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Major League Soccer
Jul 18, 2022 at 2.30am UK
Rio Tinto Stadium
Sporting Kansas

Salt Lake
3 - 0
Kansas

Cordova (50'), Ruiz (64'), Savarino (71')
Glad (34'), Cordova (50'), Julio (90+3')
FT(HT: 0-0)

Espinoza (24'), Isimat-Mirin (85')
Espinoza (62')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Monday's Major League Soccer clash between Real Salt Lake and Sporting Kansas City, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Last Game: Atlanta 2-1 Salt Lake
Thursday, July 14 at 12.30am in Major League Soccer

We said: Real Salt Lake 2-0 Sporting Kansas City

As a unit, RSL have more consistency in all facets of the game, while their backline will likely to key on Johnny Russell, and they should be able to find a way through what has been, for the most part, a leaky KC backline. Read more.

Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Real Salt Lake win with a probability of 58.58%. A draw had a probability of 22.7% and a win for Sporting Kansas City had a probability of 18.76%.

The most likely scoreline for a Real Salt Lake win was 1-0 with a probability of 11.62%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (10.62%) and 2-1 (9.85%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (10.77%), while for a Sporting Kansas City win it was 0-1 (5.9%). The actual scoreline of 3-0 was predicted with a 6.5% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Real Salt Lake would win this match.

Result
Real Salt LakeDrawSporting Kansas City
58.58%22.66%18.76% (0.0010000000000012 0)
Both teams to score 50.72%
Goals
Over 2.5Under 2.5
51.98%48.02% (0.0020000000000024 0)
Over 3.5Under 3.5
29.81%70.19% (0.00099999999999056 0)
Real Salt Lake Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
83.93%16.07% (0.0019999999999989 0)
Over 1.5Under 1.5
54.55% (-0.00099999999999767 -0)45.45% (0.0019999999999953 0)
Sporting Kansas City Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
60.43% (0.00099999999999767 0)39.57%
Over 1.5Under 1.5
23.74%76.26% (0.0010000000000048 0)
Score Analysis
    Real Salt Lake 58.57%
    Sporting Kansas City 18.76%
    Draw 22.65%
Real Salt LakeDrawSporting Kansas City
1-0 @ 11.62%
2-0 @ 10.62%
2-1 @ 9.85%
3-0 @ 6.48%
3-1 @ 6%
4-0 @ 2.96%
3-2 @ 2.78%
4-1 @ 2.74%
4-2 @ 1.27%
5-0 @ 1.08%
5-1 @ 1%
Other @ 2.15%
Total : 58.57%
1-1 @ 10.77%
0-0 @ 6.36%
2-2 @ 4.57%
Other @ 0.96%
Total : 22.65%
0-1 @ 5.9% (0.0010000000000003 0)
1-2 @ 5%
0-2 @ 2.73%
1-3 @ 1.54%
2-3 @ 1.41%
Other @ 2.18%
Total : 18.76%

How you voted: Salt Lake vs Kansas

Real Salt Lake
89.5%
Draw
10.5%
Sporting Kansas City
0.0%
19
Head to Head
Mar 26, 2022 11pm
Kansas
1-0
Salt Lake
Russell (81')
Espinoza (40'), Sweat (45+1'), Walter (51'), Duke (90+2')

Loffelsend (7'), Brody (29')
Nov 28, 2021 8pm
Kansas
1-2
Salt Lake
Russell (24' pen.)
Julio (72'), Wood (90+1')
Luiz (49')
Nov 7, 2021 11pm
Kansas
0-1
Salt Lake

Espinoza (78')
Kreilach (90+5')
Luiz (86'), Herrera (90+3')
May 1, 2021 7pm
Salt Lake
3-1
Kansas
Kreilach (35'), Yovani Mendez Rubin (52', 77')
Ruiz (32'), Chang (79')
Pulido (17')
Nov 8, 2020 11.30pm
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TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1Inter MiamiInter Miami18105342271535
2FC CincinnatiCincinnati1610332316733
3New York Red BullsNY Red Bulls168532922729
4New York City FCNY City169252417729
5Columbus Crew146622113824
6Toronto177372626024
7Charlotte FCCharlotte FC166461516-122
8Philadelphia UnionPhiladelphia164842723420
9Nashville SCNashville164751922-319
10DC United174762531-619
11Orlando City164571624-817
12CF MontrealMontreal164572335-1217
13Atlanta UnitedAtlanta154472018216
14Chicago Fire173681729-1215
15New England RevolutionNew England1431101126-1510

Western Conference

TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1Real Salt LakeSalt Lake1796232181433
2Minnesota UnitedMinnesota Utd158432619728
3Los Angeles GalaxyLA Galaxy177733125628
4Los Angeles FCLos Angeles158342719827
5Austin FCAustin176562021-123
6Vancouver WhitecapsVancouver156452218422
7Colorado RapidsColorado166462829-122
8Houston DynamoHouston156361616021
9Portland TimbersPortland165473030019
10Seattle SoundersSeattle164661919018
11St Louis City153842325-217
12Dallas143471723-613
13Sporting Kansas CityKansas162592330-711
14San Jose EarthquakesEarthquakes1632112439-1511


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