Goalkeeper Rescue
New York City FC
New York City FC's goalkeeper kept them in it — 6 saves against 1.09 xG, conceding just 0.
- Saves
- 6
- Faced xG
- 1.09
- Conceded
- 0
Major League Soccer · Matchday 25
Real Salt Lake
0 – 2
FT
HT 0–1
New York City FC
N. Mercau 41'
Luighi 61'
Major League Soccer
Matchday 25Real Salt Lake0–2New York City FC
1.09
Expected goals
0.51
41′61′
Shot-by-shot xG is not available for this fixture, so the race is shown as full-time totals: RSL 1.09, NYC 0.51.
Match report
Real Salt Lake 0-2 New York City FC
New York City FC saw off Real Salt Lake 2-0 at America First Field in Major League Soccer. Mercau opened the scoring for New York City FC on 41' and Luighi made it 2-0 to New York City FC on 61'.
Expected goals finished Real Salt Lake 1.09, New York City FC 0.51. On the balance of chances Real Salt Lake had enough to take something from it, which makes this a result New York City FC will take more happily than the performance deserved.
The numbers picked up more than the scoreline shows. New York City FC graded out for goalkeeper rescue — 6 saves and 1.09 faced xg. New York City FC graded out for clinical edge — 2 goals and 0.51 expected goals.
Matthew Freese came out of it with the best individual rating on the pitch, 8.7 for New York City FC across 90 minutes.
It was a niggly afternoon: 29 fouls between them and 4 yellow cards, with Real Salt Lake conceding the most free-kicks (18).
Assembled by TackleZone from this fixture’s match events, team statistics and player ratings. Figures are as reported by the competition feed; where a statistic was not reported, it is left out rather than shown as zero. Longer written analysis is published for selected matches.
Quick stats
53%Possession47%
15Shots6
1.09xG0.51
What the numbers say
4 readsClinical Edge
New York City FC
New York City FC finished well above what their chances were worth — 2 goals from 0.51 xG.
- Goals
- 2
- Expected goals
- 0.51
- Overperformance
- +1.49
Box Occupation
Real Salt Lake
Real Salt Lake kept getting bodies into the area — 73% of their shots came from inside the box.
- Shots in the box
- 11 of 15
- Share
- 73%
- xG per shot
- 0.07
Set-Piece Siege
Real Salt Lake
Real Salt Lake turned the game into a dead-ball contest with 10 corners.
- Corners
- 10
- Opponent
- 1
Timeline
⚽41'
N. Mercau — assist: A. Ojeda
Half-time
K. Henry ↑ J. J. Arias ↓
🔄57'
C. Guske ↑ L. Moisa ↓
🔄57'
⚽61'
Luighi — assist: A. Ojeda
Alexandros Katranis
Argument
🟨64'
A. Hezarkhani ↑ P. Quinton ↓
🔄67'
Lineker Rodrigues ↑ S. Solans ↓
🔄67'
Lineker Rodrigues
Foul
🟨69'
🔄72'
B. Traore ↑ Luighi ↓
T. Booth ↑ M. Guilavogui ↓
🔄76'
🔄80'
K. O'Toole ↑ N. Cavallo ↓
🔄80'
A. O'Neill ↑ J. Shore ↓
🟨81'
Kevin O'Toole
Foul
🔄88'
A. Martinez ↑ H. Wolf ↓
🟨90+8'
Matthew Freese
Time wasting
Match info
Kickoff
VenueAmerica First Field, Sandy
RefereeAbdou Ndiaye, USA
CompetitionMajor League Soccer
Season2026
RoundMatchday 25
StatusMatch Finished