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 St Louis City win with a probability of 41.41%. A win for Real Salt Lake had a probability of 34.18% and a draw had a probability of 24.4%.
The most likely scoreline for a St Louis City win was 2-1 with a probability of 8.84%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (8.11%) and 2-0 (6.33%). The likeliest Real Salt Lake win was 1-2 (7.91%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.33%). The actual scoreline of 1-3 was predicted with a 3.7% likelihood.