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Real Salt Lake 2–1 Seattle Sounders FC · Major League Soccer

2–1Full-time analysis

This page describes the completed match context. The result is not presented as a prior forecast.

Match at a glance

Real Salt Lake won 2–1.

Shots
1614
Shots on target
57
Possession
39%61%

Full time

What the match recorded

Real Salt Lake beat Seattle Sounders 2–1. Recorded in this match (Real Salt Lake – Seattle Sounders): shots 16–14, shots on target 5–7, possession 39%–61%, corners 5–10. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

This match

Match statistics

  • Shots16 shots14 shotsReal Salt Lake 16 shots, Seattle Sounders FC 14 shots
  • Shots on target5 shots7 shotsReal Salt Lake 5 shots, Seattle Sounders FC 7 shots
  • Possession39%61%Real Salt Lake 39%, Seattle Sounders FC 61%
  • Corners5 corners10 cornersReal Salt Lake 5 corners, Seattle Sounders FC 10 corners
  • Fouls9 fouls7 foulsReal Salt Lake 9 fouls, Seattle Sounders FC 7 fouls
  • Yellow cards3 cards1 cardReal Salt Lake 3 cards, Seattle Sounders FC 1 card

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

2Real Salt Lake
2Draws
1Seattle Sounders FC
Seattle Sounders FC — Real Salt Lake · Major League Soccer1–0
Real Salt Lake — Seattle Sounders FC · Major League Soccer2–0
Seattle Sounders FC — Real Salt Lake · Major League Soccer1–1
Real Salt Lake — Seattle Sounders FC · Major League Soccer2–0
Real Salt Lake — Seattle Sounders FC · Major League Soccer0–0

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

  • Matches in previous 14 days · Both teams: 1 match
7 daysRest before fixtureprevious completed fixtures · 1/15.93 days

Real Salt Lake / Seattle Sounders FC

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade C · Limited evidenceLimited evidence — limited
Season samples2 / 2home / away teams
Recent samples2 / 2last-five windows
FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match
  • At least one team has fewer than the configured season sample.
  • At least one team has an incomplete last-five window.
  • Recorded xG is incomplete, so xG context is omitted where unavailable.

Known unknowns

  • Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
  • Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: goals_for, goals_against, xg_for, xg_against, shots, shots_on_target, possession, corners, cards, fouls.
  • The completed-match sample is too small for broad style conclusions.
Analysis cutoff: Sun, 1 Mar 2026, 04:30 UTC · analysis-v4
TeamsReal Salt LakeSeattle Sounders FC
CompetitionMajor League Soccer
Head-to-headReal Salt Lake — Seattle Sounders FC
MethodHow PitchMath calculates this

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