FC Cincinnati vs St. Louis City, MLS 2024 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
FC Cincinnati vs St. Louis City — MLS at TQL Stadium.
- FC Cincinnati 15 games · 20 pts (2026/26)
- St. Louis City 14 games · 16 pts (2026/26)
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 Nashville SC 14 33 2 Internacional CF Miami 15 31 3 Chicago Fire FC 14 26 4 New England Revolution 14 25 5 New York Red Bulls 15 22 6 Charlotte FC 15 21 7 FC Cincinnati 15 20 8 New York City FC 15 19 9 D.C. United SC 15 18 10 Columbus Crew SC 15 16 11 Toronto FC 14 14 12 Montreal Impact FC 14 14 13 Orlando City SC 15 14 14 Atlanta United FC 14 11 15 Philadelphia Union 15 7 16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 14 32 17 San Jose Earthquakes 15 32 18 Real Salt Lake 14 26 19 FC Dallas 15 25 20 Los Angeles FC 15 24 21 Seattle Sounders FC 13 24 22 Houston Dynamo 14 22 23 Minnesota United FC 15 22 24 Los Angeles Galaxy 15 20 25 San Diego FC 15 17 26 Colorado Rapids SC 15 16 27 St. Louis City 14 16 28 Portland Timbers 14 14 29 Austin FC 15 14 30 Sporting Kansas City 14 11 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 18 May St. Louis City H 3–1 W 15 May Atlanta United FC H 1–0 W 11 May Columbus Crew SC A 2–1 W 04 May Orlando City SC A 1–0 W 27 Apr Colorado Rapids SC H 2–1 W 20 Apr Atlanta United FC A 2–1 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 18 May FC Cincinnati A 1–3 L 16 May Los Angeles FC H 0–2 L 12 May Chicago Fire FC H 3–1 W 05 May Houston Dynamo A 0–0 D 21 Apr Sporting Kansas City A 3–3 D 14 Apr Austin FC H 1–0 W Season Stats
FC Cincinnati St. Louis City #7 Position #27 20 Points 16 15 Played 14 5 / 5 / 5 W / D / L 4 / 4 / 6 36 Scored 16 37 Conceded 20 -1 GD -4 1.33 PPG 1.14 33% Win % 29% Key Stats
100% Both Teams to Score
H2H (2 games)100% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history27% Clean Sheets
FC Cincinnati this season14% Clean Sheets
St. Louis City this seasonFC Cincinnati are 7th (20 pts). St. Louis City are 27th (16 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
FC Cincinnati0-151/116-302/531-457/346-603/461-752/176+8/3■ Scored ■ ConcededSt. Louis City0-151/116-301/131-451/146-604/361-752/376+3/4■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for FC Cincinnati to score. At the same time, St. Louis City does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
- 5' It’s high time Pat Noonan made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 10' Celio Pompeu has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 14 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 15' St. Louis City is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 20' Supporters expect more eagerness from Tim Parker, as he is very good at scoring at TQL Stadium with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 25' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 26' Luciano Acosta puts FC Cincinnati on the lead.
- 31' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Matt Miazga suffering a number of foals already.
- 35' St. Louis City player sees a card in front of him.
- 36' That looks like a foul for a card for Ian Murphy.
- 41' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 44' St. Louis City player sees a card in front of him.
- 46' Another change for St. Louis City made on 46 minute. Nikolas Dyhr leaves to be changed by Tim Parker.
- 49' What a strike from Yuya Kubo! The score is 2-0.
- 52' It’s a booking for St. Louis City player. Tomas Ostrak gets a card.
- 54' GOAL! Matt Miazga scores on 54.
- 59' FC Cincinnati manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Kevin Kelsy is hanging Gerardo Valenzuela on the field on 59 minute.
- 60' St. Louis City manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Chris Durkin is hanging Njabulo Blom on the field on 60 minute.
- 65' The travelling St. Louis City supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 67' The FC Cincinnati manager makes a substitution. Bret Halsey departs to be replaced by Yamil Asad.
- 72' St. Louis City seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 74' Eduard Lowen has so much to prove this time. He replaces Samuel Adeniran on 74 minute.
- 79' It looks like no one’s ball. FC Cincinnati is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 80' What a strike from Sergio Santos! The score is 4-0.
- 85' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering FC Cincinnati that had 245 games and scored 352 goals.
- 86' The whistle greets Ian Murphy as he departs to be replaced by Kipp Keller.
- Full Time. FC Cincinnati beats St. Louis City
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Lineups
FC Cincinnati Lineups
Starting XI
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Yuya Kubo ↓ Sergio Santos 67'
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10
Luciano Acosta ↓ Malik Pinto 86'
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15
Bret Halsey ↓ Yamil Asad 67'
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32
Ian Murphy ↓ Kipp Keller 86'
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Bench
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27
Yamil Asad ↑ 67'
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- 12
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17
Sergio Santos ↑ 67'
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14
Kipp Keller ↑ 86'
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19
Kevin Kelsy ↑ 59'
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26
Malik Pinto ↑ 86'
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Coach Pat NoonanSt. Louis City Lineups
Starting XI
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Nikolas Dyhr ↓ Tim Parker 46'
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16
Samuel Adeniran ↓ Eduard Lowen 74'
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Njabulo Blom ↓ Chris Durkin 60'
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12
Celio Pompeu ↓ Indiana Vassilev 60'
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85
Hosei Kijima ↓ Tomas Ostrak 46'
Bench
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10
Eduard Lowen ↑ 74'
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26
Tim Parker ↑ 46'
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8
Chris Durkin ↑ 60'
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19
Indiana Vassilev ↑ 60'
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Tomas Ostrak ↑ 46'
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Sergio Santos 2 Matt Miazga 1 Yuya Kubo 1 Luciano Acosta 1 Eduard Lowen 1 Nicholas Gioacchini 1 Jared Stroud 1 Kyle Hiebert 1 Head to Head
FC Cincinnati Form
St. Louis City Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy4 / 42.27 FC Cincinnati xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.72 St. Louis City xGI would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 75% + Both teams to score 73%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: FC Cincinnati winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 3.99Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 97% 3% ± 1.5 90% 10% ± 2.5 75% 25% ± 3.5 55% 45% ± 4.5 36% 64% Double Chance
FC Cincinnati or Draw 74%Draw or St. Louis City 47%FC Cincinnati or St. Louis City 79%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: FC Cincinnati win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 8.1%2 – 1 8%2 – 2 6.7%1 – 2 6.1%3 – 1 Actual3 – 2 5.1%2 – 0 4.9%2 – 3 3.9%1 – 0 3.8%3 – 0 3.6%1 – 3 3.5%4 – 1 3.4%Asian Handicap — FC Cincinnati
Handicap FC Cincinnati covers Push St. Louis City covers -2.5 16% — 84% -2 16% 15% 70% -1.5 30% — 70% -1 30% 19% 51% -0.5 49% — 51% +0.5 71% — 29% +1 71% 14% 15% +1.5 85% — 15% +2 85% 9% 6% +2.5 94% — 6% Clean Sheet
FC Cincinnati keeps clean sheet 19% ✓St. Louis City keeps clean sheet 11% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.