Major League Soccer: First-class versus second-rate, at least based on the league table. St. Louis City - Sporting KC. Home victory or a surprise?
- St. Louis City have the most scored goals (58) in Major League Soccer
- Sporting KC have the most dropped points from leading position (20) in Major League Soccer
St. Louis City and Sporting KC should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
St. Louis City form and stats
St. Louis City have performed here at CityPark this season with 10 wins from 15 Major League Soccer matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 3.
Louis are returning here after visiting Minnesota United and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Blom and Klauss scored the goal(s). Sweet to taste a league win after four games without one. Midfielder Blom was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.03 (out of ten) in that game. Blom scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 26 successful passes (of 27 total).
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Los Angeles FC that ended 0-0.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how St. Louis City have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 6 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 1 and lost 0.
Goal party? We don't know about this one, but we do know that 8 of the 10 most recent league matches with this side has seen three or more goals.
The manager Carnell will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Vancouver Whitecaps in only four days.
The St. Louis City manager Carnell has got the team scoring with 37 from 15 home games in the league. St. Louis City are not conceding a lot of goals here at CityPark in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 14 from 15 matches.
Sporting KC form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Sporting KC so far with only 12 points returning home. The records show 2-6-7 (win-draw-lose).
Sporting KC go into this game after a win, the home game against Houston Dynamo that ended 2-1. Agada, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.4. Agada scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
A loss against Nashville SC was the result prior to that, in a home game.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 11 similar matches played by Sporting KC in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Sporting KC, 4 draws and 5 defeats.
Goal-happy betting people should observe that 9 of this team's 10 latest league games have ended with three or more goals.
The visitors have scored 14 goals from 15 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. In the opposite end, Sporting KC have conceded 24 goals in their away games. Sporting KC has visited these top teams three times, and 2 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!
Head 2 Head
These two sides met each other previously this campaign: Sporting KC - St. Louis City 2-1. St. Louis City-Sporting KC H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: St. Louis City one win, Sporting KC one win, zero draws. two of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). Pulido loves to face Louis and have scored 2 goals in these games.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Pulido Izaguirre 13 goals |   N. Gioacchini 10 goals |  J. De Mello 8 goals |
St. Louis City missing players
Sporting KC missing players
| St. Louis City | Sporting KC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 15 | 31 |
| 16 | 10 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 10 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 7 | 13 |
| 58 | 37 | 9 | Scored | S | 5 | 14 | 41 |
| 39 | 14 | 5 | Conceded | C | 4 | 24 | 44 |
| 97% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 87% | 90% |
| 87% | 87% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 73% | 77% |
| 71% | 73% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 60% | 68% |
| 32% | 40% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 27% | 26% |
| 10% | 13% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 13% |
| 58% | 53% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 60% | 55% |
| 26% | 40% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 20% | 23% |
| 19% | 13% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 32% |
| 4.9 | 5.3 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.9 | 5.8 |
| 5.5 | 5.1 | 5.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4 | 3.9 |
| 2.5 | 2.1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.9 | 1.8 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 13.5 | 15.6 | 18.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.7 | 11.4 | 12.9 |
| 5.1 | 5.9 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
| 36% | 42% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 22% | 28% |
| 12.7 | 12 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.3 | 12.5 | 11.2 |
| 5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.8 | 4.3 |
- Sporting KC have the most dropped points from leading position (20) in Major League Soccer
- St. Louis City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- St. Louis City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- St. Louis City have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Sporting KC have scored away.
- St. Louis City have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (9) in Major League Soccer
- St. Louis City have the most scored goals (37) at home in Major League Soccer
- St. Louis City have the most scored goals (58) in Major League Soccer
- St. Louis City have the most scored goals in the second half (32) in Major League Soccer
- St. Louis City have the the best goal difference (+19) in Major League Soccer
- St. Louis City have the the best goal difference (+23) at home in Major League Soccer
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | St. Louis City | 31 | 16 | 5 | 10 | 58 | 39 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 37 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 19 | 53 |
| 2 | Los Angeles FC | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 44 | 34 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 10 | 45 |
| 3 | Seattle Sounders | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 37 | 31 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 6 | 45 |
| 4 | Houston Dynamo | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 42 | 35 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 25 | 7 | 43 |
| 5 | Real Salt Lake | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 42 | 45 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 24 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 21 | -3 | 43 |
| 6 | Portland Timbers | 31 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 41 | 48 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 19 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 29 | -7 | 42 |
| 7 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 29 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 47 | 43 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 27 | 4 | 41 |
| 8 | SJ Earthquakes | 31 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 36 | 40 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 25 | -4 | 41 |
| 9 | Dallas | 29 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 34 | 33 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 1 | 39 |
| 10 | Sporting KC | 31 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 41 | 44 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 24 | -3 | 38 |
| 11 | Minnesota United | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 38 | 40 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 20 | 23 | -2 | 37 |
| 12 | Austin | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 43 | 49 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 31 | -6 | 35 |
| 13 | LA Galaxy | 29 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 42 | 51 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 31 | -9 | 34 |
| 14 | Colorado Rapids | 29 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 21 | 45 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 32 | -24 | 22 |
