Real Salt Lake vs. Sporting Kansas City 7/17/22 - Major League Soccer Picks & Predictions

Real Salt Lake hosts Sporting Kansas City on Sunday in a MLS Western Conference fixture. Real Salt Lake is fourth in the conference table at 8-6-6 on 30 points with a goal difference of -1. Real Salt Lake was defeated by Atlanta United 2-1 on the road Wednesday. Real Salt Lake fell behind 2-0 after 33 minutes. Johan Kappelhof scored in the 37th for RSL to narrow the deficit to one goal, but RSL would not score again.

Real Salt Lake is winless in each of its last four matches with two draws and two losses. Real Salt Lake is coming off a loss to Atlanta but has not lost consecutive matches in the MLS this season. Justin Meram, Sergio Cordova, Bobby Wood, Justen Glad and Jefferson Savarino each have three goals to lead Real Salt Lake. Maikel Chang, Pablo Ruiz and Meram are the leaders in assists with four each.

Sporting Kansas City is 14th or last in the conference table at 5-5-11 on 20 points with a goal difference of -16. Sporting Kansas City battled on the road to a 1-1 draw on Wednesday against Minnesota United. Sporting Kansas City fell behind in the 43rd minute on an own goal by John Pulskamp, but Johnny Russell scored an equalizer in the 63rd minute to share spoils.

Sporting Kansas City has not had an offsides call in any of the last three matches and on Wednesday against Minnesota drew United offside eight times. Johnny Russell is the leading goal scorer for Sporting Kansas City with six, while Daniel Salloi has scored four. Felipe Hernandez has the lead in assists with three and Cameron Duke is second with two.