Real Salt Lake tries to end road losing streak against Sporting Kansas City
Real Salt Lake (9-14-6, 11th in the Western Conference) vs. Sporting Kansas City (6-19-4, 16th in the Western Conference)
Kansas City, Missouri; Saturday, 8:30 p.m. EDT
LINE: Real Salt Lake +120, Sporting Kansas City +181, Draw +281; over/under is 3.5 goals
BOTTOM LINE: Real Salt Lake visits Sporting Kansas City looking to stop a five-game road slide.
Sporting KC is 6-15-3 against Western Conference opponents. Sporting KC is 11-5-2 when it scores three or more goals.
RSL is 7-10-6 against Western Conference opponents. RSL has a 39-67 record in one-goal matches.
The teams play Saturday for the second time this season. RSL won the last meeting 3-1.
TOP PERFORMERS: Dejan Joveljic has eight goals and one assist for Sporting KC. Andre Luiz has scored seven goals over the last 10 games.
Sergi Solans has scored 11 goals and added three assists for RSL. Juan Sanabria has one assist over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Sporting KC: 13-13-4, averaging 5.1 goals, 15.3 shots on goal and 15.0 corner kicks per game while allowing 7.2 goals per game.
RSL: 7-15-8, averaging 2.7 goals, 12.6 shots on goal and 13.2 corner kicks per game while allowing 5.1 goals per game.
NOT EXPECTED TO PLAY: Sporting KC: Diego Henrique Borges da Silva (injured), Owen Wolff (injured), Moises Mosquera (injured), Lasse Berg Johnsen (injured), Or Blorian (injured), Justin Reynolds (injured).
RSL: Emeka Eneli (injured), Diego Luna (injured), Juan Arias (injured), Lukas Engel (injured), Justen Glad (injured), Griffin Dillon (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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