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Real Salt Lake vs Colorado Rapids: result 4-1 and analysis

Major League SoccerRegular Season - 29Kick-off on August 27, 2017 at 02:00 AM (UTC)America First Field, Sandy, Utah

Real Salt Lake
4-1
Colorado Rapids

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

Real Salt Lake won 4-1 on August 27, 2017.

Goalscorers

  • 41′J. PlataReal Salt Lake
  • 50′L. SilvaReal Salt Lake (pen.)
  • 82′J. GattColorado Rapids
  • 90′L. SilvaReal Salt Lake
  • 90′B. LennonReal Salt Lake

Official lineup for Real Salt Lake vs Colorado Rapids

The starting elevens fielded at kick-off.

Real Salt Lake

4-2-3-1
  1. 10J. Plata
  1. 25Danilo Israel Acosta Martínez
  2. 7J. Savarino
  3. 20L. Silva
  1. 11A. Rusnák
  2. 19L. Mulholland
  1. 8S. Sunday
  2. 15J. Glad
  3. 2A. Beltran
  4. 4D. Horst
  1. 18N. Rimando

Colorado Rapids

4-3-3
  1. 14D. Badji
  2. 11S. Gashi
  3. 9K. Doyle
  1. 21N. Boateng
  2. 90M. Saeid
  3. 27L. Gil
  1. 44Axel Sjöberg
  2. 94M. Hairston
  3. 3E. Miller
  4. 5M. Williams
  1. 1Timothy Matthew Howard
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What is the recent form of both teams?

Over their last 15 matches in all competitions, Real Salt Lake have 6 wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats; Colorado Rapids have 5, 3 and 7.

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

Real Salt Lake
DateOpponentScoreCompetition
Aug 24, 2017San Jose Earthquakes(home)4-0Major League Soccer
Aug 19, 2017CF Montreal(away)1-3Major League Soccer
Aug 13, 2017DC United(away)1-0Major League Soccer
Aug 6, 2017Houston Dynamo(home)0-0Major League Soccer
Jul 30, 2017Columbus Crew(home)2-2Major League Soccer
Colorado Rapids
DateOpponentScoreCompetition
Aug 24, 2017Portland Timbers(away)1-2Major League Soccer
Aug 20, 2017DC United(home)0-1Major League Soccer
Aug 13, 2017FC Dallas(away)0-0Major League Soccer
Aug 6, 2017Vancouver Whitecaps(home)2-2Major League Soccer
Jul 30, 2017San Jose Earthquakes(away)0-1Major League Soccer

What does the head-to-head say?

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

DateScoreCompetition
Apr 16, 2017Colorado Rapids 1-2 Real Salt LakeMajor League Soccer
Aug 27, 2016Real Salt Lake 2-1 Colorado RapidsMajor League Soccer
May 8, 2016Colorado Rapids 1-0 Real Salt LakeMajor League Soccer
Apr 10, 2016Real Salt Lake 1-0 Colorado RapidsMajor League Soccer
Oct 4, 2015Colorado Rapids 1-2 Real Salt LakeMajor League Soccer
Jul 12, 2015Colorado Rapids 3-1 Real Salt LakeMajor League Soccer

Last archived meeting: Colorado Rapids vs Real Salt Lake on Apr 16, 2017

How many goals should we expect?

Real Salt Lake score 1.7 and concede 1.8 goals per match over their last 15; Colorado Rapids score 1.2 and concede 1.5.

ClubGoals scored / matchGoals conceded / matchClean sheetsBoth teams scoredOver 2.5 goals
Real Salt Lake1.71.859/159/15
Colorado Rapids1.21.5210/159/15

Over the last 15 matches in all competitions.

Where do both teams sit in the table?

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