The hosts, St. Louis City, should be front runners in this game, but Sporting KC have exhibited both flair and bravery. Learn more about the match!
- St. Louis City have the most scored goals (62) in Major League Soccer
- Sporting KC have the most scored goals in the first half (30) in Major League Soccer
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Major League Soccer game only four days ago.
St. Louis City form and stats
35 points is a decent return from 17 Major League Soccer games here at CityPark for St. Louis City. The data says 11 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses.
Klauss was the last player to score a league goal for St. Louis City and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as St. Louis City haven't scored in 185 minutes.
The Louis regulars got no joy from their last match, also played here at CityPark: A 0-2 defeat against Seattle Sounders. Midfielder Löwen was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.35 (out of ten) in that game. Löwen hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Vancouver Whitecaps (0-3).The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how St. Louis City have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 9 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 1 and lost 3.
Lots of goals and action? We don't know the future, but we do know that 10 of the 13 most recent league matches with this club has had three goals or more.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (41 in 17 games), St. Louis City's attacking play is working. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches.
Sporting KC form and stats
There's been little loot from Sporting KC's travels as they have only collected 15 points from 17 away games in the Major League Soccer. Sporting KC only have 3 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 6 draws.
Sporting KC's last game was the home draw against SJ Earthquakes (after extra-time, 4-2 on penalties) (0-0). Thommy got a match rating of 7.83 in that game, top player of the team. Thommy hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times and had 49 successful passes (of 54 total).
Before that, Sporting KC secured a home win against Minnesota United with the score 3-1.We have checked recent matches where Sporting KC have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 19 games were 4 victories, 4 draws and 11 defeats.
Observe that 12 of this club's 14 latest league rounds have ended with three goals or more.
Sporting KC have scored 18 goals on their travels this season, from 17 away games in the league. Sporting KC struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 30 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Louis - Sporting KC 4-1 was the score in these sides' last h2h match, played this season. Numbers for the last three meetings involving these two squads are: two wins for St. Louis City, zero draws and one win for Sporting KC. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: zero games.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Pulido Izaguirre 14 goals |   J. De Mello 10 goals |  N. Gioacchini 10 goals |
St. Louis City missing players
Sporting KC missing players
| St. Louis City | Sporting KC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 34 | 17 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 17 | 35 |
| 17 | 11 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 12 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 8 | 14 |
| 62 | 41 | 9 | Scored | S | 5 | 18 | 48 |
| 45 | 17 | 5 | Conceded | C | 4 | 30 | 51 |
| 97% | 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 89% |
| 88% | 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 76% | 77% |
| 71% | 71% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 65% | 69% |
| 32% | 41% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 35% | 31% |
| 12% | 18% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 18% | 17% |
| 56% | 53% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 65% | 57% |
| 24% | 35% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 18% | 23% |
| 24% | 18% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 31% |
| 4.9 | 5.5 | 7.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.7 | 5.7 |
| 5.6 | 5.1 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.3 | 4 |
| 2.4 | 2.1 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 1.7 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 13.5 | 15.9 | 17.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.7 | 12.1 | 13.3 |
| 5.1 | 6 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.7 | 4.8 |
| 36% | 40% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 22% | 29% |
| 13.1 | 12.5 | 10.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.3 | 12.9 | 11.2 |
| 5.1 | 4.6 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.9 | 4.2 |
- Sporting KC have the most scored goals in the first half (30) in Major League Soccer
- 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 (11) in Major League Soccer
- St. Louis City have the most scored goals (41) at home in Major League Soccer
- St. Louis City have the most scored goals (62) in Major League Soccer
- St. Louis City have the most scored goals in the second half (36) in Major League Soccer
- St. Louis City have the the best goal difference (+17) 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 | 34 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 62 | 45 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 41 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 28 | 17 | 56 |
| 2 | Seattle Sounders | 34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 41 | 32 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 9 | 53 |
| 3 | Los Angeles FC | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 54 | 39 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 15 | 52 |
| 4 | Houston Dynamo | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 51 | 38 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 36 | 11 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 27 | 13 | 51 |
| 5 | Real Salt Lake | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 48 | 50 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 27 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 23 | -2 | 50 |
| 6 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 34 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 55 | 48 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 35 | 19 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 29 | 7 | 48 |
| 7 | Dallas | 34 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 41 | 37 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 21 | 4 | 46 |
| 8 | Sporting KC | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 48 | 51 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 30 | 21 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 30 | -3 | 44 |
| 9 | SJ Earthquakes | 34 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 39 | 43 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 25 | 16 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 27 | -4 | 44 |
| 10 | Portland Timbers | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 46 | 58 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 22 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 36 | -12 | 43 |
| 11 | Minnesota United | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 46 | 51 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 22 | 31 | -5 | 41 |
| 12 | Austin | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 49 | 55 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 22 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 33 | -6 | 39 |
| 13 | LA Galaxy | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 51 | 67 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 29 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 38 | -16 | 36 |
| 14 | Colorado Rapids | 34 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 26 | 54 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 38 | -28 | 27 |
