Seattle Sounders FC vs Real Salt Lake, MLS 2023 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2023

Seattle Sounders FC

2 – 0

Full Time

Real Salt Lake

Sun 5 Mar 2023 · 03:30 UTC Lumen Field HT 45' · FT 45'

Jordan Morris 35' 1–0

Heber 58' 2–0

Y 62' Braian Ojeda

Nouhou Tolo 73' Y

Leo Chu 86' Y

Overview

Match Preview

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

Seattle Sounders FC 17 games · 24 pts (2026/26)
Real Salt Lake 17 games · 27 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

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

Last 5 meetings

2023-03-05 Seattle Sounders FC 2–0 Real Salt Lake 2022-08-15 Seattle Sounders FC 1–2 Real Salt Lake 2022-03-05 Real Salt Lake 1–0 Seattle Sounders FC 2021-09-19 Real Salt Lake 1–0 Seattle Sounders FC 2021-06-24 Seattle Sounders FC 2–1 Real Salt Lake

Recent Form

Seattle Sounders FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
05 Mar	Real Salt Lake	H	2–0	W
27 Feb	Colorado Rapids SC	H	4–0	W
09 Oct	San Jose Earthquakes	H	2–2	D
02 Oct	Sporting Kansas City	A	0–1	L
28 Sep	FC Cincinnati	H	1–1	D
18 Sep	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	1–2	L

Real Salt Lake

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
05 Mar	Seattle Sounders FC	A	0–2	L
26 Feb	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	2–1	W
16 Oct	Austin FC	A	3–5	L
09 Oct	Portland Timbers	H	3–1	W
02 Oct	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	1–1	D
18 Sep	FC Cincinnati	H	1–2	L

Season Stats

Seattle Sounders FC		Real Salt Lake
#24	Position	#21
24	Points	27
17	Played	17
7 / 3 / 7	W / D / L	8 / 3 / 6
20	Scored	29
22	Conceded	25
-2	GD	+4
1.41	PPG	1.59
41%	Win %	47%

Key Stats

35% Both Teams to Score
H2H (17 games)

35% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

29% Clean Sheets
Seattle Sounders FC this season

11% Clean Sheets
Real Salt Lake this season

Seattle Sounders FC are 24th (24 pts). Real Salt Lake are 21st (27 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Seattle Sounders FC

0-15

2/2

16-30

4/4

31-45

2/3

46-60

2/2

61-75

–/2

76+

5/7

■ Scored ■ Conceded

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

Top Scorers (This Season)

Seattle Sounders FC

Paul Rothrock

5 G

1 A

Real Salt Lake

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

Events

Match Events

0' It’s Showtime! The match between Seattle Sounders FC and Real Salt Lake is underway.
5' Real Salt Lake are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
10' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Seattle Sounders FC side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
15' Real Salt Lake come into this ranked 10 in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
20' Nicolas Lodeiro is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Seattle Sounders FC tonight.
25' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
30' USA international Diego Luna has been a key figure this campaign — 4 goals and 1 assists in the Array this season.
35' Against the run of play, Jordan Morris has scored! This game has turned on its head.
40' Seattle Sounders FC have won 453 goals from 288 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
45' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
50' Both keepers have barely been tested. Seattle Sounders FC and Real Salt Lake are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
55' Justin Meram has been relatively quiet despite scoring 22 goals in his last 286 appearances.
58' Alex Roldan does the damage! The net is bulging and Seattle Sounders FC surge ahead!
59' Time for substitution for Real Salt Lake. Anderson Julio is replaced by Rubio Rubin.
60' It is a substitution in Real Salt Lake team. Anderson Julio is replaced by Rubio Rubin on 60 minute.
62' Poor challenge from Braian Ojeda. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
67' Anderson Julio is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Seattle Sounders FC so far.
72' The supporters are chanting for Diego Luna. He replaces Scott Caldwell on 72 minute.
73' Nouhou Tolo is having his name booked by the referee on 73.
78' It’s high time Brian Schmetzer made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
81' Seattle Sounders FC make a change. Jordan Morris trudges off to be replaced by Leo Chu on 81 minutes.
86' Seattle Sounders FC receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 86.
Real Salt Lake will have plenty to reflect on. Seattle Sounders FC were simply the better side today.

Lineups

Seattle Sounders FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Brian Schmetzer

Real Salt Lake Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

3
Bryan Oviedo
8
Damir Kreilach ↓ Justin Meram 72'
15
Justen Glad
30
Marcelo Silva
10
Jefferson Savarino
2
Andrew Brody
12
Scott Caldwell ↓ Diego Luna 72'
18
Zac MacMath
6
Braian Ojeda
29
Anderson Julio ↓ Rubio Rubin 60'
16
Maikel Chang Ramirez ↓ Carlos Gomez 60'

Bench

9
Justin Meram ↑ 72'
20
Erik Holt
33
Moses Nyeman
17
Daniel Musovski
14
Rubio Rubin ↑ 60'
19
Bode Davis
81
Tomas Gomez
26
Diego Luna ↑ 72'
11
Carlos Gomez ↑ 60'

Coach Pablo Mastroeni

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

Seattle Sounders FC Form

2023-03-05 Seattle Sounders FC 2–0 Real Salt Lake W 2023-02-27 Seattle Sounders FC 4–0 Colorado Rapids SC W 2022-10-09 Seattle Sounders FC 2–2 San Jose Earthquakes D 2022-10-02 Sporting Kansas City 1–0 Seattle Sounders FC L 2022-09-28 Seattle Sounders FC 1–1 FC Cincinnati D 2022-09-18 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–1 Seattle Sounders FC L

Real Salt Lake Form

2023-03-05 Seattle Sounders FC 2–0 Real Salt Lake L 2023-02-26 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–2 Real Salt Lake W 2022-10-16 Austin FC 5–3 Real Salt Lake L 2022-10-09 Real Salt Lake 3–1 Portland Timbers W 2022-10-02 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–1 Real Salt Lake D 2022-09-18 Real Salt Lake 1–2 FC Cincinnati L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

1.56 Seattle Sounders FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.19 Real Salt Lake xG

I would bet for: Both teams to score 55%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Seattle Sounders FC46% Draw27% Real Salt Lake27%

Actual: Seattle Sounders FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes55% 0% No45%

Avg goals/match: 2.75

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	92%	8%
± 1.5	76%	24%
± 2.5	51%	49%
± 3.5	30%	70%
± 4.5	15%	85%

Double Chance

Seattle Sounders FC or Draw

73%

Draw or Real Salt Lake

54%

Seattle Sounders FC or Real Salt Lake

73%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Seattle Sounders FC32% Draw46% Real Salt Lake22%

Actual: Seattle Sounders FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.8%

1 – 0

2 – 1

8.9%

0 – 0

8.3%

2 – 0

Actual

1 – 2

6.8%

0 – 1

6.6%

2 – 2

5.3%

3 – 1

4.7%

0 – 2

4.4%

3 – 0

3.9%

3 – 2

2.9%

Asian Handicap — Seattle Sounders FC

Handicap	Seattle Sounders FC covers	Push	Real Salt Lake covers
-2.5	9%	—	91%
-2	9%	14%	77%
-1.5	23%	—	77%
-1	23%	21%	56%
-0.5	44%	—	56%
+0.5	72%	—	28%
+1	72%	16%	12%
+1.5	88%	—	12%
+2	88%	8%	4%
+2.5	96%	—	4%

Clean Sheet

Seattle Sounders FC keeps clean sheet

31% ✗

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet

22% ✓

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