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Major League Soccer
Jun 20, 2024 at 1.30am UK
Children's Mercy Park
Real Salt Lake

Kansas
3 - 4
Salt Lake

Afrifa (28'), Agade (70', 90+5')
Bassong (90+2')
FT(HT: 1-2)
Gomez (14', 51'), Julio (33'), Crooks (84')
Vera (77')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Thursday's Major League Soccer clash between Sporting Kansas City and Real Salt Lake, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Last Game: LA Galaxy 4-2 Kansas
Sunday, June 16 at 3.30am in Major League Soccer
Last Game: Montreal 0-0 Salt Lake
Sunday, June 16 at 12.30am in Major League Soccer

We said: Sporting Kansas City 1-2 Real Salt Lake

Sporting Kansas City are in for another tough 90 minutes against a Real Salt Lake side who are unbeaten in 14 consecutive league games since March. Mastroeni's men have struggled for results on the road but we fancy them to claim all three points against the floundering hosts. Read more.

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 46.95%. A win for Real Salt Lake had a probability of 30.05% and a draw had a probability of 23%.

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 (7.39%) and 2-0 (6.63%). The likeliest Real Salt Lake win was 1-2 (7.2%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (10.31%). The actual scoreline of 3-4 was predicted with a 0.6% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted that Real Salt Lake would win this match.

Result
Sporting Kansas CityDrawReal Salt Lake
46.95% (0.701 0.7) 23% (-0.176 -0.18) 30.05% (-0.524 -0.52)
Both teams to score 62.71% (0.323 0.32)
Goals
Over 2.5Under 2.5
61.78% (0.557 0.56)38.22% (-0.558 -0.56)
Over 3.5Under 3.5
39.5% (0.591 0.59)60.5% (-0.591 -0.59)
Sporting Kansas City Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
83.35% (0.482 0.48)16.64% (-0.482 -0.48)
Over 1.5Under 1.5
53.51% (0.856 0.86)46.48% (-0.856 -0.86)
Real Salt Lake Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
75.23% (-0.048000000000002 -0.05)24.76% (0.048000000000002 0.05)
Over 1.5Under 1.5
40.67% (-0.067 -0.07)59.33% (0.066000000000003 0.07)
Score Analysis
    Sporting Kansas City 46.95%
    Real Salt Lake 30.05%
    Draw 22.99%
Sporting Kansas CityDrawReal Salt Lake
2-1 @ 9.25% (0.038 0.04)
1-0 @ 7.39% (-0.078 -0.08)
2-0 @ 6.63% (0.037 0.04)
3-1 @ 5.53% (0.11 0.11)
3-0 @ 3.96% (0.084 0.08)
3-2 @ 3.86% (0.071 0.07)
4-1 @ 2.48% (0.088 0.09)
4-0 @ 1.78% (0.066 0.07)
4-2 @ 1.73% (0.059 0.06)
Other @ 4.36%
Total : 46.95%
1-1 @ 10.31% (-0.12 -0.12)
2-2 @ 6.46% (0.017 0.02)
0-0 @ 4.12% (-0.111 -0.11)
3-3 @ 1.8% (0.031 0.03)
Other @ 0.31%
Total : 22.99%
1-2 @ 7.2% (-0.097 -0.1)
0-1 @ 5.75% (-0.163 -0.16)
0-2 @ 4.02% (-0.119 -0.12)
1-3 @ 3.35% (-0.049 -0.05)
2-3 @ 3% (0.0030000000000001 0)
0-3 @ 1.87% (-0.058 -0.06)
1-4 @ 1.17% (-0.019 -0.02)
2-4 @ 1.05%
Other @ 2.64%
Total : 30.05%

How you voted: Kansas vs Salt Lake

Sporting Kansas City
11.5%
Draw
38.5%
Real Salt Lake
50.0%
26
Head to Head
May 5, 2024 2.30am
Salt Lake
1-0
Kansas
Arango (81')
Eneli (14'), Vera (47'), Arango (90')

Rodriguez (90+4')
Oct 8, 2023 2.30am
Salt Lake
2-3
Kansas
Vera (81'), Savarino (89')
Vera (57'), MacMath (90+7')
Glad (3')
Thommy (4'), Russell (29'), Pulido (77')
Radoja (38'), Melia (90+2')
Jul 13, 2023 1.30am
Kansas
2-2
Salt Lake
Salloi (30'), Russell (36')
Musovski (46'), Julio (72')
Arango (67'), Ruiz (87')
Jul 18, 2022 2.30am
Salt Lake
3-0
Kansas
Cordova (50'), Ruiz (64'), Savarino (71')
Glad (34'), Cordova (50'), Julio (90+3')

Espinoza (24'), Isimat-Mirin (85')
Espinoza (62')
Mar 26, 2022 11pm
Kansas
1-0
Salt Lake
Russell (81')
Espinoza (40'), Sweat (45+1'), Walter (51'), Duke (90+2')

Loffelsend (7'), Brody (29')
rhs 2.0
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