Major League Soccer

Jul 18, 2022 at 2.30am UK

Rio Tinto Stadium

Salt Lake
3 - 0
Kansas

Cordova (50', 50'), Ruiz (64', 65'), Savarino (71', 71')
Glad (34'), Cordova (50'), Julio (90+3')

FT(HT: 0-0)

Espinoza (24'), Isimat-Mirin (85')
Espinoza (62')

The Match

Preview

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

Form, Standings, Stats

Sporting Kansas City

Last Six:

Last Game: Minnesota Utd 1-1 Kansas
Thursday, July 14 at 1am in Major League Soccer

Current League Standings		P	GD	PTS
7	Houston Dynamo	20	-3	22
8	Sporting Kansas City	21	-12	20
9	Toronto	21	-13	19

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 58.58%. A draw had a probability of 22.7% and a win for Sporting Kansas City had a probability of 18.76%.

The most likely scoreline for a Real Salt Lake win was 1-0 with a probability of 11.62%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (10.62%) and 2-1 (9.85%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (10.77%), while for a Sporting Kansas City win it was 0-1 (5.9%). The actual scoreline of 3-0 was predicted with a 6.5% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Real Salt Lake would win this match.

Result
Real Salt Lake	Draw	Sporting Kansas City
58.58%	22.66%	18.76% ( 0)

Both teams to score 50.72%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

51.98%

48.02% (

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

29.81%

70.19% (

Real Salt Lake Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

83.93%

16.07% (

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

54.55% (

-0)

45.45% (

Sporting Kansas City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

60.43% (

39.57%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

23.74%

76.26% (

Score Analysis

Real Salt Lake 58.57%

Sporting Kansas City 18.76%

Draw 22.65%

Real Salt Lake	Draw	Sporting Kansas City
1-0 @ 11.62% 2-0 @ 10.62% 2-1 @ 9.85% 3-0 @ 6.48% 3-1 @ 6% 4-0 @ 2.96% 3-2 @ 2.78% 4-1 @ 2.74% 4-2 @ 1.27% 5-0 @ 1.08% 5-1 @ 1% Other @ 2.15% Total : 58.57%	1-1 @ 10.77% 0-0 @ 6.36% 2-2 @ 4.57% Other @ 0.96% Total : 22.65%	0-1 @ 5.9% ( 0) 1-2 @ 5% 0-2 @ 2.73% 1-3 @ 1.54% 2-3 @ 1.41% Other @ 2.18% Total : 18.76%