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CF Montreal vs Sporting Kansas CityMajor League Soccer 2026

A. Silva 70' (pen)
I. Piatti 54'
6/30/2018Major League SoccerMajor League Soccer · Round 20Saputo Stadium

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on xG from last 14+ matches

CF Montreal48%
×Draw25%
Sporting Kansas City27%
Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 6 more than always backing the home side
Model
49.7%
Always home
44.3%

The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 49.7% correct across 106,786 matches, vs 44.3% for always backing the home side.

Home picks 50.7% correct · Away picks 47.3% correct

Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

Expected goals in this match

What is xG?

Every shot is scored 0–1 by how likely it is to be a goal from that spot — a chance in the middle of the box ≈ 0.4, a long shot from a tight angle ≈ 0.03, a penalty ≈ 0.76. Add them up over a match and that is the xG.

The scoreline can lie: you can win 1-0 on a fluke while creating half the chances. xG shows who was really closer to scoring — and over a season it predicts results better than goals alone.

CF Montreal
1.63
Sporting Kansas City
1.15

CF Montreal creates 42% more chances

Season form · 14 home / 21 away

creates per match

CF Montreal
1.14
Sporting Kansas City
0.83

allows per match

CF Montreal
1.46
Sporting Kansas City
2.12

finishing

CF Montreal-0.14scores less
Sporting Kansas City-0.07on par

Total goals

52%Over
  • Over52
  • Under48

Close call

Both teams score

55%Yes
  • Yes55
  • No45

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

CF Montreal

Sporting Kansas City
0
1
2
3
4
0
006%
017%
024%
032%
040%
1
1010%
1112%
127%
133%
141%
2
208%
219%
225%
232%
241%
3
304%
315%
323%
331%
340%
4
402%
412%
421%
430%
440%

Most likely 1–1 (12%) · grid covers 97% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
94%6%1.5
77%23%2.5
52%48%3.5
30%70%4.5
15%85%

Double chance

CF Montreal or draw
73%
CF Montreal or Sporting Kansas City
75%
Draw or Sporting Kansas City
52%

Winning margin

CF Montreal wins by 2+
25%
Sporting Kansas City wins by 2+
11%

Team goals

CF Montreal 1+ goals
80%
CF Montreal 2+ goals
48%
CF Montreal 3+ goals
22%
Sporting Kansas City 1+ goals
68%
Sporting Kansas City 2+ goals
32%
Sporting Kansas City 3+ goals
11%

Draw no bet

CF Montreal (draw refunded)
64%
Sporting Kansas City (draw refunded)
36%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
43%
Both score & under 3
12%

Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.

How is this calculated?

Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.

1

Recent form of each side

CF Montreal at homecreates 1.14, concedes 1.46 · 14 matches

Sporting Kansas City awaycreates 0.83, concedes 2.12 · 21 matches

Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.

2

Expected goals for this match

CF Montreal attack 1.14 + Sporting Kansas City defence 2.12 → ÷2 → 1.63

Sporting Kansas City attack 0.83 + CF Montreal defence 1.46 → ÷2 → 1.15

Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.

3

Chance of every scoreline

From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.

4

The answer to "why 48%?"

CF Montreal scores more
48%
level
25%
Sporting Kansas City scores more
27%

CF Montreal at 48% is simply the biggest of the three — that is the pick.

What the model can't see

It reads only the stats of recent matches. It knows nothing about:

  • injuries & suspensions
  • the matchday lineup
  • motivation — cup, relegation, a title race
  • weather & pitch condition
  • in-game coaching decisions

So 48% does not mean "CF Montreal will win" — it means "on the available stats, this is the most likely result."

Statistical model based on expected goals (xG). For informational purposes only.

Player of the match

8
G. ZusiSporting Kansas CitySporting Kansas City · D
7.6

Possession

46%CF

Shots

8CF

Pass accuracy

49%CF

Statistics

CFSporting
Overview
46%Possession54%
8Total Shots9
4Corners5
10Fouls12
Shots
8Total Shots9
5On Target3
0Off Target5
3Blocked1
5Inside Box2
3Outside Box7
Passing
46%Possession54%
407Total Passes466
324Accurate Passes393
80%Pass Accuracy84%
Goalkeeping
3Saves3
Discipline
10Fouls12
2Yellow Cards2
0Red Cards0
5Offsides0

Match Recap: CF Montreal vs Sporting Kansas City

CF Montreal beat Sporting Kansas City 2-0 in Major League Soccer on June 30, 2018.

Goals: I. Piatti (54'), A. Silva (70' pen).

Sporting Kansas City controlled possession (54%) and registered 9 shots to 8.

The match was played at Saputo Stadium in Montreal.