Seattle Sounders FC vs Real Salt Lake, 2018

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Sat 26 May 2018 · 21:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

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Seattle Sounders FC vs Real Salt Lake — MLS .

Seattle Sounders FC 34 games · 46 pts (2026/26)
Real Salt Lake 34 games · 45 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Baldomero Toledo
Referee Apolinar Mariscal
Referee Jeff Hosking
Referee Silviu Petrescu
Referee Malik Badawi

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

Seattle Sounders FC 18 games · Avg 2.0 goals Real Salt Lake

Last 5 meetings

2018-05-26 Seattle Sounders FC 0–1 Real Salt Lake

Recent Form

Seattle Sounders FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
26 May	Real Salt Lake	H	0–1	L
13 May	Portland Timbers	A	0–1	L
09 May	Toronto FC	A	2–1	W
05 May	Columbus Crew SC	H	0–0	D
30 Apr	Los Angeles FC	A	0–1	L
22 Apr	Minnesota United FC	H	3–1	W

Real Salt Lake

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
26 May	Seattle Sounders FC	A	1–0	W
19 May	Philadelphia Union	A	1–4	L
13 May	D.C. United SC	H	3–2	W
06 May	Orlando City SC	A	1–3	L
28 Apr	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	0–2	L
22 Apr	Colorado Rapids SC	H	3–0	W

Season Stats

Seattle Sounders FC		Real Salt Lake
#23	Position	#24
46	Points	45
34	Played	34
12 / 10 / 12	W / D / L	13 / 6 / 15
44	Scored	53
46	Conceded	52
-2	GD	+1
1.35	PPG	1.32
35%	Win %	38%

Key Stats

33% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)

33% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

24% Clean Sheets
Seattle Sounders FC this season

12% Clean Sheets
Real Salt Lake this season

Seattle Sounders FC are 23rd (46 pts). Real Salt Lake are 24th (45 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Seattle Sounders FC

0-15

5/5

16-30

5/7

31-45

4/7

46-60

8/6

61-75

4/5

76+

13/14

■ Scored ■ Conceded

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

Top Scorers (This Season)

Seattle Sounders FC

Dejan Joveljic	13 G	1 A
Paul Rothrock	5 G	1 A

Real Salt Lake

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

Events

Match Events

0' Seattle Sounders FC have kicked off against Real Salt Lake. Both sides are eager to make an early statement.
5' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
10' Seattle Sounders FC are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Real Salt Lake backline.
15' Croatia international Damir Kreilach has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
20' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
25' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Seattle Sounders FC and Real Salt Lake are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
30' Real Salt Lake fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
35' 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 Nick Besler suffering a number of foals already.
40' Seattle Sounders FC is showing some good football. However, Seattle Sounders FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
45' Stefan Frei has been relatively quiet despite scoring 1 goals in his last 305 appearances.
50' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Real Salt Lake needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
55' Real Salt Lake have won 445 goals from 300 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
60' The 29-year-old Justen Glad has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
65' Real Salt Lake come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
70' Danny Acosta is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Seattle Sounders FC so far.
75' Supporters expect more eagerness from Alex Roldan, as he is very good at scoring at with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
80' With 0 assists to his name this season, Handwalla Bwana is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Seattle Sounders FC.
85' It looks surprising Real Salt Lake does not make any changes. Magnus Wolff Eikrem has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
90' Real Salt Lake are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
The points are shared — Seattle Sounders FC 0-1 Real Salt Lake. Honours even.

Lineups

Seattle Sounders FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Brian Schmetzer

Real Salt Lake Lineups

Starting XI

15
Justen Glad
18
Nick Rimando
5
Kyle Beckerman C
11
Albert Rusnak ↓ Aaron Herrera 90'
30
Marcelo Silva
7
Jefferson Savarino ↓ Nick Besler 86'
12
Brooks Lennon
27
Corey Baird
8
Stephen Sunday
23
Sebastian Saucedo ↓ Damir Kreilach 68'
25
Danny Acosta

Bench

Coach Mike Petke

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Albert Rusnak	3
Albert Rusnak	3
Nicolas Lodeiro	2
Yeimar Gomez	2
Nouhou Tolo	2
Corey Baird	2
Jordan Morris	2
Carlos Gomez	2

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.15 Seattle Sounders FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.07 Real Salt Lake xG

I would bet for: Seattle Sounders FC or Real Salt Lake 68% + Under 2.5 goals 62%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Seattle Sounders FC36% Draw32% Real Salt Lake32%

Actual: Real Salt Lake win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes46% 0% No54%

Avg goals/match: 2.22

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	87%	13%
± 1.5	65%	35%
± 2.5	38%	62%
± 3.5	19%	81%
± 4.5	8%	92%

Double Chance

Seattle Sounders FC or Draw

67%

Draw or Real Salt Lake

64%

Seattle Sounders FC or Real Salt Lake

68%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Seattle Sounders FC25% Draw52% Real Salt Lake23%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

14.3%

0 – 0

13.2%

1 – 0

11.3%

0 – 1

Actual

2 – 1

7.4%

2 – 0

6.9%

1 – 2

6.9%

0 – 2

2 – 2

4.1%

3 – 1

2.9%

3 – 0

2.6%

1 – 3

2.5%

Asian Handicap — Seattle Sounders FC

Handicap	Seattle Sounders FC covers	Push	Real Salt Lake covers
-2.5	5%	—	95%
-2	5%	10%	85%
-1.5	15%	—	85%
-1	15%	21%	64%
-0.5	36%	—	64%
+0.5	68%	—	32%
+1	68%	19%	13%
+1.5	87%	—	13%
+2	87%	9%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

Seattle Sounders FC keeps clean sheet

35% ✓

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet

32% ✗

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

Seattle Sounders FC vs Real Salt Lake, 2018

Overview

Match Preview

Match Details

Standings

Head-to-Head

Recent Form

Season Stats

Key Stats

Goal Timing (This Season)

Top Scorers (This Season)

Events

Match Events

Lineups

Seattle Sounders FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Real Salt Lake Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Head to Head

Seattle Sounders FC Form

Real Salt Lake Form

Predictions

Match Result

Both Teams to Score

Over / Under Goals

Double Chance

Half-Time Result

Correct Score

Asian Handicap — Seattle Sounders FC

Clean Sheet