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 18 games · 14 pts (2026/26)
Real Salt Lake 17 games · 27 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	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

Sporting Kansas City 19 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	#21
14	Points	27
18	Played	17
4 / 2 / 12	W / D / L	8 / 3 / 6
18	Scored	29
46	Conceded	25
-28	GD	+4
0.78	PPG	1.59
22%	Win %	47%

Key Stats

63% Both Teams to Score
H2H (19 games)

53% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

0% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

11% Clean Sheets
Real Salt Lake this season

Sporting Kansas City are 30th (14 pts). Real Salt Lake are 21st (27 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Sporting Kansas City

0-15

–/7

16-30

3/4

31-45

3/6

46-60

2/4

61-75

2/8

76+

3/7

■ 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)

Sporting Kansas City

Dejan Joveljic

8 G

1 A

Real Salt Lake

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

Events

Match Events

0' Three points are at stake. Sporting Kansas City host Real Salt Lake — let the battle begin!
5' The energy levels are beginning to show. Mike Petke might look to freshen things up shortly.
10' It is a cagey affair so far. Sporting Kansas City in their trying to find a way past Real Salt Lake's compact .
15' Seth Sinovic has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
20' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Sporting Kansas City needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
25' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
30' Real Salt Lake looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Zavier Gozo scoring 1 goals.
35' Luke Mulholland has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
40' The home supporters are growing impatient. Sporting Kansas City must find a spark to ignite this game.
45' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
50' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Real Salt Lake winning 100% of all matches.
55' The 33-year-old Diego Rubio has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
60' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
65' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Sporting Kansas City and Real Salt Lake are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
70' Real Salt Lake come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
75' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
80' With 0 assists to his name this season, Luis Silva is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Sporting Kansas City.
85' It looks surprising Sporting Kansas City does not make any changes. Daniel Salloi has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
90' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Sporting Kansas City and Real Salt Lake are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
The final whistle goes. A composed, disciplined performance from Sporting Kansas City to claim maximum points.

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
Carlos Gomez	2
Rubio Rubin	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

1.85 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

2.22 Real Salt Lake xG

I would bet for: Sporting Kansas City or Real Salt Lake 78% + Over 2.5 goals 76%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City41% Draw22% Real Salt Lake37%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes74% 0% No26%

Avg goals/match: 4.07

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	91%	9%
± 2.5	76%	24%
± 3.5	57%	43%
± 4.5	38%	62%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw

62%

Draw or Real Salt Lake

59%

Sporting Kansas City or Real Salt Lake

78%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City27% Draw37% Real Salt Lake36%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 4–2 not predicted

4 – 2

Actual

1 – 1

7.8%

1 – 2

7.6%

2 – 2

6.9%

2 – 1

6.4%

1 – 3

5.5%

2 – 3

5.1%

0 – 2

4.3%

3 – 2

4.3%

3 – 1

3.9%

0 – 1

3.4%

3 – 3

3.2%

0 – 3

3.1%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap	Sporting Kansas City covers	Push	Real Salt Lake covers
-2.5	7%	—	93%
-2	7%	10%	83%
-1.5	17%	—	83%
-1	17%	15%	68%
-0.5	32%	—	68%
+0.5	54%	—	46%
+1	54%	18%	28%
+1.5	72%	—	28%
+2	72%	14%	14%
+2.5	86%	—	14%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

12% ✓

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet

16% ✓

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