Real Salt Lake vs Sporting Kansas City, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2026

Real Salt Lake

3 – 1

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Sporting Kansas City

Sat 4 Apr 2026 · 20:30 UTC Rio Tinto Stadium 20,290 HT 45' · FT 45'

Diego Luna 4' 1–0

Sergi Solans 55' 2–0

2–1 59' Dejan Joveljic

Zavier Gozo 82' 3–1

Morgan Guilavogui 88' Y

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)

Match Details

Referee Timothy Ford
Assistant 1 Adam Garner (USA)
Assistant 2 Stephen McGonagle (USA)

6 games this season 🟨 3.3/game ⚽ 9.0 goals/game 🟥 2 total

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

2026-04-04 Real Salt Lake 3–1 Sporting Kansas City 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

Recent Form

Real Salt Lake

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
04 Apr	Sporting Kansas City	H	3–1	W
22 Mar	San Diego FC	A	2–2	D
15 Mar	Austin FC	H	2–1	W
08 Mar	Atlanta United FC	A	3–2	W
01 Mar	Seattle Sounders FC	H	2–1	W
22 Feb	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	0–1	L

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
04 Apr	Real Salt Lake	A	1–3	L
22 Mar	Colorado Rapids SC	H	1–4	L
15 Mar	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	2–1	W
08 Mar	San Diego FC	H	0–1	L
01 Mar	Columbus Crew SC	H	2–2	D
22 Feb	San Jose Earthquakes	A	0–3	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' Packed stands, loud atmosphere — Real Salt Lake and Sporting Kansas City get this one started.
4' Diego Luna does the damage! The net is bulging and Real Salt Lake surge ahead!
9' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
14' 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.
19' 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 Stijn Spierings suffering a number of foals already.
24' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Real Salt Lake that had 292 games and scored 428 goals.
29' USA international Justen Glad has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
34' named a 3-4-2-1 earlier, and opted for a 3-4-3 in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
39' Real Salt Lake looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Zavier Gozo scoring 1 goals.
44' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
46' Sporting Kansas City make a change. Ethan Bartlow trudges off to be replaced by Diego on 46 minutes.
51' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Stephen Afrira made 292 appearances and scored 7 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
55' Assisted by Zavier Gozo with the perfectly-timed delivery and Sergi Solans makes no mistake. 2-0!
59' Dejan Joveljic makes no mistake. The score reads 2-1 and Sporting Kansas City are in front.
64' The Sporting Kansas City bench stirs into life. Justin Reynolds is withdrawn and Jacob Bartlett gets his opportunity.
69' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
72' Real Salt Lake make a change. Sergi Solans trudges off to be replaced by Victor Olatunji on 72 minutes.
74' Stephen Afrira gets the nod from Sporting Kansas City. He replaces Calvin Harris and will look to change the dynamic.
79' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 79 minutes.
82' Goal! Zavier Gozo scores his 9 goal in 292 matches.
84' The supporters are chanting for Griffin Dillon. He replaces Stijn Spierings on 84 minute.
88' Morgan Guilavogui was booked on 88.
90' The Real Salt Lake bench stirs into life. Zavier Gozo is withdrawn and Jesus Barea gets his opportunity.
Both sets of fans can go home satisfied — a 3-1 draw is a fair result on the day.

Lineups

Real Salt Lake Lineups

3-4-2-1

Starting XI

Bench

7
Pablo Ruiz
31
Mason Stajduhar
29
Sam Junqua ↑ 72'
17
Victor Olatunji ↑ 72'
27
Griffin Dillon ↑ 84'
34
Luca Moisa
11
Dominik Marczuk ↑ 84'
36
Jesus Barea ↑ 90'
24
Max Kerkvliet

Coach Pablo Mastroeni

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

3-4-3

Starting XI

Bench

22
Zorhan Bassong ↑ 64'
17
Stephen Afrira ↑ 74'
57
Diego ↑ 46'
19
Taylor Calheira
14
Cielo Tschantret
16
Jacob Bartlett ↑ 64'
20
Kwaku Agyabeng
12
Jack Kortkamp

Coach Raphaël Wicky

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

2026-04-04 Real Salt Lake 3–1 Sporting Kansas City W 2026-03-22 San Diego FC 2–2 Real Salt Lake D 2026-03-15 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Austin FC W 2026-03-08 Atlanta United FC 2–3 Real Salt Lake W 2026-03-01 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Seattle Sounders FC W 2026-02-22 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–0 Real Salt Lake L

Sporting Kansas City Form

2026-04-04 Real Salt Lake 3–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2026-03-22 Sporting Kansas City 1–4 Colorado Rapids SC L 2026-03-15 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–2 Sporting Kansas City W 2026-03-08 Sporting Kansas City 0–1 San Diego FC L 2026-03-01 Sporting Kansas City 2–2 Columbus Crew SC D 2026-02-22 San Jose Earthquakes 3–0 Sporting Kansas City L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

2.49 Real Salt Lake xG

Expected Goals

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

1.16 Sporting Kansas City xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 69% + Real Salt Lake to win 66%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Real Salt Lake66% Draw19% Sporting Kansas City15%

Actual: Real Salt Lake win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes63% 0% No37%

Avg goals/match: 3.65

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	87%	13%
± 2.5	69%	31%
± 3.5	49%	51%
± 4.5	30%	70%

Double Chance

Real Salt Lake or Draw

85%

Draw or Sporting Kansas City

34%

Real Salt Lake or Sporting Kansas City

81%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Real Salt Lake48% Draw37% Sporting Kansas City15%

Actual: Real Salt Lake win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 1

9.1%

1 – 1

8.3%

2 – 0

8.1%

3 – 1

Actual

3 – 0

6.5%

1 – 0

6.2%

2 – 2

5.2%

4 – 1

4.7%

3 – 2

4.3%

1 – 2

4.3%

4 – 0

0 – 0

3.9%

Asian Handicap — Real Salt Lake

Handicap	Real Salt Lake covers	Push	Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5	25%	—	75%
-2	25%	19%	56%
-1.5	44%	—	56%
-1	44%	21%	35%
-0.5	65%	—	35%
+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

32% ✓

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

9% ✓

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