Seattle Sounders vs Minnesota United — 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.

Seattle Sounders

42%

pick · result

Draw

25%

Minnesota United

32%

Final score

3–1

Top pick landed

Metis gave a Seattle Sounders win 42.5% before kick-off, and its most likely result was a Seattle Sounders win. Expected goals 1.62–1.40 against 3–1 actual.

Forecast against the result

Over 2.5 goals58%4 scored
Both teams score61%yes
Seattle Sounders clean sheet25%no
Minnesota United clean sheet20%no
Seattle Sounders score 2+48%yes
Minnesota United score 2+41%no

How this forecast scored

Ranked probability score0.2179
1X2 Brier score0.4991
Probability on the result42.5%

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 (11.7%), 2–1 (9.2%), 1–2 (7.7%). It finished 3–1.

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Seattle Sounders

23 FebHvs Colorado Rapids2–0W
1 MarAvs Real Salt Lake1–2L
8 MarAvs St. Louis City1–0W
15 MarAvs San Jose Earthquakes1–0W
22 MarAvs Minnesota United0–0D

Minnesota United

22 FebAvs Austin FC2–2D
28 FebHvs FC Cincinnati1–0W
8 MarAvs Nashville SC1–3L
15 MarAvs Vancouver Whitecaps0–6L
22 MarHvs Seattle Sounders0–0D

Head to head

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

Model context

StatSeattle Sounders
(Home · 16 matches)
Minnesota United
(Away · 17 matches)
BTTS rate62.5%82.4%
Over 2.5 rate50.0%82.4%
Clean sheet18.8%11.8%
Avg goals2.883.94

Home stats use Seattle Sounders's home record; away stats use Minnesota United'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.