Saturday , 14 November 2026

Sporting Kansas City vs Real Salt Lake, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

MLS · 2026
Sporting Kansas City
1 – 2
Full Time
Real Salt Lake
Sun 11 Aug 2019 · 00:30 UTC HT 45+4' · FT 45+7'
Felipe Gutierrez 29' Y
Y 29' Nick Besler
Y 45' Donald Toia
Fontas 45' Y
Y 76' Corey Baird
Daniel Salloi 84' R
Erik Hurtado 90' Y
Y 90' Aaron Herrera

Overview

Match Preview

Sporting Kansas City vs Real Salt Lake — MLS .

Match Details

  • Referee Corey Rockwell
  • Referee Fotis Bazakos
  • Referee Matthew Nelson
  • Referee Jorge Gonzalez
  • Referee

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

5
4
11
Sporting Kansas City 20 games · Avg 3.2 goals Real Salt Lake
Last 5 meetings
2019-08-11 Sporting Kansas City 1–2 Real Salt Lake 2019-06-30 Real Salt Lake 2–0 Sporting Kansas City 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

Recent Form

Sporting Kansas City
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
11 Aug Real Salt Lake H 1–2 L
05 Aug Seattle Sounders FC A 3–2 W
26 Jul New York City FC A 1–3 L
21 Jul FC Dallas H 0–2 L
14 Jul Vancouver Whitecaps FC A 3–0 W
07 Jul Chicago Fire FC H 1–0 W
Real Salt Lake
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
11 Aug Sporting Kansas City A 2–1 W
04 Aug New York City FC H 3–1 W
28 Jul FC Dallas A 0–0 D
21 Jul Minnesota United FC H 1–1 D
14 Jul Philadelphia Union H 4–0 W
07 Jul San Jose Earthquakes A 0–1 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' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Sporting Kansas City and Real Salt Lake has kicked off!
  • 5' Real Salt Lake fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
  • 6' Sporting Kansas City ring the changes. Gerso Fernandes has done his job and it is now time for Daniel Salloi to step up.
  • 11' Erik Hurtado is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Sporting Kansas City tonight.
  • 16' Marcelo Silva is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Sporting Kansas City so far.
  • 21' It is a cagey affair so far. Sporting Kansas City in their trying to find a way past Real Salt Lake's compact .
  • 26' Real Salt Lake is showing some good football. However, Real Salt Lake are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 29' Sporting Kansas City player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
  • 31' What composure from Johnny Russell! The Scotland international strokes it home. 1-0.
  • 36' It looks like no one’s ball. Real Salt Lake is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
  • 38' Corey Baird has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 38 minutes.
  • 43' Real Salt Lake are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
  • 45' A moment of madness from Donald Toia on 45 minutes earns him a Yellow card. Real Salt Lake will be frustrated.
  • 50' The energy levels are beginning to show. Peter Vermes might look to freshen things up shortly.
  • 55' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
  • 60' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Real Salt Lake that had 300 games and scored 445 goals.
  • 64' Sam Johnson is ready to make an impact after coming on for Nick Besler at the 64 minute mark.
  • 69' The home supporters are growing impatient. Sporting Kansas City must find a spark to ignite this game.
  • 70' Corey Baird is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
  • 75' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
  • 76' Controversy at the stadium! Corey Baird argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
  • 77' Real Salt Lake make a change. Corey Baird trudges off to be replaced by Nedum Onuoha on 77 minutes.
  • 82' The crowd applauds Seth Sinovic as he leaves the pitch. Jimmy Medranda steps in for Sporting Kansas City.
  • 84' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the Red card for Daniel Salloi.
  • 89' A quiet spell here at . Real Salt Lake seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
  • 90' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Erik Hurtado.
  • 90' Gianluca Busio has so much to prove this time. He replaces Felipe Gutierrez on 90 minute.
  • The final score is 1-2.

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

PlayerGoals
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

2019-08-11 Sporting Kansas City 1–2 Real Salt Lake 2019-06-30 Real Salt Lake 2–0 Sporting Kansas City 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

Sporting Kansas City Form

2019-08-11 Sporting Kansas City 1–2 Real Salt Lake L 2019-08-05 Seattle Sounders FC 2–3 Sporting Kansas City W 2019-07-26 New York City FC 3–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2019-07-21 Sporting Kansas City 0–2 FC Dallas L 2019-07-14 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0–3 Sporting Kansas City W 2019-07-07 Sporting Kansas City 1–0 Chicago Fire FC W

Real Salt Lake Form

2019-08-11 Sporting Kansas City 1–2 Real Salt Lake W 2019-08-04 Real Salt Lake 3–1 New York City FC W 2019-07-28 FC Dallas 0–0 Real Salt Lake D 2019-07-21 Real Salt Lake 1–1 Minnesota United FC D 2019-07-14 Real Salt Lake 4–0 Philadelphia Union W 2019-07-07 San Jose Earthquakes 1–0 Real Salt Lake L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
4 / 4
1.14 Sporting Kansas City xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.81 Real Salt Lake xG
I would bet for: Both teams to score 57% + Over 2.5 goals 56%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Sporting Kansas City26% Draw27% Real Salt Lake47%
Actual: Real Salt Lake win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes57% 0% No43%
Avg goals/match: 2.95
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 93%
7%
± 1.5 79%
21%
± 2.5 56%
44%
± 3.5 34%
66%
± 4.5 18%
82%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw
53%
Draw or Real Salt Lake
74%
Sporting Kansas City or Real Salt Lake
73%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Sporting Kansas City19% Draw44% Real Salt Lake37%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
11.7%
1 – 2
Actual
0 – 1
8.7%
0 – 2
8.5%
0 – 0
7%
2 – 1
5.9%
1 – 3
5.7%
2 – 2
5.4%
1 – 0
5.1%
0 – 3
5%
2 – 0
3.4%
2 – 3
3.3%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap Sporting Kansas City covers Push Real Salt Lake covers
-2.5 3% — 97%
-2 3% 6% 91%
-1.5 9% — 91%
-1 9% 14% 77%
-0.5 23% — 77%
+0.5 48% — 52%
+1 48% 22% 30%
+1.5 70% — 30%
+2 70% 16% 14%
+2.5 86% — 14%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet
17% ✓
Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet
33% ✓

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