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 62.62%. A draw had a probability of 19% and a win for Real Salt Lake had a probability of 18.39%.
The most likely scoreline for a Sporting Kansas City win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.55%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (7.98%) and 3-1 (7.42%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (8.21%), while for a Real Salt Lake win it was 1-2 (4.91%). The actual scoreline of 0-1 was predicted with a 3.5% likelihood.