Real Salt Lake vs DC United — Major League Soccer 2026
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on xG from last 31+ matches
Real Salt Lake46%
DC United29%✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side
The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 50.2% correct across 585,598 matches, vs 44.5% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50.5% correct · Away picks 49.3% correct
Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
Expected goals in this match
What is xG?
Every shot is scored 0–1 by how likely it is to be a goal from that spot — a chance in the middle of the box ≈ 0.4, a long shot from a tight angle ≈ 0.03, a penalty ≈ 0.76. Add them up over a match and that is the xG.
The scoreline can lie: you can win 1-0 on a fluke while creating half the chances. xG shows who was really closer to scoring — and over a season it predicts results better than goals alone.
Real Salt Lake creates 32% more chances
Season form · 33 home / 31 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Over51
- Under49
Close call
Both teams score
- Yes54
- No46
Both teams likely to score
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Real Salt Lake ↓
Most likely 1–1 (12%) · grid covers 97% of scorelines
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Combos
Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.
How is this calculated?
Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.
Recent form of each side
Real Salt Lake at home — creates 1.71, concedes 1.13 · 33 matches
DC United away — creates 1.21, concedes 1.36 · 31 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Real Salt Lake attack 1.71 + DC United defence 1.36 → ÷2 → 1.54
DC United attack 1.21 + Real Salt Lake defence 1.13 → ÷2 → 1.17
Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.
Chance of every scoreline
From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.
The answer to "why 46%?"
Real Salt Lake at 46% is simply the biggest of the three — that is the pick.
What the model can't see
It reads only the stats of recent matches. It knows nothing about:
- injuries & suspensions
- the matchday lineup
- motivation — cup, relegation, a title race
- weather & pitch condition
- in-game coaching decisions
So 46% does not mean "Real Salt Lake will win" — it means "on the available stats, this is the most likely result."
Statistical model based on expected goals (xG). For informational purposes only.
Player of the match
Match Events
Head to Head
5 previous meetings
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Philadelphia UnionIf points are equal: 1. Goal difference 2. Goals scored 3. Head-to-head
P = Played · W = Won · D = Drawn · L = Lost · GF = Goals for · GA = Goals against · GD = Goal difference · Pts = Points
Possession
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Statistics
Real Salt Lake host DC United on Sunday, 13 May 2018 at 01:00. The match is part of the Major League Soccer 2026/2027 season.
Match Recap: Real Salt Lake vs DC United
Real Salt Lake beat DC United 3-2 in Major League Soccer on May 13, 2018.
Goals: P. Arriola (9'), C. Baird (21'), A. Rusnák (26'), J. Savarino (56'), S. Birnbaum (83').
Real Salt Lake controlled possession (58%) and registered 17 shots to 14.
The match was played at Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy.