A healthy Joao Paulo should be a massive boost for the Sounders as much of their past success centred around the Brazilian, and with his creativity and a refreshed side keen to put last season behind them, we expect the Rave Green to start the campaign on a winning note.
The Rapids added some lovely depth pieces to their squad during the previous transfer window, but the backline might need to get a few games under their belt before being a solid and stingy unit.
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 Seattle Sounders win with a probability of 54.24%. A draw had a probability of 23% and a win for Colorado Rapids had a probability of 22.72%.
The most likely scoreline for a Seattle Sounders win was 1-0 with a probability of 9.95%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (9.83%) and 2-0 (9.01%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (10.85%), while for a Colorado Rapids win it was 0-1 (5.99%). The actual scoreline of 4-0 was predicted with a 2.5% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole and our data analysis both correctly predicted that Seattle Sounders would win this match.
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