Sporting Kansas City vs Real Salt Lake, MLS 2022 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2022

Sporting Kansas City

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Real Salt Lake

Sat 26 Mar 2022 · 23:00 UTC Children's Mercy Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 7' Jasper Loeffelsend

Y 29' Andrew Brody

Roger Espinoza 40' Y

Ben Sweat 45' Y

Remi Walter 51' Y

Overview

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

Sporting Kansas City 34 games · 26 pts (2026/26)
Real Salt Lake 34 games · 45 pts (2026/26)

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

Sporting Kansas City 20 games · Avg 3.2 goals Real Salt Lake

Last 5 meetings

2022-03-26 Sporting Kansas City 1–0 Real Salt Lake 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

Recent Form

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
26 Mar	Real Salt Lake	H	1–0	W
19 Mar	Chicago Fire FC	A	1–3	L
13 Mar	Colorado Rapids SC	A	0–2	L
05 Mar	Houston Dynamo	H	1–0	W
27 Feb	Atlanta United FC	A	1–3	L
07 Nov	Real Salt Lake	H	0–1	L

Real Salt Lake

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
26 Mar	Sporting Kansas City	A	0–1	L
20 Mar	Nashville SC	H	2–1	W
13 Mar	New England Revolution	A	3–2	W
05 Mar	Seattle Sounders FC	H	1–0	W
28 Feb	Houston Dynamo	A	0–0	D
07 Nov	Sporting Kansas City	A	1–0	W

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' What a night it is going to be! Sporting Kansas City welcome Real Salt Lake for this crunch clash at Children's Mercy Park.
5' The 31-year-old Remi Walter has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
7' The referee calls foul for Jasper Loeffelsend. He receives a Yellow card.
12' Erik Holt is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Sporting Kansas City tonight.
17' It looks surprising Real Salt Lake does not make any changes. Roger Espinoza has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
22' Sporting Kansas City is showing some good football. However, Sporting Kansas City are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
27' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
29' A moment of madness from Andrew Brody on 29 minutes earns him a Yellow card. Real Salt Lake will be frustrated.
34' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Sporting Kansas City side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
39' Real Salt Lake have won 442 goals from 299 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
40' Roger Espinoza was booked on 40.
45' Poor challenge from Ben Sweat. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
46' Real Salt Lake ring the changes. Erik Holt has done his job and it is now time for Jaziel Orozco to step up.
51' Remi Walter has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 51.
56' Scott Caldwell has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
61' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
62' Khiry Shelton is replacing Nikola Vujnovic for the Sporting Kansas City side.
67' Real Salt Lake fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
72' The energy levels are beginning to show. Pablo Mastroeni might look to freshen things up shortly.
74' Cameron Duke gets the nod from Sporting Kansas City. He replaces Felipe Hernandez and will look to change the dynamic.
78' Fresh legs for Real Salt Lake! Rubio Rubin comes on to replace Maikel Chang Ramirez.
81' Johnny Russell does the damage! The net is bulging and Sporting Kansas City surge ahead!
85' A tactical swap from Sporting Kansas City — Kortne Ford on, Johnny Russell off on 85 minutes.
87' A change in the Real Salt Lake ranks — Jonathan Menendez exits the field as Damir Kreilach enters on 87.
88' Christopher Garcia gets the nod from Real Salt Lake. He replaces Jasper Loeffelsend and will look to change the dynamic.
Sporting Kansas City celebrates a vital win. Three points that could prove pivotal come season's end.

Lineups

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Peter Vermes

Real Salt Lake Lineups

Starting XI

10
Sergio Cordova
30
Marcelo Silva
2
Andrew Brody
12
Scott Caldwell ↓ Everton 62'
18
Zac MacMath
27
Jonathan Menendez ↓ Damir Kreilach 87'
20
Erik Holt ↓ Jaziel Orozco 46'
21
Tate Schmitt
6
Ruiz
16
Maikel Chang Ramirez ↓ Rubio Rubin 78'
28
Jasper Loeffelsend ↓ Christopher Garcia 88'

Bench

8
Damir Kreilach ↑ 87'
4
Johan Kappelhof
17
Christopher Garcia ↑ 88'
14
Rubio Rubin ↑ 78'
25
Everton ↑ 62'
19
Bode Davis
99
Jaziel Orozco ↑ 46'
81
Tomas Gomez

Coach Pablo Mastroeni

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
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

Sporting Kansas City Form

2022-03-26 Sporting Kansas City 1–0 Real Salt Lake W 2022-03-19 Chicago Fire FC 3–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2022-03-13 Colorado Rapids SC 2–0 Sporting Kansas City L 2022-03-05 Sporting Kansas City 1–0 Houston Dynamo W 2022-02-27 Atlanta United FC 3–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2021-11-07 Sporting Kansas City 0–1 Real Salt Lake L

Real Salt Lake Form

2022-03-26 Sporting Kansas City 1–0 Real Salt Lake L 2022-03-20 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Nashville SC W 2022-03-13 New England Revolution 2–3 Real Salt Lake W 2022-03-05 Real Salt Lake 1–0 Seattle Sounders FC W 2022-02-28 Houston Dynamo 0–0 Real Salt Lake D 2021-11-07 Sporting Kansas City 0–1 Real Salt Lake W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.15 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

1.45 Real Salt Lake xG

I would bet for: Sporting Kansas City or Real Salt Lake 72%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City33% Draw28% Real Salt Lake39%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes53% 0% No47%

Avg goals/match: 2.6

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	91%	9%
± 1.5	73%	27%
± 2.5	47%	53%
± 3.5	27%	73%
± 4.5	13%	87%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw

61%

Draw or Real Salt Lake

67%

Sporting Kansas City or Real Salt Lake

72%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City22% Draw48% Real Salt Lake30%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

13.3%

0 – 1

9.8%

0 – 0

9.5%

1 – 2

8.6%

0 – 2

7.6%

1 – 0

Actual

2 – 1

6.8%

2 – 2

2 – 0

4.8%

1 – 3

4.2%

0 – 3

3.6%

3 – 1

2.6%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap	Sporting Kansas City covers	Push	Real Salt Lake covers
-2.5	4%	—	96%
-2	4%	8%	88%
-1.5	12%	—	88%
-1	12%	17%	72%
-0.5	28%	—	72%
+0.5	57%	—	43%
+1	57%	21%	21%
+1.5	79%	—	21%
+2	79%	13%	8%
+2.5	92%	—	8%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

24% ✗

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet

32% ✓

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