Coverage of the Major League Soccer clash between Chicago Fire and Seattle Sounders.
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 Chicago Fire win with a probability of 49.93%. A win for Seattle Sounders had a probability of 26.01% and a draw had a probability of 24.1%.
The most likely scoreline for a Chicago Fire win was 1-0 with a probability of 9.84%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (9.59%) and 2-0 (8.32%). The likeliest Seattle Sounders win was 0-1 (6.71%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (11.34%). The actual scoreline of 2-1 was predicted with a 9.6% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Chicago Fire would win this match.
