Sporting Kansas City vs Real Salt Lake, 2018

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MLS · 2018

Sporting Kansas City

4 – 2

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Real Salt Lake

Sun 11 Nov 2018 · 20:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

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Sporting Kansas City vs Real Salt Lake — MLS .

Sporting Kansas City 34 games · 26 pts (2026/26)
Real Salt Lake 34 games · 45 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Andrew Bigelow
Referee Adam Wienckowski
Referee Chris Penso
Referee Jose Carlos Rivero
Referee Brian Dunn
Referee Kevin Stott

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

Sporting Kansas City 20 games · Avg 3.2 goals Real Salt Lake

Last 5 meetings

2018-11-11 Sporting Kansas City 4–2 Real Salt Lake 2018-11-05 Real Salt Lake 1–1 Sporting Kansas City 2018-09-30 Sporting Kansas City 1–1 Real Salt Lake 2018-07-05 Real Salt Lake 4–2 Sporting Kansas City

Recent Form

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
11 Nov	Real Salt Lake	H	4–2	W
05 Nov	Real Salt Lake	A	1–1	D
28 Oct	Los Angeles FC	H	2–1	W
21 Oct	FC Dallas	A	3–0	W
18 Oct	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	4–1	W
07 Oct	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	1–1	D

Real Salt Lake

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
11 Nov	Sporting Kansas City	A	2–4	L
05 Nov	Sporting Kansas City	H	1–1	D
02 Nov	Los Angeles FC	A	3–2	W
21 Oct	Portland Timbers	A	0–3	L
19 Oct	New England Revolution	H	4–1	W
07 Oct	Portland Timbers	H	1–4	L

Season Stats

Sporting Kansas City		Real Salt Lake
#30	Position	#24
26	Points	45
34	Played	34
7 / 5 / 22	W / D / L	13 / 6 / 15
40	Scored	53
81	Conceded	52
-41	GD	+1
0.76	PPG	1.32
21%	Win %	38%

Key Stats

65% Both Teams to Score
H2H (20 games)

55% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

6% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

12% Clean Sheets
Real Salt Lake this season

Sporting Kansas City are 30th (26 pts). Real Salt Lake are 24th (45 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Sporting Kansas City

0-15

3/12

16-30

8/10

31-45

9/9

46-60

3/7

61-75

6/15

76+

5/14

■ 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)

Sporting Kansas City

Andre Luiz

7 G

1 A

Real Salt Lake

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

Events

Match Events

0' Packed stands, loud atmosphere — Sporting Kansas City and Real Salt Lake get this one started.
5' The 29-year-old Aaron Herrera has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
10' Sporting Kansas City are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Real Salt Lake's shape.
15' Sporting Kansas City is showing some good football. However, Sporting Kansas City are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
20' Hungary international Daniel Salloi has been a key figure this campaign — 4 goals and 4 assists in the Array this season.
25' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
30' Sebastian Saucedo is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Real Salt Lake so far.
35' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
40' Real Salt Lake come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
45' Jefferson Savarino has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
50' Nick Besler is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Sporting Kansas City tonight.
55' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Sporting Kansas City that had 295 games and scored 456 goals.
60' The energy levels are beginning to show. Peter Vermes might look to freshen things up shortly.
65' Luis Silva needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
70' Real Salt Lake fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
75' Damir Kreilach, a Croatia , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
80' Sporting Kansas City currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
85' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
90' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Sporting Kansas City and Real Salt Lake are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
It finishes all square. Sporting Kansas City and Real Salt Lake share the spoils 4-2.

Lineups

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Peter Vermes

Real Salt Lake Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Mike Petke

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Johnny Russell	5
Corey Baird	4
Damir Kreilach	4
Daniel Salloi	4
Jefferson Savarino	3
Rubio Rubin	2
Anderson Julio	2
Alan Pulido	2

Head to Head

Sporting Kansas City Form

2018-11-11 Sporting Kansas City 4–2 Real Salt Lake W 2018-11-05 Real Salt Lake 1–1 Sporting Kansas City D 2018-10-28 Sporting Kansas City 2–1 Los Angeles FC W 2018-10-21 FC Dallas 0–3 Sporting Kansas City W 2018-10-18 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–4 Sporting Kansas City W 2018-10-07 Sporting Kansas City 1–1 Los Angeles Galaxy D

Real Salt Lake Form

2018-11-11 Sporting Kansas City 4–2 Real Salt Lake L 2018-11-05 Real Salt Lake 1–1 Sporting Kansas City D 2018-11-02 Los Angeles FC 2–3 Real Salt Lake W 2018-10-21 Portland Timbers 3–0 Real Salt Lake L 2018-10-19 Real Salt Lake 4–1 New England Revolution W 2018-10-07 Real Salt Lake 1–4 Portland Timbers L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.97 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

2.01 Real Salt Lake xG

I would bet for: Sporting Kansas City or Real Salt Lake 78% + Over 2.5 goals 75%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City44% Draw22% Real Salt Lake34%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes74% 0% No26%

Avg goals/match: 3.98

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	90%	10%
± 2.5	75%	25%
± 3.5	55%	45%
± 4.5	36%	64%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw

66%

Draw or Real Salt Lake

56%

Sporting Kansas City or Real Salt Lake

78%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City30% Draw38% Real Salt Lake32%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 4–2 not predicted

4 – 2

Actual

1 – 1

8.2%

1 – 2

7.3%

2 – 1

7.1%

2 – 2

1 – 3

4.8%

2 – 3

4.7%

3 – 1

4.6%

3 – 2

4.6%

0 – 2

3.9%

2 – 0

3.7%

0 – 1

3.3%

1 – 0

3.2%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap	Sporting Kansas City covers	Push	Real Salt Lake covers
-2.5	10%	—	90%
-2	10%	11%	79%
-1.5	21%	—	79%
-1	21%	17%	62%
-0.5	38%	—	62%
+0.5	60%	—	40%
+1	60%	17%	22%
+1.5	78%	—	22%
+2	78%	12%	10%
+2.5	90%	—	10%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

14% ✓

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet

15% ✓

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