Real Salt Lake vs Sporting Kansas City match stats & report

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Major League Soccer · USA · Regular Season - 49 · Rio Tinto Stadium, Sandy · Ref T. Unkel

Real Salt Lake stats & fixtures · Sporting Kansas City stats & fixtures

Real Salt Lake lost to Sporting Kansas City 2–3 in Major League Soccer on 8 October 2023. Expected goals finished 0.46–1.80. Sporting Kansas City had 62% of the ball.

Real Salt Lake vs Sporting Kansas City match statistics

Real Salt LakeSporting Kansas City

38% Ball possession 62%
0.46 Expected goals (xG) 1.80
10 Total shots 16
4 Shots on target 10
5 Shots off target 4
1 Blocked shots 2
5 Shots inside the box 10
6 Corners 4
9 Fouls 9
1 Offsides 2
2 Yellow cards 2
1 Red cards 0
313 Passes 531
71% Pass accuracy 85%
7 Goalkeeper saves 2

Goals and cards

3' Red card J. Glad Real Salt Lake
4' Goal E. Thommy Sporting Kansas City
29' Goal J. Russell (assist L. Ndenbe) Sporting Kansas City
38' Yellow card N. Radoja Sporting Kansas City
58' Yellow card B. Vera Real Salt Lake
77' Goal Alan Pulido Sporting Kansas City
81' Goal B. Vera Real Salt Lake
89' Goal J. Savarino Real Salt Lake
90+2' Yellow card T. Melia Sporting Kansas City
90+7' Yellow card Z. MacMath Real Salt Lake

The Ghost's call

The Ghost made no call on this match before kickoff.

Team news & lineups

Real Salt Lake

Confirmed 4-4-2 P. Mastroeni

18 Z. MacMath

3 B. Oviedo 4 B. Vera 15 J. Glad 2 A. Brody

26 D. Luna 13 N. Palacio 6 B. Ojeda 11 Andres Gomez

10 J. Savarino 9 C. Arango

Bench M. Silva , R. Rubín , M. Chang , A. A. Julio Santos , B. Hidalgo , Kevon Lambert , E. Eneli , G. Beavers , D. Kreilach

Sporting Kansas City

Confirmed 4-3-3 P. Vermes

29 T. Melia

18 L. Ndenbe 4 R. Voloder 5 D. Rosero 17 J. Davis

26 E. Thommy 6 N. Radoja 13 Felipe Gutiérrez

20 D. Sallói 9 Alan Pulido 7 J. Russell

Bench R. Walter , R. Castellanos , G. Kinda , M. Tzionis , W. Agada , R. Espinoza , J. Pulskamp , G. Zusi , K. Shelton

Form guide

Real Salt Lake at home

4–3–3 in 10 matches

Scored: 1.9 per game
Conceded: 1.5 per game
Clean sheets: 2 / 10
Corners: 5.1 per game
Shots on target: 6.2 per game

21% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Sporting Kansas City away

2–0–8 in 10 matches

Scored: 1.1 per game
Conceded: 2.8 per game
Clean sheets: 1 / 10
Corners: 4.6 per game
Shots on target: 4.5 per game

36% of their goals arrive after the 75th minute.

Real Salt Lake vs Sporting Kansas City head-to-head

Date	Match	Score
13 Jul 23	Sporting Kansas City v Real Salt Lake	2–2
8 Feb 23	Sporting Kansas City v Real Salt Lake	2–2
18 Jul 22	Real Salt Lake v Sporting Kansas City	3–0
27 Mar 22	Sporting Kansas City v Real Salt Lake	1–0

Only 4 previous meetings on record. The Ghost weights head-to-head lightly — form is a stronger signal.

The full Real Salt Lake vs Sporting Kansas City head-to-head record