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Real Salt Lake vs Sporting Kansas City: result 3-1 and analysis

Major League SoccerRegular Season - 6Kick-off on April 4, 2026 at 08:30 PM (UTC)America First Field, Sandy, Utah

Real Salt Lake
3-1
Sporting Kansas City

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What was the result of Real Salt Lake vs Sporting Kansas City?

Real Salt Lake won 3-1 on April 4, 2026.

Goalscorers

  • 4′D. LunaReal Salt Lake
  • 55′S. SolansReal Salt Lake
  • 59′D. JoveljićSporting Kansas City
  • 82′Z. GozoReal Salt Lake

Official lineup for Real Salt Lake vs Sporting Kansas City

The starting elevens fielded at kick-off.

Real Salt Lake

3-4-2-1
  1. 22S. Solans
  1. 9M. Guilavogui
  2. 10D. Luna
  1. 98A. Katránis
  2. 92N. Caliskan
  3. 6S. Spierings
  4. 72Z. Gozo
  1. 4L. Engel
  2. 15J. Glad
  3. 26P. Quinton
  1. 1Rafael Cabral

Sporting Kansas City

3-4-3
  1. 11C. Harris
  2. 9D. Joveljić
  3. 6Manu García
  1. 93M. Suleymanov
  2. 4L. Johnsen
  3. 8J. Davis
  4. 13J. Reynolds
  1. 23E. Bartlow
  2. 15Jansen Miller
  3. 2I. James
  1. 1J. Pulskamp
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What is the recent form of both teams?

Over their last 15 matches in all competitions, Real Salt Lake have 7 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats; Sporting Kansas City have 4, 2 and 9.

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

Real Salt Lake
DateOpponentScoreCompetition
Mar 22, 2026San Diego(away)2-2Major League Soccer
Mar 15, 2026Austin(home)2-1Major League Soccer
Mar 8, 2026Atlanta United FC(away)3-2Major League Soccer
Mar 1, 2026Seattle Sounders(home)2-1Major League Soccer
Feb 22, 2026Vancouver Whitecaps(away)0-1Major League Soccer
Sporting Kansas City
DateOpponentScoreCompetition
Mar 22, 2026Colorado Rapids(home)1-4Major League Soccer
Mar 15, 2026Los Angeles Galaxy(away)2-1Major League Soccer
Mar 8, 2026San Diego(home)0-1Major League Soccer
Mar 1, 2026Columbus Crew(home)2-2Major League Soccer
Feb 22, 2026San Jose Earthquakes(away)0-3Major League Soccer

What does the head-to-head say?

Across the last 6 meetings: 3 Real Salt Lake wins, 2 draws, 1 Sporting Kansas City win.

DateScoreCompetition
Sep 14, 2025Real Salt Lake 2-1 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer
Jun 29, 2025Sporting Kansas City 1-1 Real Salt LakeMajor League Soccer
Jun 20, 2024Sporting Kansas City 3-4 Real Salt LakeMajor League Soccer
May 5, 2024Real Salt Lake 1-0 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer
Oct 8, 2023Real Salt Lake 2-3 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer
Jul 13, 2023Sporting Kansas City 2-2 Real Salt LakeMajor League Soccer

Last archived meeting: Real Salt Lake vs Sporting Kansas City on Sep 14, 2025

How many goals should we expect?

Real Salt Lake score 1.6 and concede 1.5 goals per match over their last 15; Sporting Kansas City score 0.7 and concede 1.7.

ClubGoals scored / matchGoals conceded / matchClean sheetsBoth teams scoredOver 2.5 goals
Real Salt Lake1.61.5111/1510/15
Sporting Kansas City0.71.735/158/15

Over the last 15 matches in all competitions.

Where do both teams sit in the table?

Real Salt Lake sit 11th in Major League Soccer (32 points from 27 matches) and Sporting Kansas City sit 15th (21 points from 27 matches).

2026 standings
#ClubPWDLGFGAPts
11Real Salt Lake279513404432
15Sporting Kansas City276318326521

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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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