Sporting Kansas City vs St. Louis City, MLS 2024 REGULAR SEASON

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Sun 21 Jul 2024 · 00:30 UTC Children's Mercy Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 34' Nokkvi THorisson

Y 45' Akil Watts

Tim Leibold 83' Y

Khiry Shelton 89' Y

Y 90' Hosei Kijima

Overview

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Sporting Kansas City vs St. Louis City — MLS at Children's Mercy Park.

Sporting Kansas City 34 games · 26 pts (2026/26)
St. Louis City 34 games · 54 pts (2026/26)

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

Sporting Kansas City 10 games · Avg 3.7 goals St. Louis City

Last 5 meetings

2024-07-21 Sporting Kansas City 1–1 St. Louis City 2024-04-21 Sporting Kansas City 3–3 St. Louis City 2023-10-01 St. Louis City 4–1 Sporting Kansas City 2023-09-03 Sporting Kansas City 2–1 St. Louis City 2023-05-21 St. Louis City 4–0 Sporting Kansas City

Recent Form

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
21 Jul	St. Louis City	H	1–1	D
18 Jul	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	1–2	L
14 Jul	San Jose Earthquakes	A	2–1	W
08 Jul	FC Dallas	H	3–2	W
05 Jul	Colorado Rapids SC	A	1–2	L
30 Jun	Austin FC	H	2–0	W

St. Louis City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
21 Jul	Sporting Kansas City	A	1–1	D
18 Jul	Seattle Sounders FC	A	0–2	L
14 Jul	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	1–4	L
08 Jul	Colorado Rapids SC	A	1–4	L
04 Jul	San Jose Earthquakes	H	2–0	W
30 Jun	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	3–4	L

Season Stats

Sporting Kansas City		St. Louis City
#30	Position	#18
26	Points	54
34	Played	34
7 / 5 / 22	W / D / L	15 / 9 / 10
40	Scored	59
81	Conceded	48
-41	GD	+11
0.76	PPG	1.59
21%	Win %	44%

Key Stats

80% Both Teams to Score
H2H (10 games)

70% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

6% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

18% Clean Sheets
St. Louis City this season

Sporting Kansas City are 30th (26 pts). St. Louis City are 18th (54 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Sporting Kansas City

0-15

3/12

16-30

8/10

31-45

9/9

46-60

3/7

61-75

6/15

76+

5/14

■ 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)

Sporting Kansas City

Andre Luiz

7 G

1 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' Three points are at stake. Sporting Kansas City host St. Louis City — let the battle begin!
5' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
10' USA international Khiry Shelton has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
15' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Sporting Kansas City needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
20' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with St. Louis City winning 50% of all matches.
25' Johnny Klein has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
30' Supporters expect more eagerness from Robert Castellanos, as he is very good at scoring at Children's Mercy Park with 1 goals in the last 1 games.
34' Nokkvi THorisson catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 34.
39' 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.
42' A goal from the Iceland international Nokkvi THorisson! He fires home on 42 to make it 0-1!
45' That looks like a foul for a card for Akil Watts.
50' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
55' The 30-year-old Daniel Salloi has been sensational this season — 6 goals and 5 assists is a remarkable return.
60' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Tomas Totland made 62 appearances and scored 5 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
63' Another change for St. Louis City made on 63 minute. Cedric Teuchert leaves to be changed by Hosei Kijima.
64' The crowd applauds Johnny Russell as he leaves the pitch. Alan Pulido steps in for Sporting Kansas City.
69' It’s high time Peter Vermes made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
70' Tomas Totland makes way for Joshua Yaro at the 70 minute mark. A tactical switch from St. Louis City.
73' GOAL! Willy Agada fires home to make it 1-1!
78' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Sporting Kansas City and St. Louis City are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
83' The referee has no hesitation. Tim Leibold is booked for Sporting Kansas City — card on 83.
84' Time for substitution for St. Louis City. Akil Watts is replaced by Jake Girdwood-Reich.
89' Sporting Kansas City player sees a card in front of him.
90' Hosei Kijima catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 90.
90' Fresh legs for Sporting Kansas City! Stephen Afrira comes on to replace Erik Thommy.
The final whistle. It looks like we are having a draw.

Lineups

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Peter Vermes

St. Louis City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach John Hackworth

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Dejan Joveljic	4
Klauss	3
Eduard Lowen	3
Alan Pulido	3
Samuel Adeniran	2
Celio Pompeu	2
Indiana Vassilev	2
Willy Agada	2

Head to Head

Sporting Kansas City Form

2024-07-21 Sporting Kansas City 1–1 St. Louis City D 2024-07-18 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2024-07-14 San Jose Earthquakes 1–2 Sporting Kansas City W 2024-07-08 Sporting Kansas City 3–2 FC Dallas W 2024-07-05 Colorado Rapids SC 2–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2024-06-30 Sporting Kansas City 2–0 Austin FC W

St. Louis City Form

2024-07-21 Sporting Kansas City 1–1 St. Louis City D 2024-07-18 Seattle Sounders FC 2–0 St. Louis City L 2024-07-14 St. Louis City 1–4 Vancouver Whitecaps FC L 2024-07-08 Colorado Rapids SC 4–1 St. Louis City L 2024-07-04 St. Louis City 2–0 San Jose Earthquakes W 2024-06-30 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 4–3 St. Louis City L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

1.55 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

2.08 St. Louis City xG

I would bet for: Sporting Kansas City or St. Louis City 76% + Over 2.5 goals 69%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City34% Draw24% St. Louis City42%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes69% 0% No31%

Avg goals/match: 3.63

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	87%	13%
± 2.5	69%	31%
± 3.5	48%	52%
± 4.5	30%	70%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw

58%

Draw or St. Louis City

66%

Sporting Kansas City or St. Louis City

76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City23% Draw40% St. Louis City37%

Actual: St. Louis City win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

Actual

1 – 2

8.6%

2 – 2

6.6%

2 – 1

6.4%

1 – 3

5.9%

0 – 2

5.8%

0 – 1

2 – 3

4.6%

0 – 0

0 – 3

3.9%

1 – 0

3.6%

3 – 2

3.4%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap	Sporting Kansas City covers	Push	St. Louis City covers
-2.5	5%	—	95%
-2	5%	8%	86%
-1.5	14%	—	86%
-1	14%	15%	72%
-0.5	28%	—	72%
+0.5	51%	—	49%
+1	51%	20%	29%
+1.5	71%	—	29%
+2	71%	15%	14%
+2.5	86%	—	14%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

13% ✓

St. Louis City keeps clean sheet

22% ✓

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