Sporting Kansas City takes road losing streak into matchup against Real Salt Lake

By Canadian Press on September 12, 2025.

Sporting Kansas City (7-16-6, 14th in the Western Conference) vs. Real Salt Lake (9-14-4, 12th in the Western Conference)

Sandy, Utah; Saturday, 9:30 p.m. EDT

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Real Salt Lake -162, Sporting Kansas City +361, Draw +325; over/under is 3.5 goals

BOTTOM LINE: Sporting Kansas City visits Real Salt Lake looking to end a three-game road slide.

RSL is 8-10-4 against Western Conference opponents. RSL has a 5-9 record in one-goal matches.

Sporting KC is 6-13-4 in Western Conference games. Dejan Joveljic leads the eighth-ranked scoring team in the Western Conference with 17 goals. Sporting KC has scored 44.

Saturday’s game is the second time these teams square off this season. The last meeting ended tied 1-1.

TOP PERFORMERS: Diego Luna has scored eight goals and added two assists for RSL. Alexandros Katranis has two assists over the last 10 games.

Joveljic has scored 17 goals with two assists for Sporting KC. Erik Thommy has two goals and one assist over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: RSL: 5-4-1, averaging 1.2 goals, 4.7 shots on goal and 4.3 corner kicks per game while allowing 1.1 goals per game.

Sporting KC: 2-6-2, averaging 1.4 goals, 4.8 shots on goal and 5.6 corner kicks per game while allowing 2.3 goals per game.

NOT EXPECTED TO PLAY: RSL: DeAndre Yedlin (injured).

Sporting KC: Ian James (injured), Zorhan Bassong (injured), Manu Garcia (injured).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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