Major League Soccer

May 16, 2024 at 2.30am UK

Rio Tinto Stadium

Salt Lake
2 - 0
Seattle

Gomez (27', 27'), Luna (58', 58')
Barajas (86'), Barajas (90+2'), Barajas (90+2')

FT(HT: 2-0)

Baker (55'), Baker (55'), Roldan (85'), Gomez (85'), Roldan (85'), Gomez (86')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Thursday's Major League Soccer clash between Real Salt Lake and Seattle Sounders, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Real Salt Lake

All competitions

Last Game: LA Galaxy 2-2 Salt Lake
Sunday, May 12 at 3.30am in Major League Soccer

Goals
for

Seattle Sounders

All competitions

Last Game: Portland 1-2 Seattle
Sunday, May 12 at 9.45pm 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 Real Salt Lake win with a probability of 49.18%. A win for Seattle Sounders had a probability of 26.37% and a draw had a probability of 24.4%.

The most likely scoreline for a Real Salt Lake win was 1-0 with a probability of 10.16%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (9.52%) and 2-0 (8.37%). The likeliest Seattle Sounders win was 0-1 (7.04%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.57%). The actual scoreline of 2-0 was predicted with an 8.4% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Real Salt Lake would win this match.

Result
Real Salt Lake	Draw	Seattle Sounders
49.18% ( 0.03)	24.45% ( -0.01)	26.37% ( -0.02)

Both teams to score 54.86% (

0.02)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

52.67% (

0.04)

47.33% (

-0.04)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

30.45% (

0.04)

69.55% (

-0.04)

Real Salt Lake Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

80.71% (

0.03)

19.29% (

-0.03)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

48.96% (

0.05)

51.04% (

-0.05)

Seattle Sounders Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

67.97% (

0.01)

32.03% (

-0.01)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

31.51% (

0.01)

68.49% (

-0.01)

Score Analysis

Real Salt Lake 49.17%

Seattle Sounders 26.37%

Draw 24.44%

Real Salt Lake	Draw	Seattle Sounders
1-0 @ 10.16% ( -0.01) 2-1 @ 9.52% ( 0) 2-0 @ 8.37% ( 0) 3-1 @ 5.22% ( 0.01) 3-0 @ 4.59% ( 0) 3-2 @ 2.97% ( 0) 4-1 @ 2.15% ( 0) 4-0 @ 1.89% ( 0) 4-2 @ 1.22% ( 0) Other @ 3.08% Total : 49.17%	1-1 @ 11.57% ( -0.01) 0-0 @ 6.18% ( -0.01) 2-2 @ 5.42% ( 0) 3-3 @ 1.13% ( 0) Other @ 0.14% Total : 24.44%	0-1 @ 7.04% ( -0.01) 1-2 @ 6.59% ( -0) 0-2 @ 4.01% ( -0) 1-3 @ 2.5% ( -0) 2-3 @ 2.06% ( 0) 0-3 @ 1.52% ( -0) Other @ 2.66% Total : 26.37%