Seattle Sounders
vs
Sporting Kansas City
Major League Soccer prediction
Our model says: Seattle Sounders 2–1 Sporting Kansas City
The model makes it 44% Seattle Sounders, 28% draw, 28% Sporting Kansas City — fair odds of 2.27, 3.57 and 3.57. Fair odds are simply 100 ÷ the probability; they are the model's own number, not a bookmaker's price.
Most likely scoreline: 2-1.
Expected goals: Seattle Sounders 1.71, Sporting Kansas City 1.13.
Both teams to score: 56%. Over 2.5 goals: 54%, under 2.5: 46%.
Model confidence: Medium.
Published
Live win probability
From kick-offThese update every few seconds once the match kicks off, as the model re-reads the score, the clock and any red cards. The second figure is fair odds — 100 ÷ probability, the price with no margin in it.
Model insights: Seattle Sounders vs Sporting Kansas City
Every scoreline the model considered
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | ||
| 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||
| 5 |
Each cell is one exact result, shaded against the likeliest one; figures below 1% are left blank rather than rounded to zero. Blue cells are Seattle Sounders wins, grey are draws, red are Sporting Kansas City wins — the three shaded areas ARE the 1/X/2 split above, which is the sum of the cells in each. The most likely scoreline is simply the darkest cell inside whichever area the model favours.
Has the model earned this number?
It puts Seattle Sounders at 44% here. Across 2496 settled matches, 1127 forecasts have landed in the 40–50% band; those outcomes actually happened 44.4% of the time, against an average forecast of 43.8%. In this range the two line up, so the figure above can be read literally.
Every settled prediction on this site is scored against an uninformed baseline, band by band, and published whether or not it flatters the model — see the full record.
Form going into Seattle Sounders vs Sporting Kansas City
Seattle Sounders
- D1-1away to Los Angeles Galaxy13 September 2026
- D0-0New York Red Bulls6 September 2026
- D2-2Chicago Fire29 August 2026
- D1-1away to FC Cincinnati22 August 2026
- L1-2Austin20 August 2026
Sporting Kansas City
- W3-1Los Angeles FC13 September 2026
- L3-4away to FC Dallas6 September 2026
- L0-3Vancouver Whitecaps30 August 2026
- L1-2away to Atlanta United FC23 August 2026
- D1-1St. Louis City20 August 2026
Up to 5 matches before kick-off, most recent first. The model works from each side's rolling expected-goals ratings rather than from these results directly, so read them as context — how the ratings are built.
Major League Soccer table
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | Seattle Sounders | 23 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 30 | -5 | 28 |
| 15 | Sporting Kansas City | 24 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 26 | 59 | -33 | 18 |
Where the two sides stand. Full table
Head-to-head: Seattle Sounders vs Sporting Kansas City
- 2 May 2026Sporting Kansas City 1–1 Seattle SoundersMajor League Soccer
- 25 August 2025Seattle Sounders 5–2 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer
- 13 July 2025Sporting Kansas City 2–3 Seattle SoundersMajor League Soccer
- 15 September 2024Seattle Sounders 2–0 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer
- 9 June 2024Sporting Kansas City 2–1 Seattle SoundersMajor League Soccer
- 7 May 2023Seattle Sounders 1–2 Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer
Two sides the ratings cannot separate
Seattle Sounders carry a model rating of 6.46 against 6.4 for Sporting Kansas City. The scale is anchored so that an average side in one of Europe's big five leagues sits at 6.85, and it is adjusted for the strength of each team's league, so the two numbers are comparable even across borders.
A gap that small is inside the noise of the rating itself — treat the two as level.
What the model expects
Under the hood the model expects 1.71 goals for Seattle Sounders and 1.13 for Sporting Kansas City. Those two numbers, not the scoreline, are what the model actually estimates; everything else is derived from them.
Seattle Sounders rate 0.58 in attack and 1.30 in defence, where 1 is league average and a lower defensive number is better; Sporting Kansas City rate 0.72 and 1.81.
How this was produced
Publicly tracked record so far: 1178 correct results out of 2496 settled predictions (47%), with 236 exact scorelines (9%). That log is updated automatically after every match and is never edited.
Full method: how the model works.
From the first whistle this page keeps going: the win probabilities at the top are recalculated as the match plays out, reading the score, the clock and any sendings-off. The same model, asked how many goals are left rather than how many there will be.
Team comparison
Bars show each side's share of the two-team total, based on the model's attack/defence ratings and expected goals for this fixture.
Why the model favours this side
The model gives Seattle Sounders the highest probability at 44%, based on each side's rolling attack and defence ratings estimated from recent match data. The model projects 1.71 expected goals for Seattle Sounders against 1.13 for Sporting Kansas City. Seattle Sounders's attack/defence rating is 0.58/1.3 versus the league average (1.00 = average), compared with 0.72/1.81 for Sporting Kansas City.