Betting preview: St. Louis City vs Los Angeles FC should be interesting

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Thu 21.Sep
Match begins: 00:30 (UTC)
Venue: CityPark (22500 seats)

This should be quite a game, with St. Louis City in 1st and Los Angeles FC at 2nd. Read the preview!

Insights:
  • St. Louis City have the most scored goals (56) in Major League Soccer
  • Los Angeles FC have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in Major League Soccer

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for St. Louis City and Los Angeles FC.

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St. Louis City form and stats

St. Louis City have performed here at CityPark this season with 10 wins from 14 Major League Soccer matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 3. Ever since the Real Salt Lake game St. Louis City has been unbeatable here at CityPark producing four straight wins.

The Louis coach Carnell and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Houston Dynamo (placed 5th). Martins (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.14/10. Martins dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 20 successful passes (of 24 total).

2-2 away at LA Galaxy before that.

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 5 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 0 and lost 0.

Goal fest? Nobody knows about this one, but we do know that 10 of the 13 latest league games with this team has had three goals or more.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Louis as they are travelling to their away game against Minnesota United in the Major League Soccer. That match is three days after this one.

Goals are plentiful at CityPark in the league this season as St. Louis City has scored 37 goals here in 14 home games.

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Los Angeles FC form and stats

There's been little loot from Los Angeles FC's travels as they have only collected 13 points from 13 away games in the Major League Soccer. Los Angeles FC only have 3 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 4 draws. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Los Angeles FC are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.

The regulars enjoyed Los Angeles FC's previous fixture versus LA Galaxy (placed 13th), a 4-2 win played at home. Those three points felt sweet as this team had gone three league games without winning. As you can tell from the result, the match against LA Galaxy was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today? Attacker Bouanga got a player rating of 8.22 in the game. "Man of the match" Bouanga scored two goals.

A 0-2 defeat away at Portland Timbers before that.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Angeles playing away and similar expectations, we found 11 relevant matches. Results were 1 Los Angeles FC win, 5 draws and 5 defeats.

Los Angeles FC have another match away from home in just three sleeps, a Major League Soccer match versus Philadelphia Union. A grim itinerary for the visiting team!

19 goals have been conceded by Angeles in these games.

Head 2 Head

St. Louis City and Los Angeles FC have faced each other previously this season: Los Angeles FC - St. Louis City 3-0.

Top Goalscorers

Los Angeles FCD. Bouanga
D. Bouanga
13 goals
St. Louis CityN. Gioacchini
N. Gioacchini
10 goals
Los Angeles FCC. Vela Garrido
C. Vela Garrido
9 goals

St. Louis City missing players

Los Angeles FC missing players

St. Louis City Los Angeles FC
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
29 14 1 Played P 1 13 28
15 10 1 Won W 0 3 12
4 1 0 Drew D 1 4 7
10 3 0 Lost L 0 6 9
56 37 3 Scored S 0 13 44
38 14 1 Conceded C 0 19 34
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 85% 89%
90% 93% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 85% 82%
72% 79% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 54% 61%
34% 43% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 15% 29%
10% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 14%
59% 57% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 54% 54%
24% 36% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 23% 32%
17% 7% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 38% 25%
 
4.9 5.4 7 Corners for (avg) C F 4 4.6 5.8
5.4 4.9 5 Corners against (avg) C A 7 6.2 5.1
2.4 2.1 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2 2
4 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
13.4 15.9 16 Shots (avg) S ( 0 12.8 15.1
5.1 6.1 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4.3 5.4
38% 44% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 23% 29%
 
12.4 11.9 12 Shots against (avg) S A 0 11.8 10.4
5.1 4.6 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 4.2 3.8
Key stats in Major League Soccer this season:
  • Los Angeles FC have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in Major League Soccer
  • Los Angeles FC have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • 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 Los Angeles FC 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 matches over the total-line (21) in Major League Soccer
  • St. Louis City have the most points (31) at home 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 (56) in Major League Soccer
  • St. Louis City have the most scored goals in the first half (26) in Major League Soccer
  • St. Louis City have the most scored goals in the second half (30) in Major League Soccer
  • St. Louis City have the the best goal difference (+18) in Major League Soccer
  • St. Louis City have the the best goal difference (+23) at home in Major League Soccer
  • St. 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 St. Louis City 29 15 4 10 56 38 14 10 1 3 37 14 15 5 3 7 19 24 18 49
2 Los Angeles FC 28 12 7 9 44 34 15 9 3 3 31 15 13 3 4 6 13 19 10 43
3 Seattle Sounders 29 11 9 9 35 30 15 6 5 4 17 10 14 5 4 5 18 20 5 42
4 Vancouver Whitecaps 27 11 8 8 45 37 14 7 4 3 29 16 13 4 4 5 16 21 8 41
5 Houston Dynamo 28 11 7 10 37 32 14 9 3 2 27 9 14 2 4 8 10 23 5 40
6 Real Salt Lake 28 11 7 10 39 41 14 5 4 5 20 20 14 6 3 5 19 21 -2 40
7 SJ Earthquakes 29 10 10 9 34 37 15 8 5 2 23 14 14 2 5 7 11 23 -3 40
8 Minnesota United 28 9 10 9 34 34 14 3 8 3 17 15 14 6 2 6 17 19 0 37
9 Portland Timbers 29 9 9 11 36 45 14 7 3 4 23 16 15 2 6 7 13 29 -9 36
10 Sporting KC 29 9 8 12 39 40 14 7 2 5 25 16 15 2 6 7 14 24 -1 35
11 Dallas 27 9 8 10 30 31 14 7 4 3 20 13 13 2 4 7 10 18 -1 35
12 Austin 28 9 6 13 39 45 14 6 3 5 20 15 14 3 3 8 19 30 -6 33
13 LA Galaxy 27 7 9 11 35 45 13 5 4 4 21 17 14 2 5 7 14 28 -10 30
14 Colorado Rapids 27 4 10 13 18 40 13 2 7 4 9 11 14 2 3 9 9 29 -22 22

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