Betting men fancy that Sporting KC will overcome St. Louis City at Children's Mercy Park

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sun 05.Nov
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Children's Mercy Park (18467 seats)

This should be an intriguing match as Sporting KC have their supposed home advantage, while St. Louis City are in front by 12 points in the Major League Soccer standings.

Insights:
  • Sporting KC is in the best form (4-1-1) in Major League Soccer
  • St. Louis City have the most scored goals (62) in Major League Soccer

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Sporting KC form and stats

When playing at home in the Major League Soccer, Sporting KC have managed 9 wins, 2 draws and suffered 6 defeats from 17 games.

Sporting KC are returning here after visiting St. Louis City and winning with a 4-1 scoreline. Walter, Ndenbe, Sallói and Kinda scored the goal(s). Midfield player Kinda got a match rating of 8.43 in that game, the max score being 10. Kinda scored one goal, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 6 times.

Before that, Sporting KC drew at home versus SJ Earthquakes (after extra-time, 4-2 on penalties).

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Sporting KC's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 9 games, won 5 matches, drawn 2 and lost 2.

Lots of goals and action? Who knows what will happen in this one, but we do know that 13 of the 15 latest league games with this side has contained three or more goals.

A decent goal production from Sporting KC in their home games so far, with 30 goals from 17 league matches. 21 goals have been conceded. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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St. Louis City form and stats

Playing away, St. Louis City have won 6 games, drawn 3 and suffered 8 defeats in the Major League Soccer this season. It's a growing despair in St. Louis City as they have recorded three consecutive losses.

Home advantage was not enough for St. Louis City in their previous game as they lost hosting Sporting KC, 1-4. It's a bit worrying for Louis that their goalie Bürki pulled off six saves in the Sporting KC game, but still could not hinder a beating. Parker, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.63. Parker scored one goal and won 2 of 3 duels.

A loss against Seattle Sounders was the result prior to that, in a home game.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of St. Louis City when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 6 matches with the visitors losing 5 times, drawing 1 and winning 0 games.

Goal hungry football fans should note that 11 of this side's 14 most recent league fixtures have ended with three goals or more.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Louis have scored 21 goals in 17 league games away. St. Louis City's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 28 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these teams meet on the pitch this campaign, as the history books show this recent match: St. Louis City - Sporting KC 1-4. Head-2-head stats last four meetings: two - zero - two (Sporting KC wins - draws - St. Louis City wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Sporting KCA. Pulido Izaguirre
A. Pulido Izaguirre
14 goals
St. Louis CityJ. De Mello
J. De Mello
10 goals
St. Louis CityN. Gioacchini
N. Gioacchini
10 goals

Sporting KC missing players

St. Louis City missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Sporting KC St. Louis City
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
36 18 3 Played P 4 17 35
13 9 1 Won W 2 6 17
9 3 0 Drew D 0 3 5
14 6 2 Lost L 2 8 13
52 30 4 Scored S 6 21 63
52 21 7 Conceded C 6 28 49
89% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
78% 78% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 89%
69% 72% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 71% 71%
33% 28% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 24% 34%
19% 17% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 14%
58% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 25% 59% 57%
22% 28% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 12% 23%
31% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 29% 23%
 
5.7 5.8 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 4.3 4.9
4 3.7 3.7 Corners against (avg) C A 6.8 6 5.5
1.7 1.6 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.6 2.4
4 2 2 Red cards R C 0 4 4
 
13.3 14.4 12 Shots (avg) S ( 11.2 11.1 13.4
5 4.9 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 4.2 5.1
29% 34% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 29% 35%
 
11.1 9.6 10 Shots against (avg) S A 15 13.6 13.1
4.3 3.6 5.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 7 5.6 5.3
Key stats in Major League Soccer this season:
  • Sporting KC have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Sporting KC have the most scored goals in the first half (33) in Major League Soccer
  • Sporting KC is in the best form (4-1-1) in Major League Soccer
  • St. Louis City have the most conceded goals in the second half (35) 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
  • St. Louis City haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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

Table
  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

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