Major League Soccer

Mar 26, 2022 at 11pm UK

Livestrong Sporting Park

Kansas
1 - 0
Salt Lake

Russell (81')
Espinoza (40'), Sweat (45+1'), Walter (51'), Duke (90+2')

FT(HT: 0-0)

Loffelsend (7'), Brody (29')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Saturday's Major League Soccer clash between Sporting Kansas City and Real Salt Lake, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Sporting Kansas City

Last Six:

Last Game: Kansas 0-1 Vancouver
Sunday, May 29 at 2am in Major League Soccer

Next Game: Kansas vs. New England
Sunday, June 12 at 8pm in Major League Soccer

Current League Standings		P	GD	PTS
8	DC United	13	-7	14
9	Sporting Kansas City	15	-9	13
10	Chicago Fire	14	-7	11

Real Salt Lake

Last Six:

Last Game: Vancouver 2-1 Salt Lake
Sunday, June 5 at 12am in Major League Soccer

Next Game: Salt Lake vs. Earthquakes
Sunday, June 19 at 2.30am in Major League Soccer

Current League Standings		P	GD	PTS
1	Dallas	14	11	25
2	Real Salt Lake	15	-1	25
3	Los Angeles Galaxy	14	1	23

We said: Sporting Kansas City 1-2 Real Salt Lake

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%