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Colorado Rapids vs Real Salt Lake: result 1-0 and analysis

Major League SoccerMatchday 14Kick-off on May 18, 2025 at 01:30 AM (UTC)Dick's Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City, Colorado

Colorado Rapids
1-0
Real Salt Lake

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What was the result of Colorado Rapids vs Real Salt Lake?

Colorado Rapids won 1-0 on May 18, 2025.

Goalscorers

  • 70′D. MihailovićColorado Rapids

Official lineup for Colorado Rapids vs Real Salt Lake

The starting elevens fielded at kick-off.

Colorado Rapids

4-4-2
  1. 10D. Mihailović
  2. 77D. Yapi
  1. 23C. Bassett
  2. 12J. Atencio
  3. 8O. Larraz
  4. 91K. Cabral
  1. 99J. Travis
  2. 6C. Awaziem
  3. 5A. Maxsø
  4. 4R. Cannon
  1. 41N. Defreitas

Real Salt Lake

4-2-3-1
  1. 9W. Agada
  1. 16T. Wolff
  2. 8D. Luna
  3. 72Z. Gozo
  1. 7P. Ruiz
  2. 6B. Ojeda
  1. 19B. Hidalgo
  2. 29S. Junqua
  3. 15J. Glad
  4. 92N. Caliskan
  1. 1Rafael Cabral
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What is the recent form of both teams?

Over their last 15 matches in all competitions, Colorado Rapids have 5 wins, 4 draws and 6 defeats; Real Salt Lake have 4, 3 and 8.

The competition is shown for every match: in pre-season, several of these games are friendlies.

Colorado Rapids
DateOpponentScoreCompetition
May 15, 2025San Diego(away)0-2Major League Soccer
May 11, 2025San Jose Earthquakes(home)0-2Major League Soccer
May 3, 2025DC United(away)1-2Major League Soccer
Apr 27, 2025Seattle Sounders(home)1-1Major League Soccer
Apr 20, 2025Houston Dynamo(away)2-2Major League Soccer
Real Salt Lake
DateOpponentScoreCompetition
May 15, 2025Portland Timbers(home)0-0Major League Soccer
May 11, 2025FC Dallas(away)1-1Major League Soccer
May 4, 2025Vancouver Whitecaps(away)1-2Major League Soccer
Apr 26, 2025San Diego(away)3-1Major League Soccer
Apr 20, 2025Toronto FC(home)0-1Major League Soccer

What does the head-to-head say?

Across the last 6 meetings: 2 Colorado Rapids wins, 0 draws, 4 Real Salt Lake wins.

DateScoreCompetition
Jul 21, 2024Colorado Rapids 3-2 Real Salt LakeMajor League Soccer
May 19, 2024Real Salt Lake 5-3 Colorado RapidsMajor League Soccer
Mar 10, 2024Real Salt Lake 1-2 Colorado RapidsMajor League Soccer
Oct 22, 2023Colorado Rapids 0-1 Real Salt LakeMajor League Soccer
Sep 3, 2023Real Salt Lake 2-0 Colorado RapidsMajor League Soccer
May 25, 2023Colorado Rapids 0-1 Real Salt LakeUS Open Cup

Last archived meeting: Colorado Rapids vs Real Salt Lake on Jul 21, 2024

How many goals should we expect?

Colorado Rapids score 1.1 and concede 1.5 goals per match over their last 15; Real Salt Lake score 0.9 and concede 1.3.

ClubGoals scored / matchGoals conceded / matchClean sheetsBoth teams scoredOver 2.5 goals
Colorado Rapids1.11.537/157/15
Real Salt Lake0.91.347/157/15

Over the last 15 matches in all competitions.

Where do both teams sit in the table?

Colorado Rapids sit 12th in Major League Soccer (43 points from 34 matches) and Real Salt Lake sit 9th (45 points from 34 matches).

2026 standings
#ClubPWDLGFGAPts
9Real Salt Lake3413615535245
12Colorado Rapids3412715475043

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How does Footlab AI compute this prediction?

The model combines both teams' Elo ratings (anchored by competition pool), their recent form weighted by opponent strength, home advantage and a Poisson matrix for scorelines. When bookmakers publish odds for the match, their consensus is built into the calculation: that is what proved most accurate on past matches. Its accuracy is measured continuously on the predictions actually published. Methodology and measured accuracy

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