Major League Soccer

Mar 5, 2023 at 3.30am UK

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Seattle
2 - 0
Salt Lake

Morris (35'), Heber (58')
Tolo (73'), Chu (86')

FT(HT: 1-0)

Ojeda (62')

The Match

Preview

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

Form, Standings, Stats

Seattle Sounders

All competitions

Major League Soccer

Last Game: Seattle 4-0 Colorado
Monday, February 27 at 1am in Major League Soccer

Goals
for

Top scorers

Real Salt Lake

All competitions

Major League Soccer

Last Game: Vancouver 1-2 Salt Lake
Sunday, February 26 at 3.30am in Major League Soccer

Goals
for

We said: Seattle Sounders 2-0 Real Salt Lake

The season is still young, but the Sounders look re-energised and primed to regain their status as an MLS powerhouse, showing poise along the backline in their opener with plenty of outstanding individual performances. While they reacted well when trailing last Saturday, Claret and Cobalt did not produce many scoring opportunities aside from a nice two-minute flurry against the Caps, and they will be facing a much more experienced and organised backline this weekend.

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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 Seattle Sounders win with a probability of 57.52%. A draw had a probability of 22.3% and a win for Real Salt Lake had a probability of 20.15%.

The most likely scoreline for a Seattle Sounders win was 1-0 with a probability of 10.36%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (9.92%) and 2-0 (9.74%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (10.55%), while for a Real Salt Lake win it was 0-1 (5.62%). The actual scoreline of 2-0 was predicted with a 9.7% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted a 2-0 win for Seattle Sounders in this match and our data analysis correctly predicted the win for Seattle Sounders.

Result
Seattle Sounders	Draw	Real Salt Lake
57.52% ( -0.05)	22.33% ( 0)	20.15% ( 0.04)

Both teams to score 54.11% (

0.06)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

55.34% (

0.05)

44.65% (

-0.05)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

32.98% (

0.05)

67.02% (

-0.05)

Seattle Sounders Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

84.73% (

15.27%

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

56.04% (

43.96% (

-0)

Real Salt Lake Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

63.86% (

0.07)

36.13% (

-0.07)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

27.08% (

0.07)

72.92% (

-0.07)

Score Analysis

Seattle Sounders 57.51%

Real Salt Lake 20.15%

Draw 22.33%

Seattle Sounders	Draw	Real Salt Lake
1-0 @ 10.36% ( -0.02) 2-1 @ 9.92% ( -0) 2-0 @ 9.74% ( -0.02) 3-1 @ 6.21% 3-0 @ 6.11% ( -0.01) 3-2 @ 3.16% ( 0.01) 4-1 @ 2.92% 4-0 @ 2.87% ( -0) 4-2 @ 1.49% ( 0) 5-1 @ 1.1% ( 0) 5-0 @ 1.08% ( -0) Other @ 2.56% Total : 57.51%	1-1 @ 10.55% 0-0 @ 5.52% ( -0.01) 2-2 @ 5.05% ( 0.01) 3-3 @ 1.07% ( 0) Other @ 0.14% Total : 22.33%	0-1 @ 5.62% ( -0) 1-2 @ 5.37% ( 0.01) 0-2 @ 2.86% ( 0) 1-3 @ 1.82% ( 0.01) 2-3 @ 1.71% ( 0.01) 0-3 @ 0.97% ( 0) Other @ 1.8% Total : 20.15%