Major League Soccer

May 7, 2023 at 9.30pm UK

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Seattle
1 - 2
Kansas

Lodeiro (66' pen.)
Roldan (8'), Rusnak (81')

FT(HT: 0-2)

Thommy (4'), Pulido (31')
Walter (12'), Ndenbe (65'), Russell (90+5')

The Match

Preview

Sports Mole previews Sunday's Major League Soccer clash between Seattle Sounders and Sporting Kansas City, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.

Form, Standings, Stats

Seattle Sounders

All competitions

Last Game: Salt Lake 0-0 Seattle
Sunday, April 30 at 2.30am in Major League Soccer

Goals
for

Top scorers

Sporting Kansas City

All competitions

Last Game: Kansas 0-2 Montreal
Sunday, April 30 at 1.30am in Major League Soccer

Goals
for

We said: Seattle Sounders 2-0 Sporting Kansas City

The last thing you want to hear if you support Kansas City is one of your leaders, Johnny Russell, publicly saying they do not know how to fix their issues, that alone has to be worrisome and it makes it difficult to imagine they can find a way through one of the top defensive units in MLS.

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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 63.5%. A draw had a probability of 21.1% and a win for Sporting Kansas City had a probability of 15.4%.

The most likely scoreline for a Seattle Sounders win was 1-0 with a probability of 11.91%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-0 (11.65%) and 2-1 (9.81%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (10.03%), while for a Sporting Kansas City win it was 0-1 (5.13%). The actual scoreline of 1-2 was predicted with a 4.2% likelihood.

Result
Seattle Sounders	Draw	Sporting Kansas City
63.5% ( -0)	21.09% ( 0)	15.4% ( -0)

Both teams to score 48.86% (

-0.01)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

53.02% (

-0.01)

46.98% (

0.01)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

30.77% (

-0.01)

69.23% (

0.01)

Seattle Sounders Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

85.86% (

-0)

14.13% (

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

58.21% (

-0.01)

41.79% (

Sporting Kansas City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

56.9% (

-0.01)

43.09% (

0.01)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

20.63% (

-0.01)

79.37% (

0.01)

Score Analysis

Seattle Sounders 63.49%

Sporting Kansas City 15.4%

Draw 21.09%

Seattle Sounders	Draw	Sporting Kansas City
1-0 @ 11.91% 2-0 @ 11.65% 2-1 @ 9.81% ( -0) 3-0 @ 7.6% ( 0) 3-1 @ 6.4% ( -0) 4-0 @ 3.72% ( 0) 4-1 @ 3.13% ( -0) 3-2 @ 2.69% ( -0) 5-0 @ 1.46% 4-2 @ 1.32% ( -0) 5-1 @ 1.23% ( -0) Other @ 2.56% Total : 63.49%	1-1 @ 10.03% 0-0 @ 6.09% ( 0) 2-2 @ 4.13% ( -0) Other @ 0.84% Total : 21.09%	0-1 @ 5.13% ( 0) 1-2 @ 4.22% ( -0) 0-2 @ 2.16% 1-3 @ 1.19% 2-3 @ 1.16% ( -0) Other @ 1.55% Total : 15.4%