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 34 games · 45 pts (2026/26)
Sporting Kansas City 34 games · 26 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	34	77
2	Internacional CF Miami	34	60
3	New England Revolution	34	58
4	Chicago Fire FC	34	55
5	Charlotte FC	34	54
6	Philadelphia Union	34	50
7	Columbus Crew SC	34	47
8	FC Cincinnati	34	46
9	Orlando City SC	34	46
10	New York City FC	34	42
11	New York Red Bulls	34	42
12	Toronto FC	34	39
13	Atlanta United FC	34	33
14	D.C. United SC	34	33
15	Montreal Impact FC	34	26
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	64
17	FC Dallas	34	58
18	St. Louis City	34	54
19	San Jose Earthquakes	34	52
20	Houston Dynamo	34	51
21	Los Angeles FC	34	47
22	Portland Timbers	34	46
23	Seattle Sounders FC	34	46
24	Real Salt Lake	34	45
25	Minnesota United FC	34	44
26	Los Angeles Galaxy	34	44
27	Colorado Rapids SC	34	43
28	San Diego FC	34	38
29	Austin FC	34	34
30	Sporting Kansas City	34	26

Head-to-Head

Real Salt Lake 20 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
#24	Position	#30
45	Points	26
34	Played	34
13 / 6 / 15	W / D / L	7 / 5 / 22
53	Scored	40
52	Conceded	81
+1	GD	-41
1.32	PPG	0.76
38%	Win %	21%

Key Stats

65% Both Teams to Score
H2H (20 games)

55% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

12% Clean Sheets
Real Salt Lake this season

6% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

Real Salt Lake are 24th (45 pts). Sporting Kansas City are 30th (26 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Real Salt Lake

0-15

9/7

16-30

5/7

31-45

6/6

46-60

8/7

61-75

7/7

76+

8/11

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Sporting Kansas City

0-15

3/12

16-30

8/10

31-45

9/9

46-60

3/7

61-75

6/15

76+

5/14

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Real Salt Lake

Sergi Solans	15 G	4 A
Zavier Gozo	6 G	3 A

Sporting Kansas City

Andre Luiz

7 G

1 A

Events

Match Events

0' And we are off! Real Salt Lake vs Sporting Kansas City — let the football do the talking.
5' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Real Salt Lake and Sporting Kansas City are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
10' USA international Zavier Gozo has been a key figure this campaign — 5 goals and 2 assists in the Array this season.
15' Real Salt Lake has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 2 of the last 2 meetings.
20' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Real Salt Lake that had 300 games and scored 445 goals.
25' A quiet spell here at America First Field. Sporting Kansas City seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
30' Sporting Kansas City come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
35' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
40' GOAL! Diego Luna scores on 40. Assisted by Zavier Gozo
45' Justen Glad is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Real Salt Lake tonight.
50' Manu Garcia is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Real Salt Lake so far.
55' Sporting Kansas City are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
59' The referee shows Real Salt Lake player a card on 59.
62' Brilliant from the ! Alexandros Katranis makes it 2-0 with a superb finish on 62.
64' Sporting Kansas City ring the changes. Joaquin Fernandez has done his job and it is now time for Alan Montes Castro to step up.
69' 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.
71' Magnificent from Brayan Vera! That is 9 goals in 201 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
72' Another change for Real Salt Lake made on 72 minute. Alexandros Katranis leaves to be changed by Sam Junqua.
73' Another change for Real Salt Lake made on 73 minute. Rwan Seco leaves to be changed by Willy Agada.
78' Sporting Kansas City ring the changes. Jake Davis has done his job and it is now time for Manu Garcia to step up.
79' Time for substitution for Real Salt Lake. Diego Luna is replaced by Diogo Goncalves.
84' Sporting Kansas City fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
85' Fresh legs for Sporting Kansas City! Santiago Munoz comes on to replace Daniel Salloi.
90' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the card for Justen Glad.
The final score is 2-1.

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
Corey Baird	4
Damir Kreilach	4
Daniel Salloi	4
Jefferson Savarino	3
Rubio Rubin	2
Anderson Julio	2
Alan Pulido	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

2.44 Real Salt Lake xG

Expected Goals

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

1.31 Sporting Kansas City xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 71% + Both teams to score 66%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Real Salt Lake60% Draw21% Sporting Kansas City19%

Actual: Real Salt Lake win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes66% 0% No34%

Avg goals/match: 3.75

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	88%	12%
± 2.5	71%	29%
± 3.5	51%	49%
± 4.5	32%	68%

Double Chance

Real Salt Lake or Draw

81%

Draw or Sporting Kansas City

40%

Real Salt Lake or Sporting Kansas City

79%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Real Salt Lake45% Draw37% Sporting Kansas City18%

Actual: Real Salt Lake win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 1

Actual

1 – 1

8.3%

3 – 1

7.1%

2 – 0

7.1%

2 – 2

5.8%

3 – 0

5.6%

1 – 0

5.4%

1 – 2

4.8%

3 – 2

4.7%

4 – 1

4.4%

0 – 0

3.6%

4 – 0

3.4%

Asian Handicap — Real Salt Lake

Handicap	Real Salt Lake covers	Push	Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5	22%	—	78%
-2	22%	18%	60%
-1.5	40%	—	60%
-1	40%	21%	39%
-0.5	61%	—	39%
+0.5	81%	—	19%
+1	81%	11%	8%
+1.5	92%	—	8%
+2	92%	5%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet

28% ✓

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

10% ✓

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