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Major League Soccer
Sporting Kansas
Major League Soccer | Gameweek 2
Mar 5, 2022 at 8.30pm UK
Livestrong Sporting Park
Houston Dynamo

Kansas
1 - 0
Houston

Walter (60')
Espinoza (83')
FT(HT: 0-0)

Ceren (55'), Quintero (86'), Vera (90+2')

The Match

Preview

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

Form, Standings, Stats

Sporting Kansas City

Last Six:
Last Game: Kansas 2-1 Colorado
Thursday, May 19 at 1.30am in Major League Soccer
Next Game: Earthquakes vs. Kansas
Monday, May 23 at 12.30am in Major League Soccer

Houston Dynamo

Last Six:
Last Game: Houston 0-1 Seattle
Thursday, May 19 at 1.30am in Major League Soccer
Next Game: LA Galaxy vs. Houston
Monday, May 23 at 1am in Major League Soccer

We said: Sporting Kansas City 1-1 Houston Dynamo

 Following their differing performances last season, the hosts would expect to come into Saturday's clash as favourites, but their confidence will be hit by last weekend's defeat. Houston Dynamo showed resilience to earn a point against Real Salt Lake, and we see a similar outcome taking place in Kansas with the visitors holding Vermes's side to a draw. 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 58.28%. A draw had a probability of 22% and a win for Houston Dynamo had a probability of 19.71%.

The most likely scoreline for a Sporting Kansas City win was 1-0 with a probability of 10.17%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (9.94%) and 2-0 (9.75%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (10.37%), while for a Houston Dynamo win it was 0-1 (5.42%). The actual scoreline of 1-0 was predicted with a 10.2% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted a 1-0 win for Sporting Kansas City in this match.

Result
Sporting Kansas CityDrawHouston Dynamo
58.28%22%19.71%
Both teams to score 54.5%
Goals
Over 2.5Under 2.5
56.2%43.79%
Over 3.5Under 3.5
33.81%66.18%
Sporting Kansas City Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
85.27%14.72%
Over 1.5Under 1.5
57.06%42.93%
Houston Dynamo Goals
Over 0.5Under 0.5
63.91%36.08%
Over 1.5Under 1.5
27.13%72.86%
Score Analysis
    Sporting Kansas City 58.27%
    Houston Dynamo 19.71%
    Draw 21.99%
Sporting Kansas CityDrawHouston Dynamo
1-0 @ 10.17%
2-1 @ 9.94%
2-0 @ 9.75%
3-1 @ 6.35%
3-0 @ 6.23%
3-2 @ 3.23%
4-1 @ 3.04%
4-0 @ 2.98%
4-2 @ 1.55%
5-1 @ 1.16%
5-0 @ 1.14%
Other @ 2.74%
Total : 58.27%
1-1 @ 10.37%
0-0 @ 5.31%
2-2 @ 5.07%
3-3 @ 1.1%
Other @ 0.15%
Total : 21.99%
0-1 @ 5.42%
1-2 @ 5.29%
0-2 @ 2.76%
1-3 @ 1.8%
2-3 @ 1.72%
0-3 @ 0.94%
Other @ 1.79%
Total : 19.71%

How you voted: Kansas vs Houston

Sporting Kansas City
40.0%
Draw
20.0%
Houston Dynamo
40.0%
5
Head to Head
Oct 3, 2021 9pm
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
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')
May 13, 2021 1.30am
Houston
1-0
Kansas
Urruti (56')
Picault (90+6')

Espinoza (70')
Oct 4, 2020 1am
Houston
1-2
Kansas
Junqua (84')
Struna (45+1'), Vera (72'), Quintero (77'), Figueroa (90+5')
Pulido (34', 73')
Dia (39'), Reid (77'), Sanchez (81'), Espinoza (90'), Melia (90+3')
Sep 28, 2020 12am
Houston
P-P
Kansas
rhs 2.0
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