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Major League Soccer
May 28, 2023 at 8pm UK
Children's Mercy Park
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Kansas
4 - 1
Portland

Thommy (33'), Salloi (66'), Mabiala (68' og.), Hernandez (90+3')
Fontas (47'), Radoja (72'), Shelton (85')
FT(HT: 1-1)
Boli (8')
Loria (89')

Form, Standings, Stats

Last Game: St Louis City 4-0 Kansas
Sunday, May 21 at 2.30am in Major League Soccer
Last Game: Portland 0-1 Minnesota Utd
Sunday, May 21 at 3.30am in Major League Soccer

We said: Sporting Kansas City 2-1 Portland Timbers

Despite their previous defeat, SKC have improved in almost every department this month, while the Timbers have consistently shot themselves in the foot on the road, so we expect the home team to bounce back on Sunday.

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Data Analysis

Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Sporting Kansas City win with a probability of 61.75%. A draw had a probability of 21.1% and a win for Portland Timbers had a probability of 17.16%.

The most likely scoreline for a Sporting Kansas City win was 1-0 with a probability of 10.57%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (10.53%) and 2-1 (9.94%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (9.98%), while for a Portland Timbers win it was 0-1 (5.01%). The actual scoreline of 4-1 was predicted with a 3.3% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Sporting Kansas City would win this match.

Result
Sporting Kansas CityDrawPortland Timbers
61.75% (0.029000000000003 0.03) 21.08% (-0.0090000000000003 -0.01) 17.16% (-0.018999999999998 -0.02)
Both teams to score 52.74% (-0.011000000000003 -0.01)
Goals
Over 2.5Under 2.5
56.22% (0.0050000000000026 0.01)43.78% (-0.0030000000000001 -0)
Over 3.5Under 3.5
33.83% (0.0039999999999978 0)66.17% (-0.0020000000000095 -0)
Sporting Kansas City Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
86.35% (0.0090000000000003 0.01)13.64% (-0.0079999999999991 -0.01)
Over 1.5Under 1.5
59.18% (0.018999999999998 0.02)40.82% (-0.016999999999996 -0.02)
Portland Timbers Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
61.07% (-0.017000000000003 -0.02)38.92% (0.018999999999998 0.02)
Over 1.5Under 1.5
24.35% (-0.016999999999999 -0.02)75.65% (0.02000000000001 0.02)
Score Analysis
    Sporting Kansas City 61.74%
    Portland Timbers 17.16%
    Draw 21.09%
Sporting Kansas CityDrawPortland Timbers
1-0 @ 10.57%
2-0 @ 10.53%
2-1 @ 9.94%
3-0 @ 7% (0.0060000000000002 0.01)
3-1 @ 6.6% (0.0019999999999998 0)
4-0 @ 3.48% (0.004 0)
4-1 @ 3.29% (0.0019999999999998 0)
3-2 @ 3.11% (-0.0010000000000003 -0)
4-2 @ 1.55%
5-0 @ 1.39% (0.002 0)
5-1 @ 1.31% (0.00099999999999989 0)
Other @ 2.97%
Total : 61.74%
1-1 @ 9.98% (-0.0039999999999996 -0)
0-0 @ 5.31%
2-2 @ 4.69% (-0.0029999999999992 -0)
3-3 @ 0.98% (-0.001 -0)
Other @ 0.12%
Total : 21.09%
0-1 @ 5.01% (-0.0030000000000001 -0)
1-2 @ 4.71% (-0.0040000000000004 -0)
0-2 @ 2.36% (-0.0030000000000001 -0)
1-3 @ 1.48% (-0.002 -0)
2-3 @ 1.48% (-0.002 -0)
Other @ 2.12%
Total : 17.16%

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Form Guide
Last Game: St Louis City 4-0 Kansas
Sunday, May 21 at 2.30am in Major League Soccer
Last Game: Los Angeles 1-1 Kansas
Thursday, May 18 at 3.30am in Major League Soccer
Last Game: Kansas 3-0 Minnesota Utd
Sunday, May 14 at 1.30am in Major League Soccer
Last Game: Seattle 1-2 Kansas
Sunday, May 7 at 9.30pm in Major League Soccer
Last Game: Kansas 0-2 Montreal
Sunday, April 30 at 1.30am in Major League Soccer
Last Game: New England 2-1 Kansas
Sunday, April 23 at 12.30am in Major League Soccer
Last Game: Portland 0-1 Minnesota Utd
Sunday, May 21 at 3.30am in Major League Soccer
Last Game: Salt Lake 0-0 Portland
Thursday, May 18 at 4.12am in Major League Soccer
Last Game: Portland 3-1 Vancouver
Sunday, May 14 at 3.30am in Major League Soccer
Last Game: Portland 2-2 Austin
Sunday, May 7 at 3.30am in Major League Soccer
Last Game: St Louis City 1-2 Portland
Sunday, April 30 at 1.30am in Major League Soccer
Last Game: Cincinnati 2-1 Portland
Sunday, April 23 at 12.30am in Major League Soccer


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