Houston Dynamo vs Sporting Kansas City — MLS result and pre-match forecast, Sunday, 27 September 2026

MLS·Sunday, 27 September 2026

Metis pre-match forecast

Market-anchored distribution

Frozen as published · 16.2 h before kick-off. Never re-computed after the match.

Houston Dynamo

61%

top pick

Draw

21%

Sporting Kansas City

18%

result

Final score

0–2

Top pick missed

Metis gave a Sporting Kansas City win 17.7% before kick-off, and its most likely result was a Houston Dynamo win. Expected goals 1.91–0.94 against 0–2 actual.

Forecast against the result

Over 2.5 goals55%2 scored
Both teams score52%no
Houston Dynamo clean sheet40%no
Sporting Kansas City clean sheet15%yes
Houston Dynamo score 2+57%no
Sporting Kansas City score 2+24%yes

How this forecast scored

Ranked probability score0.5249
1X2 Brier score1.0946
Probability on the result17.7%

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: 2–0 (11.0%), 1–0 (10.9%), 2–1 (10.4%). It finished 0–2.

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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

Sporting Kansas City

22 FebAvs San Jose Earthquakes0–3L
1 MarHvs Columbus Crew2–2D
8 MarHvs San Diego FC0–1L
15 MarAvs Los Angeles Galaxy2–1W
22 MarHvs Colorado Rapids1–4L

Head to head

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

Model context

StatHouston Dynamo
(Home · 16 matches)
Sporting Kansas City
(Away · 16 matches)
BTTS rate37.5%50.0%
Over 2.5 rate37.5%87.5%
Clean sheet43.8%6.2%
Avg goals2.063.81

Home stats use Houston Dynamo's home record; away stats use Sporting Kansas City'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.