Our football match prediction:
Sporting Kansas City
Match Time & Date:
30/09/2018
22:00 GMT
Prediction: 1-1
Real Salt Lake
Sunday’s football match Children’s Mercy Park pits together Sporting Kansas City and Real Salt Lake, the two teams who are eyeing a place in the MLS play-offs. Sporting Kansas City aim to secure a top-two finish as possible, but they will be happy with the participation in the play-offs as well. The Wizards did well to beat San Jose Earthquakes 5-1 on the road in their penultimate away game in the Major League Soccer, but they were beaten by Philadelphia Union at the weekend. Sporting KC aim to get back on course and they are definitely capable of grabbing something from Sunday’s football match. Real Salt Lake aim to make amends for a 2-0 loss to Atlanta United and seeing that the two teams seem to be evenly matched at the moment, share of spoils is on the cards in this one.
Highlighted Player (Felipe Gutierrez):
Felipe Gutierrez is a Spanish footballer who plays as a central midfielder for La Liga side Real Betis. The Chilean international is capable of playing as both attacking and left midfielder as well and he started his senior career at Universidad Catolica. He scored 19 goals in 65 appearances for los Cruzados, but in 2012 he decided to move to Europe. Gutierrez signed a deal with Eredivisie side Twente in June 2012 for a fee of $4 million. After making 94 league appearances for Twente he joined La Liga team Real Betis on 6 July, 2016. Felipe Gutierrez won Copa America with Chile in 2015 as La Roja defeated star-studded Argentina in the title game. Speaking of his club honours, Gutierrez won the 2010 Primera Division de Chile trophy with Universidad Catolica. It has to be noted that he was named Most Valuable Player of the Eredivisie for the 2013/2014 campaign. Felipe Gutierrez earned his 27th cap for Chile in a 4-1 win over Venezuela in the World Cup qualifiers in March 2016.
Highlighted Team (Real Salt Lake):
Real Salt Lake joined Major League Soccer in 2005 as an expansion team of the league and four years later they won their first MLS Cup. The Royals faced star-studded Los Angeles Galaxy in the title game at Qwest Field in Seattle and Jason Kreis’ troops defeated David Beckham and Co. on penalties. In 2013 Real Salt Lake made it to the MLS Cup final for the second time in the club’s history, but they were beaten by Sporting Kansas City on penalties this time out. The Royals participated in the CONCACAF Champions League final in 2011 as well, but Monterrey of Mexico eventually won the title. Real Salt Lake footballers wear red shirts and blue shorts when playing at home, while the colour of their away kit is white. The likes of Clint Mathis, Jeff Cunningham and Eddie Pope are some of the notable footballers who played for the club in the past. Jeff Cunningham scored 19 goals in 32 appearances in the league for the Royals.
