📊 Form Guide

Colorado Rapids

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Colorado Rapids will be looking to improve on their last outing here after the 2-0 MLS loss in their previous game against San Diego FC.

In that game, Colorado Rapids managed 38% possession and 8 attempts on goal with 5 on target. San Diego FC got 28 shots at goal with 9 of them on target. Christopher McVey (33') and Anders Dreyer (58') scored for San Diego FC.

It has been a rare occasion in recent games that Colorado Rapids haven’t conceded. In fact, Colorado Rapids have seen their defence breached in 6 of their previous 6 clashes, leaking 11 goals along the way.

Real Salt Lake

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In their last fixture, Real Salt Lake drew 0-0 in the MLS match with Portland Timbers.

In that game, Real Salt Lake managed 50% possession and 8 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. On the other side, Portland Timbers had 12 attempts at goal with 4 on target.

The numbers tell their own story, and Real Salt Lake have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, letting opponents get 7 goals in total. Defensively, Real Salt Lake have some weaknesses to address. That sort of pattern isn’t assured to be sustained here, though.

👥 Head to head

A look at their prior head to head clashes going back to 25/05/2023 shows that Colorado Rapids have won 2 of these & Real Salt Lake 4, with the number of drawn matches standing at 0.

A total of 20 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 8 from Rapids and 12 created by Claret and Cobalt. That’s an average goals per game of 3.33.

The previous league clash featuring these clubs was MLS match day 37 on 21/07/2024 when the final score was Colorado Rapids 3-2 Real Salt Lake.

In that match, Colorado Rapids managed 36% possession and 10 shots on goal with 4 on target. Goals were scored by Jonathan Lewis (35'), Sam Vines (39') and Cole Bassett (88').

For their opponents, Real Salt Lake got 12 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. Andrés Gómez (9', 49') scored.

The match was refereed by Ramy Touchan.

🗞️ Team News: Colorado Rapids

Rafael Navarro (Ankle injury), Ali Fadal (Knee injury) and Adam Beaudry (Ankle injury) will not be able to play for Colorado Rapids boss Chris Armas.

In all likelihood, Colorado Rapids should make use of the 4-2-3-1 formation for the game with Nicholas Defreitas, Reggie Cannon, Andreas Maxsoe, Chidozie Awaziem, Jackson Travis, Oliver Larraz, Joshua Atencio, Kevin Cabral, Djordje Mihailovic, Cole Bassett and Darren Yapi.

📋 Team News: Real Salt Lake

Real Salt Lake boss Pablo Mastroeni has a number of players out of action. Zac MacMath (Back problems), Javain Brown (unknown injury), Philip Quinton (Muscle injury), Brayan Vera (Head injury), Kobi Henry (Muscle injury), Nelson Palacio (Leg injury) and Matthew Bell (Muscle injury) miss out here.

We are inclined to think that Claret and Cobalt could decide to make use of a 4-2-3-1 formation, going with Rafael Cabral, Noel Caliskan, Sam Junqua, Justen Glad, Bode Hidalgo, Pablo Ruiz, Braian Ojeda, Zavier Gozo, Diego Luna, Tyler Wolff and William Agada.

✨ Prediction

We’re inclined to think that Real Salt Lake would be disappointed if they were not to find the back of the net against this Colorado Rapids lineup, however it might not quite be enough to avoid a loss.

We’re tipping a 2-1 victory for Colorado Rapids after 90 minutes. Definitely a tough call.

Andre Moura, 01:02 18/05/2025