Sporting KC welcome Real Salt Lake for another engaging Major League Soccer match here at Children's Mercy Park.
- Sporting KC have the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in Major League Soccer
- Real Salt Lake is in the best form (3-1-0) in Major League Soccer
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1700 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
This looks to be an absorbing game with lots of action and bustle as both sides are well renewed since they last saw competitive action. Let's go!
Sporting KC form and stats
The story so far in the Major League Soccer for Sporting KC at their home stadium (Children's Mercy Park) is 1 win, 0 draws and 0 defeats.
No payout for Sporting KC in their previous match, an away game at Chicago Fire that ended in defeat 1-3. Midfield player Espinoza got a match rating of 7.41 in that game, the max score being 10. Espinoza scored one goal.
A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Colorado Rapids.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Sporting KC handle that role? We have found 16 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are eight wins, four draws and four defeats.
At Children's Mercy Park, Sporting KC has the goal stats of 1-0 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Real Salt Lake form and stats
Four points from two away games for Real Salt Lake, meaning one draw and one victory in the Major League Soccer so far.
Real Salt Lake go into this game after a win, the home game against Nashville SC that ended 2-1. Ruiz got a match rating of 7.73 in that game, top player of the team. Ruiz hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Preceding that game was the away victory against New England with the score of 3-2.Real Salt Lake are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is four wins, three draws and nine defeats. From a total of 16 matches.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Real Salt Lake has managed 3 goals and let in 2 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between these teams: Sporting KC won three, Real Salt Lake triumphed in five and we saw two draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, six matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  B. Wood 2 goals |  T. Schmitt 2 goals |   R. Espinoza Ramírez 1 goals |
Sporting KC missing players
Real Salt Lake missing players
| Sporting KC | Real Salt Lake | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 50% | 75% |
| 75% | 0% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 25% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 8 | 7.2 |
| 3.8 | 2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 7.5 | 5.2 |
| 1.8 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 13 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 9 | 10.5 |
| 2.2 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.5 | 4.2 |
| 33% | 20% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 35% |
| 9.8 | 5 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 10.5 | 11.2 |
| 4.8 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 5.5 |
- Real Salt Lake is in the best form (3-1-0) in Major League Soccer
- Sporting KC have the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in Major League Soccer
- Sporting KC have the most matches over the total-line (2) in Major League Soccer
| Sporting KC | Last season | Real Salt Lake | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 19 | Played | P | 20 | 37 | ||
| 18 | 10 | Won | W | 6 | 15 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 11 | 15 | ||
| 62 | 36 | Scored | S | 27 | 57 | ||
| 43 | 20 | Conceded | C | 36 | 57 | ||
| 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 90% | 92% | ||
| 89% | 95% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 76% | ||
| 64% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 70% | 68% | ||
| 33% | 26% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 35% | 38% | ||
| 8% | 11% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 19% | ||
| 69% | 74% | BTTS | BTTS | 65% | 68% | ||
| 22% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 22% | ||
| 14% | 5% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 19% | ||
| 5.9 | 7.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 4.7 | ||
| 3.6 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.1 | 6.5 | ||
| 1.4 | 0.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.1 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 13.2 | 16.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 12.6 | ||
| 4.9 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.6 | ||
| 35% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 33% | ||
| 11.6 | 9.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17.2 | 14.7 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 4.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Real Salt Lake | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 2 | Minnesota United | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | Austin | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 |
| 4 | Los Angeles FC | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 5 | Dallas | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 6 | Colorado Rapids | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 7 | LA Galaxy | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 8 | Houston Dynamo | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 9 | Portland Timbers | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 5 |
| 10 | Seattle Sounders | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 11 | Nashville SC | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 4 |
| 12 | Sporting KC | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -5 | 3 |
| 13 | SJ Earthquakes | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 1 |
| 14 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 1 |
