1–3
Full TimeSun, 18th Oct 261:30am BST · Sat 8:30pm ETGW30MLSChildren's Mercy ParkReferee: Alexis Da Silva
FULL SQUADS AND PREDICTED XIS
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Sporting Kansas City 1–3 Real Salt Lake match report
Sporting Kansas City
1–3
Real Salt Lake
Official Lineup
Team news
Sporting Kansas City
Changes vs last MLS lineup vs Nashville SC 15 Oct 2026
- 4-4-2 formation used for the 12th MLS game in a row.
- Unchanged goalkeeper line for the 21th MLS game in a row.
- Cleveland started their 21th consecutive MLS match.
- Luiz started their 8th consecutive MLS match.
- Agyabeng started their 8th consecutive MLS match.
- Meyer started their 7th consecutive MLS match.
Real Salt Lake
- Same starting XI as the last MLS match.
- Unchanged goalkeeper line for the 10th MLS game in a row.
- Cabral started their 10th consecutive MLS match.
- Caliskan started their 10th consecutive MLS match.
- Quinton started their 7th consecutive MLS match.
- Guilavogui started their 7th consecutive MLS match.
HEAD TO HEAD · ALL COMPETITIONS
Sporting Kansas City vs Real Salt Lake record
11
Sporting Kansas City wins
9
Draws
17
Real Salt Lake wins
37 meetings on record
Sporting Kansas City
- Jansen Miller started all 4 of our recorded meetings vs Real Salt Lake
Real Salt Lake
- Rafael Cabral started all 4 of our recorded meetings vs Sporting Kansas City
- N. Caliskan started all 4 of our recorded meetings vs Sporting Kansas City
LAST MEETINGS
- 18 Oct 2026Sporting Kansas City 1–3 Real Salt LakeMajor League Soccer
- 4 Apr 2026Real Salt Lake 3–1 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer
- 14 Sept 2025Real Salt Lake 2–1 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer
- 29 Jun 2025Sporting Kansas City 1–1 Real Salt LakeMajor League Soccer
- 20 Jun 2024Sporting Kansas City 3–4 Real Salt LakeMajor League Soccer
- 5 May 2024Real Salt Lake 1–0 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer
- 8 Oct 2023Real Salt Lake 2–3 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer
- 13 Jul 2023Sporting Kansas City 2–2 Real Salt LakeMajor League Soccer
- 8 Feb 2023Sporting Kansas City 2–2 Real Salt LakeFriendlies Clubs
- 18 Jul 2022Real Salt Lake 3–0 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer
About this match
Sporting Kansas City vs Real Salt Lake lineups
Updated
Confirmed lineups for Sporting Kansas City vs Real Salt Lake in the MLS on 18 Oct 2026. See both teams' starting XIs, formations, who came off the bench and how the crowd predicted it.
Sporting Kansas City confirmed lineup (4-4-2): Cleveland; Bartlett, Miller, Meyer, Karić; Luiz, Agyabeng, Bassong, Harris; Calheira, Afrifa.
Real Salt Lake confirmed lineup (5-4-1): Cabral; Marczuk, Henry, De Fougerolles, Quinton, Sanabria; Guilavogui, Spierings, Caliskan, Lobzhanidze; Solans.
- How did Sporting Kansas City and Real Salt Lake line up?
- Sporting Kansas City confirmed lineup (4-4-2): Cleveland; Bartlett, Miller, Meyer, Karić; Luiz, Agyabeng, Bassong, Harris; Calheira, Afrifa. Real Salt Lake confirmed lineup (5-4-1): Cabral; Marczuk, Henry, De Fougerolles, Quinton, Sanabria; Guilavogui, Spierings, Caliskan, Lobzhanidze; Solans. Both confirmed starting XIs, formations and substitutes for Sporting Kansas City vs Real Salt Lake are shown above.
- What was the score in Sporting Kansas City vs Real Salt Lake?
- Sporting Kansas City vs Real Salt Lake finished 1–3 on 18 Oct 2026.