Real Salt Lake 1-0 Sporting Kansas City — Result, Statistics & Match Review — USA - Major League, 5 May 2024

📅05/05/2024 · 🕒04:30 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 3-0 2nd Score 1-2
MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Probability per market · Global + League + Team blend
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home
47%
1.64
Draw
26%
3.72
Away
27%
4.47
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
47%
2.18
Over 2.5
53%
1.62
Both Teams to Score
Yes
49%
1.66
No
51%
2.09
Total Goals
0-1 Goal
25%
4.3
2-3 Goals
41%
1.87
4-5 Goals
24%
2.98
6+ Goals
10%
9.0
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
26%
2.05
1/2 EV+ ✗
7%
34.5
1/X
8%
13.95
X/1
16%
4.13
X/2
9%
10.65
X/X
11%
5.55
2/1
6%
21.85
2/2
11%
7.71
2/X
6%
14.65
Value flag · 1/2 at 34.5 — our 7% vs market 1.1%. Did not land — edges play out over many matches, not one.
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
47%
Home Win
57%
-9.7pp
26%
Draw
24%
+2.0pp
27%
Away Win
19%
+7.7pp
47%
Under 2.5
42%
+4.9pp
53%
Over 2.5
58%
-4.9pp
49%
BTTS Yes
56%
-7.5pp
51%
BTTS No
44%
+7.5pp
gold — our model green — our served pick grey — EU market (margin removed: each group sums to 100%)
Edge (pp): green = we see more probability than the market · gold = essentially even (±0.5pp) · red = we see less. The Decision above outranks any single row: the engine backs well-supported edges, not merely big ones.
PREVIEW Match Preview Engine
iddaakolik Team Elo · Form · Goals signals
HOME Real Salt Lake EU Bookmakers 61%
Head to Head
AWAY Sporting Kansas City EU Bookmakers 22%
+0% / -12% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations -2% / +4%
1.54/1.13 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 1.18/1.67
+7% / -13% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) +9% / -7%
54% Ball Possession 46%
14 Total Shots 11
5 Shots on Target 3
5 Corners 5
367 · 80% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 292 · 77%
23.8 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 19.9
20.2 Crosses 16.1
2.1 Yellow Cards 1.8
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME Real Salt Lake
3W-1D-2L
AWAY Sporting Kansas City
1.67 Avg Goals (FT) 1.17
1.33 xG 1.22
47% Ball Possession 53%
13 Total Shots 10
6 Shots on Target 4
4 Corners 4
330 Passes 397
78% Pass Accuracy 83%
17 Box Touches 20
15 Crosses 13
2 Yellow Cards 2
08.10.2023 Real Salt Lake Real Salt Lake 2-3 HT 0-2 Sporting Kansas City Sporting Kansas City ABD
13.07.2023 Sporting Kansas City Sporting Kansas City 2-2 HT 2-0 Real Salt Lake Real Salt Lake ABD
18.07.2022 Real Salt Lake Real Salt Lake 3-0 HT 0-0 Sporting Kansas City Sporting Kansas City ABD
27.03.2022 Sporting Kansas City Sporting Kansas City 1-0 HT 0-0 Real Salt Lake Real Salt Lake ABD
28.11.2021 Sporting Kansas City Sporting Kansas City 1-2 HT 1-0 Real Salt Lake Real Salt Lake ABD
08.11.2021 Sporting Kansas City Sporting Kansas City 0-1 HT 0-0 Real Salt Lake Real Salt Lake ABD
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Real Salt Lake
1-0
AWAY Sporting Kansas City
0.89 xG 0.35
59% Ball Possession 41%
14 Total Shots 10
5 Shots on Target 1
7 Corners 2
481 Passes 314
89% Pass Accuracy 82%
29 Box Touches 12
17 Crosses 9
3 Yellow Cards 1
POST-MATCH Real Salt Lake vs Sporting Kansas City
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Real Salt Lake edged past Sporting Kansas City 1-0. The game was level at 0-0 at the break, so the decisive goals came after it.

As we highlighted before kick-off, our model had Real Salt Lake as the likeliest winner at 47%, and the 1-0 landed on that lead.

Over 2.5 goals sat near a coin-flip at 53% and both teams to score was close to even at 49%.

On the day, Real Salt Lake had 59% of the ball to Sporting Kansas City's 41%, shots finished 14-10, expected goals 0.89 to 0.35.

For context: across their last 6 meetings in our records, Real Salt Lake had the better of it with 3 wins, 1 drawn. Those games averaged 1.67 goals for Real Salt Lake and 1.17 for Sporting Kansas City.

What was the final score of Real Salt Lake vs Sporting Kansas City?

Real Salt Lake 1-0 Sporting Kansas City in the USA - Major League on 05/05/2024. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Real Salt Lake vs Sporting Kansas City?

Before kick-off our model rated a Real Salt Lake win the most likely single outcome at about 47%, with the full match-result split Real Salt Lake 47%, draw 26%, Sporting Kansas City 27%. The final score 1-0 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (Real Salt Lake), BTTS No — while Over 2.5 went the other way.

✓ Match Result (Real Salt Lake) ✗ Over 2.5 ✓ BTTS No
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