DC United 2-1 Sporting Kansas City — Result, Statistics & Match Review — USA - Major League, 9 Mar 2025

📅09/03/2025 · 🕒03:30 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 2-2 2nd Score 2-1
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
42%
1.9
Draw
25%
3.54
Away
33%
3.34
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
44%
2.23
Over 2.5
56%
1.59
Both Teams to Score
Yes
56%
1.55
No
44%
2.29
Total Goals
0-1 Goal
21%
4.33
2-3 Goals
39%
1.85
4-5 Goals
28%
2.74
6+ Goals
12%
7.6
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
19%
2.54
1/2
8%
31.5
1/X
8%
12.6
X/1
15%
4.88
X/2
11%
7.85
X/X
10%
5.6
2/1
8%
21.1
2/2
14%
5.3
2/X
7%
13.4
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
42%
Home Win
49%
-6.7pp
25%
Draw
25%
+0.1pp
33%
Away Win
26%
+6.6pp
44%
Under 2.5
41%
+2.8pp
56%
Over 2.5
59%
-2.8pp
56%
BTTS Yes
60%
-4.0pp
44%
BTTS No
40%
+4.0pp
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 DC United EU Bookmakers 53%
Head to Head
AWAY Sporting Kansas City EU Bookmakers 30%
-4% / -3% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations -4% / +2%
1.73/1.21 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 1.09/1.65
+6% / -2% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) -6% / -6%
51% Ball Possession 49%
14 Total Shots 13
5 Shots on Target 6
5 Corners 4
367 · 81% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 368 · 80%
28.7 Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area 19.8
19.6 Crosses 15.9
2.0 Yellow Cards 1.8
H2H Past Meetings
Real recorded figures, averaged over these meetings
HOME DC United
2W-2D-2L
AWAY Sporting Kansas City
0.50 Avg Goals (FT) 0.83
1.01 xG 1.41
44% Ball Possession 56%
9 Total Shots 16
3 Shots on Target 4
5 Corners 7
274 Passes 371
73% Pass Accuracy 78%
16 Box Touches 27
16 Crosses 19
2 Yellow Cards 1
14.09.2022 Sporting Kansas City Sporting Kansas City 3-0 HT 1-0 DC United DC United ABD
13.05.2019 DC United DC United 1-0 HT 0-0 Sporting Kansas City Sporting Kansas City ABD
01.04.2018 Sporting Kansas City Sporting Kansas City 1-0 HT 1-0 DC United DC United ABD
05.03.2017 DC United DC United 0-0 HT 0-0 Sporting Kansas City Sporting Kansas City ABD
28.05.2016 Sporting Kansas City Sporting Kansas City 0-1 HT 0-0 DC United DC United ABD
10.05.2015 DC United DC United 1-1 HT 1-1 Sporting Kansas City Sporting Kansas City ABD
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME DC United
2-1
AWAY Sporting Kansas City
1.85 xG 0.45
44% Ball Possession 56%
11 Total Shots 7
4 Shots on Target 1
6 Corners 1
264 Passes 374
72% Pass Accuracy 78%
19 Box Touches 22
15 Crosses 14
6 Yellow Cards 4
POST-MATCH DC United vs Sporting Kansas City
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

DC United edged past Sporting Kansas City 2-1. The game was level at 0-0 at the break, so the decisive goals came after it.

As our pre-match numbers suggested, our model had DC United as the likeliest winner at 42%, and the 2-1 landed on that lead. We had also flagged over 2.5 goals (56%), both teams to score (56%), and both reads landed as well.

On the day, DC United had 44% of the ball to Sporting Kansas City's 56%, shots finished 11-7, expected goals 1.85 to 0.45 — an xG gap that size says the one-goal margin undersold DC United's control.

Coming into the game, across their last 6 meetings in our records, honours were even at 2 apiece, 2 drawn. Those games averaged 0.50 goals for DC United and 0.83 for Sporting Kansas City.

What was the final score of DC United vs Sporting Kansas City?

DC United 2-1 Sporting Kansas City in the USA - Major League on 09/03/2025. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for DC United vs Sporting Kansas City?

Before kick-off our model rated a DC United win the most likely single outcome at about 42%, with the full match-result split DC United 42%, draw 25%, Sporting Kansas City 33%. The final score 2-1 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Match Result (DC United), Over 2.5, BTTS Yes — a clean sweep of the main markets.

✓ Match Result (DC United) ✓ Over 2.5 ✓ BTTS Yes
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