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Real Salt Lake
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')
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