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

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MLS · 2024

St. Louis City

3 – 1

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Sporting Kansas City

Sun 29 Sep 2024 · 00:30 UTC Citypark HT 45' · FT 45'

Klauss 39' Y

Y 45' Dany Rosero

Y 45' John Pulskamp

Y 45' Robert Voloder

Cedric Teuchert 80' Y

Jannes-Kilian Horn 86' Y

Overview

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

St. Louis City 34 games · 54 pts (2026/26)
Sporting Kansas City 34 games · 26 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 10 games · Avg 3.7 goals Sporting Kansas City

Last 5 meetings

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 2023-09-03 Sporting Kansas City 2–1 St. Louis City

Recent Form

St. Louis City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
29 Sep	Sporting Kansas City	H	3–1	W
22 Sep	San Jose Earthquakes	A	2–1	W
15 Sep	Minnesota United FC	H	1–3	L
07 Sep	New England Revolution	A	2–2	D
01 Sep	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	2–1	W
25 Aug	Portland Timbers	A	4–4	D

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
29 Sep	St. Louis City	A	1–3	L
22 Sep	Minnesota United FC	H	0–2	L
19 Sep	Colorado Rapids SC	H	4–1	W
15 Sep	Seattle Sounders FC	A	0–2	L
07 Sep	New York Red Bulls	A	1–1	D
25 Aug	Orlando City SC	H	3–0	W

Season Stats

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

Key Stats

80% Both Teams to Score
H2H (10 games)

70% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

18% Clean Sheets
St. Louis City this season

6% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

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

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

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

Sporting Kansas City

Andre Luiz

7 G

1 A

Events

Match Events

0' Welcome to Citypark that hosts another battle between St. Louis City and Sporting Kansas City.
5' 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.
10' St. Louis City are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Sporting Kansas City backline.
15' Both keepers have barely been tested. St. Louis City and Sporting Kansas City are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
20' Over 20 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
25' 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.
30' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
33' Assisted by Akil Watts with the perfectly-timed delivery and Cedric Teuchert makes no mistake. 1-0!
38' Johnny Russell has been relatively quiet despite scoring 73 goals in his last 300 appearances.
39' Controversy at the stadium! Klauss argues furiously but the card stands.
44' Remi Walter has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
45' That looks like a foul for a card for Dany Rosero.
50' St. Louis City started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 50.
54' Rasmus Alm adds to his 0 season tally! St. Louis City lead 2-0 — and this changes everything.
58' The whistle greets Tim Leibold as he departs to be replaced by Logan Ndenbe.
59' Khiry Shelton has so much to prove this time. He replaces Remi Walter on 59 minute.
61' Fresh legs for St. Louis City! Nokkvi THorisson comes on to replace Rasmus Alm.
63' GOAL! Stephen Afrira fires home to make it 2-1!
68' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
73' Germany international Eduard Lowen has been a key figure this campaign — 3 goals and 3 assists in the Array this season.
75' Brilliant from the ! Eduard Lowen makes it 3-1 with a superb finish on 75.
77' St. Louis City manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Simon Becher is hanging Klauss on the field on 77 minute.
78' A tactical swap from Sporting Kansas City — Alan Pulido on, Willy Agada off on 78 minutes.
80' St. Louis City player sees a card in front of him.
84' Fresh legs for St. Louis City! Joakim Nilsson comes on to replace Kyle Hiebert.
86' A moment of madness from Jannes-Kilian Horn on 86 minutes earns him a card. St. Louis City will be frustrated.
Game over. The scoreline of 3-1 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

Lineups

St. Louis City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

2
Jake Nerwinski
4
Joakim Nilsson ↑ 84'
11
Simon Becher ↑ 77'
3
Jake Girdwood-Reich ↑ 84'
15
Joshua Yaro
99
Jayden Reid
39
Ben Lundt
29
Nokkvi THorisson ↑ 61'
41
Johnny Klein ↑ 84'

Coach John Hackworth

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

9
Alan Pulido ↑ 78'
7
Johnny Russell ↑ 78'
29
Tim Melia
10
Daniel Salloi ↑ 78'
11
Khiry Shelton ↑ 59'
18
Logan Ndenbe ↑ 58'
19
Robert Castellanos
28
Chris Rindov
31
Danny Flores

Coach Peter Vermes

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

St. Louis City Form

2024-09-29 St. Louis City 3–1 Sporting Kansas City W 2024-09-22 San Jose Earthquakes 1–2 St. Louis City W 2024-09-15 St. Louis City 1–3 Minnesota United FC L 2024-09-07 New England Revolution 2–2 St. Louis City D 2024-09-01 St. Louis City 2–1 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2024-08-25 Portland Timbers 4–4 St. Louis City D

Sporting Kansas City Form

2024-09-29 St. Louis City 3–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2024-09-22 Sporting Kansas City 0–2 Minnesota United FC L 2024-09-19 Sporting Kansas City 4–1 Colorado Rapids SC W 2024-09-15 Seattle Sounders FC 2–0 Sporting Kansas City L 2024-09-07 New York Red Bulls 1–1 Sporting Kansas City D 2024-08-25 Sporting Kansas City 3–0 Orlando City SC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

2.64 St. Louis City xG

Expected Goals

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

1.19 Sporting Kansas City xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 72% + St. Louis City to win 65%

Match Result

✓ Correct

St. Louis City65% Draw19% Sporting Kansas City16%

Actual: St. Louis City win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes64% 0% No36%

Avg goals/match: 3.83

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	52%	48%
± 4.5	33%	67%

Double Chance

St. Louis City or Draw

84%

Draw or Sporting Kansas City

35%

St. Louis City or Sporting Kansas City

81%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

St. Louis City50% Draw36% Sporting Kansas City14%

Actual: St. Louis City win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 1

8.8%

2 – 0

7.7%

1 – 1

7.6%

3 – 1

Actual

3 – 0

6.6%

1 – 0

5.5%

2 – 2

5.1%

4 – 1

3 – 2

4.5%

4 – 0

4.3%

1 – 2

0 – 0

3.3%

Asian Handicap — St. Louis City

Handicap	St. Louis City covers	Push	Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5	27%	—	73%
-2	27%	19%	53%
-1.5	47%	—	53%
-1	47%	20%	33%
-0.5	67%	—	33%
+0.5	85%	—	15%
+1	85%	9%	6%
+1.5	94%	—	6%
+2	94%	4%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

St. Louis City keeps clean sheet

31% ✓

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

8% ✓

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