Match Report
The table read 13th (Real Salt Lake, 29 pts) against 15th (Sporting KC, 18 pts), 11 points apart. On recent form Real Salt Lake sat only 28th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 13th overall. Against a league average of 1.6 goals per team per game, Real Salt Lake ran at 1.42 scored and 1.69 conceded, Sporting KC at 1.16 and 2.52.
Recent form was uneven: 10/15 points for Real Salt Lake, 4/15 for Sporting KC.
The sides have met 7 times in the GioScore results database: 4 wins for Real Salt Lake, 2 draws and 1 for Sporting KC, at 3.43 goals per meeting. 86% of these meetings featured a goal for each side.
America First Field staged the fixture, a ground that holds 20,213. Real Salt Lake led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 3 goals for the 3-1 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Real Salt Lake: Diego Luna (4'), Sergi Solans (55'), Zavier Gozo (82') · Sporting KC: Dejan Joveljić (59')
Key stats
Possession: Real Salt Lake 49% · Sporting KC 51% · Total shots: 22-5 · On target: 7-3 · Corners: 7-1