Sunday , 16 August 2026

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

MLS · 2023
St. Louis City
4 – 1
Full Time
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

Match Preview

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

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Nashville SC 18 40
2 Internacional CF Miami 18 38
3 New England Revolution 18 30
4 Chicago Fire FC 17 29
5 New York City FC 18 26
6 FC Cincinnati 18 26
7 Charlotte FC 18 25
8 New York Red Bulls 18 25
9 D.C. United SC 18 23
10 Columbus Crew SC 18 20
11 Orlando City SC 18 20
12 Toronto FC 18 17
13 Philadelphia Union 18 16
14 Montreal Impact FC 18 16
15 Atlanta United FC 18 12
16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 17 34
17 Los Angeles FC 19 34
18 San Jose Earthquakes 18 33
19 Houston Dynamo 18 32
20 FC Dallas 18 27
21 Real Salt Lake 17 27
22 St. Louis City 18 26
23 Portland Timbers 18 24
24 Seattle Sounders FC 17 24
25 Minnesota United FC 18 24
26 Colorado Rapids SC 18 22
27 Los Angeles Galaxy 19 22
28 San Diego FC 18 21
29 Austin FC 18 17
30 Sporting Kansas City 18 14

Head-to-Head

4
3
2
St. Louis City 9 games · Avg 3.9 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
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
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
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
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
#22 Position #30
26 Points 14
18 Played 18
7 / 5 / 6 W / D / L 4 / 2 / 12
24 Scored 18
24 Conceded 46
+0 GD -28
1.44 PPG 0.78
39% Win % 22%

Key Stats

78% Both Teams to Score
H2H (9 games)
78% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
16% Clean Sheets
St. Louis City this season
0% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

St. Louis City are 22nd (26 pts). Sporting Kansas City are 30th (14 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

St. Louis City
0-15
2/1
16-30
3/1
31-45
4/2
46-60
5/5
61-75
4/3
76+
5/6
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Sporting Kansas City
0-15
–/7
16-30
3/4
31-45
3/6
46-60
2/4
61-75
2/8
76+
3/7
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

St. Louis City
Marcel Hartel 5 G 3 A
Sporting Kansas City
Dejan Joveljic 8 G 1 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' Three points are at stake. St. Louis City host Sporting Kansas City — let the battle begin!
  • 5' Over 5 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
  • 10' The home supporters are growing impatient. St. Louis City must find a spark to ignite this game.
  • 15' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Peter Vermes will be considering his options from the bench.
  • 20' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
  • 25' Sporting Kansas City are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
  • 30' It is a cagey affair so far. St. Louis City in their 4-4-2 trying to find a way past Sporting Kansas City's compact 4-3-3.
  • 35' 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.
  • 40' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 41' Anthony Markanich has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a card on 41.
  • 46' 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.
  • 51' Logan Ndenbe has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
  • 56' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 61' Njabulo Blom needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
  • 64' Time for substitution for St. Louis City. Aziel Jackson is replaced by Nicholas Gioacchini.
  • 67' Sporting Kansas City make a change. Felipe Gutierrez trudges off to be replaced by Remi Walter on 67 minutes.
  • 72' Both keepers have barely been tested. St. Louis City and Sporting Kansas City are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
  • 73' Samuel Adeniran has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 73 minutes.
  • 75' The USA Jared Stroud breaks the deadlock on 75 minutes. 2-0!
  • 78' A change in the Sporting Kansas City ranks — Nemanja Radoja exits the field as Gadi Kinda enters on 78.
  • 80' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Klauss makes it 3-0.
  • 85' What composure from Klauss! The Brazil international strokes it home. 4-0.
  • 86' Sporting Kansas City make a change. Erik Thommy trudges off to be replaced by Willy Agada on 86 minutes.
  • 87' Tim Parker catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. card on 87.
  • 89' Time for substitution for St. Louis City. Anthony Markanich is replaced by Kyle Hiebert.
  • 90' Eduard Lowen makes way for Tomas Ostrak at the 90 minute mark. A tactical switch from St. Louis City.
  • Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 4-1.

Lineups

St. Louis City Lineups

4-4-2

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Bradley Carnell

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Peter Vermes

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

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

St. Louis City Form

2023-10-01 St. Louis City 4–1 Sporting Kansas City W 2023-09-24 Minnesota United FC 1–2 St. Louis City W 2023-09-21 St. Louis City 0–0 Los Angeles FC D 2023-09-17 Houston Dynamo 1–1 St. Louis City D 2023-09-11 Los Angeles Galaxy 2–2 St. Louis City D 2023-09-03 Sporting Kansas City 2–1 St. Louis City L

Sporting Kansas City Form

2023-10-01 St. Louis City 4–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2023-09-24 Sporting Kansas City 2–1 Houston Dynamo W 2023-09-21 Sporting Kansas City 0–3 Nashville SC L 2023-09-17 Minnesota United FC 0–1 Sporting Kansas City W 2023-09-09 Internacional CF Miami 3–2 Sporting Kansas City L 2023-09-03 Sporting Kansas City 2–1 St. Louis City W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
2.6 St. Louis City xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.89 Sporting Kansas City xG
I would bet for: St. Louis City to win 67% + Over 2.5 goals 66%

Match Result

✓ Correct
St. Louis City67% Draw19% Sporting Kansas City14%
Actual: St. Louis City win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes54% 0% No46%
Avg goals/match: 3.49
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 96%
4%
± 1.5 86%
14%
± 2.5 66%
34%
± 3.5 45%
55%
± 4.5 27%
73%

Double Chance

St. Louis City or Draw
86%
Draw or Sporting Kansas City
33%
St. Louis City or Sporting Kansas City
81%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
St. Louis City54% Draw36% Sporting Kansas City10%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
2 – 0
10.4%
2 – 1
8.9%
3 – 0
8.7%
1 – 1
7.8%
1 – 0
7.7%
3 – 1
7.6%
4 – 0
5.6%
4 – 1
Actual
0 – 0
4.3%
2 – 2
3.9%
3 – 2
3.4%
1 – 2
3.1%

Asian Handicap — St. Louis City

Handicap St. Louis City covers Push Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5 31% — 69%
-2 31% 21% 48%
-1.5 52% — 48%
-1 52% 21% 27%
-0.5 73% — 27%
+0.5 90% — 10%
+1 90% 7% 3%
+1.5 97% — 3%
+2 97% 2% 1%
+2.5 99% — 1%

Clean Sheet

St. Louis City keeps clean sheet
42% ✓
Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet
8% ✓

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