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 Houston Dynamo win with a probability of 55.23%. A win for Real Salt Lake had a probability of 22.39% and a draw had a probability of 22.4%.
The most likely scoreline for a Houston Dynamo win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.86%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (9.28%) and 2-0 (8.77%). The likeliest Real Salt Lake win was 1-2 (5.86%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (10.43%). The actual scoreline of 0-0 was predicted with a 4.9% likelihood.