Major League Soccer game lowdown: Colorado Rapids against Saint Louis City

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sun 23.April
Match begins: 01:30 (UTC)
Venue: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Field 20

Colorado Rapids saw a 2-2 scoreline vs Charlotte last week, a match to keep in mind. Next up is this firm Saint Louis City team.

Insights:
  • Colorado Rapids have the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in Major League Soccer
  • Saint Louis City have the most scored goals (20) in Major League Soccer

Both contenders have had adequate rest since their last game. Let's trust this will be an animated game!

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Colorado Rapids form and stats

Colorado Rapids have played three Major League Soccer home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 2 points from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead.

An away draw last time out for Colorado, facing Charlotte in a game that ended 2-2. The hometeam coach Fraser made a successful contribution in the game against Charlotte, bringing on Barrios who scored the equalizer in the 2-2 draw. Defender Rosenberry got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.35/10. Rosenberry hit two key passes and won 5 of 5 duels.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Sporting KC and winning 1-0.

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 Colorado Rapids have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 15 games) they have won 7 times, drawn 7 and lost 1.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Colorado, as the US Open Cup home game vs Northern Colorado is only four days away.

The lack of attacking qualities in Colorado Rapids means that they have only scored {1 goals} in 3 league home games, less than half a goal per match. From these home matches, Colorado Rapids have conceded only 2 goals.

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Saint Louis City form and stats

3-0-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Saint Louis City in their Major League Soccer matches away.

Gioacchini, Löwen, Hiebert and Stroud scored in Saint Louis City's previous match, the home game against Cincinnati that ended 5-1. As mentioned above, Louis was the only team on the pitch versus Cincinnati in their previous game, winning 5-1. This could be a tougher task. Löwen got a match rating of 8.42 in that game, top player of the team. Löwen scored one goal and hit two key passes.

A 0-3 defeat away at Seattle Sounders before that.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Union Omaha in just three days.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Saint Louis City are regular goalscorers on their travels. Louis have conceded 6 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Saint Louis CityJ. De Mello
J. De Mello
5 goals
Saint Louis CityN. Gioacchini
N. Gioacchini
3 goals
Saint Louis CityJ. Stroud
J. Stroud
3 goals

Colorado Rapids missing players

Saint Louis City missing players

Colorado Rapids Saint Louis City
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
8 3 1 Played P 2 4 8
1 0 0 Won W 2 3 6
4 2 1 Drew D 0 0 0
3 1 0 Lost L 0 1 2
5 1 0 Scored S 7 9 20
10 2 0 Conceded C 2 6 9
75% 33% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 33% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 88%
38% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 88%
25% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 50% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 25% 25%
38% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 50%
38% 67% 100% Clean Sheets C S 50% 25% 25%
50% 67% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 25%
 
5.1 4.3 10 Corners for (avg) C F 6 5.2 5
5 4.3 3 Corners against (avg) C A 8.5 7.8 6
2.8 2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.8 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.6 13 14 Shots (avg) S ( 16 12.8 14.4
3.6 3.7 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 8.5 6 5.9
17% 9% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 41% 38% 43%
 
13.6 12.7 11 Shots against (avg) S A 16 14 12
4.5 5 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.8 3.8
Key stats in Major League Soccer this season:
  • All of Saint Louis City's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Colorado Rapids have the fewest scored goals in the first half (0) in Major League Soccer
  • Colorado Rapids have yet to win a game at home.
  • Saint Louis City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Saint Louis City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Saint Louis City have scored more than double the goals of Colorado Rapids.
  • Saint Louis City have the most matches over the total-line (7) in Major League Soccer
  • Saint Louis City have the most points from losing position (9) in Major League Soccer
  • Saint Louis City have the most scored goals (20) in Major League Soccer
  • Saint Louis City have the most scored goals (9) away in Major League Soccer
  • Saint Louis City have the most scored goals in the first half (9) in Major League Soccer
  • Saint Louis City have the most scored goals in the second half (11) in Major League Soccer
  • Saint Louis City have the the best goal difference (+11) in Major League Soccer
  • Saint Louis City have the the best goal difference (+3) away in Major League Soccer
  • Saint Louis City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Saint Louis City 8 6 0 2 20 9 4 3 0 1 11 3 4 3 0 1 9 6 11 18
2 Los Angeles FC 7 5 2 0 15 5 4 4 0 0 12 3 3 1 2 0 3 2 10 17
3 Seattle Sounders 8 5 1 2 16 7 4 3 1 0 9 0 4 2 0 2 7 7 9 16
4 Dallas 8 4 2 2 11 8 5 3 1 1 8 5 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 14
5 SJ Earthquakes 8 4 2 2 10 8 5 4 1 0 8 2 3 0 1 2 2 6 2 14
6 Minnesota United 7 3 2 2 8 7 3 0 2 1 3 4 4 3 0 1 5 3 1 11
7 Vancouver Whitecaps 8 2 4 2 11 7 4 2 1 1 8 3 4 0 3 1 3 4 4 10
8 Houston Dynamo 7 3 1 3 9 8 3 3 0 0 6 0 4 0 1 3 3 8 1 10
9 Portland Timbers 8 2 2 4 10 13 4 2 1 1 6 3 4 0 1 3 4 10 -3 8
10 Austin 7 2 2 3 6 10 4 1 2 1 4 4 3 1 0 2 2 6 -4 8
11 Colorado Rapids 8 1 4 3 5 10 3 0 2 1 1 2 5 1 2 2 4 8 -5 7
12 Real Salt Lake 7 2 0 5 7 16 3 1 0 2 4 7 4 1 0 3 3 9 -9 6
13 LA Galaxy 7 0 3 4 5 12 3 0 1 2 4 6 4 0 2 2 1 6 -7 3
14 Sporting KC 8 0 3 5 2 11 3 0 1 2 1 5 5 0 2 3 1 6 -9 3

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Major League Soccer (often known simply as MLS) is the top level of football (soccer) in the United States and Canada. MLS has 24 teams divided into two conferences, Eastern and Western. Each team play 34 fixtures to decide a league table champion. The top fourteen teams then compete in playoff to crown a MLS Cup champion.