Sporting Kansas City vs Real Salt Lake, MLS 2025 REGULAR SEASON

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Sun 29 Jun 2025 · 00:30 UTC Children's Mercy Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Daniel Salloi 24' Y

Tim Leibold 35' Y

Jacob Bartlett 43' Y

Memo Rodriguez 49' Y

Y 52' Nelson Palacio

Y 69' Zavier Gozo

Jake Davis 70' Y

Y 74' Pablo Ruiz

Jake Davis 82' YR

Overview

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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

2025-06-29 Sporting Kansas City 1–1 Real Salt Lake 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

Recent Form

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
29 Jun	Real Salt Lake	H	1–1	D
26 Jun	Charlotte FC	H	2–1	W
15 Jun	FC Dallas	H	2–4	L
09 Jun	Los Angeles FC	A	1–3	L
01 Jun	Houston Dynamo	A	3–1	W
25 May	New England Revolution	H	3–3	D

Real Salt Lake

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
29 Jun	Sporting Kansas City	A	1–1	D
15 Jun	D.C. United SC	H	2–0	W
01 Jun	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	0–2	L
29 May	Austin FC	A	1–1	D
25 May	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	2–3	L
18 May	Colorado Rapids SC	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' Temperatures are rising at Children's Mercy Park as Sporting Kansas City face off against Real Salt Lake in what promises to be a fascinating contest.
5' Sporting Kansas City are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Real Salt Lake backline.
10' Scotland international Johnny Russell has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
15' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 15 minutes.
20' The energy levels are beginning to show. Kerry Zavagnin might look to freshen things up shortly.
24' Daniel Salloi picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
29' Supporters expect more eagerness from Memo Rodriguez, as he is very good at scoring at Children's Mercy Park with 1 goals in the last 1 games.
34' It is a cagey affair so far. Sporting Kansas City in their trying to find a way past Real Salt Lake's compact .
35' It’s a booking for Sporting Kansas City player. Tim Leibold gets a card.
40' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
43' Jacob Bartlett catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 43.
46' Johnny Russell makes no mistake. The score reads 0-1 and Real Salt Lake are in front.
46' The Sporting Kansas City bench stirs into life. Daniel Salloi is withdrawn and Magomed Suleymanov gets his opportunity.
49' The referee has no hesitation. Memo Rodriguez is booked for Sporting Kansas City — card on 49.
52' It’s a booking for Real Salt Lake player. Nelson Palacio gets a card.
57' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
59' GOAL! Erik Thommy fires home to make it 1-1!
59' Time for substitution for Sporting Kansas City. Memo Rodriguez is replaced by Jake Davis.
64' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
65' It is a substitution in Real Salt Lake team. Willy Agada is replaced by Ariath Piol on 65 minute.
69' That looks like a foul for a card for Zavier Gozo.
70' A meaty challenge results in booking for Jake Davis on 70.
74' The referee calls foul for Pablo Ruiz. He receives a card.
77' A change in the Sporting Kansas City ranks — Santiago Munoz exits the field as Mason Toye enters on 77.
82' Jake Davis catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 82.
85' Time for substitution for Real Salt Lake. Alexandros Katranis is replaced by Philip Quinton.
89' Andrew Brody gets the nod from Sporting Kansas City. He replaces Erik Thommy and will look to change the dynamic.
The final whistle. It looks like we are having a draw.

Lineups

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

21
Manu Garcia
26
Erik Thommy ↓ Andrew Brody 89'
14
Tim Leibold ↓ Logan Ndenbe 46'
10
Daniel Salloi ↓ Magomed Suleymanov 46'
11
Khiry Shelton
8
Memo Rodriguez ↓ Jake Davis 59'
1
John Pulskamp
7
Santiago Munoz ↓ Mason Toye 77'
16
Jacob Bartlett
2
Ian James
15
Jansen Miller

Bench

3
Andrew Brody ↑ 89'
9
Dejan Joveljic
13
Mason Toye ↑ 77'
18
Logan Ndenbe ↑ 46'
17
Jake Davis ↑ 59'
93
Magomed Suleymanov ↑ 46'
30
Stephen Afrira
36
Ryan Schewe

Coach Kerry Zavagnin

Real Salt Lake Lineups

Starting XI

10
Diogo Goncalves
77
Johnny Russell ↓ Dominik Marczuk 65'
7
Pablo Ruiz ↓ Jesus Barea 89'
15
Justen Glad
98
Alexandros Katranis ↓ Philip Quinton 85'
29
Sam Junqua
1
Rafael Cabral
9
Willy Agada ↓ Ariath Piol 65'
92
Noel Caliskan
13
Nelson Palacio
72
Zavier Gozo

Bench

17
Lachlan Brook
31
Mason Stajduhar
19
Bode Davis
26
Philip Quinton ↑ 85'
23
Ariath Piol ↑ 65'
11
Dominik Marczuk ↑ 65'
3
Kobi Henry
36
Jesus Barea ↑ 89'

Coach Pablo Mastroeni

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Johnny Russell	5
Corey Baird	4
Damir Kreilach	4
Daniel Salloi	4
Jefferson Savarino	3
Carlos Gomez	2
Rubio Rubin	2
Alan Pulido	2

Head to Head

Sporting Kansas City Form

2025-06-29 Sporting Kansas City 1–1 Real Salt Lake D 2025-06-26 Sporting Kansas City 2–1 Charlotte FC W 2025-06-15 Sporting Kansas City 2–4 FC Dallas L 2025-06-09 Los Angeles FC 3–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2025-06-01 Houston Dynamo 1–3 Sporting Kansas City W 2025-05-25 Sporting Kansas City 3–3 New England Revolution D

Real Salt Lake Form

2025-06-29 Sporting Kansas City 1–1 Real Salt Lake D 2025-06-15 Real Salt Lake 2–0 D.C. United SC W 2025-06-01 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–0 Real Salt Lake L 2025-05-29 Austin FC 1–1 Real Salt Lake D 2025-05-25 Real Salt Lake 2–3 Vancouver Whitecaps FC L 2025-05-18 Colorado Rapids SC 1–0 Real Salt Lake L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

1.38 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

2.12 Real Salt Lake xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 67% + Both teams to score 66%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City30% Draw24% Real Salt Lake46%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes66% 0% No34%

Avg goals/match: 3.5

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	86%	14%
± 2.5	67%	33%
± 3.5	46%	54%
± 4.5	28%	72%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw

54%

Draw or Real Salt Lake

70%

Sporting Kansas City or Real Salt Lake

76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City21% Draw40% Real Salt Lake39%

Actual: Real Salt Lake win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

Actual

1 – 2

0 – 2

6.8%

1 – 3

6.3%

2 – 2

6.2%

2 – 1

5.9%

0 – 1

5.9%

0 – 3

4.7%

0 – 0

4.4%

2 – 3

4.4%

1 – 0

3.6%

1 – 4

3.4%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap	Sporting Kansas City covers	Push	Real Salt Lake covers
-2.5	4%	—	96%
-2	4%	7%	89%
-1.5	11%	—	89%
-1	11%	13%	76%
-0.5	24%	—	76%
+0.5	47%	—	53%
+1	47%	21%	32%
+1.5	68%	—	32%
+2	68%	16%	16%
+2.5	84%	—	16%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

13% ✓

Real Salt Lake keeps clean sheet

26% ✓

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