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The Town vs Sporting KC IIMLS Next Pro 2022

The Town
The Town
FT
31
HT: 20
Sporting KC II
Sporting KC II
N. Adimabua 53', 12'
M. Alexandre 57' (pen)
7/14/2025MLS Next ProMLS Next Pro · Round 23PayPal Park

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 46+ matches

The Town58%
×Draw20%
Sporting KC II22%
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.

The Town
2.20
Sporting KC II
1.29

The Town creates 71% more chances

Season form · 46 home / 51 away

creates per match

The Town
2.22
Sporting KC II
1.59

allows per match

The Town
0.98
Sporting KC II
2.18

finishing

The Town+0.00on par
Sporting KC II+0.00on par

Total goals

67%Over
  • Over67
  • Under33

3+ goals likely

Both teams score

64%Yes
  • Yes64
  • No36

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

The Town

Sporting KC II
0
1
2
3
4
0
003%
014%
023%
031%
040%
1
107%
119%
126%
132%
141%
2
207%
2110%
226%
233%
241%
3
305%
317%
325%
332%
341%
4
403%
414%
422%
431%
440%

Most likely 2–1 (10%) · grid covers 93% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
97%3%1.5
86%14%2.5
67%33%3.5
46%54%4.5
27%73%

Double chance

The Town or draw
78%
The Town or Sporting KC II
80%
Draw or Sporting KC II
42%

Winning margin

The Town wins by 2+
36%
Sporting KC II wins by 2+
9%

Team goals

The Town 1+ goals
89%
The Town 2+ goals
64%
The Town 3+ goals
37%
Sporting KC II 1+ goals
72%
Sporting KC II 2+ goals
37%
Sporting KC II 3+ goals
14%

Draw no bet

The Town (draw refunded)
73%
Sporting KC II (draw refunded)
27%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
56%
Both score & under 3
9%

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

The Town at homecreates 2.22, concedes 0.98 · 46 matches

Sporting KC II awaycreates 1.59, concedes 2.18 · 51 matches

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

2

Expected goals for this match

The Town attack 2.22 + Sporting KC II defence 2.18 → ÷2 → 2.20

Sporting KC II attack 1.59 + The Town defence 0.98 → ÷2 → 1.29

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 58%?"

The Town scores more
58%
level
20%
Sporting KC II scores more
22%

The Town at 58% 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 58% does not mean "The Town 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.

The
Sporting
46'R. RajagopalK. Spivey
71'C. CowellM. Rodriguez
71'J. DonneryD. Baptista
85'K. Walwyn-BentN. Adimabua
46'J. OrtizB. Uderitz
64'B. ArellanoG. Quintero

Sporting KC II substitutes

The Town 3 – 1 Sporting KC II

The Town beat Sporting KC II 3-1 in MLS Next Pro on July 14, 2025.

Goals: N. Adimabua (12', 53'), M. Rodriguez (35'), M. Alexandre (57' pen).

The match was played at PayPal Park.