We said: Real Salt Lake 1-0 Dallas
Having stumbled into the new campaign, a run of two wins from their last three games has shown that while Real Salt Lake are capable of winning games, consistency remains their biggest hurdle. However, we predict that Mastroeni's men will make the most of their home advantage and come away with all three points against the floundering visitors.
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 Real Salt Lake win with a probability of 58.25%. A draw had a probability of 21.8% and a win for Dallas had a probability of 19.92%.
The most likely scoreline for a Real Salt Lake win was 2-1 with a probability of 9.94%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (9.84%) and 2-0 (9.54%). The likeliest drawn scoreline was 1-1 (10.25%), while for a Dallas win it was 1-2 (5.34%). The actual scoreline of 0-1 was predicted with a 5.3% likelihood.