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 55.76%. A draw had a probability of 23.2% and a win for Houston Dynamo had a probability of 21.05%.
The most likely scoreline for a Real Salt Lake win was 1-0 with a probability of 10.99%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (9.84%) and 2-0 (9.81%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (11.01%), while for a Houston Dynamo win it was 0-1 (6.17%). The actual scoreline of 0-3 was predicted with a 1% likelihood.