Sporting Kansas City vs Real Salt Lake, MLS 2021 REGULAR SEASON

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Real Salt Lake

Sun 7 Nov 2021 · 23:00 UTC Children's Mercy Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Roger Espinoza 78' Y

Y 86' Everton

Y 90' Aaron Herrera

Overview

Match Preview

Sporting Kansas City vs Real Salt Lake — MLS at Children's Mercy Park.

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

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

2021-11-07 Sporting Kansas City 0–1 Real Salt Lake 2021-05-01 Real Salt Lake 3–1 Sporting Kansas City 2020-11-08 Real Salt Lake 0–2 Sporting Kansas City 2020-07-22 Real Salt Lake 0–2 Sporting Kansas City 2019-08-11 Sporting Kansas City 1–2 Real Salt Lake

Recent Form

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
07 Nov	Real Salt Lake	H	0–1	L
04 Nov	Austin FC	A	1–3	L
31 Oct	Minnesota United FC	A	1–2	L
28 Oct	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	2–0	W
23 Oct	Seattle Sounders FC	A	2–1	W
18 Oct	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	1–2	L

Real Salt Lake

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
07 Nov	Sporting Kansas City	A	1–0	W
04 Nov	Portland Timbers	H	1–3	L
30 Oct	San Jose Earthquakes	H	3–4	L
28 Oct	FC Dallas	A	2–1	W
24 Oct	Chicago Fire FC	A	0–1	L
17 Oct	Colorado Rapids SC	H	3–1	W

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' Here we go! The referee blows the whistle and Sporting Kansas City launch into their encounter with Real Salt Lake.
5' Sporting Kansas City are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Real Salt Lake backline.
10' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Sporting Kansas City side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
15' Sporting Kansas City are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
20' 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.
25' Real Salt Lake started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 25.
30' Sporting Kansas City are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Real Salt Lake's shape.
35' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
40' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Sporting Kansas City that had 285 games and scored 439 goals.
45' Real Salt Lake looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Zavier Gozo scoring 1 goals.
50' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Sporting Kansas City and Real Salt Lake are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
55' The energy levels are beginning to show. Pablo Mastroeni might look to freshen things up shortly.
60' A quiet spell here at Children's Mercy Park. Real Salt Lake seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
61' Sporting Kansas City manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Ilie Sanchez is hanging Jose Mauri on the field on 61 minute.
63' Anderson Julio is replacing Rubio Rubin for the Real Salt Lake side.
68' 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.
71' The supporters are chanting for Justin Meram. He replaces Ruiz on 71 minute.
76' Real Salt Lake seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
78' The referee calls foul for Roger Espinoza. He receives a Yellow card.
83' Cameron Duke has so much to prove this time. He replaces Grayson Barber on 83 minute.
86' Everton is having his name booked by the referee on 86.
90' A meaty challenge results in booking for Aaron Herrera on 90.
Full Time. Real Salt Lake beats Sporting Kansas City

Lineups

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Peter Vermes

Real Salt Lake Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Pablo Mastroeni

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Johnny Russell	5
Daniel Salloi	4
Corey Baird	4
Damir Kreilach	4
Jefferson Savarino	3
Ilie Sanchez	2
Sebastian Saucedo	2
Sam Johnson	2

Head to Head

Sporting Kansas City Form

2021-11-07 Sporting Kansas City 0–1 Real Salt Lake L 2021-11-04 Austin FC 3–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2021-10-31 Minnesota United FC 2–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2021-10-28 Sporting Kansas City 2–0 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2021-10-23 Seattle Sounders FC 1–2 Sporting Kansas City W 2021-10-18 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–1 Sporting Kansas City L

Real Salt Lake Form

2021-11-07 Sporting Kansas City 0–1 Real Salt Lake W 2021-11-04 Real Salt Lake 1–3 Portland Timbers L 2021-10-30 Real Salt Lake 3–4 San Jose Earthquakes L 2021-10-28 FC Dallas 1–2 Real Salt Lake W 2021-10-24 Chicago Fire FC 1–0 Real Salt Lake L 2021-10-17 Real Salt Lake 3–1 Colorado Rapids SC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

0.98 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

1.8 Real Salt Lake xG

I would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City24% Draw27% Real Salt Lake49%

Actual: Real Salt Lake win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes53% 0% No47%

Avg goals/match: 2.78

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	92%	8%
± 1.5	76%	24%
± 2.5	52%	48%
± 3.5	30%	70%
± 4.5	16%	84%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw

51%

Draw or Real Salt Lake

76%

Sporting Kansas City or Real Salt Lake

73%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City16% Draw45% Real Salt Lake39%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

11.8%

0 – 1

Actual

0 – 2

9.9%

1 – 2

9.5%

0 – 0

0 – 3

5.8%

1 – 3

5.7%

1 – 0

5.2%

2 – 1

5.1%

2 – 2

4.7%

2 – 0

2.9%

2 – 3

2.9%

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%	12%	81%
-0.5	19%	—	81%
+0.5	45%	—	55%
+1	45%	23%	32%
+1.5	68%	—	32%
+2	68%	17%	15%
+2.5	85%	—	15%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

17% ✓

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet

38% ✗

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