Major League Soccer WON 1–3
Sun, Oct 18 · 02:30 · Children's Mercy Park
Sporting Kansas City Home
VS
Real Salt Lake Away
Sporting Kansas City vs Real Salt Lake — Major League Soccer
Tipster's pick Both Teams to Score
Confidence High
Odds 1.40 Odds via Bet365
Expert analysis

Both Teams Expected to Score in Even Contest

Sporting Kansas City and Real Salt Lake enter this match with similar recent records of one win one draw and three defeats. Kansas City concede 2.5 goals per league game while Salt Lake let in 1.6 on average. Both clubs have seen both teams score in most of their matches this season with Kansas City recording that outcome in 18 of 29 games and Salt Lake in 20 of 29. The visitors score 1.0 goal per away fixture yet the hosts concede 2.1 at home which opens space for away strikes. Head to head meetings have produced over 2.5 goals in seven of the last ten encounters. Several defensive absences on each side could further loosen the back lines during open play. The evenly matched sides are likely to trade chances throughout the ninety minutes.

AcePredictor Analysis by AcePredictor 68% win rate
Result
1–3 WON

Our pick “Both Teams to Score” at odds 1.40 won — final score 1–3.

Match timeline
  1. First half
  2. Morgan Guilavogui assist Noel Caliskan 11'
  3. Sergi Solans 14'
  4. Taylor Calheira assist André Luiz 26'
  5. Luc De Fougerolles 45+1'
  6. Second half
  7. Osvaldo Pedro Capemba ↓ Stephen Afrifa 61'
  8. Morgan Guilavogui assist Noel Caliskan 61'
  9. Jacob Davis ↓ Kwaku Agyabeng 62'
  10. Chadwick Zachary Booth ↓ Dominik Marczuk 63'
  11. Juan Sanabria 72'
  12. Ian James ↓ Zorhan Bassong 73'
  13. Seymour Garfield-Reid ↓ Taylor Calheira 73'
  14. Calvin Harris 74'
  15. Jacob Bartlett 76'
  16. Aiden Hezarkhani ↓ Saba Lobjanidze 77'
  17. Ariath Piol ↓ Sergi Solans 77'
  18. Sam Junqua ↓ Luc De Fougerolles 85'
  19. Alexandros Katranis ↓ Morgan Guilavogui 85'
  20. Ruben Ramos Jr ↓ Calvin Harris 87'
  21. Stijn Spierings 90+1'
  22. Chadwick Zachary Booth 90+1'
  23. Jansen Miller 90+2'
This season
Sporting Kansas City Real Salt Lake
Over 2.5 goals 79% 66%
Clean sheet 3% 10%
Failed to score 34% 21%
Scored per game 1.2 1.4
Conceded per game 2.5 1.6
Scored home / away 1.5 / 0.9 1.9 / 1.0

Across 29 and 29 matches played this season.

League table position
# Team PWDLPts
10 POR Portland Timbers 29 9 6 14 33
11 REA Real Salt Lake ▲ 29 9 6 14 33
12 SAN San Diego 29 8 9 12 33
13 MIN Minnesota United FC 29 7 10 12 31
14 AUS Austin 29 7 10 12 31
15 SPO Sporting Kansas City ▲ 29 6 4 19 22
Recent form · last 5 finished matches
Sporting Kansas City LWLDL
L vs Philadelphia Union 3–4 Sep 20
W @ Houston Dynamo 2–0 Sep 27
L @ Seattle Sounders 1–2 Oct 2
D vs Portland Timbers 3–3 Oct 11
L @ Nashville SC 0–4 Oct 15
Real Salt Lake LLWLD
L vs Vancouver Whitecaps 0–3 Sep 20
L @ Seattle Sounders 0–2 Sep 24
W vs New England Revolution 3–0 Sep 27
L @ Philadelphia Union 1–2 Oct 10
D vs San Jose Earthquakes 1–1 Oct 15
Goals trend · last 5 matches
Sporting Kansas City
Scored 1.8 avg
3 2 1 3 0
Conceded 2.6 avg
4 0 2 3 4
Real Salt Lake
Scored 1.0 avg
0 0 3 1 1
Conceded 1.6 avg
3 2 0 2 1
Head-to-head · last meetings
2 Sporting Kansas City
3 Draws
5 Real Salt Lake
Apr 2026 Real Salt Lake 3–1 Sporting Kansas City Real Salt Lake
Sep 2025 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Sporting Kansas City Real Salt Lake
Jun 2025 Sporting Kansas City 1–1 Real Salt Lake Draw
Jun 2024 Sporting Kansas City 3–4 Real Salt Lake Real Salt Lake
May 2024 Real Salt Lake 1–0 Sporting Kansas City Real Salt Lake

Over 2.5 goals in 7 of the last 10 meetings.

Confirmed lineups
Sporting Kansas City 4-4-2
  • 30 S. Cleveland G
  • 16 J. Bartlett D
  • 15 Jansen Miller D
  • 28 Wyatt Meyer D
  • 18 E. Karić D
  • 11 André Luiz M
  • 20 K. Agyabeng M
  • 22 Z. Bassong M
  • 14 C. Harris M
  • 19 T. Calheira F
  • 17 S. Afrifa F
Bench M. Suleymanov, J. Davis, Capita, E. Bartlow, S. Reid, I. James, J. Pulskamp, R. Ramos, J. Reid

R. Wicky

Real Salt Lake 5-4-1
  • 1 Rafael Cabral G
  • 11 D. Marczuk D
  • 3 K. Henry D
  • 44 L. De Fougerolles D
  • 26 P. Quinton D
  • 8 J. Sanabria D
  • 9 M. Guilavogui M
  • 6 S. Spierings M
  • 92 N. Caliskan M
  • 12 S. Lobzhanidze M
  • 22 S. Solans F
Bench Colin Guske, A. Hezarkhani, S. Junqua, A. Katránis, A. Piol, M. Stajduhar, D. Yedlin, Chadwick Zachary Booth, Dušan Žagar

P. Mastroeni

Team news · injuries & suspensions
Sporting Kansas City
  • OUT O. Blorian Chest Injury
  • OUT Diego Borges Groin Injury
  • OUT L. Johnsen Hamstring Injury
  • OUT M. Mosquera Hamstring Injury
  • OUT O. Wolff Muscle Injury
  • DOUBT J. Reynolds Muscle Injury
  • OUT O. Blorian Chest Injury
  • OUT Diego Borges Groin Injury
  • OUT L. Johnsen Hamstring Injury
  • OUT M. Mosquera Hamstring Injury
  • OUT O. Wolff Muscle Injury
  • DOUBT J. Reynolds Muscle Injury
Real Salt Lake
  • OUT J. J. Arias Hamstring Injury
  • OUT E. Eneli Knee Injury
  • OUT L. Engel Hamstring Injury
  • OUT J. Glad Groin Injury
  • OUT D. Luna Knee Injury
  • DOUBT L. De Fougerolles Injury
  • DOUBT G. Dillon Foot Injury
  • OUT J. J. Arias Hamstring Injury
  • OUT E. Eneli Knee Injury
  • OUT L. Engel Hamstring Injury
  • OUT J. Glad Groin Injury
  • OUT D. Luna Knee Injury
  • DOUBT L. De Fougerolles Injury
  • DOUBT G. Dillon Foot Injury