Saturday , 14 November 2026

FC Cincinnati vs St. Louis City, MLS 2024 REGULAR SEASON

MLS · 2024
FC Cincinnati
3 – 1
Full Time
St. Louis City
Sat 18 May 2024 · 23:30 UTC TQL Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'
Y 35' Hosei Kijima
Ian Murphy 36' Y
Y 44' Samuel Adeniran
Y 52' Tomas Ostrak

Overview

Match Preview

FC Cincinnati vs St. Louis City — MLS at TQL Stadium.

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Nashville SC 34 77
2 Internacional CF Miami 34 60
3 New England Revolution 34 58
4 Chicago Fire FC 34 55
5 Charlotte FC 34 54
6 Philadelphia Union 34 50
7 Columbus Crew SC 34 47
8 FC Cincinnati 34 46
9 Orlando City SC 34 46
10 New York City FC 34 42
11 New York Red Bulls 34 42
12 Toronto FC 34 39
13 Atlanta United FC 34 33
14 D.C. United SC 34 33
15 Montreal Impact FC 34 26
16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 34 64
17 FC Dallas 34 58
18 St. Louis City 34 54
19 San Jose Earthquakes 34 52
20 Houston Dynamo 34 51
21 Los Angeles FC 34 47
22 Portland Timbers 34 46
23 Seattle Sounders FC 34 46
24 Real Salt Lake 34 45
25 Minnesota United FC 34 44
26 Los Angeles Galaxy 34 44
27 Colorado Rapids SC 34 43
28 San Diego FC 34 38
29 Austin FC 34 34
30 Sporting Kansas City 34 26

Head-to-Head

1
1
FC Cincinnati 2 games · Avg 5.0 goals St. Louis City
Last 5 meetings
2024-05-18 FC Cincinnati 3–1 St. Louis City 2023-04-16 St. Louis City 5–1 FC Cincinnati

Recent Form

FC Cincinnati
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
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
St. Louis City
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
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
#8 Position #18
46 Points 54
34 Played 34
12 / 10 / 12 W / D / L 15 / 9 / 10
67 Scored 59
75 Conceded 48
-8 GD +11
1.35 PPG 1.59
35% Win % 44%

Key Stats

100% Both Teams to Score
H2H (2 games)
100% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
18% Clean Sheets
FC Cincinnati this season
18% Clean Sheets
St. Louis City this season

FC Cincinnati are 8th (46 pts). St. Louis City are 18th (54 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

FC Cincinnati
0-15
6/3
16-30
5/11
31-45
10/11
46-60
8/13
61-75
6/7
76+
17/9
■ Scored ■ Conceded
St. Louis City
0-15
9/3
16-30
8/2
31-45
11/8
46-60
10/9
61-75
6/7
76+
10/11
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

FC Cincinnati
Kevin Denkey 17 G 2 A
Evander 14 G 13 A
Tom Barlow 10 G 4 A
Pavel Bucha 6 G 3 A
St. Louis City
Rafael Navarro 18 G 6 A
Simon Becher 9 G 4 A
Marcel Hartel 6 G 3 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' KICK OFF: St. Louis City gets underway.
  • 5' FC Cincinnati are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
  • 10' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
  • 15' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His FC Cincinnati side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
  • 20' Samuel Adeniran needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
  • 25' Klauss, a Brazil , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
  • 26' A stunning finish from Luciano Acosta — that came from absolutely nowhere!
  • 31' Over 31 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
  • 35' Hosei Kijima catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 35.
  • 36' FC Cincinnati player sees a card in front of him.
  • 41' St. Louis City started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 41.
  • 44' Poor challenge from Samuel Adeniran. The referee spots it immediately and shows the card.
  • 46' The St. Louis City bench stirs into life. Nikolas Dyhr is withdrawn and Tim Parker gets his opportunity.
  • 49' GOAL! Yuya Kubo scores on 49. Assisted by Luciano Acosta
  • 52' The referee has no hesitation. Tomas Ostrak is booked for St. Louis City — card on 52.
  • 54' Matt Miazga adds to his 0 season tally! FC Cincinnati lead 3-0 — and this changes everything.
  • 59' Fresh legs for FC Cincinnati! Kevin Kelsy comes on to replace Gerardo Valenzuela.
  • 60' Chris Durkin is ready to make an impact after coming on for Njabulo Blom at the 60 minute mark.
  • 65' FC Cincinnati are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against St. Louis City's shape.
  • 67' The supporters are chanting for Yamil Asad. He replaces Bret Halsey on 67 minute.
  • 72' It looks like no one’s ball. St. Louis City is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
  • 74' St. Louis City manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Eduard Lowen is hanging Samuel Adeniran on the field on 74 minute.
  • 79' 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.
  • 80' Sergio Santos doubles the advantage! 4-0 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
  • 85' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both FC Cincinnati and St. Louis City are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
  • 86' FC Cincinnati make a change. Ian Murphy trudges off to be replaced by Kipp Keller on 86 minutes.
  • Game over. The scoreline of 3-1 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

Lineups

FC Cincinnati Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Pat Noonan

St. Louis City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Bradley Carnell

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Sergio Santos 2
Eduard Lowen 1
Nicholas Gioacchini 1
Jared Stroud 1
Kyle Hiebert 1
Matt Miazga 1
Yuya Kubo 1
Luciano Acosta 1

Head to Head

2024-05-18 FC Cincinnati 3–1 St. Louis City 2023-04-16 St. Louis City 5–1 FC Cincinnati

FC Cincinnati Form

2024-05-18 FC Cincinnati 3–1 St. Louis City W 2024-05-15 FC Cincinnati 1–0 Atlanta United FC W 2024-05-11 Columbus Crew SC 1–2 FC Cincinnati W 2024-05-04 Orlando City SC 0–1 FC Cincinnati W 2024-04-27 FC Cincinnati 2–1 Colorado Rapids SC W 2024-04-20 Atlanta United FC 1–2 FC Cincinnati W

St. Louis City Form

2024-05-18 FC Cincinnati 3–1 St. Louis City L 2024-05-16 St. Louis City 0–2 Los Angeles FC L 2024-05-12 St. Louis City 3–1 Chicago Fire FC W 2024-05-05 Houston Dynamo 0–0 St. Louis City D 2024-04-21 Sporting Kansas City 3–3 St. Louis City D 2024-04-14 St. Louis City 1–0 Austin FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
2.06 FC Cincinnati xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
2.03 St. Louis City xG
I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 76% + Both teams to score 75%

Match Result

✓ Correct
FC Cincinnati46% Draw22% St. Louis City32%
Actual: FC Cincinnati win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes75% 0% No25%
Avg goals/match: 4.09
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 97%
3%
± 1.5 91%
9%
± 2.5 76%
24%
± 3.5 57%
43%
± 4.5 38%
62%

Double Chance

FC Cincinnati or Draw
67%
Draw or St. Louis City
54%
FC Cincinnati or St. Louis City
78%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
FC Cincinnati32% Draw37% St. Louis City31%
Actual: FC Cincinnati win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
7.8%
2 – 1
7.1%
2 – 2
7%
1 – 2
7%
3 – 2
4.8%
3 – 1
Actual
2 – 3
4.7%
1 – 3
4.6%
2 – 0
3.7%
0 – 2
3.6%
3 – 3
3.3%
1 – 0
3.1%

Asian Handicap — FC Cincinnati

Handicap FC Cincinnati covers Push St. Louis City covers
-2.5 11% — 89%
-2 11% 12% 78%
-1.5 22% — 78%
-1 22% 17% 60%
-0.5 40% — 60%
+0.5 61% — 39%
+1 61% 17% 22%
+1.5 78% — 22%
+2 78% 12% 10%
+2.5 90% — 10%

Clean Sheet

FC Cincinnati keeps clean sheet
14% ✓
St. Louis City keeps clean sheet
14% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.