Saturday's match between Real Salt Lake and the New York Red Bulls ended in a 1-1 draw, but when looking at the expected goal totals from both clubs, it's clear who should have come away with three points.
The home side dominated RBNY to the tune of 3.96 expected goals to the Red Bulls' .18. That means on average, given the quality of chances, RSL should have scored around four goals and kept a clean sheet. Of course that's not how the game turned out thanks to a Cristian Casseres Jr. long-range goal and some poor finishing.
Expected goals (xG) is one of the foremost ways to measure the quality of chances a team creates throughout a match. You can check out the full definition by clicking here.
Below you will find xG data from every Week 2 match of the 2020 MLS season. All data provided by Opta.
New England Revolution 1, Chicago Fire FC 1
- New England: 3.21
- Chicago: 1.15
Real Salt Lake 1, New York Red Bulls 1
- RSL: 3.96
- RBNY: .18
FC Dallas 2, Montreal Impact 2
- Dallas: 2.47
- Montreal: 1.46
D.C. United 2, Inter Miami CF 1
- D.C. United: 1.36
- Miami: 1.36
Toronto FC 1, New York City FC 0
- Toronto: 2.10
- NYCFC: .68
Atlanta United 2, FC Cincinnati 1
- Atlanta: 1.90
- Cincinnati: .55
San Jose Earthquakes 2, Minnesota United FC 5
- San Jose: 2.26
- Minnesota: 2.19
Sporting Kansas City 4, Houston Dynamo 0
- Sporting: 2.74
- Houston: .71
Colorado Rapids 2, Orlando City SC 1
- Colorado: .63
- Orlando: .85
LA Galaxy 0, Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1
- Galaxy: .56
- Vancouver: 1.41
Seattle Sounders 1, Columbus Crew SC 1
- Seattle: 2.06
- Columbus: 1.06
Portland Timbers 1, Nashville SC 0
- Portland: 0.18
- Nashville: 1.11
LAFC 3, Philadelphia Union 3
- LAFC: 2.57
- Philadelphia: 1.04
