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Sporting Kansas
Major League Soccer
Sep 24, 2023 at 1.30am UK
Children's Mercy Park
Houston Dynamo

Kansas
2 - 1
Houston

Russell (7' pen.), Agade (45+6')
Radoja (34'), Vermes (35'), Thommy (73'), Rosero (88'), Salloi (90+6')
Russell (39')
FT(HT: 2-1)
Hadebe (45+9')
B (0'), Escobar (45+1'), Dorsey (74'), Caicedo (83')

The Match

Preview

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

Form, Standings, Stats

Sporting Kansas City

All competitions
Last Game: Kansas 0-3 Nashville
Thursday, September 21 at 1.30am in Major League Soccer

Houston Dynamo

All competitions
Major League Soccer
Last Game: Houston 4-1 Vancouver
Thursday, September 21 at 1.30am in Major League Soccer

We said: Sporting Kansas City 1-3 Houston Dynamo

 Sporting KC may feel that their playoff dreams faded slightly as they fell to defeat against Nashville on Wednesday, making Saturday's clash against Houston one they must earn a result from. The Dynamo are in scintillating form and will be confident of extending their unbeaten run to eight matches with a convincing win at Children's Mercy Park on the weekend.

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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 57.04%. A draw had a probability of 22.6% and a win for Houston Dynamo had a probability of 20.35%.

The most likely scoreline for a Sporting Kansas City win was 1-0 with a probability of 10.6%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (9.9%) and 2-0 (9.81%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (10.7%), while for a Houston Dynamo win it was 0-1 (5.79%). The actual scoreline of 2-1 was predicted with a 9.9% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Sporting Kansas City would win this match.

Result
Sporting Kansas CityDrawHouston Dynamo
57.04% (-1.189 -1.19) 22.6% (0.338 0.34) 20.35% (0.853 0.85)
Both teams to score 53.55% (0.297 0.3)
Goals
Over 2.5Under 2.5
54.43% (-0.291 -0.29)45.57% (0.29 0.29)
Over 3.5Under 3.5
32.1% (-0.277 -0.28)67.9% (0.277 0.28)
Sporting Kansas City Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
84.26% (-0.495 -0.5)15.74% (0.495 0.5)
Over 1.5Under 1.5
55.16% (-0.923 -0.92)44.84% (0.922 0.92)
Houston Dynamo Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
63.55% (0.722 0.72)36.45% (-0.721 -0.72)
Over 1.5Under 1.5
26.76% (0.722 0.72)73.23% (-0.723 -0.72)
Score Analysis
    Sporting Kansas City 57.04%
    Houston Dynamo 20.35%
    Draw 22.6%
Sporting Kansas CityDrawHouston Dynamo
1-0 @ 10.6% (-0.050000000000001 -0.05)
2-1 @ 9.9% (-0.023 -0.02)
2-0 @ 9.81% (-0.213 -0.21)
3-1 @ 6.1% (-0.12 -0.12)
3-0 @ 6.05% (-0.24 -0.24)
3-2 @ 3.08%
4-1 @ 2.82% (-0.105 -0.11)
4-0 @ 2.79% (-0.161 -0.16)
4-2 @ 1.42% (-0.024 -0.02)
5-1 @ 1.04% (-0.057 -0.06)
5-0 @ 1.03% (-0.079 -0.08)
Other @ 2.4%
Total : 57.04%
1-1 @ 10.7% (0.16 0.16)
0-0 @ 5.74% (0.071 0.07)
2-2 @ 4.99% (0.085 0.09)
3-3 @ 1.04% (0.021 0.02)
Other @ 0.13%
Total : 22.6%
0-1 @ 5.79% (0.182 0.18)
1-2 @ 5.4% (0.182 0.18)
0-2 @ 2.92% (0.147 0.15)
1-3 @ 1.82% (0.095 0.1)
2-3 @ 1.68% (0.061 0.06)
0-3 @ 0.98% (0.068 0.07)
Other @ 1.76%
Total : 20.35%

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Pulido (25', 62')
Rosero (65'), Leibold (90+11')
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