Seattle Sounders v Real Salt Lake prediction

What to expect

We expect about 1.4 goals from Seattle Sounders and 1.2 from Real Salt Lake, so Seattle Sounders come out ahead by a nose. Put together, that is around 2.7 goals in the game, which is an ordinary sort of total.

Seattle Sounders come into this on two straight defeats. Recent results are only ever part of the story, but they are worth knowing before kick-off.

Our pick: Both teams to score. Both of these carry enough of a threat to find the net (xG 1.5-1.2), and we make both teams to score about 56%. Expect goals at either end rather than a one-sided shut-out.

We put the chance of that landing at about 56 out of 100. There is no settled price to hold that up against yet, so treat the call on its own terms.