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 58.54%. A win for Colorado Rapids had a probability of 20.74% and a draw had a probability of 20.7%.
The most likely scoreline for a Real Salt Lake win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.8%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (8.32%) and 1-0 (7.93%). The likeliest Colorado Rapids win was 1-2 (5.49%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (9.33%). The actual scoreline of 1-2 was predicted with a 5.5% likelihood.