Seattle will be confident of ending their winless run away from home against a Kansas side that have come out of the blocks in the new campaign very slowly. Lodeiro, Morris and Ruidiaz will cause the hosts problems as the visitors look to continue their fine start to the season.
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 Sporting Kansas City win with a probability of 50.73%. A win for Seattle Sounders had a probability of 25.08% and a draw had a probability of 24.2%.
The most likely scoreline for a Sporting Kansas City win was 1-0 with a probability of 10.34%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (9.62%) and 2-0 (8.69%). The likeliest Seattle Sounders win was 0-1 (6.82%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.45%). The actual scoreline of 1-4 was predicted with a 0.6% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted that Seattle Sounders would win this match.