Sporting KC will hope that their home support is enough to get a result from this strenuous battle, against vibrant Real Salt Lake.
- Sporting KC have the most dropped points from leading position (15) in Major League Soccer
- Real Salt Lake is in the best form (4-2-0) in Major League Soccer
These teams have little in common geographically as Real Salt Lake have to travel 1700 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Sporting KC form and stats
Sporting KC have played 11 Major League Soccer games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-1-5 (wins-draws-losses).
Sporting KC travelled for their previous game, a trip to Houston Dynamo that ended 2-2. The versatile forward Pulido bested all the other footballers in that fixture and was awarded a match rating of 8.05 out of 10. Pulido scored two goals.
Before that, Sporting KC had a home game versus Vancouver Whitecaps which ended with a victory 3-0.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Sporting KC handle that role? We have found 22 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 13 wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats.
Lots of goals and action? Nobody knows what will happen in this one, but we do know that 8 of the 10 latest league games with this side has contained three or more goals.
The manager Vermes will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Austin in only three days.
A decent goal production from Sporting KC in their home games so far, with 18 goals from 11 league matches. Sporting KC's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. When Sporting KC hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Colorado Rapids, Minnesota United, LA Galaxy and Portland Timbers), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.
Real Salt Lake form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Major League Soccer travels is 6 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats. Real Salt Lake are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played seven in a row without losing.
The Salt goalkeeper Zac MacMath is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 231 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Real Salt Lake are travelling after their nice 4-0 home win in the game against Orlando City. As you can tell from the results above, Real Salt Lake was very dominant against Orlando City, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Julio, Glad, Arango and Savarino providing the goals. Midfield player Ruiz was the top player of the team with a match rating of 9.83/10. Ruiz signed up for three assists, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 57 successful passes (of 66 total).
Preceding that game was the away victory against Toronto with the score of 1-0.We have checked recent matches where Salt have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 21 games were 7 victories, 6 draws and 8 defeats.
A new game in only three days for Real Salt Lake, the Major League Soccer home match versus New York RB. Busy days.
Real Salt Lake are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 15 away goals from 11 games (in the league). Real Salt Lake have conceded 15 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Statistics for the former ten meetings involving these two contenders are: three wins for Sporting KC, one draw and six wins for Real Salt Lake. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Pulido Izaguirre 10 goals |   J. Savarino Quintero 5 goals |  D. Salloi 4 goals |
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| Sporting KC | Real Salt Lake | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 22 |
| 6 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 28 | 18 | 2 | Scored | S | 4 | 15 | 30 |
| 32 | 13 | 6 | Conceded | C | 3 | 15 | 31 |
| 87% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 91% | 82% |
| 74% | 73% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 82% | 77% |
| 61% | 64% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 64% | 68% |
| 26% | 27% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 27% | 41% |
| 13% | 27% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 9% | 9% |
| 52% | 45% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 64% | 55% |
| 22% | 27% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 18% | 27% |
| 39% | 36% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 27% | 36% |
| 6.1 | 6.1 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.5 | 5.4 |
| 3.8 | 3.5 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.9 | 3.9 |
| 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.2 | 2.3 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13.4 | 15.2 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 12.4 | 15.5 |
| 4.9 | 5.5 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 5.5 | 5.9 |
| 25% | 30% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 25% | 23% |
| 11.4 | 9.9 | 9.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 14.2 | 12.5 |
| 4.1 | 3.5 | 5.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.1 |
- Real Salt Lake have the most conceded goals in the first half (16) in Major League Soccer
- Real Salt Lake have the most matches over the total-line (15) in Major League Soccer
- Real Salt Lake have the most points (20) away in Major League Soccer
- Real Salt Lake have the most scored goals (15) away in Major League Soccer
- Real Salt Lake is in the best form (4-2-0) in Major League Soccer
- Sporting KC have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sporting KC have the most dropped points from leading position (15) in Major League Soccer
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | St. Louis City | 21 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 40 | 24 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 38 |
| 2 | Seattle Sounders | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 35 |
| 3 | Los Angeles FC | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 33 |
| 4 | Real Salt Lake | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 15 | -1 | 33 |
| 5 | Austin | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 0 | 29 |
| 6 | Dallas | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | -1 | 29 |
| 7 | SJ Earthquakes | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 26 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 20 | -3 | 29 |
| 8 | Houston Dynamo | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 26 | 28 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 23 | -2 | 28 |
| 9 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 32 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 25 |
| 10 | Sporting KC | 23 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 28 | 32 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 19 | -4 | 25 |
| 11 | Minnesota United | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -7 | 24 |
| 12 | Portland Timbers | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 21 | -8 | 22 |
| 13 | LA Galaxy | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 33 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 18 | -10 | 22 |
| 14 | Colorado Rapids | 21 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 30 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 20 | -14 | 17 |
