Major League Soccer

Mar 9, 2025 at 12.30am UK

Audi Field

DC United
2 - 1
Kansas

Benteke (60' pen., 60' pen.), Kijima (68', 68')
Enow (31'), Enow (31'), Peglow (38'), Peglow (38'), Benteke (76'), Benteke (76'), Herrera (90+11'), Kim (90'), MacNaughton (90+8'), Herrera (90+11'), Kim (90'), MacNaughton (90+8')

FT(HT: 0-0)

Thommy (53', 53')
Rosero (20'), Rosero (20'), Fernandez (40'), Fernandez (40'), Miller (52'), Miller (52'), Pulskamp (82'), Pulskamp (82')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Sunday's Major League Soccer clash between DC United and Sporting Kansas City, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

DC United

All competitions

Last Game: Chicago Fire 2-2 DC United
Sunday, March 2 at 1.30am in Major League Soccer

Goals
for

Top scorers

Sporting Kansas City

All competitions

Major League Soccer

Last Game: Kansas 1-2 Earthquakes
Sunday, March 2 at 1.30am 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 DC United win with a probability of 53.62%. A win for Sporting Kansas City had a probability of 23.7% and a draw had a probability of 22.7%.

The most likely scoreline for a DC United win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.79%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (9.07%) and 2-0 (8.42%). The likeliest Sporting Kansas City win was 1-2 (6.12%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (10.54%). The actual scoreline of 2-1 was predicted with a 9.8% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted a 2-1 win for DC United in this match and our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted the win for DC United.

Result
DC United	Draw	Sporting Kansas City
53.62% ( -0.32)	22.68% ( 0.17)	23.7% ( 0.15)

Both teams to score 57.98% (

-0.41)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

58.1% (

-0.62)

41.9% (

0.63)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

35.7% (

-0.63)

64.31% (

0.63)

DC United Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

84.38% (

-0.33)

15.62% (

0.33)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

55.39% (

-0.61)

44.62% (

0.62)

Sporting Kansas City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

68.71% (

-0.21)

31.29% (

0.21)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

32.35% (

-0.25)

67.65% (

0.25)

Score Analysis

DC United 53.62%

Sporting Kansas City 23.7%

Draw 22.68%

DC United	Draw	Sporting Kansas City
2-1 @ 9.79% ( -0.01) 1-0 @ 9.07% ( 0.15) 2-0 @ 8.42% ( 0.04) 3-1 @ 6.06% ( -0.07) 3-0 @ 5.21% ( -0.03) 3-2 @ 3.52% ( -0.06) 4-1 @ 2.81% ( -0.07) 4-0 @ 2.42% ( -0.04) 4-2 @ 1.63% ( -0.05) 5-1 @ 1.04% ( -0.04) Other @ 3.63% Total : 53.62%	1-1 @ 10.54% ( 0.12) 2-2 @ 5.69% ( -0.04) 0-0 @ 4.89% ( 0.14) 3-3 @ 1.36% ( -0.03) Other @ 0.2% Total : 22.68%	1-2 @ 6.12% ( 0.03) 0-1 @ 5.68% ( 0.13) 0-2 @ 3.3% ( 0.05) 1-3 @ 2.37% ( -0) 2-3 @ 2.2% ( -0.03) 0-3 @ 1.28% ( 0.01) Other @ 2.75% Total : 23.7%