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 45.66%. A win for Seattle Sounders had a probability of 30.43% and a draw had a probability of 23.9%.
The most likely scoreline for a Sporting Kansas City win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.25%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (8.34%) and 2-0 (6.98%). The likeliest Seattle Sounders win was 1-2 (7.33%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.05%). The actual scoreline of 2-1 was predicted with a 9.3% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted a 2-1 win for Sporting Kansas City in this match.