Wednesday , 30 September 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 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
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 #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' That's the starting whistle at . Ninety minutes of football awaits between Sporting Kansas City and Real Salt Lake.
  • 5' 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.
  • 6' Daniel Salloi is ready to make an impact after coming on for Gerso Fernandes at the 6 minute mark.
  • 11' Seth Sinovic has been relatively quiet despite scoring 0 goals in his last 289 appearances.
  • 16' Real Salt Lake have won 425 goals from 287 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
  • 21' A quiet spell here at . Real Salt Lake seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
  • 26' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
  • 29' Felipe Gutierrez catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 29.
  • 31' Brilliant from the ! Johnny Russell makes it 1-0 with a superb finish on 31.
  • 36' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Brooks Lennon made 287 appearances and scored 9 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • 38' What a strike from Corey Baird! The score is 1-1.
  • 43' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Real Salt Lake that had 287 games and scored 425 goals.
  • 45' Controversy at the stadium! Donald Toia argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
  • 50' Sporting Kansas City are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Real Salt Lake backline.
  • 55' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
  • 60' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Sporting Kansas City side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
  • 64' The whistle greets Nick Besler as he departs to be replaced by Sam Johnson.
  • 69' Ilie Sanchez has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
  • 70' Real Salt Lake is taking the lead after the goal scored by Corey Baird on 70.
  • 75' Sam Johnson is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Sporting Kansas City tonight.
  • 76' The referee does not hesitate — a Yellow card for Corey Baird on 76 minutes.
  • 77' Another substitution for Real Salt Lake to replace Corey Baird by Nedum Onuoha on 77 minute.
  • 82' The supporters are chanting for Jimmy Medranda. He replaces Seth Sinovic on 82 minute.
  • 84' Poor challenge from Daniel Salloi. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Red card.
  • 89' 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.
  • 90' Sporting Kansas City receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 90.
  • 90' Fresh legs for Sporting Kansas City! Gianluca Busio comes on to replace Felipe Gutierrez.
  • The final whistle goes. A composed, disciplined performance from Real Salt Lake 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

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

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
1.19 Sporting Kansas City xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.78 Real Salt Lake xG
I would bet for: Both teams to score 58% + Over 2.5 goals 56%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Sporting Kansas City27% Draw27% Real Salt Lake46%
Actual: Real Salt Lake win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes58% 0% No42%
Avg goals/match: 2.97
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 93%
7%
± 1.5 80%
20%
± 2.5 56%
44%
± 3.5 35%
65%
± 4.5 19%
81%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw
54%
Draw or Real Salt Lake
73%
Sporting Kansas City or Real Salt Lake
73%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
Sporting Kansas City20% Draw44% Real Salt Lake36%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
11.7%
1 – 2
Actual
0 – 1
8.3%
0 – 2
8%
0 – 0
6.8%
2 – 1
6.2%
2 – 2
5.5%
1 – 3
5.5%
1 – 0
5.2%
0 – 3
4.7%
2 – 0
3.6%
2 – 3
3.4%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap Sporting Kansas City covers Push Real Salt Lake covers
-2.5 3% — 97%
-2 3% 7% 90%
-1.5 10% — 90%
-1 10% 14% 76%
-0.5 24% — 76%
+0.5 50% — 50%
+1 50% 22% 28%
+1.5 72% — 28%
+2 72% 15% 13%
+2.5 87% — 13%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet
18% ✓
Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet
31% ✓

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