Major League Soccer

Aug 27, 2023 at 2.30am UK

Rio Tinto Stadium

Salt Lake
0 - 3
Houston

Chang (50'), Julio (63')

FT(HT: 0-2)

Baird (9'), Steres (29'), Carrasquilla (75')

The Match

Preview

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

Form, Standings, Stats

Real Salt Lake

All competitions

Major League Soccer

Last Game: Houston 3-1 Salt Lake
Thursday, August 24 at 2.30am in US Open Cup

Goals
for

Houston Dynamo

All competitions

Major League Soccer

Last Game: Houston 3-1 Salt Lake
Thursday, August 24 at 2.30am in US Open Cup

Goals
for

Top scorers

We said: Real Salt Lake 1-1 Houston Dynamo

Given their victory in this fixture just three days before Sunday's affair, Houston Dynamo have a bit of an edge here but Real Salt Lake will look to make home advantage count. We are backing the sides to cancel each other out and settle for a point apiece in the end.

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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 Real Salt Lake win with a probability of 55.76%. A draw had a probability of 23.2% and a win for Houston Dynamo had a probability of 21.05%.

The most likely scoreline for a Real Salt Lake win was 1-0 with a probability of 10.99%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (9.84%) and 2-0 (9.81%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (11.01%), while for a Houston Dynamo win it was 0-1 (6.17%). The actual scoreline of 0-3 was predicted with a 1% likelihood.

Result
Real Salt Lake	Draw	Houston Dynamo
55.76% ( 0.01)	23.2% ( 0.01)	21.05% ( -0.02)

Both teams to score 52.69% (

-0.08)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

52.77% (

-0.09)

47.23% (

0.09)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

30.54% (

-0.08)

69.46% (

0.09)

Real Salt Lake Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

83.23% (

-0.03)

16.77% (

0.03)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

53.29% (

-0.05)

46.72% (

0.06)

Houston Dynamo Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

63.3% (

-0.07)

36.7% (

0.07)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

26.51% (

-0.07)

73.49% (

0.08)

Score Analysis

Real Salt Lake 55.76%

Houston Dynamo 21.05%

Draw 23.19%

Real Salt Lake	Draw	Houston Dynamo
1-0 @ 10.99% ( 0.04) 2-1 @ 9.84% ( -0) 2-0 @ 9.81% ( 0.02) 3-1 @ 5.85% ( -0.01) 3-0 @ 5.84% ( 0) 3-2 @ 2.93% ( -0.01) 4-1 @ 2.61% ( -0.01) 4-0 @ 2.61% ( -0) 4-2 @ 1.31% ( -0) 5-1 @ 0.93% ( -0) 5-0 @ 0.93% ( -0) Other @ 2.1% Total : 55.76%	1-1 @ 11.01% ( 0.01) 0-0 @ 6.16% ( 0.02) 2-2 @ 4.93% ( -0.01) 3-3 @ 0.98% ( -0.01) Other @ 0.12% Total : 23.19%	0-1 @ 6.17% ( 0.01) 1-2 @ 5.52% ( -0.01) 0-2 @ 3.09% ( -0) 1-3 @ 1.85% ( -0.01) 2-3 @ 1.65% ( -0.01) 0-3 @ 1.03% ( -0) Other @ 1.74% Total : 21.05%