Major League Soccer

May 19, 2024 at 2.30am UK

Rio Tinto Stadium

Salt Lake
5 - 3
Colorado

Arango (23', 85'), Gomez (40', 88'), Julio (90+6')
Crooks (51'), Vera (65'), Eneli (79'), Gomez (90')

FT(HT: 2-2)

Bassett (5'), Navarro (19'), Mihailovic (56')
Steffen (32'), Yapi (90+9')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Sunday's Major League Soccer clash between Real Salt Lake and Colorado Rapids, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Real Salt Lake

All competitions

Last Game: Salt Lake 2-0 Seattle
Thursday, May 16 at 2.30am in Major League Soccer

Goals
for

Colorado Rapids

All competitions

Last Game: Colorado 1-0 Vancouver
Thursday, May 16 at 2.30am in Major League Soccer

Goals
for

Top scorers

We said: Real Salt Lake 2-1 Colorado Rapids

The Rapids may have been the triumphant side in the matchup between these two earlier this season but Salt Lake have since gone on to prove themselves as the top-performing side in the Western Conference, leading us to believe they will win this one. 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 62.34%. A draw had a probability of 19.7% and a win for Colorado Rapids had a probability of 17.95%.

The most likely scoreline for a Real Salt Lake win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.82%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (8.94%) and 1-0 (8.13%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (8.93%), while for a Colorado Rapids win it was 1-2 (4.91%). The actual scoreline of 5-3 was predicted with a 0.4% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Real Salt Lake would win this match.

Result
Real Salt Lake	Draw	Colorado Rapids
62.34% ( -0)	19.71% ( 0.01)	17.95% ( -0.02)

Both teams to score 59.26% (

-0.1)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

64% (

-0.11)

36% (

0.11)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

41.9% (

-0.12)

58.09% (

0.12)

Real Salt Lake Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

88.9% (

-0.04)

11.09% (

0.03)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

64.51% (

-0.07)

35.48% (

0.07)

Colorado Rapids Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

66.65% (

-0.09)

33.34% (

0.08)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

30.03% (

-0.09)

69.96% (

0.09)

Score Analysis

Real Salt Lake 62.34%

Colorado Rapids 17.95%

Draw 19.71%

Real Salt Lake	Draw	Colorado Rapids
2-1 @ 9.82% ( 0) 2-0 @ 8.94% ( 0.02) 1-0 @ 8.13% ( 0.03) 3-1 @ 7.2% ( -0.01) 3-0 @ 6.55% ( 0.01) 4-1 @ 3.96% ( -0.01) 3-2 @ 3.95% ( -0.01) 4-0 @ 3.6% 4-2 @ 2.17% ( -0.01) 5-1 @ 1.74% ( -0.01) 5-0 @ 1.58% ( -0) 5-2 @ 0.96% ( -0.01) Other @ 3.72% Total : 62.34%	1-1 @ 8.93% ( 0.02) 2-2 @ 5.39% ( -0.01) 0-0 @ 3.7% ( 0.02) 3-3 @ 1.45% ( -0.01) Other @ 0.24% Total : 19.71%	1-2 @ 4.91% ( -0) 0-1 @ 4.06% ( 0.01) 0-2 @ 2.23% ( 0) 2-3 @ 1.98% ( -0.01) 1-3 @ 1.8% ( -0) Other @ 2.98% Total : 17.95%