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 Real Salt Lake win with a probability of 46.34%. A win for Colorado Rapids had a probability of 27.52% and a draw had a probability of 26.1%.
The most likely scoreline for a Real Salt Lake win was 1-0 with a probability of 11.62%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (9.11%) and 2-0 (8.53%). The likeliest Colorado Rapids win was 0-1 (8.46%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.41%). The actual scoreline of 0-5 was predicted with a 0.1% likelihood.