Sporting Kansas City vs Real Salt Lake, MLS 2024 REGULAR SEASON

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Sporting Kansas City

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Real Salt Lake

Thu 20 Jun 2024 · 00:30 UTC Children's Mercy Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 77' Brayan Vera

Overview

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

Sporting Kansas City 14 games · 11 pts (2026/26)
Real Salt Lake 14 games · 26 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	14	33
2	Internacional CF Miami	15	31
3	Chicago Fire FC	14	26
4	New England Revolution	14	25
5	New York Red Bulls	15	22
6	Charlotte FC	15	21
7	FC Cincinnati	15	20
8	New York City FC	15	19
9	D.C. United SC	15	18
10	Columbus Crew SC	15	16
11	Toronto FC	14	14
12	Montreal Impact FC	14	14
13	Orlando City SC	15	14
14	Atlanta United FC	14	11
15	Philadelphia Union	15	7
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	14	32
17	San Jose Earthquakes	15	32
18	Real Salt Lake	14	26
19	FC Dallas	15	25
20	Los Angeles FC	15	24
21	Seattle Sounders FC	13	24
22	Houston Dynamo	14	22
23	Minnesota United FC	15	22
24	Los Angeles Galaxy	15	20
25	San Diego FC	15	17
26	Colorado Rapids SC	15	16
27	St. Louis City	14	16
28	Portland Timbers	14	14
29	Austin FC	15	14
30	Sporting Kansas City	14	11

Head-to-Head

Sporting Kansas City 19 games · Avg 3.2 goals Real Salt Lake

Last 5 meetings

2024-06-20 Sporting Kansas City 3–4 Real Salt Lake 2024-05-05 Real Salt Lake 1–0 Sporting Kansas City 2023-10-08 Real Salt Lake 2–3 Sporting Kansas City 2023-07-13 Sporting Kansas City 2–2 Real Salt Lake 2022-07-18 Real Salt Lake 3–0 Sporting Kansas City

Recent Form

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
20 Jun	Real Salt Lake	H	3–4	L
16 Jun	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	2–4	L
09 Jun	Seattle Sounders FC	H	2–1	W
02 Jun	Minnesota United FC	A	1–3	L
30 May	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	1–2	L
26 May	Portland Timbers	A	1–2	L

Real Salt Lake

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
20 Jun	Sporting Kansas City	A	4–3	W
15 Jun	Montreal Impact FC	A	0–0	D
02 Jun	Austin FC	H	5–1	W
30 May	Seattle Sounders FC	A	1–1	D
26 May	FC Dallas	A	3–3	D
19 May	Colorado Rapids SC	H	5–3	W

Season Stats

Sporting Kansas City		Real Salt Lake
#30	Position	#18
11	Points	26
14	Played	14
3 / 2 / 9	W / D / L	8 / 2 / 4
14	Scored	26
36	Conceded	19
-22	GD	+7
0.79	PPG	1.86
21%	Win %	57%

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

14% Clean Sheets
Real Salt Lake this season

Sporting Kansas City are 30th (11 pts). Real Salt Lake are 18th (26 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Sporting Kansas City

0-15

–/6

16-30

2/3

31-45

2/3

46-60

1/3

61-75

2/5

76+

2/4

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Real Salt Lake

0-15

4/3

16-30

2/2

31-45

3/1

46-60

3/1

61-75

2/1

76+

2/5

■ Scored ■ Conceded

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' Real Salt Lake has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
10' Sporting Kansas City are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Real Salt Lake's shape.
14' A stunning finish from Carlos Gomez — that came from absolutely nowhere!
19' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
24' Gavin Beavers is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Sporting Kansas City so far.
28' What composure from Stephen Afrira! The Canada international strokes it home. 1-1.
33' Anderson Julio makes no mistake. The score reads 1-2 and Real Salt Lake are in front.
38' Sporting Kansas City started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 38.
43' Sporting Kansas City have won 435 goals from 281 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
46' The Real Salt Lake manager makes a substitution. Andrew Brody departs to be replaced by Bode Davis.
51' Goal! Carlos Gomez scores his 21 goal in 280 matches.
56' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
60' Alenis Vargas has so much to prove this time. He replaces Stephen Afrira on 60 minute.
62' The Real Salt Lake bench stirs into life. Diego Luna is withdrawn and Matt Crooks gets his opportunity.
67' A tactical swap from Sporting Kansas City — Khiry Shelton on, Kayden Pierre off on 67 minutes.
70' The deadlock is broken! Willy Agada gets on the scoresheet on 70 minutes.
75' 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.
76' A tactical swap from Real Salt Lake — Maikel Chang on, Anderson Julio off on 76 minutes.
77' That is a card for Real Salt Lake. Brayan Vera will be fuming at that decision.
82' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
84' The deadlock is broken! Matt Crooks gets on the scoresheet on 84 minutes.
89' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His Sporting Kansas City side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
It finishes all square. Sporting Kansas City and Real Salt Lake share the spoils 3-4.

Lineups

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Peter Vermes

Real Salt Lake Lineups

Starting XI

3
Bryan Oviedo ↓ Alexandros Katranis 62'
2
Andrew Brody ↓ Bode Davis 46'
6
Braian Ojeda
4
Brayan Vera
29
Anderson Julio ↓ Maikel Chang 76'
26
Philip Quinton
35
Gavin Beavers
8
Diego Luna ↓ Matt Crooks 62'
11
Carlos Gomez
14
Emeka Eneli
17
Fidel Barajas ↓ Cristian Arango 46'

Bench

9
Cristian Arango ↑ 46'
98
Alexandros Katranis ↑ 62'
18
Zac MacMath
16
Maikel Chang ↑ 76'
19
Bode Davis ↑ 46'
27
Bertin Jacquesson
13
Nelson Palacio
25
Matt Crooks ↑ 62'
33
Tommy Silva

Coach Pablo Mastroeni

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Johnny Russell	5
Damir Kreilach	4
Daniel Salloi	4
Corey Baird	4
Jefferson Savarino	3
Corey Baird	2
Diego Luna	2
Erik Thommy	2

Head to Head

Sporting Kansas City Form

2024-06-20 Sporting Kansas City 3–4 Real Salt Lake L 2024-06-16 Los Angeles Galaxy 4–2 Sporting Kansas City L 2024-06-09 Sporting Kansas City 2–1 Seattle Sounders FC W 2024-06-02 Minnesota United FC 3–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2024-05-30 Sporting Kansas City 1–2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC L 2024-05-26 Portland Timbers 2–1 Sporting Kansas City L

Real Salt Lake Form

2024-06-20 Sporting Kansas City 3–4 Real Salt Lake W 2024-06-15 Montreal Impact FC 0–0 Real Salt Lake D 2024-06-02 Real Salt Lake 5–1 Austin FC W 2024-05-30 Seattle Sounders FC 1–1 Real Salt Lake D 2024-05-26 FC Dallas 3–3 Real Salt Lake D 2024-05-19 Real Salt Lake 5–3 Colorado Rapids SC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

1.42 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

2.61 Real Salt Lake xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 75% + Both teams to score 70%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City22% Draw21% Real Salt Lake57%

Actual: Real Salt Lake win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes70% 0% No30%

Avg goals/match: 4.03

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	91%	9%
± 2.5	75%	25%
± 3.5	56%	44%
± 4.5	37%	63%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw

44%

Draw or Real Salt Lake

78%

Sporting Kansas City or Real Salt Lake

79%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City18% Draw36% Real Salt Lake46%

Actual: Real Salt Lake win at HT

Correct Score

✗ 3–4 not predicted

3 – 4

Actual

1 – 2

8.4%

1 – 1

7.4%

1 – 3

7.2%

0 – 2

6.2%

2 – 2

5.9%

0 – 3

5.2%

2 – 3

5.1%

1 – 4

4.7%

2 – 1

4.6%

0 – 1

4.4%

0 – 4

3.4%

2 – 4

3.4%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap	Sporting Kansas City covers	Push	Real Salt Lake covers
-2.5	3%	—	97%
-2	3%	5%	92%
-1.5	8%	—	92%
-1	8%	11%	81%
-0.5	19%	—	81%
+0.5	38%	—	62%
+1	38%	20%	42%
+1.5	58%	—	42%
+2	58%	18%	24%
+2.5	76%	—	24%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

8% ✓

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet

25% ✓

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