Major League Soccer

Jun 9, 2024 at 1.30am UK

Children's Mercy Park

Kansas
2 - 1
Seattle

Russell (19'), Vargas (85')
Davis (45+2'), Vargas (71'), Shelton (90+4')

FT(HT: 1-1)

Morris (13')
Baker-Whiting (60'), Russell (71')
Baker-Whiting (73')

The Match

Preview

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

Form, Standings, Stats

Sporting Kansas City

All competitions

Last Game: Minnesota Utd 3-1 Kansas
Sunday, June 2 at 1.30am in Major League Soccer

Goals
for

Top scorers

Seattle Sounders

All competitions

Last Game: Seattle 1-1 Salt Lake
Thursday, May 30 at 3.30am in Major League Soccer

Goals
for

We said: Sporting Kansas City 1-1 Seattle Sounders

Sooner or later, when you are as close as SKC have been in most of their matches this season, you catch a break, and we believe that will come for the home side this weekend in the form of a single point. Read more.

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 Sporting Kansas City win with a probability of 45.66%. A win for Seattle Sounders had a probability of 30.43% and a draw had a probability of 23.9%.

The most likely scoreline for a Sporting Kansas City win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.25%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (8.34%) and 2-0 (6.98%). The likeliest Seattle Sounders win was 1-2 (7.33%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.05%). The actual scoreline of 2-1 was predicted with a 9.3% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted a 2-1 win for Sporting Kansas City in this match.

Result
Sporting Kansas City	Draw	Seattle Sounders
45.66% ( -1.06)	23.91% ( 0.02)	30.43% ( 1.04)

Both teams to score 59.66% (

0.59)

Goals

Over 2.5

Under 2.5

57.66% (

0.49)

42.34% (

-0.49)

Over 3.5

Under 3.5

35.26% (

0.49)

64.74% (

-0.49)

Sporting Kansas City Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

81.24% (

-0.23)

18.76% (

0.23)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

49.85% (

-0.39)

50.15% (

0.39)

Seattle Sounders Goals

Over 0.5

Under 0.5

73.43% (

0.93)

26.56% (

-0.93)

Over 1.5

Under 1.5

38.22% (

1.22)

61.78% (

-1.22)

Score Analysis

Sporting Kansas City 45.66%

Seattle Sounders 30.43%

Draw 23.91%

Sporting Kansas City	Draw	Seattle Sounders
2-1 @ 9.25% ( -0.1) 1-0 @ 8.34% ( -0.25) 2-0 @ 6.98% ( -0.26) 3-1 @ 5.16% ( -0.09) 3-0 @ 3.89% ( -0.18) 3-2 @ 3.42% ( 0.03) 4-1 @ 2.16% ( -0.06) 4-0 @ 1.63% ( -0.09) 4-2 @ 1.43% ( 0) Other @ 3.4% Total : 45.66%	1-1 @ 11.05% ( -0.03) 2-2 @ 6.13% ( 0.1) 0-0 @ 4.98% ( -0.11) 3-3 @ 1.51% ( 0.05) Other @ 0.23% Total : 23.91%	1-2 @ 7.33% ( 0.17) 0-1 @ 6.61% ( 0.03) 0-2 @ 4.38% ( 0.13) 1-3 @ 3.24% ( 0.16) 2-3 @ 2.71% ( 0.11) 0-3 @ 1.93% ( 0.11) 1-4 @ 1.07% ( 0.08) Other @ 3.16% Total : 30.43%