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 18 games · 26 pts (2026/26)
Sporting Kansas City 18 games · 14 pts (2026/26)

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

St. Louis City 9 games · Avg 3.9 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
#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' The wait is over. Sporting Kansas City get us underway at Citypark.
5' 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.
10' St. Louis City are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Sporting Kansas City backline.
15' 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.
20' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His St. Louis City side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
25' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
30' It’s high time John Hackworth made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
33' Brilliant from the ! Cedric Teuchert makes it 1-0 with a superb finish on 33.
38' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Roman Burki suffering a number of foals already.
39' Klauss was booked on 39.
44' St. Louis City looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Marcel Hartel scoring 1 goals.
45' Dany Rosero was booked on 45.
50' St. Louis City started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 50.
54' Brilliant from the ! Rasmus Alm makes it 2-0 with a superb finish on 54.
58' Sporting Kansas City ring the changes. Tim Leibold has done his job and it is now time for Logan Ndenbe to step up.
59' Khiry Shelton gets the nod from Sporting Kansas City. He replaces Remi Walter and will look to change the dynamic.
61' Nokkvi THorisson is replacing Rasmus Alm for the St. Louis City side.
63' Stephen Afrira doubles the advantage! 2-1 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
68' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Peter Vermes will be considering his options from the bench.
73' John Pulskamp has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
75' GOAL! Eduard Lowen fires home to make it 3-1!
77' Simon Becher is ready to make an impact after coming on for Klauss at the 77 minute mark.
78' The crowd applauds Willy Agada as he leaves the pitch. Alan Pulido steps in for Sporting Kansas City.
80' St. Louis City player sees a card in front of him.
84' It is a substitution in St. Louis City team. Kyle Hiebert is replaced by Joakim Nilsson on 84 minute.
86' St. Louis City receives a card for a hard tackle on 86.
The points are shared — St. Louis City 3-1 Sporting Kansas City. Honours even.

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

2.39 St. Louis City xG

Expected Goals

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

1.09 Sporting Kansas City xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 66% + St. Louis City to win 63%

Match Result

✓ Correct

St. Louis City63% Draw20% Sporting Kansas City17%

Actual: St. Louis City win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes60% 0% No40%

Avg goals/match: 3.48

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

83%

Draw or Sporting Kansas City

37%

St. Louis City or Sporting Kansas City

80%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

St. Louis City48% Draw38% Sporting Kansas City14%

Actual: St. Louis City win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 1

9.3%

1 – 1

8.8%

2 – 0

8.8%

3 – 1

Actual

1 – 0

3 – 0

6.8%

2 – 2

4 – 1

4.4%

0 – 0

4.4%

1 – 2

4.3%

4 – 0

3 – 2

Asian Handicap — St. Louis City

Handicap	St. Louis City covers	Push	Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5	24%	—	76%
-2	24%	19%	57%
-1.5	43%	—	57%
-1	43%	21%	35%
-0.5	65%	—	35%
+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

34% ✓

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

10% ✓

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