Sporting KC have struggled significantly at the start of this campaign but will view Saturday's meeting with the Western Conference's bottom side as a perfect opportunity to record their first maximum.
Colorado have been poor so far this term and their alarming away record stretches back to the middle of last season - we cannot see the Rapids changing their fortunes in Kansas in this one.
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 48.47%. A win for Colorado Rapids had a probability of 27.38% and a draw had a probability of 24.1%.
The most likely scoreline for a Sporting Kansas City win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.5%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (9.47%) and 2-0 (7.92%). The likeliest Colorado Rapids win was 1-2 (6.8%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.35%). The actual scoreline of 0-1 was predicted with a 6.8% likelihood.
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