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Major League Soccer

Sporting Kansas
Major League Soccer | Gameweek 8
May 16, 2021 at 7pm UK
Children's Mercy Park
Vancouver Whitecaps

Kansas
3 - 0
Vancouver

Salloi (28'), Pulido (32' pen., 58')
Sanchez (9'), Kinda (36'), Espinoza (72')
FT(HT: 2-0)

Cornelius (55')

The Match

Preview

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

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 72.18%. A draw had a probability of 17.5% and a win for Vancouver Whitecaps had a probability of 10.34%.

The most likely scoreline for a Sporting Kansas City win was 2-0 with a probability of 13.02%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (11.58%) and 3-0 (9.77%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (8.31%), while for a Vancouver Whitecaps win it was 0-1 (3.7%). The actual scoreline of 3-0 was predicted with a 9.8% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Sporting Kansas City would win this match.

Result
Sporting Kansas CityDrawVancouver Whitecaps
72.18%17.48%10.34%
Both teams to score 45.77%
Goals
Over 2.5Under 2.5
56.89%43.1%
Over 3.5Under 3.5
34.49%65.5%
Sporting Kansas City Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
89.44%10.56%
Over 1.5Under 1.5
65.7%34.29%
Vancouver Whitecaps Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
51.17%48.82%
Over 1.5Under 1.5
16.17%83.83%
Score Analysis
    Sporting Kansas City 72.16%
    Vancouver Whitecaps 10.34%
    Draw 17.48%
Sporting Kansas CityDrawVancouver Whitecaps
2-0 @ 13.02%
1-0 @ 11.58%
3-0 @ 9.77%
2-1 @ 9.34%
3-1 @ 7%
4-0 @ 5.49%
4-1 @ 3.94%
3-2 @ 2.51%
5-0 @ 2.47%
5-1 @ 1.77%
4-2 @ 1.41%
6-0 @ 0.93%
Other @ 2.94%
Total : 72.16%
1-1 @ 8.31%
0-0 @ 5.15%
2-2 @ 3.35%
Other @ 0.66%
Total : 17.48%
0-1 @ 3.7%
1-2 @ 2.98%
0-2 @ 1.33%
Other @ 2.34%
Total : 10.34%

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