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Sporting Kansas City vs Red Bull New York

Bawler runs a Poisson model on rolling xG, normalised across leagues, adjusted for venue and injuries. This page shows the full chain — every number you can see is one we used.

Why the model calls it this way

Red Bull's 1.89 xG dominance over Sporting's 1.65 with 41% win probability makes RBNY the decisive edge despite modest odds.

Win probability
31.9% home26.7% draw41.4% away
xG chain — base → adjustments → final λ
Sporting Kansas CitystepRed Bull New York
1.53Base xG · rolling 26-match1.96
× 1.08Home advantage · Home× 0.96
no injury adjustment — full squads available per FotMob
1.65Final λ — what the Poisson uses1.89
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home windrawaway win
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Over 1.5 Goals
Model 83.1% · @ 1.20
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1X
Model 49.8% · @ 2.01
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Draw
Model 24.3% · @ 4.11
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