Seattle Sounders FC vs Real Salt Lake, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2026

Seattle Sounders FC

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Full Time

Real Salt Lake

Thu 8 Oct 2020 · 02:00 UTC CenturyLink Field HT 45+2' · FT 45+4'

Jordy Delem 26' Y

Shane O'Neill 70' Y

Y 76' Nick Besler

Overview

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Seattle Sounders FC vs Real Salt Lake — MLS at CenturyLink Field.

Seattle Sounders FC 13 games · 24 pts (2026/26)
Real Salt Lake 14 games · 26 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee David Gantar
Referee Jeff Hosking
Referee Edvin Jurisevic
Referee Silviu Petrescu
Referee Gjovalin Bori

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	14	33
2	Internacional CF Miami	15	31
3	Chicago Fire FC	14	26
4	New England Revolution	14	25
5	New York Red Bulls	15	22
6	Charlotte FC	15	21
7	FC Cincinnati	15	20
8	New York City FC	15	19
9	D.C. United SC	15	18
10	Columbus Crew SC	15	16
11	Toronto FC	14	14
12	Montreal Impact FC	14	14
13	Orlando City SC	15	14
14	Atlanta United FC	14	11
15	Philadelphia Union	15	7
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	14	32
17	San Jose Earthquakes	15	32
18	Real Salt Lake	14	26
19	FC Dallas	15	25
20	Los Angeles FC	15	24
21	Seattle Sounders FC	13	24
22	Houston Dynamo	14	22
23	Minnesota United FC	15	22
24	Los Angeles Galaxy	15	20
25	San Diego FC	15	17
26	Colorado Rapids SC	15	16
27	St. Louis City	14	16
28	Portland Timbers	14	14
29	Austin FC	15	14
30	Sporting Kansas City	14	11

Head-to-Head

Seattle Sounders FC 17 games · Avg 2.0 goals Real Salt Lake

Last 5 meetings

2020-10-08 Seattle Sounders FC 2–1 Real Salt Lake 2020-09-03 Real Salt Lake 2–2 Seattle Sounders FC 2019-08-15 Real Salt Lake 3–0 Seattle Sounders FC 2019-04-07 Seattle Sounders FC 1–0 Real Salt Lake 2018-06-03 Real Salt Lake 2–0 Seattle Sounders FC

Recent Form

Seattle Sounders FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
08 Oct	Real Salt Lake	H	2–1	W
04 Oct	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	3–1	W
28 Sep	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	3–1	W
24 Sep	Portland Timbers	A	0–1	L
19 Sep	Los Angeles FC	H	3–0	W
11 Sep	San Jose Earthquakes	H	7–1	W

Real Salt Lake

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
08 Oct	Seattle Sounders FC	A	1–2	L
05 Oct	Los Angeles FC	H	1–3	L
28 Sep	Minnesota United FC	A	0–0	D
24 Sep	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	2–0	W
20 Sep	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	1–2	L
13 Sep	Colorado Rapids SC	H	0–5	L

Season Stats

Seattle Sounders FC		Real Salt Lake
#21	Position	#18
24	Points	26
13	Played	14
7 / 3 / 3	W / D / L	8 / 2 / 4
17	Scored	26
11	Conceded	19
+6	GD	+7
1.85	PPG	1.86
54%	Win %	57%

Key Stats

35% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)

35% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

38% Clean Sheets
Seattle Sounders FC this season

14% Clean Sheets
Real Salt Lake this season

Seattle Sounders FC are 21st (24 pts). Real Salt Lake are 18th (26 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Seattle Sounders FC

0-15

2/1

16-30

2/3

31-45

2/1

46-60

2/–

61-75

–/1

76+

4/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Real Salt Lake

0-15

4/3

16-30

2/2

31-45

3/1

46-60

3/1

61-75

2/1

76+

2/5

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. Seattle Sounders FC is hosting Real Salt Lake for another epic battle.
5' It’s high time Freddy Juarez made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
10' The home supporters are growing impatient. Seattle Sounders FC must find a spark to ignite this game.
15' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
20' Joao Paulo has been relatively quiet despite scoring 9 goals in his last 341 appearances.
25' Real Salt Lake is showing some good football. However, Real Salt Lake are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
26' Poor challenge from Jordy Delem. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
28' Goal! Jordan Morris scores his 63 goal in 284 matches.
33' Both keepers have barely been tested. Seattle Sounders FC and Real Salt Lake are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
38' The 30-year-old Corey Baird has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
43' Seattle Sounders FC are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Real Salt Lake's shape.
48' Jordy Delem has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
53' 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 Kelvin Leerdam suffering a number of foals already.
58' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 58 minutes.
61' What a strike from Yeimar Gomez! The score is 2-0.
64' A change in the Seattle Sounders FC ranks — Will Bruin exits the field as Brad Smith enters on 64.
66' The crowd applauds Sam Johnson as he leaves the pitch. Douglas Martinez steps in for Real Salt Lake.
68' Brilliant from the ! Nouhou Tolo makes it 3-0 with a superb finish on 68.
70' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Shane O'Neill.
75' Cristian Roldan has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 16 appearances with only 3 goals this season.
76' The referee does not hesitate — a Yellow card for Nick Besler on 76 minutes.
81' Justin Portillo is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Seattle Sounders FC tonight.
86' The supporters are chanting for Justin Meram. He replaces Aaron Herrera on 86 minute.
Full Time. Seattle Sounders FC beats Real Salt Lake

Lineups

Seattle Sounders FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Brian Schmetzer

Real Salt Lake Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

30
Marcelo Silva
18
Zac MacMath
9
Justin Meram ↑ 86'
4
Donald Toia
12
Douglas Martinez ↑ 66'
16
Maikel Chang ↑ 66'
28
Jeizon Ramirez ↑ 86'
23
Milan Iloski

Coach Freddy Juarez

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

Seattle Sounders FC Form

2020-10-08 Seattle Sounders FC 2–1 Real Salt Lake W 2020-10-04 Seattle Sounders FC 3–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC W 2020-09-28 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–3 Seattle Sounders FC W 2020-09-24 Portland Timbers 1–0 Seattle Sounders FC L 2020-09-19 Seattle Sounders FC 3–0 Los Angeles FC W 2020-09-11 Seattle Sounders FC 7–1 San Jose Earthquakes W

Real Salt Lake Form

2020-10-08 Seattle Sounders FC 2–1 Real Salt Lake L 2020-10-05 Real Salt Lake 1–3 Los Angeles FC L 2020-09-28 Minnesota United FC 0–0 Real Salt Lake D 2020-09-24 Real Salt Lake 2–0 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2020-09-20 Real Salt Lake 1–2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC L 2020-09-13 Real Salt Lake 0–5 Colorado Rapids SC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.53 Seattle Sounders FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1 Real Salt Lake xG

I would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.

Match Result

✓ Correct

Seattle Sounders FC52% Draw26% Real Salt Lake22%

Actual: Seattle Sounders FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes50% 0% No50%

Avg goals/match: 2.53

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	90%	10%
± 1.5	72%	28%
± 2.5	46%	54%
± 3.5	25%	75%
± 4.5	12%	88%

Double Chance

Seattle Sounders FC or Draw

78%

Draw or Real Salt Lake

48%

Seattle Sounders FC or Real Salt Lake

74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Seattle Sounders FC34% Draw48% Real Salt Lake18%

Actual: Seattle Sounders FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

13.1%

1 – 0

11.2%

0 – 0

10%

2 – 0

9.1%

2 – 1

Actual

0 – 1

6.9%

1 – 2

5.8%

3 – 1

4.6%

3 – 0

4.6%

2 – 2

4.6%

0 – 2

3.9%

3 – 2

2.4%

Asian Handicap — Seattle Sounders FC

Handicap	Seattle Sounders FC covers	Push	Real Salt Lake covers
-2.5	10%	—	90%
-2	10%	15%	75%
-1.5	25%	—	75%
-1	25%	23%	52%
-0.5	48%	—	52%
+0.5	77%	—	23%
+1	77%	15%	9%
+1.5	91%	—	9%
+2	91%	6%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

Seattle Sounders FC keeps clean sheet

37% ✓

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet

22% ✓

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