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Major League Soccer
Sep 24, 2023 at 1.30am UK
Children's Mercy Park
Houston Dynamo

Kansas
2 - 1
Houston

Russell (7' pen.), Agade (45+6')
Radoja (34'), Vermes (35'), Thommy (73'), Rosero (88'), Salloi (90+6')
Russell (39')
FT(HT: 2-1)
Hadebe (45+9')
B (0'), Escobar (45+1'), Dorsey (74'), Caicedo (83')

The Match

Preview

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

Form, Standings, Stats

Last Game: Kansas 0-3 Nashville
Thursday, September 21 at 1.30am in Major League Soccer
Last Game: Houston 4-1 Vancouver
Thursday, September 21 at 1.30am in Major League Soccer

We said: Sporting Kansas City 1-3 Houston Dynamo

Sporting KC may feel that their playoff dreams faded slightly as they fell to defeat against Nashville on Wednesday, making Saturday's clash against Houston one they must earn a result from. The Dynamo are in scintillating form and will be confident of extending their unbeaten run to eight matches with a convincing win at Children's Mercy Park on the 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 Sporting Kansas City win with a probability of 57.04%. A draw had a probability of 22.6% and a win for Houston Dynamo had a probability of 20.35%.

The most likely scoreline for a Sporting Kansas City win was 1-0 with a probability of 10.6%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (9.9%) and 2-0 (9.81%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (10.7%), while for a Houston Dynamo win it was 0-1 (5.79%). The actual scoreline of 2-1 was predicted with a 9.9% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Sporting Kansas City would win this match.

Result
Sporting Kansas CityDrawHouston Dynamo
57.04% (-1.189 -1.19) 22.6% (0.338 0.34) 20.35% (0.853 0.85)
Both teams to score 53.55% (0.297 0.3)
Goals
Over 2.5Under 2.5
54.43% (-0.291 -0.29)45.57% (0.29 0.29)
Over 3.5Under 3.5
32.1% (-0.277 -0.28)67.9% (0.277 0.28)
Sporting Kansas City Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
84.26% (-0.495 -0.5)15.74% (0.495 0.5)
Over 1.5Under 1.5
55.16% (-0.923 -0.92)44.84% (0.922 0.92)
Houston Dynamo Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
63.55% (0.722 0.72)36.45% (-0.721 -0.72)
Over 1.5Under 1.5
26.76% (0.722 0.72)73.23% (-0.723 -0.72)
Score Analysis
    Sporting Kansas City 57.04%
    Houston Dynamo 20.35%
    Draw 22.6%
Sporting Kansas CityDrawHouston Dynamo
1-0 @ 10.6% (-0.050000000000001 -0.05)
2-1 @ 9.9% (-0.023 -0.02)
2-0 @ 9.81% (-0.213 -0.21)
3-1 @ 6.1% (-0.12 -0.12)
3-0 @ 6.05% (-0.24 -0.24)
3-2 @ 3.08%
4-1 @ 2.82% (-0.105 -0.11)
4-0 @ 2.79% (-0.161 -0.16)
4-2 @ 1.42% (-0.024 -0.02)
5-1 @ 1.04% (-0.057 -0.06)
5-0 @ 1.03% (-0.079 -0.08)
Other @ 2.4%
Total : 57.04%
1-1 @ 10.7% (0.16 0.16)
0-0 @ 5.74% (0.071 0.07)
2-2 @ 4.99% (0.085 0.09)
3-3 @ 1.04% (0.021 0.02)
Other @ 0.13%
Total : 22.6%
0-1 @ 5.79% (0.182 0.18)
1-2 @ 5.4% (0.182 0.18)
0-2 @ 2.92% (0.147 0.15)
1-3 @ 1.82% (0.095 0.1)
2-3 @ 1.68% (0.061 0.06)
0-3 @ 0.98% (0.068 0.07)
Other @ 1.76%
Total : 20.35%

Head to Head
Jul 9, 2023 1.30am
Houston
2-2
Kansas
Ibrahim (45+2'), Franco (90+8')
Ulfarsson (49'), Herrera (50'), Ferreira (90+10')
Pulido (25', 62')
Rosero (65'), Leibold (90+11')
Sep 11, 2022 1.30am
Mar 5, 2022 8.30pm
Gameweek 2
Kansas
1-0
Houston
Walter (60')
Espinoza (83')

Ceren (55'), Quintero (86'), Vera (90+2')
Oct 3, 2021 9pm
Gameweek 37
Kansas
4-2
Houston
Russell (16' pen., 90'), Salloi (26'), Kinda (57')
Zusi (85')
Picault (51'), Quintero (76')
Junqua (16'), Hadebe (27'), Vera (53')
May 30, 2021 1.30am
Gameweek 10
Kansas
3-2
Houston
Busio (51'), Pulido (61' pen.), Kinda (65')
Zusi (90+1')
Vera (13'), Urruti (90+4')
Jones (4'), Vera (42'), Garcia (82')
rhs 2.0
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Eastern Conference

TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1Inter MiamiInter Miami1273232181424
2FC CincinnatiCincinnati11632139421
3Toronto116141414019
4New York Red BullsNY Red Bulls114521616017
5Columbus Crew10361129315
6Philadelphia UnionPhiladelphia103521916314
7DC United113531617-114
8Charlotte FCCharlotte FC114251213-114
9New York City FCNY City114251112-114
10Atlanta UnitedAtlanta103341411312
11CF MontrealMontreal103341320-712
12Nashville SCNashville102531418-411
13Chicago Fire112451119-810
14Orlando City102351118-79
15New England RevolutionNew England10217718-117

Western Conference

TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1Real Salt LakeSalt Lake11632189921
2Minnesota UnitedMinnesota Utd106221711620
3Los Angeles GalaxyLA Galaxy115422117419
4Vancouver WhitecapsVancouver105321810818
5Colorado RapidsColorado115331815318
6Austin FCAustin114431413116
7Los Angeles FCLos Angeles114341919015
8Houston DynamoHouston10424910-114
9St Louis City102711514113
10Sporting Kansas CityKansas112541819-111
11Seattle SoundersSeattle112451313010
12Portland TimbersPortland112452023-310
13Dallas102261015-58
14San Jose EarthquakesEarthquakes112181726-97


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