Major League Soccer preview: Can Saint Louis City edge out victory against Sporting KC?

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sun 21.May
Match begins: 01:30 (UTC)

There should be a noteworthy gap in quality between these sides based on results so far, with Saint Louis City leading Sporting KC by 9 points.

Insights:
  • Saint Louis City have the most scored goals (22) in Major League Soccer
  • Sporting KC have the fewest scored goals (9) in Major League Soccer

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Major League Soccer. That game, against Los Angeles FC, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Sporting KC.

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Saint Louis City form and stats

When playing at home in the Major League Soccer, Saint Louis City have managed 3 wins, 0 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 5 games.

Saint Louis City haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 191 minutes ago. Pompeu scored that one.

Saint Louis City lost their last game at Chicago Fire after a 0-1 scoreline. Midfielder Martins was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.44 (out of ten) in that game. Martins hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times.

Before that game, a defeat in the away fixture against Chicago Fire in the US Open Cup.

Goals decide football matches and Saint Louis City are scoring many of them at home; 12 on target from 5 league matches.

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Sporting KC form and stats

Sporting KC have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Major League Soccer, after 1-3-4 (8 played).

Sporting KC has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Los Angeles FC for a 1-1 draw. Mcintosh had red hot gloves after the game against Los Angeles FC, shaping the outcome of the game with six saves made.

Before that, Sporting KC secured a home win against Minnesota United with the score 3-0.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Sporting KC playing away, we found 6 games. Results were 3 away wins, 0 draws and 3 home wins.

The attacking power of Sporting KC when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 8 league matches away. As opposed to that, Sporting KC have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road. Sporting KC has visited these top teams three times, and 2 of 3 has ended with 2 goals or more!

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

Saint Louis City missing players

Sporting KC missing players

Saint Louis City Sporting KC
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
12 5 0 Played P 3 8 13
6 3 0 Won W 1 1 2
2 0 0 Drew D 1 3 4
4 2 0 Lost L 1 4 7
22 12 0 Scored S 4 5 9
13 5 0 Conceded C 4 10 17
92% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 75% 77%
75% 80% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 62% 62%
67% 80% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 50% 46%
33% 40% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 8%
17% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 8%
50% 60% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 38%
25% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 31%
33% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 54%
 
4.4 4.2 0 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5.6 5.8
4.9 3.6 0 Corners against (avg) C A 5.7 3.8 3.8
2.2 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.5 1.5
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
12.4 14.2 0 Shots (avg) S ( 9.7 10.9 12.6
4.7 4.8 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 4.5 4.8
39% 50% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 14% 15%
 
12.2 11 0 Shots against (avg) S A 12 12.4 11.2
4.8 3.6 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.9 4.4
Key stats in Major League Soccer this season:
  • Saint Louis City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Saint Louis City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Saint Louis City have scored more than double the goals of Sporting KC.
  • Saint Louis City have the most scored goals (22) in Major League Soccer
  • Saint Louis City haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Sporting KC have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Sporting KC have the fewest scored goals (9) in Major League Soccer
  • Sporting KC have the fewest scored goals in the second half (2) 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 Seattle Sounders 13 7 2 4 20 11 7 4 1 2 12 4 6 3 1 2 8 7 9 23
2 Los Angeles FC 11 6 4 1 21 9 5 4 1 0 13 4 6 2 3 1 8 5 12 22
3 Dallas 12 6 3 3 15 12 6 4 1 1 10 6 6 2 2 2 5 6 3 21
4 Saint Louis City 11 6 1 4 22 13 5 3 0 2 12 5 6 3 1 2 10 8 9 19
5 SJ Earthquakes 12 5 3 4 16 16 6 5 1 0 10 3 6 0 2 4 6 13 0 18
6 Portland Timbers 13 4 4 5 18 19 6 3 2 1 11 6 7 1 2 4 7 13 -1 16
7 Minnesota United 12 4 3 5 11 14 5 1 3 1 4 4 7 3 0 4 7 10 -3 15
8 Vancouver Whitecaps 12 3 5 4 16 14 6 3 2 1 11 5 6 0 3 3 5 9 2 14
9 Houston Dynamo 11 4 2 5 10 10 6 4 1 1 7 1 5 0 1 4 3 9 0 14
10 Austin 12 3 4 5 12 18 6 1 3 2 6 7 6 2 1 3 6 11 -6 13
11 Colorado Rapids 13 2 6 5 10 18 5 0 3 2 3 5 8 2 3 3 7 13 -8 12
12 Real Salt Lake 12 3 3 6 10 20 7 2 2 3 7 11 5 1 1 3 3 9 -10 12
13 Sporting KC 13 2 4 7 9 17 5 1 1 3 4 7 8 1 3 4 5 10 -8 10
14 LA Galaxy 12 2 3 7 10 20 6 2 1 3 9 10 6 0 2 4 1 10 -10 9

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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.