Major League Soccer

Jul 13, 2023 at 1.30am UK

Children's Mercy Park

Kansas
2 - 2
Salt Lake

Salloi (30', 30'), Russell (36', 36')

FT(HT: 4-0)

Musovski (46', 46'), Julio (72', 72')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Thursday'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

All competitions

Last Game: Houston 2-2 Kansas
Sunday, July 9 at 1.30am in Major League Soccer

Goals
for

Real Salt Lake

All competitions

Last Game: Salt Lake 4-0 Orlando City
Sunday, July 9 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 Sporting Kansas City win with a probability of 58.32%. A draw had a probability of 22.5% and a win for Real Salt Lake had a probability of 19.21%.

The most likely scoreline for a Sporting Kansas City win was 1-0 with a probability of 11.1%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (10.29%) and 2-1 (9.89%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (10.67%), while for a Real Salt Lake win it was 0-1 (5.76%). The actual scoreline of 2-2 was predicted with a 4.8% likelihood.

Result
Sporting Kansas City	Draw	Real Salt Lake
58.32% ( -0.08)	22.47% ( -0.01)	19.21% ( 0.09)

Both teams to score 52.09% (

0.2)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

53.43% (

0.19)

46.57% (

-0.19)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

31.15% (

0.18)

68.84% (

-0.18)

Sporting Kansas City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

84.34% (

0.04)

15.66% (

-0.04)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

55.31% (

0.07)

44.69% (

-0.07)

Real Salt Lake Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

61.76% (

0.21)

38.24% (

-0.21)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

25% (

0.2)

74.99% (

-0.2)

Score Analysis

Sporting Kansas City 58.32%

Real Salt Lake 19.21%

Draw 22.47%

Sporting Kansas City	Draw	Real Salt Lake
1-0 @ 11.1% ( -0.07) 2-0 @ 10.29% ( -0.05) 2-1 @ 9.89% ( 0) 3-0 @ 6.36% ( -0.03) 3-1 @ 6.12% ( 0.01) 4-0 @ 2.95% ( -0.01) 3-2 @ 2.94% ( 0.02) 4-1 @ 2.84% ( 0.01) 4-2 @ 1.36% ( 0.01) 5-0 @ 1.09% ( -0) 5-1 @ 1.05% ( 0) Other @ 2.33% Total : 58.32%	1-1 @ 10.67% ( -0.01) 0-0 @ 5.99% ( -0.05) 2-2 @ 4.76% ( 0.03) 3-3 @ 0.94% ( 0.01) Other @ 0.11% Total : 22.47%	0-1 @ 5.76% ( -0.01) 1-2 @ 5.13% ( 0.02) 0-2 @ 2.77% ( 0.01) 1-3 @ 1.64% ( 0.02) 2-3 @ 1.52% ( 0.02) Other @ 2.39% Total : 19.21%