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Sporting Kansas City vs Real Salt Lake, 2018

MLS · 2018
Sporting Kansas City
4 – 2
Full Time
Real Salt Lake
Sun 11 Nov 2018 · 20:00 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

Match Preview

Sporting Kansas City vs Real Salt Lake — MLS .

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 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

5
4
10
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
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
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
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
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 #27
21 Points 32
26 Played 27
6 / 3 / 17 W / D / L 9 / 5 / 13
31 Scored 40
63 Conceded 44
-32 GD -4
0.81 PPG 1.19
23% Win % 33%

Key Stats

63% Both Teams to Score
H2H (19 games)
53% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
4% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season
11% Clean Sheets
Real Salt Lake this season

Sporting Kansas City are 30th (21 pts). Real Salt Lake are 27th (32 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Sporting Kansas City
0-15
3/8
16-30
7/7
31-45
5/8
46-60
2/6
61-75
4/11
76+
4/9
■ 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)

Real Salt Lake
Sergi Solans 11 G 3 A
Zavier Gozo 6 G 3 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' We are underway at . The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
  • 5' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Sporting Kansas City and Real Salt Lake are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
  • 10' Seth Sinovic has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
  • 15' Daniel Salloi is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Sporting Kansas City so far.
  • 20' Real Salt Lake are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
  • 25' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
  • 30' USA international Brooks Lennon has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
  • 35' Real Salt Lake come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
  • 40' It’s high time Peter Vermes made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 45' 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.
  • 50' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Sporting Kansas City and Real Salt Lake are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
  • 55' Roger Espinoza, a Honduras , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
  • 60' It is a cagey affair so far. Sporting Kansas City in their trying to find a way past Real Salt Lake's compact .
  • 65' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Damir Kreilach made 288 appearances and scored 67 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • 70' Sporting Kansas City are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Real Salt Lake's shape.
  • 75' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Sporting Kansas City side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
  • 80' Sporting Kansas City started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 80.
  • 85' Diego Rubio is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Real Salt Lake tonight.
  • 90' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
  • The referee blows the final whistle. Sensational lose for Real Salt Lake.

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

PlayerGoals
Johnny Russell 5
Corey Baird 4
Damir Kreilach 4
Daniel Salloi 4
Jefferson Savarino 3
Anderson Julio 2
Carlos Gomez 2
Rubio Rubin 2

Head to Head

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

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
2.02 Sporting Kansas City xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.99 Real Salt Lake xG
I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 75% + Both teams to score 74%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Sporting Kansas City46% Draw22% Real Salt Lake32%
Actual: Sporting Kansas City win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes74% 0% No26%
Avg goals/match: 4.01
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 97%
3%
± 1.5 91%
9%
± 2.5 75%
25%
± 3.5 56%
44%
± 4.5 37%
63%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw
67%
Draw or Real Salt Lake
54%
Sporting Kansas City or Real Salt Lake
78%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Sporting Kansas City32% Draw38% Real Salt Lake30%
Actual: Sporting Kansas City win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 4–2 not predicted
4 – 2
Actual
1 – 1
8.1%
2 – 1
7.2%
1 – 2
7.1%
2 – 2
7%
3 – 1
4.8%
3 – 2
4.7%
1 – 3
4.6%
2 – 3
4.6%
2 – 0
3.8%
0 – 2
3.7%
1 – 0
3.2%
0 – 1
3.2%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

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

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet
15% ✓
Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet
14% ✓

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