Coverage of the Major League Soccer clash between Portland Timbers 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 Portland Timbers win with a probability of 43.74%. A win for Seattle Sounders had a probability of 33.1% and a draw had a probability of 23.2%.
The most likely scoreline for a Portland Timbers win was 2-1 with a probability of 8.93%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 1-0 (6.93%) and 2-0 (6.02%). The likeliest Seattle Sounders win was 1-2 (7.64%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (10.29%). The actual scoreline of 1-0 was predicted with a 6.9% likelihood. Our data analysis correctly predicted that Portland Timbers would win this match.
