30 August 2026, 01:30 UTC

Colorado Rapids vs Real Salt Lake Major League Soccer prediction & result

Dick's Sporting Goods Park, Trade City
Full time1 – 0

Final score: Colorado Rapids 1-0 Real Salt Lake.

Before kick-off the model made it 52% Colorado Rapids, 25% draw, 23% Real Salt Lake — fair odds of 1.92, 4.00 and 4.35.

Most likely scoreline: 2-1.

The model called the result correctly.

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Has the model earned this number?

Colorado Rapids at 52%: of 1,648 settled 50–65% forecasts, 58.6% came in (average 55.4%). It can be read literally. The full record.

How the model saw it, minute by minute

Colorado Rapids97%Draw3%Real Salt Lake0%

Rebuilt after the match from the model's pre-match expected goals, frozen in the log before kick-off, plus the score and cards as they stood at each minute — never anything later. A ball marks each of the 1 goal. The same replay scores the in-play model on the track record.

Match analysis

Match timeline

Hamzat Ojediran
14'
Rob Holding
49'
53'
Aiden Hezarkhani
⚽R. Cannonassist: Y. Maziz
58'
61'
Morgan Guilavogui
63'
🔁A. Hezarkhaniout: D. Luna
63'
🔁D. Yedlinout: J. Sanabria
67'
Noel Caliskan
🔁Y. Mazizout: D. Phillip
71'
72'
🔁P. Ruizout: C. Guske
🔁W. Frederickout: J. Atencio
78'
79'
Colin Guske
81'
🔁A. Katranisout: S. Lobjanidze
89'
Juan Jose Arias
Miguel Navarro
90+2'
🔁Rafael Navarroout: D. Yapi
90+1'

Match stats — Colorado Rapids vs Real Salt Lake

64%Possession36%
14Shots4
4On target0
7Corners1
1.59xG0.14

Goals against chances

Colorado Rapids1 from 1.59 xGless than the chances were worth
Real Salt Lake0 from 0.14 xGabout what the chances were worth

Expected goals totals what the openings were worth, so the gap between it and the score is the finishing — and the luck. Under half a goal either way is called level: xG is an estimate and a smaller gap than that is inside its own error.

Line-ups

Colorado Rapids 4-2-3-1
  • 31A. BeaudryG
  • 4R. CannonD
  • 6R. HoldingD
  • 5L. WilliamsD
  • 29M. NavarroD
  • 8H. OjediranM
  • 13W. FrederickM
  • 10P. AaronsonM
  • 88Y. MazizM
  • 93G. MinoungouM
  • 9Rafael NavarroF
Substitutes
  • 61B. DowdG
  • 33K. ThompsonD
  • 2K. RosenberryD
  • 24N. CobbD
  • 12J. AtencioM
  • 49N. TchoumbaM
  • 77D. YapiF
  • 16A. HarrisF
  • 32D. PhillipF
Coach: Matt Wells
Real Salt Lake 3-4-3
  • 1Rafael CabralG
  • 3K. HenryD
  • 21J. J. AriasD
  • 29S. JunquaD
  • 2D. YedlinM
  • 7P. RuizM
  • 92N. CaliskanM
  • 98A. KatranisM
  • 39A. HezarkhaniF
  • 22S. SolansF
  • 9M. GuilavoguiF
Substitutes
  • 31M. StajduharG
  • 4L. EngelD
  • 10D. LunaM
  • 25C. GuskeM
  • 8J. SanabriaM
  • 34L. MoisaM
  • 12S. LobjanidzeM
  • 11D. MarczukF
  • 70Lineker RodriguesF
Coach: Pablo Mastroeni

Form going into Colorado Rapids vs Real Salt Lake

Colorado Rapids

All competitions we cover

  • L0-3away to San Diego23 August 2026
  • W1-0Los Angeles FC20 August 2026
  • W2-0Sporting Kansas City16 August 2026
  • W1-0Austin2 August 2026
  • L0-1away to St. Louis City26 July 2026

Real Salt Lake

All competitions we cover

  • L1-2away to Orlando City SC22 August 2026
  • L3-4FC Dallas20 August 2026
  • D1-1Minnesota United FC16 August 2026
  • D1-1away to St. Louis City2 August 2026
  • L1-2away to Portland Timbers26 July 2026

What these results say

  • 4 of these 5 matches for Colorado Rapids had two goals or fewer.
  • Real Salt Lake did not win any of these 5 matches.
  • Real Salt Lake scored in every one of these 5 matches.
  • Real Salt Lake conceded in every one of these 5 matches.

Up to 5 matches before kick-off, most recent first; context, not the model's input. How to read this.

Major League Soccer table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPts
12Colorado Rapids34127154750-343
9Real Salt Lake34136155352+145

Where the two sides stand today, not on the day of this match. Full table

Head-to-head: Colorado Rapids vs Real Salt Lake

  • 17 May 2026Real Salt Lake 2–1 Colorado RapidsMajor League Soccer
  • 5 October 2025Real Salt Lake 1–0 Colorado RapidsMajor League Soccer
  • 18 May 2025Colorado Rapids 1–0 Real Salt LakeMajor League Soccer
  • 21 July 2024Colorado Rapids 3–2 Real Salt LakeMajor League Soccer
  • 19 May 2024Real Salt Lake 5–3 Colorado RapidsMajor League Soccer
  • 10 March 2024Real Salt Lake 1–2 Colorado RapidsMajor League Soccer

Leading scorers: Colorado Rapids and Real Salt Lake

Colorado Rapids

No player in Major League Soccer's leading scorers — 47 league goals as a side.

Real Salt Lake

GoalsAssists

  • S. Solans154

Top 3 by league goals this season; player availability is not in the model. How to read this.

The result against the call

Colorado Rapids beat Real Salt Lake 1–0. The model had made a win for Colorado Rapids its most likely outcome, at 52%, so the call held; the score it named was 2–1. The goal: R. Cannon 58' for Colorado Rapids. On expected goals it finished 1.59–0.14.

Statistical estimate, not betting advice This prediction is generated from a statistical model for entertainment and informational purposes only. It does not guarantee any outcome and should not be used as the basis for placing a bet.