St. Louis City vs Seattle Sounders FC, MLS 2025 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2025

St. Louis City

1 – 0

Full Time

Seattle Sounders FC

Sun 16 Mar 2025 · 00:30 UTC Citypark HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 14' Jackson Ragen

Y 45' Jesus Ferreira

Y 64' Obed Vargas

Henry Kessler 71' Y

Simon Becher 81' Y

Y 83' Alex Roldan

Overview

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St. Louis City vs Seattle Sounders FC — MLS at Citypark.

St. Louis City 34 games · 54 pts (2026/26)
Seattle Sounders FC 34 games · 46 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

St. Louis City 8 games · Avg 2.8 goals Seattle Sounders FC

Last 5 meetings

2025-03-16 St. Louis City 1–0 Seattle Sounders FC 2024-07-18 Seattle Sounders FC 2–0 St. Louis City 2024-05-26 St. Louis City 1–2 Seattle Sounders FC 2023-10-22 St. Louis City 0–2 Seattle Sounders FC 2023-04-09 Seattle Sounders FC 3–0 St. Louis City

Recent Form

St. Louis City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
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
23 Feb	Colorado Rapids SC	H	0–0	D
20 Oct	Minnesota United FC	A	1–4	L
06 Oct	Houston Dynamo	H	3–0	W

Seattle Sounders FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
16 Mar	St. Louis City	A	0–1	L
08 Mar	Los Angeles FC	H	5–2	W
01 Mar	Real Salt Lake	A	0–2	L
23 Feb	Charlotte FC	H	2–2	D
20 Oct	Portland Timbers	H	1–1	D
06 Oct	Colorado Rapids SC	A	1–0	W

Season Stats

St. Louis City		Seattle Sounders FC
#18	Position	#23
54	Points	46
34	Played	34
15 / 9 / 10	W / D / L	12 / 10 / 12
59	Scored	44
48	Conceded	46
+11	GD	-2
1.59	PPG	1.35
44%	Win %	35%

Key Stats

38% Both Teams to Score
H2H (8 games)

50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

18% Clean Sheets
St. Louis City this season

24% Clean Sheets
Seattle Sounders FC this season

St. Louis City are 18th (54 pts). Seattle Sounders FC are 23rd (46 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

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

Seattle Sounders FC

0-15

5/5

16-30

5/7

31-45

4/7

46-60

8/6

61-75

4/5

76+

13/14

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

St. Louis City

Rafael Navarro	18 G	6 A
Simon Becher	9 G	4 A
Marcel Hartel	6 G	3 A

Seattle Sounders FC

Dejan Joveljic	13 G	1 A
Paul Rothrock	5 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' St. Louis City have kicked off against Seattle Sounders FC. Both sides are eager to make an early statement.
5' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 5 minutes.
10' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
14' Jackson Ragen was booked on 14.
15' Eduard Lowen adds to his 3 season tally! St. Louis City lead 1-0 — and this changes everything.
20' It looks like no one’s ball. Seattle Sounders FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
25' Ben Lundt is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for St. Louis City so far.
30' Germany international Cedric Teuchert has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
35' St. Louis City currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
40' Stefan Frei needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
45' Jesus Ferreira is having his name booked by the referee on 45.
50' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
55' St. Louis City are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Seattle Sounders FC's shape.
60' 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.
62' St. Louis City ring the changes. Cedric Teuchert has done his job and it is now time for Simon Becher to step up.
63' Joshua Yaro is ready to make an impact after coming on for Jannes-Kilian Horn at the 63 minute mark.
64' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the card for Obed Vargas.
64' The supporters are chanting for Danny Musovski. He replaces Jesus Ferreira on 64 minute.
67' It is a substitution in St. Louis City team. Tomas Totland is replaced by Tomas Ostrak on 67 minute.
71' Henry Kessler picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
76' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
79' A change in the Seattle Sounders FC ranks — Cristian Roldan exits the field as Danny Leyva enters on 79.
80' Kalani Kossa-Rienzi is replacing Paul Rothrock for the Seattle Sounders FC side.
81' The referee has no hesitation. Simon Becher is booked for St. Louis City — card on 81.
83' That looks like a foul for a card for Alex Roldan.
88' Jon Bell has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 34 appearances with only 1 goals this season.
90' The supporters are chanting for Joakim Nilsson. He replaces Akil Watts on 90 minute.
Full Time. St. Louis City beats Seattle Sounders FC

Lineups

St. Louis City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

32
Timo Baumgartl
27
Alfredo Morales ↑ 62'
9
Klauss
4
Joakim Nilsson ↑ 90'
7
Tomas Ostrak ↑ 67'
11
Simon Becher ↑ 62'
15
Joshua Yaro ↑ 63'
12
Celio Pompeu
31
Christian Olivares

Coach Olof Mellberg

Seattle Sounders FC Lineups

Starting XI

11
Albert Rusnak
9
Jesus Ferreira ↓ Danny Musovski 64'
24
Stefan Frei
7
Cristian Roldan ↓ Danny Leyva 79'
5
Nouhou Tolo
16
Alex Roldan
15
Jon Bell
18
Obed Vargas
25
Jackson Ragen
14
Paul Rothrock ↓ Kalani Kossa-Rienzi 80'
93
Georgi Minoungou

Bench

Coach Brian Schmetzer

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Albert Rusnak	3
Cristian Roldan	2
Eduard Lowen	2
Tim Parker	1
Raul Ruidiaz	1
Nouhou Tolo	1
Joshua Atencio	1
Obed Vargas	1

Head to Head

St. Louis City Form

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 2025-02-23 St. Louis City 0–0 Colorado Rapids SC D 2024-10-20 Minnesota United FC 4–1 St. Louis City L 2024-10-06 St. Louis City 3–0 Houston Dynamo W

Seattle Sounders FC Form

2025-03-16 St. Louis City 1–0 Seattle Sounders FC L 2025-03-08 Seattle Sounders FC 5–2 Los Angeles FC W 2025-03-01 Real Salt Lake 2–0 Seattle Sounders FC L 2025-02-23 Seattle Sounders FC 2–2 Charlotte FC D 2024-10-20 Seattle Sounders FC 1–1 Portland Timbers D 2024-10-06 Colorado Rapids SC 0–1 Seattle Sounders FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.28 St. Louis City xG

Expected Goals

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

0.93 Seattle Sounders FC xG

I would bet for: St. Louis City or Draw 74% + Under 2.5 goals 62%

Match Result

✓ Correct

St. Louis City44% Draw30% Seattle Sounders FC26%

Actual: St. Louis City win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes45% 0% No55%

Avg goals/match: 2.21

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	87%	13%
± 1.5	65%	35%
± 2.5	38%	62%
± 3.5	19%	81%
± 4.5	8%	92%

Double Chance

St. Louis City or Draw

74%

Draw or Seattle Sounders FC

56%

St. Louis City or Seattle Sounders FC

70%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

St. Louis City29% Draw52% Seattle Sounders FC19%

Actual: St. Louis City win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

14%

0 – 0

13.3%

1 – 0

Actual

0 – 1

2 – 0

8.6%

2 – 1

8.1%

1 – 2

5.9%

0 – 2

4.6%

2 – 2

3.9%

3 – 0

3.6%

3 – 1

3.5%

1 – 3

1.9%

Asian Handicap — St. Louis City

Handicap	St. Louis City covers	Push	Seattle Sounders FC covers
-2.5	7%	—	93%
-2	7%	13%	80%
-1.5	20%	—	80%
-1	20%	23%	57%
-0.5	43%	—	57%
+0.5	74%	—	26%
+1	74%	16%	9%
+1.5	91%	—	9%
+2	91%	7%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

St. Louis City keeps clean sheet

40% ✗

Seattle Sounders FC keeps clean sheet

29% ✓

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