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Sporting KC v Real Salt Lake : Major League Soccer match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sun 18th Oct, 01:30 BST, Children's Mercy Park, Kansas City

the Children's Mercy Park masses welcome Real Salt Lake's travelling contingent on Sunday morning, as Raphaël Wicky's Sporting KC go head to head with Pablo Andrés Mastroeni's troops in the Major League Soccer. Below we've got predictions for all the biggest betting markets, supporting stats including head to heads (H2Hs), and odds from leading bookmakers. All is accessible via the tabs below.

Best Tip: Both teams to score

We have a pair of impressive, attacking groups going head-to-head and, as such, we are predicting both of them to score at least 1 goal during the 90 minutes. Can respective bosses Raphaël Wicky or Pablo Andrés Mastroeni find a tactical plan to top their opponent? Recent form statistics and historical head-to-heads, as well as the latest odds from the bookies, suggest that's unlikely.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Sporting KC 43%	2.80 4%	-
Draw 23%	3.80	-
Salt Lake 34%	2.20	-
Draw 1-1 10%	7.50 6%	-
Sporting KC 2-1 9%	11.00	-
Salt Lake 2-1 8%	9.50 5%	-
Sporting KC 1-0 7%	15.00 12%	-
Draw 2-2 7%	10.00 9%	-
Salt Lake 1-0 6%	13.00 13%	-
Sporting KC 2-0 6%	19.00	-
Sporting KC 3-1 5%	21.00 11%	-
Salt Lake 2-0 4%	15.00	-
Salt Lake 3-1 4%	15.00	-
Sporting KC 3-2 4%	21.00	-
Draw 0-0 4%	21.00	-
Sporting KC 3-0 3%	34.00 17%	-
Salt Lake 3-2 3%	19.00	-
Salt Lake 3-0 2%	23.00	-
Over 2.5 Goals 63%	1.48 3%	-
Under 2.5 Goals 37%	2.60 4%	-
Home 1st Goal 51%	2.00 3%	-
Away 1st Goal 48%	1.80	-
No 1st Goal 2%	21.00	-
BTTS - Yes 64%	1.40	-
BTTS - No 36%	2.75	-
BTTS - Home Win 25%	4.33 8%	-
BTTS - Draw 19%	4.00 8%	-
BTTS - Away Win 20%	3.50	-
Home/draw 66%	1.62	-
Away/draw 57%	1.40	-
Home/away 77%	1.25	-
Over 1.5 Goals 84%	1.13	-
Under 1.5 Goals 16%	6.00	-
Over 3.5 Goals 41%	2.10 5%	-
Under 3.5 Goals 59%	1.67 3%	-
Over 4.5 Goals 23%	3.50 3%	-
Under 4.5 Goals 77%	1.29 1%	-
Over 5.5 Goals 11%	6.50 8%	-
Under 5.5 Goals 89%	1.11 2%	-
Over 0.5 Goals 96%	1.02	-
Under 0.5 Goals 4%	21.00	-
Home DNB 59%	2.10 5%	-
Away DNB 50%	1.67 3%	-
Sporting KC win to nil 18%	7.00	-
Salt Lake win to nil 14%	5.50	-
Sporting KC / Sporting KC 19%	4.33	-
Sporting KC / Salt Lake 4%	21.00	-
Sporting KC / Draw 6%	13.00	-
Draw / Sporting KC 12%	7.00	-
Draw / Salt Lake 14%	6.00 8%	-
Draw / Draw 12%	7.00	-
Salt Lake / Sporting KC 4%	23.00 10%	-
Salt Lake / Salt Lake 24%	3.50 3%	-
Salt Lake / Draw 6%	13.00	-

Win / draw / win form

Salt Lake have lost 5 consecutive away league games

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

19 / 20

Clean sheets

1 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Sporting KC	3 - 3	Portland
Sporting KC	3 - 4	Philadelphia
Sporting KC	3 - 1	LAFC
Sporting KC	0 - 3	Vancouver
Sporting KC	1 - 1	Saint Louis City
Sporting KC	0 - 2	Houston
Sporting KC	2 - 1	Minnesota
Sporting KC	1 - 2	NY Red Bulls
Sporting KC	3 - 1	LA Galaxy
Sporting KC	1 - 1	Seattle
Sporting KC	1 - 3	San Jose
Sporting KC	1 - 4	Colorado
Sporting KC	0 - 1	San Diego
Sporting KC	2 - 2	Columbus
Sporting KC	0 - 0	Houston
Sporting KC	0 - 2	Vancouver
Sporting KC	1 - 2	Austin
Sporting KC	4 - 2	Colorado
Sporting KC	0 - 2	San Diego
Sporting KC	1 - 1	NY City

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

19 / 20

Clean sheets

1 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Sporting KC	3 - 3	Portland
A	Sporting KC	1 - 2	Seattle
A	Sporting KC	2 - 0	Houston
H	Sporting KC	3 - 4	Philadelphia
H	Sporting KC	3 - 1	LAFC
A	Sporting KC	3 - 4	Dallas
H	Sporting KC	0 - 3	Vancouver
A	Sporting KC	1 - 2	Atlanta
H	Sporting KC	1 - 1	Saint Louis City
A	Sporting KC	0 - 2	Colorado
H	Sporting KC	0 - 2	Houston
A	Sporting KC	0 - 4	LAFC
H	Sporting KC	2 - 1	Minnesota
A	Sporting KC	2 - 3	Saint Louis City
H	Sporting KC	1 - 2	NY Red Bulls
A	Sporting KC	2 - 1	Austin
H	Sporting KC	3 - 1	LA Galaxy
A	Sporting KC	0 - 6	Portland
H	Sporting KC	1 - 1	Seattle
A	Sporting KC	0 - 5	Chicago

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

20 / 20

Clean sheets

0 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Philadelphia	2 - 1	Salt Lake
Seattle	2 - 0	Salt Lake
Houston	2 - 1	Salt Lake
Colorado	1 - 0	Salt Lake
Orlando	2 - 1	Salt Lake
Saint Louis City	1 - 1	Salt Lake
Portland	2 - 1	Salt Lake
LAFC	3 - 1	Salt Lake
Minnesota	1 - 1	Salt Lake
Dallas	3 - 1	Salt Lake
LA Galaxy	2 - 1	Salt Lake
San Diego	2 - 2	Salt Lake
Atlanta	2 - 3	Salt Lake
Vancouver	1 - 0	Salt Lake
Portland	3 - 1	Salt Lake
Saint Louis City	2 - 2	Salt Lake
Seattle	1 - 0	Salt Lake
LAFC	4 - 1	Salt Lake
Charlotte	1 - 0	Salt Lake
NY Red Bulls	2 - 1	Salt Lake

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Salt Lake	1 - 2	Philadelphia
H	Salt Lake	3 - 0	New England
A	Salt Lake	0 - 2	Seattle
H	Salt Lake	0 - 3	Vancouver
H	Salt Lake	0 - 2	NY City
A	Salt Lake	1 - 2	Houston
H	Salt Lake	2 - 2	LAFC
A	Salt Lake	0 - 1	Colorado
A	Salt Lake	1 - 2	Orlando
H	Salt Lake	3 - 4	Dallas
H	Salt Lake	1 - 1	Minnesota
A	Salt Lake	1 - 1	Saint Louis City
A	Salt Lake	1 - 2	Portland
A	Salt Lake	1 - 3	LAFC
A	Salt Lake	1 - 1	Minnesota
H	Salt Lake	2 - 1	Colorado
H	Salt Lake	3 - 0	Houston
A	Salt Lake	1 - 3	Dallas
H	Salt Lake	2 - 0	Portland
A	Salt Lake	1 - 2	LA Galaxy

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Sporting KC

Salt Lake

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

8 / 9

Clean sheets

1 / 9

SKC

RSL

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Sporting KC
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
	3 - 4	Salt Lake
Draw	2 - 2	Draw
Sporting KC	1 - 0
	1 - 2	Salt Lake
	0 - 1	Salt Lake
	1 - 2	Salt Lake
Sporting KC	4 - 2
Draw	1 - 1	Draw

Salt Lake

Sporting KC

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

9 / 11

8 / 11

Clean sheets

3 / 11

2 / 11

SKC

RSL

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Salt Lake
Salt Lake	3 - 1
Salt Lake	2 - 1
Salt Lake	1 - 0
	2 - 3	Sporting KC
Salt Lake	3 - 0
Salt Lake	3 - 1
	0 - 2	Sporting KC
	0 - 2	Sporting KC
Salt Lake	2 - 0
Draw	1 - 1	Draw
Salt Lake	4 - 2

Goal Statistics

	Sporting KC 15th	Salt Lake 11th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.7 goals	1.5 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 18% 1 31% 2 27% 3 15% 4+ 10% There is a 82% probability that Sporting KC will score 1 or more goals	0 22% 1 33% 2 25% 3 13% 4+ There is a 78% probability that Salt Lake will score 1 or more goals

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-11 Sporting KC have scored 11% fewer goals at home than predicted	-25 Salt Lake have scored 25% fewer goals when away than predicted
	1.4 average goals scored	1.0 average goals scored
	1.9 conceded	2.0 conceded

Attack defence ratings past 20 games

SKC

RSL

12%

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Games scored	19		22
Failed to score	9		6
Scored first	9		13
Goals scored	35		41
Avg. goals scored	1.3		1.5
Avg. shots per game	8		10
Avg. shots per goal	6		7
Conversion rate for	16		14
Avg. XG for	1.2		1.4
KickOff rating		+12%

SKC

RSL

26%

better

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Games conceded	27		25
Clean sheets	1		3
Conceded first	19		15
Goals conceded	68		46
Avg. goals conceded	2.4		1.6
Avg. shots/game conceded	12		10
Avg. shots/goal conceded	5		6
Conversion rate against	21%		17%
Avg. XG against	2		1.5
KickOff rating		+26%

Sporting KC v Salt Lake Major League Soccer lLine ups will show here when available.

Sporting KC Major League Soccer squad statistics 2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
25	7	4	5
C Harris	A Luiz	C Harris	L Johnsen

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
C Harris FWD	27	4	4	4 -
S Afrifa FWD	24	3	3	2 -
L Johnsen MID	23	1	1	4 1
J. Bartlett MID	23	2		3 -
M Suleymanov FWD	23	1	1	3 -
W. Meyer DEF	22	1		1 -
J Davis DEF	20		2	3 -
T. Calheira FWD	20	3	2	2 -
S Cleveland GLK	19			-
K. Agyabeng MID	19			2 1
J Reid DEF	18		1	1 -
J Reynolds DEF	16	1	3	1 -
Z Bassong MID	16			5 -
Capita FWD	16	2	1	4 -
E Karic DEF	14		2	1 -
J. Miller DEF	14			3 -
I. James DEF	14			-
J Pulskamp GLK	9			1 -
M Mosquera DEF	8			3 1
O Blorian DEF	7			-
A Luiz FWD	7	7	1	1 -
S. Garfield-Reid FWD	6		1	-
D. Borges da Silva DEF	3			1 -
R. Ramos Jr. MID	3			-
O Wolff MID	2			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
7	21	4	5
A Luiz	C Harris	C Harris	C Harris

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
A Luiz FWD	7	14	1	1
C Harris FWD	4	21	4	5
S Afrifa FWD	3	10	3
T. Calheira FWD	3	13	2	3
J. Bartlett MID	2	3
Capita FWD	2	8	1	2
L Johnsen MID	1	4	1	5
M Suleymanov FWD	1	8	1	3
W. Meyer DEF	1	2
J Reynolds DEF	1	3	3
J Davis DEF		1	2	3
K. Agyabeng MID				1
J Reid DEF		4	1
Z Bassong MID		2
E Karic DEF			2	2
J. Miller DEF		2
I. James DEF		1
S. Garfield-Reid FWD			1	1
R. Ramos Jr. MID				1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1417	41	107
L Johnsen	J Davis	C Harris

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
L Johnsen MID	1417	34	59
W. Meyer DEF	982	29	73
J Davis DEF	766	41	70
E Karic DEF	717	31	49
S Cleveland GLK	524		3
J. Bartlett MID	495	16	42
Z Bassong MID	480	21	51
C Harris FWD	456	20	107
J Reynolds DEF	433	25	54
K. Agyabeng MID	432	25	59
J. Miller DEF	417	14	40
J Reid DEF	416	29	61
M Suleymanov FWD	402	11	50
I. James DEF	400	19	31
M Mosquera DEF	360	10	30
J Pulskamp GLK	277		4
O Blorian DEF	249	6	15
T. Calheira FWD	237	13	50
S Afrifa FWD	224	17	53
Capita FWD	214	25	78
A Luiz FWD	122	6	35
D. Borges da Silva DEF	105	2	6
O Wolff MID	42	1	3
S. Garfield-Reid FWD	23	1	3
R. Ramos Jr. MID	23	1	1

Salt Lake Major League Soccer squad statistics 2026

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
27	11	5	9
R Cabral	S. Solans Ormo	N Caliskan	D Yedlin

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
N Caliskan MID	28	1	5	5 -
R Cabral GLK	27			1 -
S. Solans Ormo FWD	26	11	3	1 -
J Sanabria DEF	23	1	4	2 -
P Quinton DEF	23		1	3 -
A. Hezarkhani FWD	23	3		2 -
M Guilavogui FWD	22	2	5	7 1
D Yedlin DEF	21		1	9 -
S Junqua DEF	20		1	2 -
S Spierings MID	19	1	1	2 -
D Luna MID	18	5	3	5 -
D Marczuk FWD	15	1		2 -
L Engel DEF	14	1		-
S Lobzhanidze FWD	13	3	3	-
A Katranis DEF	12			3 -
J Glad DEF	12		1	-
C. Booth FWD	12	1		2 -
G. Dillon MID	10			1 -
L. Rodrigues dos Santos FWD	9		1	3 -
K Henry DEF	8			2 -
J Arias DEF	8			3 -
C. Guske MID	7			3 -
L. Moisa MID	7			2 -
J. Shokalook FWD	4			-
T Booth FWD	3			-
A. Piol FWD	3	1		-
M Stajduhar GLK	1			-
L. De Fougerolles DEF	1		1	-
O. Anderson MID	1			-
E Eneli MID	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
11	26	5	10
S. Solans Ormo	S. Solans Ormo	N Caliskan	M Guilavogui

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
S. Solans Ormo FWD	11	26	3	6
D Luna MID	5	11	3	8
A. Hezarkhani FWD	3	9		1
S Lobzhanidze FWD	3	9	3	2
M Guilavogui FWD	2	19	5	10
N Caliskan MID	1	6	5	2
J Sanabria DEF	1	7	4	8
S Spierings MID	1	6	1	3
D Marczuk FWD	1	7
L Engel DEF	1	2		1
C. Booth FWD	1	1		1
A. Piol FWD	1	2
P Quinton DEF			1
D Yedlin DEF			1	3
S Junqua DEF		2	1	2
A Katranis DEF		2		1
J Glad DEF		1	1
G. Dillon MID		2		1
L. Rodrigues dos Santos FWD		2	1	1
L. Moisa MID		2		2
L. De Fougerolles DEF			1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
1526	39	122
N Caliskan	J Sanabria	M Guilavogui

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
N Caliskan MID	1526	37	100
P Quinton DEF	1106	28	64
R Cabral GLK	988	3	4
S Spierings MID	874	33	75
L Engel DEF	850	9	30
J Sanabria DEF	837	39	78
M Guilavogui FWD	746	31	122
D Yedlin DEF	746	37	60
D Luna MID	732	9	39
S Junqua DEF	699	22	53
J Glad DEF	677	13	34
J Arias DEF	353	6	15
K Henry DEF	346	19	27
S. Solans Ormo FWD	317	18	81
A. Hezarkhani FWD	266	13	62
A Katranis DEF	247	10	21
D Marczuk FWD	200	14	38
L. Moisa MID	174	15	19
G. Dillon MID	161	5	16
C. Guske MID	144	7	17
S Lobzhanidze FWD	124		6
C. Booth FWD	102	13	29
L. Rodrigues dos Santos FWD	72	3	13
A. Piol FWD	28	1	8
L. De Fougerolles DEF	28	2	10
M Stajduhar GLK	27		1
T Booth FWD	21	2	5
J. Shokalook FWD	12
E Eneli MID	12		1
O. Anderson MID	1	1	1