
8
Memo Rodriguez
13
Mason Toye ↑ 64'
4
Robert Voloder
7
Santiago Munoz ↑ 85'
36
Ryan Schewe
23
Alan Montes Castro ↑ 64'

Coach Kerry Zavagnin

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

2025-09-14 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Sporting Kansas City W 2025-08-24 Real Salt Lake 1–3 Minnesota United FC L 2025-08-16 Charlotte FC 1–0 Real Salt Lake L 2025-08-10 New York Red Bulls 2–1 Real Salt Lake L 2025-07-27 Real Salt Lake 2–1 San Jose Earthquakes W 2025-07-20 Real Salt Lake 0–1 FC Cincinnati L

Sporting Kansas City Form

2025-09-14 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2025-09-07 Sporting Kansas City 1–2 Austin FC L 2025-08-31 Sporting Kansas City 4–2 Colorado Rapids SC W 2025-08-25 Seattle Sounders FC 5–2 Sporting Kansas City L 2025-08-17 Orlando City SC 3–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2025-08-10 Sporting Kansas City 0–2 San Diego FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

2.68 Real Salt Lake xG

Expected Goals

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

1.22 Sporting Kansas City xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 73% + Both teams to score 65%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Real Salt Lake64% Draw19% Sporting Kansas City17%

Actual: Real Salt Lake win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes65% 0% No35%

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

83%

Draw or Sporting Kansas City

36%

Real Salt Lake or Sporting Kansas City

81%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Real Salt Lake50% Draw35% Sporting Kansas City15%

Actual: Real Salt Lake win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 1

Actual

3 – 1

7.6%

1 – 1

7.4%

2 – 0

7.4%

3 – 0

6.4%

2 – 2

5.2%

1 – 0

5.2%

4 – 1

5.1%

3 – 2

4.6%

4 – 0

4.2%

1 – 2

4 – 2

3.2%

Asian Handicap — Real Salt Lake

Handicap	Real Salt Lake covers	Push	Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5	28%	—	72%
-2	28%	19%	53%
-1.5	47%	—	53%
-1	47%	20%	33%
-0.5	67%	—	33%
+0.5	85%	—	15%
+1	85%	9%	6%
+1.5	94%	—	6%
+2	94%	4%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet

30% ✓

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

8% ✓

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