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

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MLS · 2026

Sporting Kansas City

1 – 2

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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

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

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

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

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
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

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
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	#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' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for Sporting Kansas City to score. At the same time, Real Salt Lake does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
5' Over 5 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
6' The Sporting Kansas City bench stirs into life. Gerso Fernandes is withdrawn and Daniel Salloi gets his opportunity.
11' Kyle Beckerman has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
16' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
21' Real Salt Lake has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
26' With 0 assists to his name this season, Erik Hurtado is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Sporting Kansas City.
29' It’s a booking for Sporting Kansas City player. Felipe Gutierrez gets a Yellow card.
31' Johnny Russell puts Sporting Kansas City on the lead.
36' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
38' What composure from Corey Baird! The USA international strokes it home. 1-1.
43' Chile international Felipe Gutierrez has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
45' The referee does not hesitate — a Yellow card for Donald Toia on 45 minutes.
50' Sporting Kansas City are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Real Salt Lake backline.
55' Nick Rimando has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 17 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
60' Ilie Sanchez is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Sporting Kansas City so far.
64' Time for substitution for Real Salt Lake. Nick Besler is replaced by Sam Johnson.
69' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
70' A stunning finish from Corey Baird — that came from absolutely nowhere!
75' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Real Salt Lake needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
76' The referee calls foul for Corey Baird. He receives a Yellow card.
77' Time for substitution for Real Salt Lake. Corey Baird is replaced by Nedum Onuoha.
82' The crowd applauds Seth Sinovic as he leaves the pitch. Jimmy Medranda steps in for Sporting Kansas City.
84' Sporting Kansas City receives a Red card for a hard tackle on 84.
89' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
90' Poor challenge from Erik Hurtado. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
90' Sporting Kansas City manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Gianluca Busio is hanging Felipe Gutierrez on the field on 90 minute.
1-2 the final result. Sporting Kansas City will be bitterly disappointed.

Lineups

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

7
Johnny Russell
4
Fontas
21
Felipe Gutierrez ↓ Gianluca Busio 90'
5
Matt Besler C
8
Graham Zusi
15
Seth Sinovic ↓ Jimmy Medranda 82'
29
Tim Melia
6
Ilie Sanchez
12
Gerso Fernandes ↓ Daniel Salloi 6'
17
Roger Espinoza
19
Erik Hurtado

Bench

Coach Peter Vermes

Real Salt Lake Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

14
Nedum Onuoha ↑ 77'
10
Joao Plata
12
Brooks Lennon ↑ 90'
51
Andrew Putna
50
Sam Johnson ↑ 64'
43
Justin Portillo
21
Tate Schmitt

Coach Mike Petke

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Johnny Russell	5
Damir Kreilach	4
Daniel Salloi	4
Corey Baird	4
Jefferson Savarino	3
Ike Opara	2
Diego Rubio	2
Corey Baird	2

Head to Head

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

3 / 4

1.02 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

2.01 Real Salt Lake xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 58% + Both teams to score 56%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City23% Draw25% Real Salt Lake52%

Actual: Real Salt Lake win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes56% 0% No44%

Avg goals/match: 3.03

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	94%	6%
± 1.5	80%	20%
± 2.5	58%	42%
± 3.5	36%	64%
± 4.5	20%	80%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw

48%

Draw or Real Salt Lake

77%

Sporting Kansas City or Real Salt Lake

75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City16% Draw42% Real Salt Lake42%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

10.7%

0 – 2

9.6%

1 – 2

Actual

0 – 1

0 – 0

6.4%

1 – 3

6.4%

0 – 3

6.3%

2 – 2

4.9%

2 – 1

4.9%

1 – 0

4.2%

2 – 3

3.4%

1 – 4

3.3%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap	Sporting Kansas City covers	Push	Real Salt Lake covers
-2.5	2%	—	98%
-2	2%	5%	93%
-1.5	7%	—	93%
-1	7%	11%	82%
-0.5	18%	—	82%
+0.5	41%	—	59%
+1	41%	23%	36%
+1.5	64%	—	36%
+2	64%	18%	18%
+2.5	82%	—	18%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

14% ✓

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet

36% ✓

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