St. Louis City vs Sporting Kansas City, MLS 2023 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2023

St. Louis City

4 – 1

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Sporting Kansas City

Sun 1 Oct 2023 · 00:30 UTC Citypark HT 45' · FT 45'

Samuel Adeniran 73' 1–0

Jared Stroud 75' 2–0

Klauss 80' 3–0

Klauss 85' 4–0

4–1 90+3' Willy Agada

Anthony Markanich 41' Y

Tim Parker 87' Y

Overview

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St. Louis City vs Sporting Kansas City — MLS at Citypark.

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

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

Last 5 meetings

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

St. Louis City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
01 Oct	Sporting Kansas City	H	4–1	W
24 Sep	Minnesota United FC	A	2–1	W
21 Sep	Los Angeles FC	H	0–0	D
17 Sep	Houston Dynamo	A	1–1	D
11 Sep	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	2–2	D
03 Sep	Sporting Kansas City	A	1–2	L

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
01 Oct	St. Louis City	A	1–4	L
24 Sep	Houston Dynamo	H	2–1	W
21 Sep	Nashville SC	H	0–3	L
17 Sep	Minnesota United FC	A	1–0	W
09 Sep	Internacional CF Miami	A	2–3	L
03 Sep	St. Louis City	H	2–1	W

Season Stats

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

Key Stats

80% Both Teams to Score
H2H (10 games)

70% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

12% Clean Sheets
St. Louis City this season

4% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

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

Goal Timing (This Season)

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

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

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' The ball is rolling at Citypark. St. Louis City are looking to make home advantage count against Sporting Kansas City.
5' 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.
10' 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.
15' St. Louis City looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Marcel Hartel scoring 1 goals.
20' Sporting Kansas City come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
25' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
30' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both St. Louis City and Sporting Kansas City are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
35' Khiry Shelton is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for St. Louis City tonight.
40' St. Louis City is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
41' It’s gonna be a card for Anthony Markanich.
46' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
51' St. Louis City are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Sporting Kansas City backline.
56' St. Louis City are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
61' It’s high time Bradley Carnell made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
64' Fresh legs for St. Louis City! Nicholas Gioacchini comes on to replace Aziel Jackson.
67' The crowd applauds Felipe Gutierrez as he leaves the pitch. Remi Walter steps in for Sporting Kansas City.
72' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
73' The deadlock is broken! Samuel Adeniran gets on the scoresheet on 73 minutes.
75' What a strike from Jared Stroud! The score is 2-0.
78' Gadi Kinda is ready to make an impact after coming on for Nemanja Radoja at the 78 minute mark.
80' GOAL! Klauss scores on 80. Assisted by Eduard Lowen
85' Goal! Klauss scores his 34 goal in 212 matches.
86' Sporting Kansas City make a change. Erik Thommy trudges off to be replaced by Willy Agada on 86 minutes.
87' It’s gonna be a card for Tim Parker.
89' Kyle Hiebert is ready to make an impact after coming on for Anthony Markanich at the 89 minute mark.
90' Time for substitution for St. Louis City. Eduard Lowen is replaced by Tomas Ostrak.
Another three points for St. Louis City.

Lineups

St. Louis City Lineups

4-4-2

Starting XI

1
Roman Burki
10
Eduard Lowen ↓ Tomas Ostrak 90'
26
Tim Parker
2
Jake Nerwinski
9
Klauss ↓ Nokkvi THorisson 89'
4
Joakim Nilsson
19
Indiana Vassilev ↓ Jared Stroud 64'
16
Samuel Adeniran
25
Aziel Jackson ↓ Nicholas Gioacchini 64'
13
Anthony Markanich ↓ Kyle Hiebert 89'
6
Njabulo Blom

Bench

11
Nicholas Gioacchini ↑ 64'
8
Jared Stroud ↑ 64'
7
Tomas Ostrak ↑ 90'
21
Rasmus Alm
22
Kyle Hiebert ↑ 89'
20
Akil Watts
12
Celio Pompeu
39
Ben Lundt
29
Nokkvi THorisson ↑ 89'

Coach Bradley Carnell

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Peter Vermes

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

2.88 St. Louis City xG

Expected Goals

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

0.98 Sporting Kansas City xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 72% + St. Louis City to win 69%

Match Result

✓ Correct

St. Louis City69% Draw18% Sporting Kansas City13%

Actual: St. Louis City win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes59% 0% No41%

Avg goals/match: 3.86

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	89%	11%
± 2.5	72%	28%
± 3.5	53%	47%
± 4.5	34%	66%

Double Chance

St. Louis City or Draw

86%

Draw or Sporting Kansas City

31%

St. Louis City or Sporting Kansas City

82%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

St. Louis City56% Draw33% Sporting Kansas City11%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 0

8.9%

2 – 1

8.4%

3 – 0

8.2%

3 – 1

7.9%

1 – 1

6.7%

1 – 0

4 – 0

5.8%

4 – 1

Actual

2 – 2

4.1%

3 – 2

3.9%

5 – 0

3.4%

5 – 1

3.4%

Asian Handicap — St. Louis City

Handicap	St. Louis City covers	Push	Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5	35%	—	65%
-2	35%	20%	45%
-1.5	55%	—	45%
-1	55%	19%	25%
-0.5	75%	—	25%
+0.5	90%	—	10%
+1	90%	6%	3%
+1.5	97%	—	3%
+2	97%	2%	1%
+2.5	99%	—	1%

Clean Sheet

St. Louis City keeps clean sheet

38% ✓

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

6% ✓

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

St. Louis City vs Sporting Kansas City, MLS 2023 REGULAR SEASON

Overview

Match Preview

Standings

Head-to-Head

Recent Form

Season Stats

Key Stats

Goal Timing (This Season)

Top Scorers (This Season)

Events

Match Events

Lineups

St. Louis City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Head to Head

St. Louis City Form

Sporting Kansas City Form

Predictions

Match Result

Both Teams to Score

Over / Under Goals

Double Chance

Half-Time Result

Correct Score

Asian Handicap — St. Louis City

Clean Sheet