Real Salt Lake vs Sporting Kansas City, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON
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Match Preview
Real Salt Lake vs Sporting Kansas City — MLS at Rio Tinto Stadium.
- Real Salt Lake 10 games · 19 pts (2026/26)
- Sporting Kansas City 10 games · 5 pts (2026/26)
Match Details
- Referee Timothy Ford
- Assistant 1 Adam Garner (USA)
- Assistant 2 Stephen McGonagle (USA)
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 Nashville SC 10 23 2 New England Revolution 10 19 3 Internacional CF Miami 11 19 4 Chicago Fire FC 10 17 5 D.C. United SC 11 15 6 FC Cincinnati 11 15 7 Charlotte FC 11 14 8 Toronto FC 11 14 9 New York City FC 11 12 10 Columbus Crew SC 11 12 11 New York Red Bulls 11 12 12 Atlanta United FC 11 10 13 Orlando City SC 11 10 14 Montreal Impact FC 10 9 15 Philadelphia Union 11 6 16 San Jose Earthquakes 11 28 17 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 10 25 18 Los Angeles FC 11 21 19 Seattle Sounders FC 9 20 20 Minnesota United FC 11 20 21 Real Salt Lake 10 19 22 FC Dallas 11 16 23 Houston Dynamo 10 15 24 Colorado Rapids SC 11 13 25 Los Angeles Galaxy 11 13 26 Austin FC 11 13 27 San Diego FC 11 12 28 Portland Timbers 10 10 29 St. Louis City 10 6 30 Sporting Kansas City 10 5 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 04 Apr Sporting Kansas City H 3–1 W 22 Mar San Diego FC A 2–2 D 15 Mar Austin FC H 2–1 W 08 Mar Atlanta United FC A 3–2 W 01 Mar Seattle Sounders FC H 2–1 W 22 Feb Vancouver Whitecaps FC A 0–1 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 04 Apr Real Salt Lake A 1–3 L 22 Mar Colorado Rapids SC H 1–4 L 15 Mar Los Angeles Galaxy A 2–1 W 08 Mar San Diego FC H 0–1 L 01 Mar Columbus Crew SC H 2–2 D 22 Feb San Jose Earthquakes A 0–3 L Season Stats
Real Salt Lake Sporting Kansas City #21 Position #30 19 Points 5 10 Played 10 6 / 1 / 3 W / D / L 1 / 2 / 7 19 Scored 8 14 Conceded 26 +5 GD -18 1.90 PPG 0.50 60% Win % 10% Key Stats
63% Both Teams to Score
H2H (19 games)53% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history10% Clean Sheets
Real Salt Lake this season0% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this seasonReal Salt Lake are 21st (19 pts). Sporting Kansas City are 30th (5 pts).
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Match Events
- 0' We are underway at Rio Tinto Stadium. The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
- 4' Goal! Diego Luna scores his 19 goal in 258 matches.
- 9' Sporting Kansas City started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 9.
- 14' Real Salt Lake is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 19' It looks surprising Sporting Kansas City does not make any changes. Jacob Bartlett has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 24' Supporters expect more eagerness from Stephen Afrira, as he is very good at scoring at Rio Tinto Stadium with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 29' Real Salt Lake looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Zavier Gozo scoring 1 goals.
- 34' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Real Salt Lake that had 258 games and scored 381 goals.
- 39' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Jesus Barea suffering a number of foals already.
- 44' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Noel Caliskan made 265 appearances and scored 1 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 46' The Sporting Kansas City manager makes a substitution. Ethan Bartlow departs to be replaced by Diego.
- 51' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Sporting Kansas City needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 55' What a strike from Sergi Solans! The score is 2-0.
- 59' Goal! Dejan Joveljic scores his 56 goal in 245 matches.
- 64' Sporting Kansas City manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Jacob Bartlett is hanging Justin Reynolds on the field on 64 minute.
- 69' Sporting Kansas City is showing some good football. However, Sporting Kansas City are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 72' Victor Olatunji is replacing Sergi Solans for the Real Salt Lake side.
- 74' The supporters are chanting for Stephen Afrira. He replaces Calvin Harris on 74 minute.
- 79' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 82' Goal! Zavier Gozo scores his 5 goal in 258 matches.
- 84' The Real Salt Lake manager makes a substitution. Stijn Spierings departs to be replaced by Griffin Dillon.
- 88' Real Salt Lake receives a card for a hard tackle on 88.
- 90' Jesus Barea has so much to prove this time. He replaces Zavier Gozo on 90 minute.
- The final score is 3-1.
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Real Salt Lake
3-4-2-1Starting XI- 15
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Diego Luna ↓ Dominik Marczuk 84'
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Zavier Gozo ↓ Jesus Barea 90'
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Sergi Solans ↓ Victor Olatunji 72'
Bench- 7
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Sam Junqua ↑ 72'
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Victor Olatunji ↑ 72'
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Griffin Dillon ↑ 84'
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Dominik Marczuk ↑ 84'
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Jesus Barea ↑ 90'
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Coach Pablo MastroeniSporting Kansas City
3-4-3Starting XI- 6
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Ethan Bartlow ↓ Diego 46'
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Calvin Harris ↓ Stephen Afrira 74'
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Ian James ↓ Zorhan Bassong 64'
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Bench-
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Zorhan Bassong ↑ 64'
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Stephen Afrira ↑ 74'
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Diego ↑ 46'
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Jacob Bartlett ↑ 64'
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Coach Raphaël Wicky -
Head to Head
Real Salt Lake Form
Sporting Kansas City Form
2026-04-04 Real Salt Lake 3–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2026-03-22 Sporting Kansas City 1–4 Colorado Rapids SC L 2026-03-15 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–2 Sporting Kansas City W 2026-03-08 Sporting Kansas City 0–1 San Diego FC L 2026-03-01 Sporting Kansas City 2–2 Columbus Crew SC D 2026-02-22 San Jose Earthquakes 3–0 Sporting Kansas City L