Major League Soccer

Apr 2, 2023 at 12.30am UK

MAPFRE Stadium

Columbus Crew
4 - 0
Salt Lake

Morris (14', 53'), Zelarayan (41' pen.), Yeboah (90+3')

FT(HT: 2-0)

The Match

Preview

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

Form, Standings, Stats

Columbus Crew

All competitions

Last Game: Columbus Crew 6-1 Atlanta
Saturday, March 25 at 11.30pm in Major League Soccer

Goals
for

Real Salt Lake

All competitions

Major League Soccer

Last Game: Salt Lake 0-4 St Louis City
Sunday, March 26 at 2.30am in Major League Soccer

Goals
for

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 Columbus Crew win with a probability of 61.43%. A draw had a probability of 21.3% and a win for Real Salt Lake had a probability of 17.28%.

The most likely scoreline for a Columbus Crew win was 1-0 with a probability of 10.78%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (10.61%) and 2-1 (9.93%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (10.09%), while for a Real Salt Lake win it was 0-1 (5.13%). The actual scoreline of 4-0 was predicted with a 3.4% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Columbus Crew would win this match.

Result
Columbus Crew	Draw	Real Salt Lake
61.43% ( 0.15)	21.29% ( -0.02)	17.28% ( -0.13)

Both teams to score 52.3% (

-0.22)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

55.51% (

-0.15)

44.49% (

0.15)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

33.14% (

-0.15)

66.86% (

0.15)

Columbus Crew Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

86.03% (

13.97% (

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

58.53% (

-0)

41.46% (

0.01)

Real Salt Lake Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

60.79% (

-0.25)

39.21% (

0.25)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

24.08% (

-0.23)

75.92% (

0.24)

Score Analysis

Columbus Crew 61.43%

Real Salt Lake 17.28%

Draw 21.29%

Columbus Crew	Draw	Real Salt Lake
1-0 @ 10.78% ( 0.07) 2-0 @ 10.61% ( 0.07) 2-1 @ 9.93% ( -0) 3-0 @ 6.96% ( 0.04) 3-1 @ 6.52% ( -0) 4-0 @ 3.43% ( 0.02) 4-1 @ 3.21% ( -0) 3-2 @ 3.05% ( -0.02) 4-2 @ 1.5% ( -0.01) 5-0 @ 1.35% ( 0.01) 5-1 @ 1.26% ( -0) Other @ 2.83% Total : 61.43%	1-1 @ 10.09% 0-0 @ 5.48% ( 0.04) 2-2 @ 4.65% ( -0.03) 3-3 @ 0.95% ( -0.01) Other @ 0.12% Total : 21.29%	0-1 @ 5.13% ( -0) 1-2 @ 4.73% ( -0.03) 0-2 @ 2.4% ( -0.02) 1-3 @ 1.48% ( -0.02) 2-3 @ 1.45% ( -0.02) Other @ 2.1% Total : 17.28%