With just one point separating Houston Dynamo and Vancouver Whitecaps, we expect both sides to go all out at the Shell Energy Stadium as they look to secure a potentially huge result in their playoff qualifying quest.
Buoyed by their stunning display against Real Salt Lake, we fancy Houston Dynamo to secure all three points on home turf, where they have lost just one league game since the start of May.
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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 Houston Dynamo win with a probability of 51.23%. A win for Vancouver Whitecaps had a probability of 24.99% and a draw had a probability of 23.8%.
The most likely scoreline for a Houston Dynamo win was 1-0 with a probability of 9.9%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (9.67%) and 2-0 (8.54%). The likeliest Vancouver Whitecaps win was 0-1 (6.5%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.21%). The actual scoreline of 1-1 was predicted with an 11.2% likelihood.