Real Salt Lake v Sporting Kansas City result

Full-time · Real Salt Lake 1–0 Sporting Kansas City

Major League Soccer · Sun, 05 May 2024 02:30 BST · America First Field

Updated 8 May 2026, 04:57 UK · refreshed continuously

Team pages: Real Salt Lake · Sporting Kansas City · Head-to-head

Real Salt Lake 1–0 Sporting Kansas City — Real Salt Lake won this Major League Soccer match.

Match report, in numbers

The result

Real Salt Lake beat Sporting Kansas City 1–0 at America First Field in Major League Soccer on Sunday 5 May. Real Salt Lake are unbeaten in their last seven matches in all competitions. Sporting Kansas City are winless in their last five matches in all competitions.

The goals

It was 0–0 at half-time. The goals — Real Salt Lake: C. Arango (81’, assisted by Brayan Vera).

The numbers

Expected goals (xG) agree with the result: Real Salt Lake 0.89, Sporting Kansas City 0.30, from 14 shots to 10 (the provider’s expected goals for this match).

Discipline

T. Ford showed four yellow cards — against 3.3 yellows a game across the last 11 matches refereed (this competition). The bookings — Real Salt Lake: Emeka Eneli (14’), Brayan Vera (47’) and C. Arango (90’); Sporting Kansas City: M. Rodríguez (90+4’).

Who stood out

By TACTIX Impact for this match, J. Davis (Sporting Kansas City) 7.0, M. Rodríguez (Sporting Kansas City) 6.6 and Tim Leibold (Sporting Kansas City) 6.1 led the match.

Next up

Real Salt Lake next host St. Louis City on 25 October 2026.

Sporting Kansas City next host Austin on 25 October 2026.

Written from the matches TACTIX holds for both sides; each figure names the games it is counted over.

Next for Real Salt Lake: Real Salt Lake v St. Louis City, Sunday 25 October — the preview. Next for Sporting Kansas City: Sporting Kansas City v Austin, Sunday 25 October — the preview.

The numbers

Result: Real Salt Lake 1–0 Sporting Kansas City · Major League Soccer
Venue: America First Field · Sandy, Utah
Referee: T. Ford
Head-to-head (last 6): Real Salt Lake 3 · draws 1 · Sporting Kansas City 2 · 2.83 goals/game
Recent form: Real Salt Lake 3W 2D 0L · Sporting Kansas City 1W 2D 2L

Real Salt Lake 1–0 Sporting Kansas City (Major League Soccer): this fixture is settled. TACTIX’s pre-match coverage ran across every major market, and every graded call — wins and losses — is in the live track record (as of 8 May 2026). See the live track record →

Key stats

2 / 2

Goals

against 0.75 / 2 · 3 of the last 5 over 2.5

over 8 matches

5.67 / 4.57

Corners

against 3.83 / 5.57 · 2 of the last 3 over 9.5

over 6 matches

5.33 / 5.43

Shots on target

against 4.67 / 5.43 · 2 of the last 3 over 8.5

over 6 matches

3.33 / 2.57

Cards

against 2.17 / 1.86 · 2 of the last 3 over 3.5

over 6 matches

3.27 yellows

Referee · T. Ford

1.27 home / 2 away

over 11 matches

Per game, last 8 completed matches, to 28 April 2024. Over/under figures use standard thresholds, not bookmaker lines.

Per game, last 8 completed matches, to 28 April 2024. Bars: for (mint) against (amber), scaled to the larger figure in the row. Over/under figures use standard thresholds, not bookmaker lines.
Per game	Real Salt Lake for / against	Line	Sporting Kansas City for / against
Goals scored	2 for · 0.75 against n 8 Last 5	2.5standard	2 for · 2 against n 8 Last 5
Corners won	5.67 for · 3.83 against n 6 Last 5	9.5standard	4.57 for · 5.57 against n 7 Last 5
Shots	13.5 for · 13.5 against n 6 Last 5	19.5standard	12.86 for · 12.43 against n 7 Last 5
Shots on target	5.33 for · 4.67 against n 6 Last 5	8.5standard	5.43 for · 5.43 against n 7 Last 5
Fouls committed	13.67 for · 12.5 against n 6 Last 5	21.5standard	12.43 for · 14.43 against n 7 Last 5
Cards shown	3.33 for · 2.17 against n 6 Last 5	3.5standard	2.57 for · 1.86 against n 7 Last 5

Referee: T. Ford — 3.27 yellow cards a game, 0.18 red cards, 23.64 fouls over 11 matches (1.27 to the home side, 2 to the away side).

Home 1.27Away 2

Real Salt Lake

Real Salt Lake — Discipline: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 28 April 2024. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Fouls committed 1+2+	Fouls won 1+2+	Likely duel
M. Crooks n 8	68.1	2.8 7/6	1.5 4/2	—
A. Katranis n 8	72.5	2.6 8/3	2 7/5	—
C. Arango n 8	90	2.1 7/4	1.6 8/4	—
Braian Ojeda n 8	87.9	1.9 7/4	3.6 8/7	—
N. Palacio n 8	48.5	1.9 4/2	0.5 2/0	—

Real Salt Lake — Shooting: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 28 April 2024. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Shots 1+2+	Shots on target 1+2+
C. Arango n 8	90	3.9 8/7	2.3 6/5
Andrés Gómez n 8	73.8	2.6 7/7	1.4 6/3
A. A. Julio Santos n 8	32.4	2.4 4/2	1.4 3/1
F. Barajas n 8	40.1	1.7 3/3	1.1 3/1
P. Ruiz n 8	69.3	1.6 7/3	0.6 3/1

Real Salt Lake — Goalscoring: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 28 April 2024. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Goals 1+2+	Assists 1+2+
C. Arango n 8	90	0.9 4/2	0.4 3/0
Andrés Gómez n 8	73.8	0.6 3/1	0.5 3/0
A. Katranis n 8	72.5	0.3 2/0	0.3 2/0
P. Ruiz n 8	69.3	0 0/0	0.6 2/1
F. Barajas n 8	40.1	0 0/0	0.6 1/1

Real Salt Lake — Tackles: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 28 April 2024. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Tackles 1+2+
A. Katranis n 8	72.5	2.6 6/5
D. Luna n 8	65.8	2.1 5/5
Emeka Eneli n 8	91.1	2 7/7
Braian Ojeda n 8	87.9	2 6/5
B. Oviedo n 8	61.8	2 6/4

Real Salt Lake — Goalkeeper saves: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 28 April 2024. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 2+, lower cell 3+.
Player	Mins	Saves 2+3+
Zac MacMath n 8	92.3	4 8/6
G. Beavers n 8	84.4	2.8 5/3

Sporting Kansas City

Sporting Kansas City — Discipline: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 28 April 2024. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Fouls committed 1+2+	Fouls won 1+2+	Likely duel
A. Vargas n 5	9.2	7.8 4/0	3.9 2/0	—
S. Afrifa n 8	19.1	2.9 4/1	1.2 1/1	—
E. Thommy n 8	89.1	2 8/4	2.3 8/5	—
M. Rodríguez n 8	45.5	2 6/2	0.7 3/0	—
D. Rosero n 8	90	1.5 7/4	1.5 6/4	—

Sporting Kansas City — Shooting: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 28 April 2024. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Shots 1+2+	Shots on target 1+2+
A. Vargas n 5	9.2	5.9 2/1	3.9 1/1
W. Agada n 8	57.9	3.5 5/4	1.9 4/3
J. Russell n 8	57.8	1.8 3/2	0.8 3/1
Felipe Hernández n 8	24.5	1.8 3/1	1.4 2/1
E. Thommy n 8	89.1	1.5 6/5	1 6/2

Sporting Kansas City — Goalscoring: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 28 April 2024. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Goals 1+2+	Assists 1+2+
A. Vargas n 5	9.2	2 1/0	0 0/0
W. Agada n 8	57.9	0.6 2/1	0.4 2/0
M. Rodríguez n 8	45.5	0 0/0	0.5 2/0
Felipe Hernández n 8	24.5	0.5 1/0	0 0/0
E. Thommy n 8	89.1	0.4 2/1	0 0/0

Sporting Kansas City — Tackles: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 28 April 2024. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Tackles 1+2+
K. Pierre n 8	30.9	4.7 4/2
Felipe Hernández n 8	24.5	3.2 2/2
J. Davis n 8	90	2.6 8/5
N. Radoja n 8	90	2.1 8/6
Tim Leibold n 8	90	2.1 7/6

Sporting Kansas City — Goalkeeper saves: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances before kick-off, to 28 April 2024. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 2+, lower cell 3+.
Player	Mins	Saves 2+3+
Timothy Melia n 8	90	3.9 7/6

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Match statistics & details

Full-time team statistics as recorded by the data provider; – = not recorded.
Real Salt Lake		Sporting Kansas City
59%	Possession	41%
0.89	Expected goals (xG)	0.30
14	Shots	10
5	Shots on target	1
7	Shots off target	5
2	Blocked shots	4
11	Shots inside the box	3
7	Corners	2
2	Offsides	0
10	Fouls	13
3	Yellow cards	1
0	Red cards	0
1	Saves	4
542	Passes	380
89%	Pass accuracy	83%

Real Salt Lake player stats

Player	Min	G	A	Sh	SoT	KP	Tkl	Cards	Rating
Zac MacMath	97	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.9
Andrew Brody	97	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7
J. Glad	97	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	7.3
Brayan Vera	97	0	1	0	0	1	1	Y	7.3
Emeka Eneli	97	0	0	0	0	0	1	Y	6.9
Braian Ojeda	97	0	0	2	1	1	3	0	6.9
C. Arango	97	1	0	1	1	2	1	Y	7.3
Andrés Gómez	92	0	0	5	3	0	2	0	6.6
A. A. Julio Santos	70	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.9
A. Katranis	59	0	0	1	0	4	3	0	7.5
F. Barajas	45	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	6.3
D. Luna sub	52	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7
B. Hidalgo sub	38	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	7.2
N. Palacio sub	27	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	6.6
Maikel Chang sub	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–

Sporting Kansas City player stats

Player	Min	Sh	SoT	KP	Tkl	Cards	Rating
J. Pulskamp	97	0	0	0	0	0	7.5
J. Davis	97	0	0	1	8	0	7.2
Andreu Fontàs	97	0	0	0	3	0	6.2
Robert Voloder	97	0	0	0	4	0	6.6
Tim Leibold	97	0	0	2	7	0	7
M. Rodríguez	97	1	0	0	8	Y	7.3
E. Thommy	97	1	0	1	0	0	6.6
Dániel Sallói	88	1	1	1	0	0	6.7
A. Pulido	75	0	0	1	3	0	6.9
J. Russell	61	2	0	0	1	0	7.2
M. Tzionis	45	0	0	1	1	0	6.7
Felipe Hernández sub	52	0	0	0	1	0	6.3
A. Vargas sub	36	0	0	0	0	0	6.3
W. Agada sub	22	0	0	0	0	0	6.5
Khiry Shelton sub	9	1	0	1	2	0	7.3

Sh = shots, SoT = shots on target, KP = key passes, Tkl = tackles; – = not recorded for that player. Rating is the data provider’s.

Form, head-to-head & standings

The numbers behind Real Salt Lake v Sporting Kansas City — recent results, past meetings and where each side sits. (TACTIX’s model forecast is in the projections below.)

Recent form

Real Salt LakeWDDWW

Last 5: 3W 2D 0L · 2 scored / 0.6 conceded per game

Sporting Kansas CityWDLDL

Last 5: 1W 2D 2L · 2.4 scored / 2.4 conceded per game

Head-to-head last 6

Real Salt Lake 3 · 1 draw · Sporting Kansas City 2 · 2.83 goals/game

2023-10-08 Real Salt Lake 2–3 Sporting Kansas City
2023-07-13 Sporting Kansas City 2–2 Real Salt Lake
2022-07-18 Real Salt Lake 3–0 Sporting Kansas City
2022-03-27 Sporting Kansas City 1–0 Real Salt Lake
2021-11-28 Sporting Kansas City 1–2 Real Salt Lake
2021-11-07 Sporting Kansas City 0–1 Real Salt Lake

League standing · 2024

Last recorded position — not updated during the season.

Real Salt Lake#3 pos59 pts34 pl+17 GD

Sporting Kansas City#13 pos31 pts34 pl-15 GD

Goals per game

Real Salt Lake scored1.91

Sporting Kansas City scored1.5

Real Salt Lake conceded1.41

Sporting Kansas City conceded1.94

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Frequently asked questions

What is the head-to-head record between Real Salt Lake and Sporting Kansas City?: In their last 6 meetings, Real Salt Lake won 3, Sporting Kansas City won 2 and there was 1 draw, averaging 2.83 goals per game.
What is the recent form of Real Salt Lake and Sporting Kansas City?: Recent form — Real Salt Lake 3W 2D 0L; Sporting Kansas City 1W 2D 2L.

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