Injuries have decimated these teams early on this year, but it has been RSL who have found a way to rise above it, while KC have crumbled. Even though there has been an element of good fortune to their early success, Salt Lake still look a lot more dynamic going forward than the Wizards, who have been rather predictable. 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 Sporting Kansas City win with a probability of 57%. A draw had a probability of 22.7% and a win for Real Salt Lake had a probability of 20.32%.

The most likely scoreline for a Sporting Kansas City win was 1-0 with a probability of 10.73%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (9.89%) and 2-0 (9.87%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (10.75%), while for a Real Salt Lake win it was 0-1 (5.85%). The actual scoreline of 1-0 was predicted with a 10.7% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted a 1-0 win for Sporting Kansas City in this match.

Result
Sporting Kansas City	Draw	Real Salt Lake
57%	22.69%	20.32%

Both teams to score 53.23%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

54.03%

45.97%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

31.73%

68.27%

Sporting Kansas City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

84.11%

15.89%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

54.88%

45.12%

Real Salt Lake Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

63.29%

36.71%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

26.5%

73.5%

Score Analysis

Sporting Kansas City 57%

Real Salt Lake 20.32%

Draw 22.68%

Sporting Kansas City	Draw	Real Salt Lake
1-0 @ 10.73% 2-1 @ 9.89% 2-0 @ 9.87% 3-1 @ 6.06% 3-0 @ 6.05% 3-2 @ 3.04% 4-1 @ 2.79% 4-0 @ 2.78% 4-2 @ 1.4% 5-1 @ 1.03% 5-0 @ 1.02% Other @ 2.34% Total : 57%	1-1 @ 10.75% 0-0 @ 5.84% 2-2 @ 4.96% 3-3 @ 1.02% Other @ 0.13% Total : 22.68%	0-1 @ 5.85% 1-2 @ 5.39% 0-2 @ 2.93% 1-3 @ 1.8% 2-3 @ 1.66% 0-3 @ 0.98% Other @ 1.72% Total : 20.32%