Real Salt Lake vs Sporting Kansas City

5 May 2024 · MLS · 2024

Full time 1 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

Cristian Arango 81’

Match summary

Real Salt Lake beat Sporting Kansas City 1-0. It was goalless at half-time.

Cristian Arango put Real Salt Lake ahead with a header in the 81st minute.

The chances backed that up: Real Salt Lake created 0.89 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to Sporting Kansas City's 0.35 from 10.

Key events

Real Salt Lake Sporting Kansas City

Kick-off

Emeka EneliFoul

14’

Braian OjedaShot on target

21’

30’

Dániel SallóiShot on target

Andrés GómezShot on target

43’

Half-time0-0

46’

Felipe HernándezMarinos Tzionis

Diego LunaFidel Barajas

46’

Second half underway

Brayan Vera

47’

Andrés GómezShot on target

54’

Bode HidalgoAlexandros Katranis

59’

61’

Alenis VargasJohnny Russell

Nelson PalacioAnderson Julio

70’

75’

William AgadaAlan Pulido

Andrés GómezShot on target

78’

Cristian ArangoHeader

1-0

81’

89’

Khiry SheltonDániel Sallói

Cristian ArangoFoul

90’

Maikel ChangAndrés Gómez

90+2’

90+4’

Memo RodríguezFoul

Full-time1-0

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Real Salt Lake 0.89 xGSporting Kansas City 0.35 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Sporting Kansas City attacking Real Salt Lake attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Lineups

Real Salt Lake 4-2-3-1 Starting XI

Sporting Kansas City 4-3-3 Starting XI

Player stats

Goalkeeper1 player


Zac MacMath	90′	1	0	40	1	–	–	–	–

Defenders5 players


Andrew Brody	90′	–	–	–	2	–	56	–	–	–	–
Justen Glad	90′	–	–	1	6	6	99	–	–	–	–
Brayan Vera	90′	1	–	1	2	–	73	–	–	1
Alexandros Katranis Taken off	59′	3	1	1	4	1	31	–	–	–	–
Bode Hidalgo Came on as a substitute	31′	–	–	–	3	1	16	–	–	–	–

Midfielders5 players


Emeka Eneli	90′	–	–	62	–	0.04	1	–	5	1	2
Braian Ojeda	90′	–	–	54	1	0.04	3	1	6	4	1	–
Andrés Gómez Taken off	89′	–	–	14	–	0.02	2	–	5	1	–	–
Fidel Barajas Taken off	45′	–	–	13	–	0.01	2	–	2	–	–	–
Nelson Palacio Came on as a substitute	20′	–	–	18	–	0.02	2	–	3	–	–	–

Forwards3 players


Cristian Arango	90′	1	–	1	1	0.12	0.16	2	6	3	20
Anderson Julio Taken off	70′	–	–	–	–	–	0.05	1	3	–	9	–
Diego Luna Came on as a substitute	45′	–	–	1	–	0.03	0.06	1	3	3	32	–

Goalkeeper1 player


John Pulskamp	90′	4	1	14	–	–	–	–	–

Defenders4 players


Jacob Davis	90′	7	1	1	9	–	61	1	–	–	–
Andreu Fontàs	90′	2	–	–	2	–	37	1	–	–	–
Robert Voloder	90′	3	1	1	4	–	41	–	–	–	–
Tim Leibold	90′	6	–	–	7	–	37	1	–	–	–

Midfielders6 players


Marinos Tzionis Taken off	45′	–	–	15	1	0.00	1	1	3	1	1	–
Memo Rodríguez	90′	–	–	43	–	0.03	8	3	13	2	3
Erik Thommy	90′	–	–	42	–	0.05	–	1	5	3	2	–
Dániel Sallói Taken off	89′	–	–	23	1	0.01	–	–	1	1	–	–
Felipe Hernández Came on as a substitute	45′	–	–	18	1	0.02	1	–	1	2	–	–
Khiry Shelton Came on as a substitute	9′	–	–	4	1	0.01	2	–	4	–	–	–

Forwards4 players


Johnny Russell Taken off	61′	–	–	2	–	0.13	0.00	–	6	–	20	–
Alan Pulido Taken off	75′	–	–	1	–	0.04	0.01	1	6	2	12	–
Alenis Vargas Came on as a substitute	29′	–	–	–	–	–	0.02	–	–	–	12	–
William Agada Came on as a substitute	15′	–	–	–	–	–	0.00	–	–	–	2	–

Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Form going into the game

Real Salt Lake W D D W W

Sporting Kansas City W D L D L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Real Salt Lake 2-3 Sporting Kansas City, 08 Oct 23 Next meeting: Sporting Kansas City 3-4 Real Salt Lake, 20 Jun 24 All Real Salt Lake vs Sporting Kansas City meetings

Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk.