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MLS · Round of 32

Seattle Sounders FC vs Real Salt Lake: Match Preview & Stats

Seattle Sounders FC crest Seattle Sounders FC
vs
Real Salt Lake crest Real Salt Lake
Lumen Field, Seattle, Washington

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Model predictions are published 48 hours before kick-off

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Our record

  • Seattle Sounders FC: 2 of 4 right
  • Real Salt Lake: 3 of 4 right

Our result picks in each club's earlier matches on this site.

Match facts

Competition
MLS, Round of 32
Kick-off
Local time
22:00 (US Eastern time)
Venue
Lumen Field, Seattle, Washington
Since last match
Seattle Sounders FC: 12 days (MLS) · Los Angeles FC (2‑1) Real Salt Lake: 12 days (MLS) · LA Galaxy (2‑1)
Next match
Seattle Sounders FC: not scheduled yet Real Salt Lake: not scheduled yet

Last starting XI

Seattle Sounders FC 4-2-3-1

  1. 26 Thomas
  2. 85 Rienzi
  3. 20 Kim
  4. 25 Ragen
  5. 5 Tolo
  6. 31 Dotson
  7. 7 Roldan
  8. 13 Morris
  9. 11 Rusnák
  10. 90 Gomez
  11. 9 Joveljić

Coach: Brian Schmetzer vs Los Angeles FC, 2-1 · MLS · 8 Nov

Real Salt Lake 5-4-1

  1. 1 Cabral
  2. 26 Quinton
  3. 44 De Fougerolles
  4. 3 Henry
  5. 23 Booth
  6. 8 Sanabria
  7. 12 Lobjanidze
  8. 6 Spierings
  9. 92 Çalişkan
  10. 9 Guilavogui
  11. 22 Solans

Coach: Pablo Mastroeni vs LA Galaxy, 2-1 · MLS · 8 Nov

Our predicted line-ups come with our picks, 48 hours before kick-off. Until then: each club's last starting XI.

Injuries and suspensions

Seattle Sounders FC

  • DF Yeimar GómezInjured · Late November 2026
  • MF Nikola PetkovicInjured · Return unknown
  • FW Danny MusovskiInjured · Doubtful
  • FW Pedro De la VegaInjured · Out for the season

Real Salt Lake

  • MF Diego LunaInjured · Mid November 2026
  • MF Emeka EneliInjured · Mid November 2026

Players listed as injured, suspended or away with their national team, with their expected return.

Missing Players Impact

Seattle Sounders FC

Low impact
Missing attack share 3.0%
Missing minutes share 4.0%
4 players out
Key absences:
  • FW Danny Musovski 3% attack · 2% mins

Real Salt Lake

Low impact
Missing attack share 0.0%
Missing minutes share 0.0%
2 players out

Share of team playing time and attacking output over the last 10 matches accounted for by unavailable players.

Tactical Profile & Play Quality (0–100)

Seattle Sounders FC Real Salt Lake
Box & Territory Pressure 58 61
Set-Piece & Corner Threat 56 34
Finishing Efficiency 79 37
Defensive & Goalkeeper Wall 71 29
Underlying Play Power 53 68
Seattle Sounders FC Balanced (results match underlying play)
Real Salt Lake Playing above results (positive regression candidate)

OptimaGoal 0–100 performance indices built from the last 10 matches before kick-off.

Game-State Scenarios & Goal Timing

Seattle Sounders FC

When scoring first 67% won · 100% unbeaten (6 matches)
When conceding first 62% points rescued · 12% won (8 matches)
1st Half: 26% 2nd Half: 74%
First 15': 13% Last 15' (76-90'): 30%

Real Salt Lake

When scoring first 67% won · 83% unbeaten (6 matches)
When conceding first 22% points rescued · 11% won (9 matches)
1st Half: 45% 2nd Half: 55%
First 15': 25% Last 15' (76-90'): 20%

Reaction to scoring or conceding first and goal distribution across the last 15 matches.

Key Attacking Threats

Seattle Sounders FC

  1. 1. MF Albert Rusnák 2G · 4A
    Team attack 19.0% Team shots 13.0%
  2. 2. FW Jordan Morris 2G · 1A
    Team attack 12.0% Team shots 13.0%
  3. 3. FW Paul Arriola 2G · 3A
    Team attack 12.0% Team shots 10.0%

Real Salt Lake

  1. 1. FW Sergi Solans 6G · 1A
    Team attack 20.0% Team shots 19.0%
  2. 2. MF Morgan Guilavogui 3G · 2A
    Team attack 16.0% Team shots 14.0%
  3. 3. FW Saba Lobjanidze 2G · 1A
    Team attack 12.0% Team shots 12.0%

Top available players by share of team attacking production and shot volume over the last 10 matches.

Seattle Sounders FC Real Salt Lake
Over 1.5 goals 8/10 10/10
Over 2.5 goals 6/10 8/10
Over 3.5 goals 3/10 1/10
Both teams scored 6/10 6/10
Clean sheet 2/10 2/10
Failed to score 2/10 2/10
Goals per match (scored / conceded) 1.6 / 1.3 1.6 / 1.3

Last 10 matches, all competitions, results after 90 minutes.

Form guide

Seattle Sounders FC

  • W 2-1 vs Los Angeles FC (H) MLS · 8 Nov
  • L 1-5 at Vancouver Whitecaps (A) MLS · 1 Nov
  • L 0-1 vs Houston Dynamo FC (H) MLS · 29 Oct
  • D 2-2 at San Diego FC (A) MLS · 25 Oct
  • D 1-1 vs CF Montréal (H) MLS · 18 Oct

Real Salt Lake

  • W 2-1 vs LA Galaxy (H) MLS · 8 Nov
  • L 1-2 at San Jose Earthquakes (A) MLS · 31 Oct
  • W 2-1 at Austin FC (A) MLS · 29 Oct
  • W 3-0 vs St. Louis City (H) MLS · 25 Oct
  • W 3-1 at Sporting Kansas City (A) MLS · 18 Oct

Last five competitive matches before kick-off, all competitions, results after 90 minutes.

When the goals come

ScoredConceded

Seattle Sounders FC

Real Salt Lake

Goals in each 15-minute period, MLS this season. Stoppage time counts with its half.

Top scorers

Seattle Sounders FC

Player G A
Albert Rusnák (2 pens) 5 13
Cristian Roldan 5 2
Paul Rothrock 5 1
Dejan Joveljić 5 0
Sebastian Gomez 4 2

Real Salt Lake

Player G A
Sergi Solans 15 4
Zavier Gozo 6 4
Morgan Guilavogui 5 6
Diego Luna 5 3
Saba Lobjanidze 4 4

Goals and assists in the MLS this season.

Corners and yellow cards

Seattle Sounders FC Real Salt Lake
  • 5.4 Corners won 4.9
  • 6.0 Corners conceded 5.9
  • 1.6 Yellow cards 2.3
  • 1.4 Opponents' yellow cards 1.9

Per match in the MLS this season. Average per club and match: 5.0 corners, 1.9 yellow cards.

Attack and defence ratings

Seattle Sounders FCReal Salt Lake
Attack 41 38 1.3 goals per match this season1.6 goals per match this season
Defence 86 69 1.4 conceded per match this season1.5 conceded per match this season

0 to 100 against this season's MLS clubs (100 = best). The rating is our model's long-run strength before this match: it uses the last three years and counts recent matches most, so a few results do not move it at once. Under each rating: this season's actual goals per match.

1748Elo #172 Elo rating 1703Elo #235

Head-to-head

17Seattle Sounders FC wins
9draws
19Real Salt Lake wins

45 meetings since 2010, results after 90 minutes.

  • 24 Sep 2026 · MLS Seattle Sounders FC 2-0 Real Salt Lake
  • 1 Mar 2026 · MLS Real Salt Lake 2-1 Seattle Sounders FC
  • 12 Oct 2025 · MLS Seattle Sounders FC 1-0 Real Salt Lake
  • 1 Mar 2025 · MLS Real Salt Lake 2-0 Seattle Sounders FC
  • 30 May 2024 · MLS Seattle Sounders FC 1-1 Real Salt Lake

Table

Western

#Team PWDLGoalsGDPts
1 Vancouver Whitecaps 34 1978 74:34 +40 64
2 FC Dallas 34 16108 62:51 +11 58
3 St. Louis City 34 15910 59:48 +11 54
4 San Jose Earthquakes 34 141010 57:51 +6 52
5 Houston Dynamo FC 34 14911 43:43 0 51
6 Los Angeles FC 34 121111 52:40 +12 47
7 Portland Timbers 34 13714 62:61 +1 46
8 Seattle Sounders FC 34 121012 44:46 -2 46
9 Real Salt Lake 34 13615 53:52 +1 45
10 Minnesota United 34 111112 56:58 -2 44
11 LA Galaxy 34 111112 50:57 -7 44
12 Colorado Rapids 34 12715 47:50 -3 43
13 San Diego FC 34 91114 57:63 -6 38
14 Austin FC 34 81016 42:65 -23 34
15 Sporting Kansas City 34 7522 40:81 -41 26

Our table from the results; the two clubs of this match are highlighted. Full table

Season projection

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Where these two clubs are projected to finish in the MLS: average points, likely range and chances.

ClubPts Avg ptsLikely ShieldPlay-offs
Seattle Sounders FC 46
Real Salt Lake 45

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