Real Salt Lake vs Sporting Kansas City

Real Salt Lake

2 - 1

Sporting Kansas City

🕒 Sun, 14 Sep 2025 02:30 Europe/London 🧑‍⚖️ Drew Fischer 🔁 Regular Season - 30 🏁 match finished

Season

2025-2026 Season

Stage

Regular Season - 30

Regular Season Table

Real Salt Lake 20 · Sporting Kansas City 27

Referee Stats

Drew Fischer

24 matches · 3.75 yellow cards avg

Yellow cards avg	3.75
Reds avg	0.00
Penalties avg	0.25
Over 4.5 cards	42%
Home wins	54%
Draws	25%
Away wins	21%

How the match was won

Real Salt Lake outshot their opponent (17-12).
Possession was balanced (49%-51%).
Real Salt Lake had the sharper finishing (7-3 shots on target).

Team Overview

Real Salt Lake (Home stats)

Games / Record

W-D-L: 9-1-7

Goals For / Against

23 / 21

Avg: 1.35 / 1.24

Points

Avg: 1.65

Clean Sheets

Failed to Score

Sporting Kansas City (Away stats)

Games / Record

W-D-L: 3-2-12

Goals For / Against

21 / 38

Avg: 1.24 / 2.24

Points

Avg: 0.65

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

1.65

PPG

0.65

1.35

1.24

2.24

47%

O2.5

82%

47%

BTTS

71%

59%

Score 1st

29%

League-position context

Real Salt Lake rank20th

Sporting Kansas City rank27th

Real Salt Lake points41

Sporting Kansas City points28

Real Salt Lake: #20 · 41 pts · GD -11

24 pts off the top 2. 17 pts off the play-off line. 13 pts clear of the relegation zone.

Sporting Kansas City: #27 · 28 pts · GD -24

37 pts off the top 2. 30 pts off the play-off line. 2 pts from safety.

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

Real Salt Lake last 5 home

W W L W L

Points9/15

Weighted index73

Goals8-9

Record3-0-2

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

Strong wins profile across the latest venue-specific run.

Sporting Kansas City last 5 away

Points0/15

Weighted index0

Goals5-17

Record0-0-5

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 2.547%

BTTS47%

BTTS + O2.547%

1H Over 0.565%

Also: Over 0.5 94% · Over 1.5 65% · Over 3.5 35% · 1H BTTS 0%

Sporting Kansas City trend breakdown

Over 2.582%

BTTS71%

BTTS + O2.571%

1H Over 0.576%

Also: Over 0.5 94% · Over 1.5 82% · Over 3.5 41% · 1H BTTS 0%

Scoring reliability

Real Salt Lake score at home76%

Real Salt Lake clean sheet at home35%

Sporting Kansas City score away71%

Sporting Kansas City clean sheet away6%

First-goal patterns

Real Salt Lake score first59%

Real Salt Lake win after scoring first70%

Sporting Kansas City score first29%

Sporting Kansas City win after scoring first40%

Comeback rate after conceding first: Real Salt Lake 33% · Sporting Kansas City 18%

Avg first goal minute: Real Salt Lake 24.0' · Sporting Kansas City 29.2'

Vs league average

Real Salt Lake score at home1.35 vs 1.64

Real Salt Lake concede at home1.24 vs 1.36

Sporting Kansas City score away1.24 vs 1.36

Sporting Kansas City concede away2.24 vs 1.64

Real Salt Lake score 17% below league average, while Sporting Kansas City score 9% below league average.

Defensive side: Real Salt Lake are 9% below league average at home, and Sporting Kansas City are 36% above 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)

1H scored: 58% 2H scored: 42% Danger: 76-90+ Vulnerable: 76-90+

Goals scored by 15-minute interval

76-90+ 7

16-30 5

31-45 5

0-15 4

61-75 2

46-60 1

Goals conceded by 15-minute interval

76-90+ 8

16-30 4

46-60 4

0-15 3

31-45 3

61-75 1

Sporting Kansas City goal timing (away)

1H scored: 53% 2H scored: 47% Danger: 16-30 Vulnerable: 31-45

Goals scored by 15-minute interval

16-30 5

31-45 4

76-90+ 4

46-60 3

61-75 2

0-15 1

Goals conceded by 15-minute interval

31-45 11

76-90+ 8

0-15 6

46-60 6

61-75 6

16-30 3

Match Statistics

Shots on Goal

Total Shots

Shots off Goal

Blocked Shots

Shots Inside Box

Shots Outside Box

Ball Possession

49%

51%

Corner Kicks

Fouls

Offsides

Yellow Cards

Red Cards

—

Goalkeeper Saves

Total Passes

413

438

Passes Accurate

348

363

Passes %

84%

83%

Events

Yellow Cards

Home

Away

Red Cards

Home

Away

Substitutions

Home

Away

40' ⚽

⚽

40' ⚽ Goal · 1-0

D. Luna

Normal Goal

59'

59' Rwan Cruz

62' ⚽

⚽

62' ⚽ Goal · 2-0

A. Katránis

Normal Goal · Assist: Z. Gozo

63' ↑↓

↑↓

63' ⇄ N. Radoja

1st substitution · For: M. Toye

63' ↑↓

↑↓

63' ⇄ M. Suleymanov

2nd substitution · For: E. Thommy

63' ↑↓

↑↓

63' ⇄ Joaquín Fernández

3rd substitution · For: A. Montes

71' ⚽

⚽

71' ⚽ Goal · 2-1

B. Vera

Own Goal

72' ↑↓

↑↓

72' ⇄ A. Katránis

1st substitution · For: S. Junqua

72' ↑↓

↑↓

72' ⇄ Rwan Cruz

2nd substitution · For: W. Agada

72' ↑↓

↑↓

72' ⇄ Z. Gozo

3rd substitution · For: T. Wolff

78' ↑↓

↑↓

78' ⇄ J. Davis

4th substitution · For: Manu García

79' ↑↓

↑↓

79' ⇄ D. Luna

4th substitution · For: Diogo Gonçalves

85' ↑↓

↑↓

85' ⇄ D. Sallói

5th substitution · For: S. Muñóz

90+4'

90+4' D. Joveljić

Real Salt Lake vs Sporting Kansas City 2-1: match report, goals, cards and substitutions

Real Salt Lake beat Sporting Kansas City 2-1 on Sunday, 14 September 2025 in MLS. The match was refereed by Drew Fischer.

First half: Real Salt Lake took the lead at 40' when D. Luna scored, making the score 1-0.

Second half: Rwan Cruz received a yellow card for Real Salt Lake at 59'. Real Salt Lake extended the lead at 62' when A. Katránis scored, with the assist credited to Z. Gozo, making the score 2-0. Sporting Kansas City made their 1st substitution at 63', with N. Radoja replacing M. Toye. Sporting Kansas City made their 2nd substitution at 63', with M. Suleymanov replacing E. Thommy. Sporting Kansas City made their 3rd substitution at 63', with Joaquín Fernández replacing A. Montes. Sporting Kansas City reduced the deficit at 71' when B. Vera scored (Own Goal), making the score 2-1. Real Salt Lake made their 1st substitution at 72', with A. Katránis replacing S. Junqua. Real Salt Lake made their 2nd substitution at 72', with Rwan Cruz replacing W. Agada. Real Salt Lake made their 3rd substitution at 72', with Z. Gozo replacing T. Wolff. Sporting Kansas City made their 4th substitution at 78', with J. Davis replacing Manu García. Real Salt Lake made their 4th substitution at 79', with D. Luna replacing Diogo Gonçalves. Sporting Kansas City made their 5th substitution at 85', with D. Sallói replacing S. Muñóz. D. Joveljić received a yellow card for Sporting Kansas City at 90+4'.

Real Salt Lake used 4 substitutions while Sporting Kansas City used 5 substitutions. Real Salt Lake got 1 yellow card, while Sporting Kansas City got 1 yellow card.