Real Salt Lake vs Sporting Kansas City

Real Salt Lake

2 - 3

Sporting Kansas City

🕒 Sun, 08 Oct 2023 02:30 Europe/London 📍 America First Field 🧑‍⚖️ T. Unkel 🔁 Regular Season - 49 🏁 match finished

Season

2023-2024 Season

Stage

Regular Season - 49

Regular Season Table

Real Salt Lake 11 · Sporting Kansas City 15

Referee Stats

T. Unkel

25 matches · 0.00 yellow cards avg

Yellow cards avg	0.00
Reds avg	0.00
Penalties avg	0.00
Over 4.5 cards	0%
Home wins	60%
Draws	24%
Away wins	16%

How the match was won

Sporting Kansas City outshot their opponent (10-16).
Sporting Kansas City controlled possession (62%).
Sporting Kansas City had the sharper finishing (4-10 shots on target).

Team Overview

Real Salt Lake (Home stats)

Games / Record

W-D-L: 6-5-7

Goals For / Against

26 / 28

Avg: 1.44 / 1.56

Points

Avg: 1.28

Clean Sheets

Failed to Score

Sporting Kansas City (Away stats)

Games / Record

W-D-L: 4-6-9

Goals For / Against

22 / 32

Avg: 1.16 / 1.68

Points

Avg: 0.95

Clean Sheets

Failed to Score

Match Context & Trends

Venue-only form, goal timing, first-goal trends and league context around this MLS fixture.

Quick comparison bars

1.28

PPG

0.95

1.44

1.16

1.56

1.68

76%

O2.5

65%

53%

BTTS

65%

Score 1st

League-position context

Real Salt Lake rank11th

Sporting Kansas City rank15th

Real Salt Lake points50

Sporting Kansas City points44

Real Salt Lake: #11 · 50 pts · GD -2

13 pts off the top 2. 2 pts off the play-off line. 14 pts clear of the relegation zone.

Sporting Kansas City: #15 · 44 pts · GD -3

19 pts off the top 2. 8 pts off the play-off line. 8 pts clear of the relegation zone.

6-point gap between the two sides coming into kick-off.

Real Salt Lake last 5 home

L W L W L

Points6/15

Weighted index40

Goals7-10

Record2-0-3

Weighted index gives more importance to the most recent venue-specific matches. 100 means maximum recent points return.

Recent venue-specific form has been unstable.

Sporting Kansas City last 5 away

W L W L L

Points6/15

Weighted index53

Goals8-11

Record2-0-3

Weighted index gives more importance to the most recent venue-specific matches. 100 means maximum recent points return.

Recent venue-specific form has been unstable.

Real Salt Lake trend breakdown

Over 2.576%

BTTS53%

BTTS + O2.553%

1H Over 0.535%

Also: Over 0.5 82% · Over 1.5 82% · Over 3.5 53% · 1H BTTS 0%

Sporting Kansas City trend breakdown

Over 2.565%

BTTS65%

BTTS + O2.553%

1H Over 0.553%

Also: Over 0.5 88% · Over 1.5 76% · Over 3.5 35% · 1H BTTS 0%

Scoring reliability

Real Salt Lake score at home65%

Real Salt Lake clean sheet at home29%

Sporting Kansas City score away71%

Sporting Kansas City clean sheet away18%

First-goal patterns

Real Salt Lake score first0%

Real Salt Lake win after scoring first0%

Sporting Kansas City score first0%

Sporting Kansas City win after scoring first0%

Comeback rate after conceding first: Real Salt Lake 0% · Sporting Kansas City 0%

Vs league average

Real Salt Lake score at home1.44 vs 1.69

Real Salt Lake concede at home1.56 vs 1.07

Sporting Kansas City score away1.16 vs 1.07

Sporting Kansas City concede away1.68 vs 1.69

Real Salt Lake score 14% below league average, while Sporting Kansas City score 8% above league average.

Defensive side: Real Salt Lake are 46% above league average at home, and Sporting Kansas City are level with league average away.

Head-to-head trends

Recent games5

Avg goals3.40

BTTS80%

Over 2.560%

At this venue setup: 3.20 goals on average across the last 5.

Real Salt Lake goal timing (home)

Goal-event timing is not populated enough for this venue split yet.

Sporting Kansas City goal timing (away)

Goal-event timing is not populated enough for this venue split yet.

Match Statistics

Shots on Goal

Total Shots

Shots off Goal

Blocked Shots

Shots Inside Box

Shots Outside Box

Ball Possession

38%

62%

Corner Kicks

Fouls

Offsides

Yellow Cards

Red Cards

Goalkeeper Saves

Total Passes

313

531

Passes Accurate

221

449

Passes %

71%

85%

Head-to-Head Overview

All Meetings (Any Venue)

Total Games	20
Home Wins	11
Draws	4
Away Wins	5
Over 2.5 Goals	11 (55.0%)
BTTS	13 (65.0%)

Home vs Away as Scheduled

Total Games	11
Home Wins	7
Draws	1
Away Wins	3
Over 2.5 Goals	6 (54.5%)
BTTS	6 (54.5%)

Real Salt Lake vs Sporting Kansas City Head-to-Head History by Season

2026-2027 Season

04 Apr 2026 Real Salt Lake vs Sporting Kansas City 3 - 1

2025-2026 Season

14 Sep 2025 Real Salt Lake vs Sporting Kansas City 2 - 1 29 Jun 2025 Sporting Kansas City vs Real Salt Lake 1 - 1

2024-2025 Season

20 Jun 2024 Sporting Kansas City vs Real Salt Lake 3 - 4 05 May 2024 Real Salt Lake vs Sporting Kansas City 1 - 0

2023-2024 Season

08 Oct 2023 Real Salt Lake vs Sporting Kansas City 2 - 3 13 Jul 2023 Sporting Kansas City vs Real Salt Lake 2 - 2

2022-2023 Season

18 Jul 2022 Real Salt Lake vs Sporting Kansas City 3 - 0 27 Mar 2022 Sporting Kansas City vs Real Salt Lake 1 - 0

2021-2022 Season

28 Nov 2021 Sporting Kansas City vs Real Salt Lake 1 - 2 07 Nov 2021 Sporting Kansas City vs Real Salt Lake 0 - 1 01 May 2021 Real Salt Lake vs Sporting Kansas City 3 - 1

2020-2021 Season

08 Nov 2020 Real Salt Lake vs Sporting Kansas City 0 - 2 22 Jul 2020 Real Salt Lake vs Sporting Kansas City 0 - 2

2019-2020 Season

11 Aug 2019 Sporting Kansas City vs Real Salt Lake 1 - 2 30 Jun 2019 Real Salt Lake vs Sporting Kansas City 2 - 0

2018-2019 Season

11 Nov 2018 Sporting Kansas City vs Real Salt Lake 4 - 2 05 Nov 2018 Real Salt Lake vs Sporting Kansas City 1 - 1 30 Sep 2018 Sporting Kansas City vs Real Salt Lake 1 - 1 05 Jul 2018 Real Salt Lake vs Sporting Kansas City 4 - 2