Seattle Sounders FC vs Real Salt Lake, MLS 2025 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2025

Seattle Sounders FC

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Real Salt Lake

Sun 12 Oct 2025 · 01:30 UTC Lumen Field HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 13' Brayan Vera

Y 30' Rwan Seco

Y 55' Justen Glad

Y 71' Alexandros Katranis

Danny Musovski 88' Y

Overview

Match Preview

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

Seattle Sounders FC 26 games · 35 pts (2026/26)
Real Salt Lake 27 games · 32 pts (2026/26)

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

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

Last 5 meetings

2025-10-12 Seattle Sounders FC 1–0 Real Salt Lake 2025-03-01 Real Salt Lake 2–0 Seattle Sounders FC 2024-05-30 Seattle Sounders FC 1–1 Real Salt Lake 2024-05-16 Real Salt Lake 2–0 Seattle Sounders FC 2023-04-30 Real Salt Lake 0–0 Seattle Sounders FC

Recent Form

Seattle Sounders FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
12 Oct	Real Salt Lake	H	1–0	W
05 Oct	Portland Timbers	H	1–0	W
28 Sep	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	2–2	D
21 Sep	Austin FC	A	1–2	L
16 Sep	Internacional CF Miami	A	1–3	L
14 Sep	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	2–2	D

Real Salt Lake

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
12 Oct	Seattle Sounders FC	A	0–1	L
05 Oct	Colorado Rapids SC	H	1–0	W
28 Sep	Austin FC	H	3–1	W
22 Sep	Los Angeles FC	A	1–4	L
18 Sep	Los Angeles FC	H	1–4	L
14 Sep	Sporting Kansas City	H	2–1	W

Season Stats

Seattle Sounders FC		Real Salt Lake
#24	Position	#27
35	Points	32
26	Played	27
9 / 8 / 9	W / D / L	9 / 5 / 13
33	Scored	40
34	Conceded	44
-1	GD	-4
1.35	PPG	1.19
35%	Win %	33%

Key Stats

33% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)

33% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

27% Clean Sheets
Seattle Sounders FC this season

11% Clean Sheets
Real Salt Lake this season

Seattle Sounders FC are 24th (35 pts). Real Salt Lake are 27th (32 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Seattle Sounders FC

0-15

3/2

16-30

5/6

31-45

3/5

46-60

5/4

61-75

1/3

76+

11/12

■ Scored ■ Conceded

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

Top Scorers (This Season)

Seattle Sounders FC

Dejan Joveljic	11 G	1 A
Paul Rothrock	5 G	1 A

Real Salt Lake

Sergi Solans	11 G	3 A
Zavier Gozo	6 G	3 A

Events

Match Events

0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for Seattle Sounders FC to score. At the same time, Real Salt Lake does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
4' The USA Paul Rothrock breaks the deadlock on 4 minutes. 1-0!
9' Seattle Sounders FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 9.
13' Controversy at the stadium! Brayan Vera argues furiously but the card stands.
18' The 27-year-old Pablo Ruiz has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
23' 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.
28' Seattle Sounders FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
30' Poor challenge from Rwan Seco. The referee spots it immediately and shows the card.
35' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
40' Supporters expect more eagerness from Jordan Morris, as he is very good at scoring at Lumen Field with 23 goals in the last 19 games.
45' Brazil international Rafael Cabral has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
49' A change in the Real Salt Lake ranks — Ariath Piol exits the field as Willy Agada enters on 49.
54' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
55' Justen Glad was booked on 55.
60' Seattle Sounders FC ring the changes. Joao Paulo has done his job and it is now time for Stuart Hawkins to step up.
64' A tactical swap from Real Salt Lake — Victor Olatunji on, Rwan Seco off on 64 minutes.
69' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Seattle Sounders FC and Real Salt Lake are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
70' The whistle greets Pablo Ruiz as he departs to be replaced by Jesus Barea.
71' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the card for Alexandros Katranis.
76' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Seattle Sounders FC and Real Salt Lake are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
80' Time for substitution for Seattle Sounders FC. Jordan Morris is replaced by Danny Musovski.
81' The whistle greets Jesus Ferreira as he departs to be replaced by Johnny Russell.
86' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
88' Danny Musovski catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 88.
Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 1-0.

Lineups

Seattle Sounders FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Brian Schmetzer

Real Salt Lake Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Pablo Mastroeni

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

Seattle Sounders FC Form

2025-10-12 Seattle Sounders FC 1–0 Real Salt Lake W 2025-10-05 Seattle Sounders FC 1–0 Portland Timbers W 2025-09-28 Seattle Sounders FC 2–2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC D 2025-09-21 Austin FC 2–1 Seattle Sounders FC L 2025-09-16 Internacional CF Miami 3–1 Seattle Sounders FC L 2025-09-14 Seattle Sounders FC 2–2 Los Angeles Galaxy D

Real Salt Lake Form

2025-10-12 Seattle Sounders FC 1–0 Real Salt Lake L 2025-10-05 Real Salt Lake 1–0 Colorado Rapids SC W 2025-09-28 Real Salt Lake 3–1 Austin FC W 2025-09-22 Los Angeles FC 4–1 Real Salt Lake L 2025-09-18 Real Salt Lake 1–4 Los Angeles FC L 2025-09-14 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Sporting Kansas City W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.39 Seattle Sounders FC xG

Expected Goals

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

0.97 Real Salt Lake xG

I would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 59%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Seattle Sounders FC47% Draw28% Real Salt Lake25%

Actual: Seattle Sounders FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes47% 0% No53%

Avg goals/match: 2.36

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	88%	12%
± 1.5	68%	32%
± 2.5	41%	59%
± 3.5	22%	78%
± 4.5	10%	90%

Double Chance

Seattle Sounders FC or Draw

75%

Draw or Real Salt Lake

53%

Seattle Sounders FC or Real Salt Lake

72%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Seattle Sounders FC31% Draw50% Real Salt Lake19%

Actual: Seattle Sounders FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

13.6%

1 – 0

Actual

0 – 0

11.7%

2 – 0

8.9%

2 – 1

8.5%

0 – 1

1 – 2

5.9%

0 – 2

4.3%

2 – 2

4.2%

3 – 0

3 – 1

3 – 2

Asian Handicap — Seattle Sounders FC

Handicap	Seattle Sounders FC covers	Push	Real Salt Lake covers
-2.5	8%	—	92%
-2	8%	14%	78%
-1.5	22%	—	78%
-1	22%	23%	55%
-0.5	45%	—	55%
+0.5	75%	—	25%
+1	75%	16%	9%
+1.5	91%	—	9%
+2	91%	7%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

Seattle Sounders FC keeps clean sheet

39% ✗

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet

26% ✓

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