Colorado Rapids and Real Salt Lake will face on Saturday the 2nd of April at 7:00 pm in the th week of the Major League Soccer. The match is going to be staged in Denver at the Dick’s Sporting Goods Park.

Colorado Rapids sits in the 6th position in the standings with 7 points. It comes from a 1-1 draw against Houston Dynamo in its last match in the Major League Soccer. Until now, it has won twice, drawn once, and lost once.​​

Real Salt Lake sits in the 2nd place in the standings with 10 points. It comes from a 1-0 loss against Sporting KC in its last match in the Major League Soccer. So far, it has won 3 times, drawn once, and lost once.​​

Line-ups predictions​

These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.​

Colorado Rapids​

Line - Ups​
5-3-2
09 Oct
Austin-Colorado Rapids
1-1
3-4-1-2
01 Oct
Colorado Rapids-Dallas
1-0
4-2-3-1
18 Sep
LA Galaxy-Colorado Rapids
4-1
4-2-3-1
15 Sep
Colorado Rapids-SJ Earthquakes
2-1
4-2-3-1
11 Sep
Colorado Rapids-Vancouver Whitecaps
3-1
4-2-3-1
04 Sep
DC United-Colorado Rapids
0-0
4-2-3-1
01 Sep
Nashville SC-Colorado Rapids
4-1
5-4-1
27 Aug
Philadelphia Union-Colorado Rapids
6-0
4-2-3-1
21 Aug
Colorado Rapids-Houston Dynamo
1-1
4-3-2-1
18 Aug
Vancouver Whitecaps-Colorado Rapids
2-1
4-1-4-1
14 Aug
Colorado Rapids-Columbus Crew
1-1
4-1-4-1
07 Aug
Colorado Rapids-Minnesota United
4-3
5-3-2
02 Aug
New York RB-Colorado Rapids
4-5
4-2-3-1
24 Jul
Seattle Sounders-Colorado Rapids
2-1
4-1-4-1
17 Jul
Colorado Rapids-LA Galaxy
2-0
4-1-4-1
14 Jul
Colorado Rapids-Orlando City
1-1
4-1-4-1
10 Jul
Real Salt Lake-Colorado Rapids
2-2
5-4-1
05 Jul
Colorado Rapids-Austin
2-3
4-2-3-1
26 Jun
Portland Timbers-Colorado Rapids
3-0
3-4-1-2
19 Jun
New York City-Colorado Rapids
1-1
3-4-1-2
29 May
Colorado Rapids-Nashville SC
1-3
3-4-2-1
23 May
Colorado Rapids-Seattle Sounders
1-0
3-4-1-2
19 May
Sporting KC-Colorado Rapids
2-1
3-4-1-2
14 May
Colorado Rapids-Los Angeles FC
2-0
4-2-3-1
08 May
SJ Earthquakes-Colorado Rapids
1-0
4-2-3-1
01 May
Colorado Rapids-Portland Timbers
2-0
3-4-3
24 Apr
Colorado Rapids-Charlotte
0-0
3-4-2-1
17 Apr
Minnesota United-Colorado Rapids
3-1
3-4-3
10 Apr
Dallas-Colorado Rapids
3-1
3-4-3
03 Apr
Colorado Rapids-Real Salt Lake
1-1
3-4-3
20 Mar
Houston Dynamo-Colorado Rapids
1-1
3-4-3
13 Mar
Colorado Rapids-Sporting KC
2-0
3-4-3
05 Mar
Colorado Rapids-Atlanta United
3-0
3-4-3
26 Feb
Los Angeles FC-Colorado Rapids
3-0

Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-3 (4 times).

Robin Fraser is expected to play against Real Salt Lake with the following players: W. Yarbrough Story, A. Trusty, L. Abubakar, D. Wilson, K. Rosenberry, S. Beitashour, J. Price, M. Kaye, M. Barrios Puerta, J. Lewis and D. Rubio Kostner.

Assuming that the line up is confirmed, the average age of Colorado Rapids would be 29.36.

Robin Fraser will probably not be able to employ L. Esteves Souza because of injury.

A. Keita, B. Galván and C. Warner will definitely miss the match.

Real Salt Lake​

Line - Ups​
4-4-2
09 Oct
Real Salt Lake-Portland Timbers
3-1
3-5-2
02 Oct
LA Galaxy-Real Salt Lake
1-1
4-4-2
18 Sep
Real Salt Lake-Cincinnati
1-2
3-5-2
15 Sep
Austin-Real Salt Lake
3-0
4-4-2
11 Sep
Real Salt Lake-DC United
0-0
4-4-2
05 Sep
Los Angeles FC-Real Salt Lake
2-0
4-4-2
01 Sep
Real Salt Lake-Minnesota United
3-0
4-4-2
28 Aug
Dallas-Real Salt Lake
1-1
4-4-2
21 Aug
Real Salt Lake-Vancouver Whitecaps
1-1
4-4-2
15 Aug
Seattle Sounders-Real Salt Lake
1-2
4-2-3-1
07 Aug
Real Salt Lake-Los Angeles FC
1-4
4-4-2
31 Jul
SJ Earthquakes-Real Salt Lake
2-2
4-2-3-1
24 Jul
Real Salt Lake-Dallas
0-1
4-2-3-1
18 Jul
Real Salt Lake-Sporting KC
3-0
4-4-2
13 Jul
Atlanta United-Real Salt Lake
2-1
4-4-2
10 Jul
Real Salt Lake-Colorado Rapids
2-2
4-4-2
04 Jul
Minnesota United-Real Salt Lake
3-2
4-4-2
26 Jun
Real Salt Lake-Columbus Crew
0-0
4-4-2
19 Jun
Real Salt Lake-SJ Earthquakes
2-0
4-4-2
04 Jun
Vancouver Whitecaps-Real Salt Lake
2-1
4-4-2
29 May
Real Salt Lake-Houston Dynamo
3-0
4-4-2
22 May
Montreal Impact-Real Salt Lake
1-2
4-4-2
15 May
Real Salt Lake-Austin
2-1
4-4-2
08 May
Nashville SC-Real Salt Lake
2-0
4-4-2
30 Apr
Real Salt Lake-LA Galaxy
1-0
4-2-3-1
24 Apr
Portland Timbers-Real Salt Lake
0-0
4-2-3-1
17 Apr
New York City-Real Salt Lake
6-0
4-2-3-1
10 Apr
Real Salt Lake-Toronto
2-2
4-3-3
03 Apr
Colorado Rapids-Real Salt Lake
1-1
4-4-2
26 Mar
Sporting KC-Real Salt Lake
1-0
3-4-2-1
20 Mar
Real Salt Lake-Nashville SC
2-1
3-4-2-1
13 Mar
New England-Real Salt Lake
2-3
3-4-3
05 Mar
Real Salt Lake-Seattle Sounders
1-0
3-4-3
28 Feb
Houston Dynamo-Real Salt Lake
0-0

Real Salt Lake has mostly adopted 2 line-ups: 3-4-2-1 and 3-4-3 (2 times or 40.00% each of them).

Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-2-1 (2 times), 3-4-3 (2 times) and 4-4-2 (once).

Pablo Andrés Mastroeni is expected to play against Colorado Rapids with the following players: Z. MacMath, M. Silva Fernández, J. Löffelsend, T. Schmitt, A. Brody, S. Caldwell, P. Ruíz, M. Chang, S. Córdova Lezama and R. Méndez Rubin.

Granting that this will be the line-up, the estimate average age of Real Salt Lake would be 27.80.

There are doubts about the presence of J. Meram.

Pablo Andrés Mastroeni will probably not be able to employ B. Halsey because of injury.

Z. Farnsworth, D. Ochoa, J. Glad, A. Herrera, E. Holt, J. Kappelhof, N. Besler, J. Menéndez and B. Wood will definitely miss the match.