Thursday , 2 July 2026

New York City FC vs St. Louis City, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

MLS · 2026
New York City FC
1 – 1
Full Time
St. Louis City
Sat 4 Apr 2026 · 23:30 UTC Citi Field 20,867 HT 45' · FT 45'
Hannes Wolf 50' 1–0
1–1 90+5' Brendan McSorley
Y 43' Daniel Edelman
Y 56' Jaziel Orozco
Hannes Wolf 58' Y
Y 61' Dante Polvara

Overview

Match Preview

New York City FC vs St. Louis City — MLS at Citi Field.

Match Details

  • Referee Pierre-Luc Lauziere (Canada)
  • Assistant 1 Meghan Mullen (USA)
  • Assistant 2 Justin Howard (USA)
6 games this season 🟨 2.3/game ⚽ 5.2 goals/game

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

1
1
New York City FC 2 games · Avg 2.0 goals St. Louis City
Last 5 meetings
2026-04-04 New York City FC 1–1 St. Louis City 2024-03-03 St. Louis City 2–0 New York City FC

Recent Form

New York City FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
04 Apr St. Louis City H 1–1 D
22 Mar Internacional CF Miami H 2–3 L
14 Mar Colorado Rapids SC H 3–1 W
07 Mar Orlando City SC H 5–0 W
01 Mar Philadelphia Union A 2–1 W
23 Feb Los Angeles Galaxy A 1–1 D
St. Louis City
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
04 Apr New York City FC A 1–1 D
22 Mar New England Revolution H 3–1 W
15 Mar Los Angeles FC A 0–2 L
08 Mar Seattle Sounders FC H 0–1 L
02 Mar San Diego FC A 0–2 L
21 Feb Charlotte FC H 1–1 D

Season Stats

New York City FC St. Louis City
#8 Position #27
19 Points 16
15 Played 14
5 / 4 / 6 W / D / L 4 / 4 / 6
25 Scored 16
21 Conceded 20
+4 GD -4
1.27 PPG 1.14
33% Win % 29%

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (2 games)
0% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
20% Clean Sheets
New York City FC this season
14% Clean Sheets
St. Louis City this season

New York City FC are 8th (19 pts). St. Louis City are 27th (16 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

New York City FC
0-15
2/–
16-30
2/3
31-45
1/3
46-60
3/2
61-75
1/2
76+
2/5
■ Scored ■ Conceded
St. Louis City
0-15
1/1
16-30
1/1
31-45
1/1
46-60
4/3
61-75
2/3
76+
3/4
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. New York City FC is hosting St. Louis City for another epic battle.
  • 5' 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.
  • 10' Brendan McSorley has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 14 appearances with only 1 goals this season.
  • 15' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
  • 20' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 25' Roman Burki needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
  • 30' St. Louis City is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 35' It looks surprising New York City FC does not make any changes. Simon Becher has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 40' It’s high time Pascal Jansen made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 43' Daniel Edelman is having his name booked by the referee on 43.
  • 48' St. Louis City is showing some good football. However, St. Louis City are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 50' Goal! Hannes Wolf scores his 29 goal in 222 matches.
  • 55' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 56' That looks like a foul for a card for Jaziel Orozco.
  • 58' A meaty challenge results in booking for Hannes Wolf on 58.
  • 61' St. Louis City player sees a card in front of him.
  • 65' Another substitution for St. Louis City to replace Chris Durkin by Miguel Perez on 65 minute.
  • 70' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering New York City FC that had 286 games and scored 454 goals.
  • 71' Another change for St. Louis City made on 71 minute. Daniel Edelman leaves to be changed by Lukas MacNaughton.
  • 75' The New York City FC manager makes a substitution. Keaton Parks departs to be replaced by Jonathan Shore.
  • 80' Another change for St. Louis City made on 80 minute. Rafael Santos leaves to be changed by Mykhi Joyner.
  • 85' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. St. Louis City needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 87' Time for substitution for New York City FC. Agustin Ojeda is replaced by Talles Magno.
  • 88' It is a substitution in New York City FC team. Aiden O'Neill is replaced by Nico Cavallo on 88 minute.
  • The final whistle. It looks like we are having a draw.

Lineups

New York City FC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Pascal Jansen

St. Louis City Lineups

3-4-3

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Yoann Damet

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Hannes Wolf 1
Brendan McSorley 1
Samuel Adeniran 1
Celio Pompeu 1

Head to Head

2026-04-04 New York City FC 1–1 St. Louis City 2024-03-03 St. Louis City 2–0 New York City FC

New York City FC Form

2026-04-04 New York City FC 1–1 St. Louis City D 2026-03-22 New York City FC 2–3 Internacional CF Miami L 2026-03-14 New York City FC 3–1 Colorado Rapids SC W 2026-03-07 New York City FC 5–0 Orlando City SC W 2026-03-01 Philadelphia Union 1–2 New York City FC W 2026-02-23 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–1 New York City FC D

St. Louis City Form

2026-04-04 New York City FC 1–1 St. Louis City D 2026-03-22 St. Louis City 3–1 New England Revolution W 2026-03-15 Los Angeles FC 2–0 St. Louis City L 2026-03-08 St. Louis City 0–1 Seattle Sounders FC L 2026-03-02 San Diego FC 2–0 St. Louis City L 2026-02-21 St. Louis City 1–1 Charlotte FC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
1.58 New York City FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.05 St. Louis City xG
I would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.

Match Result

✗ Wrong
New York City FC48% Draw27% St. Louis City25%
Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes52% 0% No48%
Avg goals/match: 2.63
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 91%
9%
± 1.5 74%
26%
± 2.5 48%
52%
± 3.5 27%
73%
± 4.5 13%
87%

Double Chance

New York City FC or Draw
75%
Draw or St. Louis City
52%
New York City FC or St. Louis City
73%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
New York City FC34% Draw47% St. Louis City19%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
Actual
1 – 0
10.4%
0 – 0
9.2%
2 – 1
9.1%
2 – 0
8.8%
0 – 1
6.5%
1 – 2
6%
3 – 1
4.8%
2 – 2
4.8%
3 – 0
4.6%
0 – 2
3.9%
3 – 2
2.6%

Asian Handicap — New York City FC

Handicap New York City FC covers Push St. Louis City covers
-2.5 11% — 89%
-2 11% 15% 74%
-1.5 26% — 74%
-1 26% 23% 52%
-0.5 48% — 52%
+0.5 76% — 24%
+1 76% 15% 9%
+1.5 91% — 9%
+2 91% 7% 3%
+2.5 97% — 3%

Clean Sheet

New York City FC keeps clean sheet
36% ✓
St. Louis City keeps clean sheet
21% ✓

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