Neither team is short of attacking firepower heading into this one, and we are anticipating a highly entertaining affair. We can also see Real Salt Lake making home advantage count by coming out on top, albeit by only a narrow margin.
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 53.47%. A draw had a probability of 23.9% and a win for Vancouver Whitecaps had a probability of 22.65%.
The most likely scoreline for a Real Salt Lake win was 1-0 with a probability of 11.03%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (9.73%) and 2-0 (9.46%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (11.34%), while for a Vancouver Whitecaps win it was 0-1 (6.61%). The actual scoreline of 2-1 was predicted with a 9.7% 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.