Soccer betting preview: Toronto welcomes St. Louis City in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sat 08.Jul
Match begins: 23:30 (UTC)
Venue: BMO Field (30991 seats)

Toronto will cross fingers that their home support is enough to get a result from this strenuous dispute, against high-octane St. Louis City.

Insights:
  • Toronto have the the worst goal difference (-13) in Major League Soccer
  • St. Louis City have scored more than double the goals of Toronto.

These are active days for the hosts, as they played only four days ago in the Major League Soccer. That game was an away game at Orlando City, so at least Toronto are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Toronto form and stats

The story so far in the Major League Soccer for Toronto, who have the the worst goal difference (-13) in Major League Soccer, at their home stadium (BMO Field) is 3 wins, 6 draws and 2 defeats. Regardless of arena the trend is looking very unhealthy for Toronto with their four defeats in a row. Not since the Nashville SC game, 28 days ago, have they avoided a loss.

Stress levels are on the rise for Toronto's attacking players as they have now played 259 minutes without scoring in a league game. Kerr was their last goal scorer.

Toronto are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-4 away versus Orlando City. As you see from the result above, Toronto suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one. Midfielder Coello was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.04 (out of ten) in that game. Coello hit two key passes and had 25 successful passes (of 28 total).

Preceding that match was the home game against Real Salt Lake that was lost 0-1.

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 Toronto have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 19 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 9 and lost 5.

Toronto have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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St. Louis City form and stats

The visitors are W4-D1-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Major League Soccer.

Parker and Stroud scored in St. Louis City's previous match, the home game against Colorado Rapids that ended 2-0. Defender Parker was the best team player with a rating of 7.83. Parker scored one goal and won 4 of 7 duels.

Prior to that result St. Louis City won their away game at SJ Earthquakes. The scoreline was 2-1.

Louis have another game that requires travelling in just four days, a Major League Soccer game against Los Angeles FC. A difficult schedule for them!

St. Louis City have scored 13 goals on their travels this season, from 9 away games in the league. Louis's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 14 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

St. Louis CityN. Gioacchini
N. Gioacchini
8 goals
St. Louis CityJ. De Mello
J. De Mello
5 goals
St. Louis CityE. Löwen
E. Löwen
5 goals

Toronto missing players

St. Louis City missing players

Toronto St. Louis City
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
22 11 3 Played P 1 9 20
3 3 0 Won W 0 4 11
10 6 2 Drew D 0 1 2
9 2 1 Lost L 1 4 7
18 11 2 Scored S 0 13 39
31 10 4 Conceded C 1 14 24
82% 82% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
68% 64% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 89% 90%
36% 27% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 67% 70%
23% 18% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 40%
9% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 10%
45% 45% 67% BTTS BTTS 0% 56% 55%
27% 36% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 25%
45% 36% 33% Failed to Score F T 100% 33% 20%
 
3.6 4.5 2.7 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4.6 4.8
5.6 5.1 6 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.8 5.4
1.7 1.7 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.7 2.5
2 0 0 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
10.5 12.7 14 Shots (avg) S ( 9 11.9 13.7
3.9 4.4 3.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 4.7 5
21% 23% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 31% 39%
 
13.1 11.7 12.3 Shots against (avg) S A 9 13.1 12.6
4.3 3.7 4.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 6.2 5.2
Key stats in Major League Soccer this season:
  • St. Louis City have scored more than double the goals of Toronto.
  • St. Louis City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Toronto have the fewest scored goals (11) at home in Major League Soccer
  • Toronto have the most dropped points from leading position (16) in Major League Soccer
  • Toronto have the the worst goal difference (-13) in Major League Soccer
  • Toronto have won significantly more corners at home than 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 Cincinnati 20 13 5 2 32 21 11 10 1 0 21 7 9 3 4 2 11 14 11 44
2 Nashville SC 21 11 5 5 30 16 11 8 2 1 21 6 10 3 3 4 9 10 14 38
3 New England 20 10 7 3 35 25 10 7 3 0 23 9 10 3 4 3 12 16 10 37
4 Columbus Crew 21 10 5 6 42 29 11 8 2 1 29 11 10 2 3 5 13 18 13 35
5 Philadelphia Union 20 10 4 6 34 22 10 7 2 1 21 6 10 3 2 5 13 16 12 34
6 Orlando City 21 9 7 5 32 23 12 5 4 3 18 12 9 4 3 2 14 11 9 34
7 Atlanta United 21 8 8 5 39 35 11 7 3 1 26 13 10 1 5 4 13 22 4 32
8 DC United 22 8 5 9 30 28 10 4 3 3 18 12 12 4 2 6 12 16 2 29
9 Montreal Impact 20 8 2 10 20 28 9 7 0 2 15 4 11 1 2 8 5 24 -8 26
10 New York City 21 5 9 7 22 26 9 4 3 2 13 12 12 1 6 5 9 14 -4 24
11 Charlotte 20 6 6 8 27 35 10 3 4 3 13 15 10 3 2 5 14 20 -8 24
12 New York RB 20 5 8 7 18 20 10 4 4 2 13 10 10 1 4 5 5 10 -2 23
13 Chicago Fire 20 5 8 7 26 31 9 2 6 1 14 13 11 3 2 6 12 18 -5 23
14 Toronto 22 3 10 9 18 31 11 3 6 2 11 10 11 0 4 7 7 21 -13 19
15 Inter Miami 20 5 2 13 20 31 11 4 2 5 15 15 9 1 0 8 5 16 -11 17

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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.