Sporting Kansas City vs Real Salt Lake: the preview
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DateSaturday, October 17
Time20:30
StadiumChildren's Mercy Park
MLS 2026 · Matchday 30
Key facts
- Real Salt Lake are winless in 11 games in the competition.
- Real Salt Lake won 1 of their 12 away games in the competition.
- Real Salt Lake took 1 of the last 9 points available.
Current form
How each side arrives and where they stand.
Recent form
Real Salt Lake
Sporting Kansas City
11° with 29 points 8W · 5D · 11L · 37:39
15° with 18 points 5W · 3D · 16L · 26:59
L
L
D
L
L
L
Averages 1.17 goals for and 2.17 goals against per match
W
L
L
L
D
L
Averages 1.33 goals for and 2.17 goals against per match
| L | New York City FC | 0-2 |
| L | @ Houston Dynamo | 1-2 |
| D | Los Angeles FC | 2-2 |
| L | @ Colorado Rapids | 0-1 |
| L | @ Orlando City | 1-2 |
| W | Los Angeles FC | 3-1 |
| L | @ FC Dallas | 3-4 |
| L | Vancouver Whitecaps | 0-3 |
| L | @ Atlanta United | 1-2 |
| D | St. Louis City | 1-1 |
Where they stand Group B
| Team | MP | GD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 23 | +31 | 46 |
| 2 | Houston Dynamo | 25 | +4 | 43 |
| 3 | FC Dallas | 25 | +7 | 43 |
| 4 | San Jose Earthquakes | 25 | +8 | 41 |
| 5 | St. Louis City | 25 | +7 | 41 |
| 6 | Los Angeles FC | 26 | +14 | 40 |
| 7 | Colorado Rapids | 25 | +1 | 35 |
| 8 | Portland Timbers | 25 | 0 | 32 |
| 9 | San Diego FC | 24 | +5 | 30 |
| 10 | LA Galaxy | 26 | -9 | 30 |
| 11 | Real Salt Lake | 24 | -2 | 29 |
| 12 | Minnesota United | 25 | -6 | 29 |
| 13 | Seattle Sounders FC | 23 | -5 | 28 |
| 14 | Austin FC | 24 | -13 | 26 |
| 15 | Sporting Kansas City | 24 | -33 | 18 |
How they play
Real Salt Lake
Sporting Kansas City
50%
44.8%
5.1
4.2
12.1
14.3
5.3
5.2
13.4
11.3
Average of the most recent matches with stats available (7 and 6 respectively).
The difference-makers
Who scores, when they score and who starts.
Who scores the goals
Real Salt Lake
| Zavier Gozo | 6 | goals | ||
| S. Solans | 6 | goals | ||
| Diego Luna | 5 | goals | ||
| Sergi Solans | 3 | goals | ||
| Saba Lobjanidze | 2 | goals |
Sporting Kansas City
| Dejan Joveljić | 8 | goals | ||
| Taylor Calheira | 3 | goals | ||
| Stephen Afrifa | 3 | goals | ||
| Calvin Harris | 3 | goals | ||
| Jacob Bartlett | 2 | goals |
When they score
Real Salt Lake 34 goals
4
1-15
8
16-30
6
31-45
5
46-60
4
61-75
7
76-90
Sporting Kansas City 26 goals
1
1-15
5
16-30
6
31-45
4
46-60
6
61-75
4
76-90
Head to head
What happened every time they met.
Head-to-head record
1Real Salt Lake won
0draws
0Sporting Kansas City won
Who scored in these meetings
D. Luna
1
S. Solans
1
D. Joveljic
1
Z. Gozo
1
Real Salt Lake
Sporting Kansas City
1
0
in 1 meeting
| Matchday | Match | Competition |
|---|---|---|
| 4/4/26 | Real Salt Lake 3-1 Sporting Kansas City | MLS 2026 |