Sporting Kansas City vs St. Louis City, MLS 2025 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2025

Sporting Kansas City

2 – 0

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St. Louis City

Sun 6 Apr 2025 · 00:30 UTC Children's Mercy Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 28' Conrad Wallem

Jacob Bartlett 39' Y

Y 78' Tomas Ostrak

Overview

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

Sporting Kansas City 26 games · 21 pts (2026/26)
St. Louis City 26 games · 44 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	27	60
2	Internacional CF Miami	27	46
3	New England Revolution	27	46
4	Charlotte FC	27	43
5	Chicago Fire FC	26	42
6	Philadelphia Union	27	39
7	Orlando City SC	27	34
8	New York City FC	27	33
9	FC Cincinnati	26	33
10	New York Red Bulls	26	33
11	D.C. United SC	26	30
12	Columbus Crew SC	27	29
13	Toronto FC	27	29
14	Atlanta United FC	27	27
15	Montreal Impact FC	27	24
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	26	50
17	FC Dallas	27	47
18	San Jose Earthquakes	27	45
19	St. Louis City	26	44
20	Houston Dynamo	27	44
21	Los Angeles FC	28	41
22	Colorado Rapids SC	27	36
23	Los Angeles Galaxy	28	36
24	Seattle Sounders FC	26	35
25	San Diego FC	27	32
26	Portland Timbers	27	32
27	Real Salt Lake	27	32
28	Austin FC	27	31
29	Minnesota United FC	27	29
30	Sporting Kansas City	26	21

Head-to-Head

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

Last 5 meetings

2025-04-06 Sporting Kansas City 2–0 St. Louis City 2024-09-29 St. Louis City 3–1 Sporting Kansas City 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

Recent Form

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
06 Apr	St. Louis City	H	2–0	W
30 Mar	FC Dallas	A	1–2	L
23 Mar	Los Angeles FC	H	0–2	L
16 Mar	Minnesota United FC	H	3–3	D
09 Mar	D.C. United SC	A	1–2	L
02 Mar	San Jose Earthquakes	H	1–2	L

St. Louis City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
06 Apr	Sporting Kansas City	A	0–2	L
30 Mar	Austin FC	H	0–1	L
22 Mar	Philadelphia Union	A	0–1	L
16 Mar	Seattle Sounders FC	H	1–0	W
09 Mar	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	3–0	W
02 Mar	San Diego FC	A	0–0	D

Season Stats

Sporting Kansas City		St. Louis City
#30	Position	#19
21	Points	44
26	Played	26
6 / 3 / 17	W / D / L	12 / 8 / 6
31	Scored	45
63	Conceded	36
-32	GD	+9
0.81	PPG	1.69
23%	Win %	46%

Key Stats

80% Both Teams to Score
H2H (10 games)

70% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

4% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

12% Clean Sheets
St. Louis City this season

Sporting Kansas City are 30th (21 pts). St. Louis City are 19th (44 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Sporting Kansas City

0-15

3/8

16-30

7/7

31-45

5/8

46-60

2/6

61-75

4/11

76+

4/9

■ Scored ■ Conceded

St. Louis City

0-15

4/3

16-30

7/2

31-45

9/3

46-60

8/5

61-75

6/5

76+

6/10

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

St. Louis City

Rafael Navarro	13 G	3 A
Simon Becher	8 G	4 A
Marcel Hartel	6 G	3 A

Events

Match Events

0' That's the starting whistle at Children's Mercy Park. Ninety minutes of football awaits between Sporting Kansas City and St. Louis City.
5' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering St. Louis City that had 124 games and scored 187 goals.
10' The travelling St. Louis City supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
15' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Olof Mellberg will be considering his options from the bench.
20' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
25' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Sporting Kansas City and St. Louis City are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
26' The crowd applauds Joakim Nilsson as he leaves the pitch. Tomas Ostrak steps in for St. Louis City.
28' A meaty challenge results in booking for Conrad Wallem on 28.
33' It is a cagey affair so far. Sporting Kansas City in their trying to find a way past St. Louis City's compact .
38' Brazil international Klauss has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
39' The referee calls foul for Jacob Bartlett. He receives a card.
44' Sporting Kansas 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.
49' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both Sporting Kansas City and St. Louis City are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
54' The energy levels are beginning to show. Olof Mellberg might look to freshen things up shortly.
59' The whistle greets Khiry Shelton as he departs to be replaced by Nemanja Radoja.
64' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
65' Simon Becher is ready to make an impact after coming on for Celio Pompeu at the 65 minute mark.
70' Sporting Kansas City are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined St. Louis City backline.
71' Brilliant from the ! Dejan Joveljic makes it 1-0 with a superb finish on 71.
76' 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.
78' Poor challenge from Tomas Ostrak. The referee spots it immediately and shows the card.
79' Dany Rosero is ready to make an impact after coming on for Joaquin Fernandez at the 79 minute mark.
84' 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.
88' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Dejan Joveljic makes it 2-0.
90' Mason Toye is replacing Dejan Joveljic for the Sporting Kansas City side.
The referee blows the final whistle. Sensational lose for St. Louis City.

Lineups

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

26
Erik Thommy ↑ 79'
14
Tim Leibold
6
Nemanja Radoja ↑ 59'
8
Memo Rodriguez
13
Mason Toye ↑ 90'
5
Dany Rosero ↑ 79'
23
Willy Agada
30
Stephen Afrira
36
Ryan Schewe

Coach Kerry Zavagnin

St. Louis City Lineups

Starting XI

17
Marcel Hartel
27
Alfredo Morales ↓ Cedric Teuchert 79'
9
Klauss
4
Joakim Nilsson ↓ Tomas Ostrak 26'
5
Henry Kessler
22
Kyle Hiebert
15
Joshua Yaro
20
Akil Watts
12
Celio Pompeu ↓ Simon Becher 65'
39
Ben Lundt
6
Conrad Wallem

Bench

Coach Olof Mellberg

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

Sporting Kansas City Form

2025-04-06 Sporting Kansas City 2–0 St. Louis City W 2025-03-30 FC Dallas 2–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2025-03-23 Sporting Kansas City 0–2 Los Angeles FC L 2025-03-16 Sporting Kansas City 3–3 Minnesota United FC D 2025-03-09 D.C. United SC 2–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2025-03-02 Sporting Kansas City 1–2 San Jose Earthquakes L

St. Louis City Form

2025-04-06 Sporting Kansas City 2–0 St. Louis City L 2025-03-30 St. Louis City 0–1 Austin FC L 2025-03-22 Philadelphia Union 1–0 St. Louis City L 2025-03-16 St. Louis City 1–0 Seattle Sounders FC W 2025-03-09 Los Angeles Galaxy 0–3 St. Louis City W 2025-03-02 San Diego FC 0–0 St. Louis City D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

1.31 Sporting Kansas City xG

Expected Goals

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

2.03 St. Louis City xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 64% + Both teams to score 63%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Sporting Kansas City30% Draw24% St. Louis City46%

Actual: Sporting Kansas City win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes63% 0% No37%

Avg goals/match: 3.34

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	84%	16%
± 2.5	64%	36%
± 3.5	42%	58%
± 4.5	25%	75%

Double Chance

Sporting Kansas City or Draw

55%

Draw or St. Louis City

70%

Sporting Kansas City or St. Louis City

76%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Sporting Kansas City20% Draw41% St. Louis City39%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✗ 2–0 not predicted

2 – 0

Actual

1 – 1

10.3%

1 – 2

9.2%

0 – 2

7.2%

0 – 1

6.6%

1 – 3

6.2%

2 – 2

2 – 1

0 – 0

0 – 3

4.8%

2 – 3

4.1%

1 – 0

1 – 4

3.2%

Asian Handicap — Sporting Kansas City

Handicap	Sporting Kansas City covers	Push	St. Louis City covers
-2.5	4%	—	96%
-2	4%	7%	90%
-1.5	10%	—	90%
-1	10%	13%	76%
-0.5	24%	—	76%
+0.5	47%	—	53%
+1	47%	21%	32%
+1.5	68%	—	32%
+2	68%	16%	16%
+2.5	84%	—	16%

Clean Sheet

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

14% ✗

St. Louis City keeps clean sheet

28% ✓

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