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Major League Soccer

Sep 1, 2022 at 2.30am UK

Rio Tinto Stadium

Salt Lake
3 - 0
Minnesota Utd

Cordova (7'), Savarino (23'), Julio (79')
Loffelsend (20'), Glad (39')

FT(HT: 2-0)

Benitez (32')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Thursday's Major League Soccer clash between Real Salt Lake and Minnesota United, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Real Salt Lake

Last Six:

Last Game: Dallas 1-1 Salt Lake
Sunday, August 28 at 2am in Major League Soccer

Current League Standings		P	GD	PTS
1	Dallas	29	7	43
2	Real Salt Lake	27	-1	39
3	Los Angeles Galaxy	26	3	37

We said: Real Salt Lake 1-1 Minnesota United

Real Salt have struggled on their own patch of late, but they still boast the meanest defence in home matches this term. Minnesota, on the other hand, are currently flying away from home but we are backing a share of the spoils here with honours even at the end of the 90 minutes. Read more.

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 Real Salt Lake win with a probability of 55.3%. A draw had a probability of 23.7% and a win for Minnesota United had a probability of 20.98%.

The most likely scoreline for a Real Salt Lake win was 1-0 with a probability of 11.67%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (10.09%) and 2-1 (9.75%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (11.28%), while for a Minnesota United win it was 0-1 (6.53%). The actual scoreline of 3-0 was predicted with a 5.8% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Real Salt Lake would win this match.

Result
Real Salt Lake	Draw	Minnesota United
55.3% ( 0.16)	23.72% ( -0.06)	20.98% ( -0.11)

Both teams to score 50.95% (

0.04)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

50.51% (

0.13)

49.48% (

-0.13)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

28.48% (

0.11)

71.52% (

-0.12)

Real Salt Lake Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

82.24% (

0.11)

17.75% (

-0.11)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

51.56% (

0.19)

48.44% (

-0.19)

Minnesota United Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

61.95% (

-0.03)

38.04% (

0.03)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

25.19% (

-0.03)

74.81% (

0.03)

Score Analysis

Real Salt Lake 55.29%

Minnesota United 20.98%

Draw 23.72%

Real Salt Lake	Draw	Minnesota United
1-0 @ 11.67% ( -0.02) 2-0 @ 10.09% ( 0.02) 2-1 @ 9.75% ( 0.01) 3-0 @ 5.81% ( 0.03) 3-1 @ 5.62% ( 0.02) 3-2 @ 2.72% ( 0.01) 4-0 @ 2.51% ( 0.02) 4-1 @ 2.43% ( 0.02) 4-2 @ 1.17% ( 0.01) Other @ 3.52% Total : 55.29%	1-1 @ 11.28% ( -0.03) 0-0 @ 6.75% ( -0.04) 2-2 @ 4.71% Other @ 0.97% Total : 23.72%	0-1 @ 6.53% ( -0.04) 1-2 @ 5.45% ( -0.02) 0-2 @ 3.15% ( -0.02) 1-3 @ 1.76% ( -0.01) 2-3 @ 1.52% ( -0) 0-3 @ 1.02% ( -0.01) Other @ 1.56% Total : 20.98%