Houston Dynamo vs Real Salt Lake — MLS result and pre-match forecast, Thursday, 10 September 2026

MLS·Thursday, 10 September 2026

Metis pre-match forecast

Market-anchored distribution

Frozen as published · 21.2 h before kick-off. Never re-computed after the match.

Houston Dynamo

53%

pick · result

Draw

24%

Real Salt Lake

23%

Final score

2–1

Top pick landed

Metis gave a Houston Dynamo win 52.9% before kick-off, and its most likely result was a Houston Dynamo win. Expected goals 1.70–1.09 against 2–1 actual.

Forecast against the result

Over 2.5 goals53%3 scored
Both teams score55%yes
Houston Dynamo clean sheet34%no
Real Salt Lake clean sheet18%no
Houston Dynamo score 2+51%yes
Real Salt Lake score 2+30%no

How this forecast scored

Ranked probability score0.1381
1X2 Brier score0.3320
Probability on the result52.9%

Both scores are losses: lower is better, 0 is a forecast that put all of its probability on what happened. A single fixture says nothing on its own — the league's running record is on its league page, and the model is measured against the Pinnacle opening price in the methodology.

Most likely scores before kick-off: 1–1 (11.3%), 2–1 (10.7%), 1–0 (10.5%). It finished 2–1 — one of them.

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Houston Dynamo

22 FebHvs Chicago Fire2–1W
1 MarHvs Los Angeles FC0–2L
15 MarHvs Portland Timbers3–2W
22 MarAvs FC Dallas3–4L
5 AprHvs Seattle Sounders0–1L

Real Salt Lake

22 FebAvs Vancouver Whitecaps0–1L
1 MarHvs Seattle Sounders2–1W
8 MarAvs Atlanta Utd3–2W
15 MarHvs Austin FC2–1W
22 MarAvs San Diego FC2–2D

Head to head

No previous meetings in the Metis results archive for this competition.

Model context

StatHouston Dynamo
(Home · 16 matches)
Real Salt Lake
(Away · 17 matches)
BTTS rate37.5%82.4%
Over 2.5 rate37.5%70.6%
Clean sheet43.8%0.0%
Avg goals2.062.94

Home stats use Houston Dynamo's home record; away stats use Real Salt Lake's away record this season. These are completed-match rates over the samples shown above, not model probabilities — early in a season a handful of matches produces 0% and 100% readings.