Only victory will do for the Real Salt Lake supporters in this Rio Tinto Stadium clash with Sporting KC, as they have a robust lead on the away team in the Major League Soccer table.
- Real Salt Lake have the most conceded goals (24) at home in Major League Soccer
It's quite the trip for Sporting KC when visiting Salt as the cities are 1700 kilometers apart.
Both sides have had a decent time to rest since their previous match. Let's wish for an enthusiastic match!
Real Salt Lake form and stats
When playing at home in the Major League Soccer, Real Salt Lake have managed 6 wins, 4 draws and suffered 6 defeats from 16 games.
It's back home for Real Salt Lake, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Los Angeles FC away with the result 1-0. Arango found the net in that victory. MacMath loved the game against Los Angeles FC. With a stunning seven saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 1-0 victory. The goalie MacMath was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 8.61 out of ten. MacMath topped it up with a clean sheet.
Ahead of that match, Real Salt Lake won a home game hosting Vancouver Whitecaps (2-1).The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Salt handle that role? We have found 24 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 12 wins, 4 draws and 8 defeats.
Lots of goals and action? Nobody knows about this one, but we do know that 8 of the 10 most recent league matches with this team has seen three or more goals.
The Real Salt Lake fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 23 in 16 matches. Real Salt Lake have conceded 24 from these games.
Sporting KC form and stats
Sporting KC have only collected 12 points from their away games in the Major League Soccer, after 2-6-8 (16 played).
There might be some fixture complaints from Sporting KC as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, 1-4 against Saint Louis City. Midfielder Gutiérrez was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.84. Gutiérrez hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 43 successful passes (of 43 total).
That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Houston Dynamo.Sporting KC are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 4 draws and 11 defeats. From a total of 19 matches.
Goal-happy betting people should observe that 10 of this team's 11 latest league games have ended with three or more goals.
The visitors have scored 15 goals from 16 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Sporting KC struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 28 goals conceded from these games. Sporting KC has visited these top teams four times, and 3 of 4 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
This happened when the participants met earlier this season; Sporting KC - Real Salt Lake 2-2. Previous ten meetings featuring these squads: Salt won five, Sporting KC were winners in three and we saw two draws. five games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Pulido Izaguirre 13 goals |  D. Salloi 7 goals |   J. Savarino Quintero 6 goals |
Real Salt Lake missing players
Sporting KC missing players
| Real Salt Lake | Sporting KC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 16 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 16 | 32 |
| 13 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 7 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 8 | 14 |
| 43 | 23 | 7 | Scored | S | 4 | 15 | 42 |
| 45 | 24 | 7 | Conceded | C | 10 | 28 | 48 |
| 87% | 81% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 91% |
| 81% | 81% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 78% |
| 71% | 75% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 62% | 69% |
| 39% | 50% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 31% | 28% |
| 6% | 6% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 12% | 16% |
| 58% | 50% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 62% | 56% |
| 26% | 31% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 19% | 22% |
| 29% | 38% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 31% | 31% |
| 5.4 | 6.5 | 7.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.5 | 5.8 | 5.8 |
| 4.1 | 3 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 4.2 | 4 |
| 2.3 | 2.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.7 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 14.9 | 17.1 | 20.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.2 | 11.8 | 13 |
| 5.9 | 6 | 6.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 4.4 | 4.7 |
| 24% | 24% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 21% | 28% |
| 11.9 | 10 | 8.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15 | 13.1 | 11.5 |
| 4.1 | 3.9 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 5 | 4.4 |
- Real Salt Lake have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Real Salt Lake have the most conceded goals (24) at home in Major League Soccer
- Real Salt Lake have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Saint Louis City | 32 | 17 | 5 | 10 | 62 | 40 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 41 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 22 | 56 |
| 2 | Seattle Sounders | 31 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 37 | 31 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 6 | 46 |
| 3 | Real Salt Lake | 31 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 43 | 45 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 24 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 21 | -2 | 46 |
| 4 | Los Angeles FC | 31 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 44 | 35 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 9 | 45 |
| 5 | Houston Dynamo | 31 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 42 | 35 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 25 | 7 | 44 |
| 6 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 31 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 51 | 47 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 29 | 4 | 43 |
| 7 | Portland Timbers | 32 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 44 | 51 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 32 | -7 | 43 |
| 8 | SJ Earthquakes | 32 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 37 | 41 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 26 | -4 | 42 |
| 9 | Dallas | 31 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 35 | 34 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 1 | 41 |
| 10 | Minnesota United | 31 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 39 | 41 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 23 | -2 | 38 |
| 11 | Sporting KC | 32 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 42 | 48 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 28 | -6 | 38 |
| 12 | Austin | 31 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 43 | 50 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 32 | -7 | 35 |
| 13 | LA Galaxy | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 45 | 54 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 23 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 31 | -9 | 35 |
| 14 | Colorado Rapids | 31 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 24 | 47 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 32 | -23 | 26 |
