Major League Soccer

Mar 20, 2022 at 1.30am UK

Rio Tinto Stadium

Salt Lake
2 - 1
Nashville

Wood (2'), Schmitt (54')
Schmitt (24')

FT(HT: 1-1)

Zimmerman (25')
Lovitz (41'), Zimmerman (53'), McCarty (90+3')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Sunday's Major League Soccer clash between Real Salt Lake and Nashville SC, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Real Salt Lake

Last Six:

Last Game: Vancouver 2-1 Salt Lake
Sunday, June 5 at 12am in Major League Soccer

Next Game: Salt Lake vs. Earthquakes
Sunday, June 19 at 2.30am in Major League Soccer

Current League Standings		P	GD	PTS
1	Dallas	14	11	25
2	Real Salt Lake	15	-1	25
3	Los Angeles Galaxy	14	1	23

We said: Real Salt Lake 2-1 Nashville SC

Salt Lake will be high in confidence after two consecutive wins and a late winner last weekend, and that should be enough to get past a side who could become defeated with the amount of away games at the beginning of this year. The hosts are expected to show quality in the final third after netting three times last time out, while Nashville will want to improve on their performance against Dallas and offer a bigger attacking threat. 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 Real Salt Lake win with a probability of 41.22%. A win for Nashville SC had a probability of 31.18% and a draw had a probability of 27.6%.

The most likely scoreline for a Real Salt Lake win was 1-0 with a probability of 11.94%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (8.42%) and 2-0 (7.74%). The likeliest Nashville SC win was 0-1 (10.04%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (13%). The actual scoreline of 2-1 was predicted with an 8.4% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted a 2-1 win for Real Salt Lake in this match and our data analysis correctly predicted the win for Real Salt Lake.

Result
Real Salt Lake	Draw	Nashville SC
41.22%	27.59%	31.18%

Both teams to score 48.15%

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

42.58%

57.41%

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

21.77%

78.23%

Real Salt Lake Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

72.6%

27.39%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

37.13%

62.86%

Nashville SC Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

66.32%

33.68%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

29.66%

70.33%

Score Analysis

Real Salt Lake 41.21%

Nashville SC 31.18%

Draw 27.59%

Real Salt Lake	Draw	Nashville SC
1-0 @ 11.94% 2-1 @ 8.42% 2-0 @ 7.74% 3-1 @ 3.63% 3-0 @ 3.34% 3-2 @ 1.98% 4-1 @ 1.18% 4-0 @ 1.08% Other @ 1.92% Total : 41.21%	1-1 @ 13% 0-0 @ 9.23% 2-2 @ 4.58% Other @ 0.78% Total : 27.59%	0-1 @ 10.04% 1-2 @ 7.07% 0-2 @ 5.46% 1-3 @ 2.57% 0-3 @ 1.98% 2-3 @ 1.66% Other @ 2.4% Total : 31.18%