St. Louis City vs Sporting Kansas City, MLS 2025 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2025

St. Louis City

2 – 2

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Sporting Kansas City

Thu 15 May 2025 · 00:45 UTC Citypark HT 45' · FT 45'

Y 31' Robert Voloder

Y 45' Daniel Salloi

Y 49' Zorhan Bassong

Joey Zalinsky 84' 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

2025-05-15 St. Louis City 2–2 Sporting Kansas City 2025-04-06 Sporting Kansas City 2–0 St. Louis City 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

Recent Form

St. Louis City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
15 May	Sporting Kansas City	H	2–2	D
11 May	San Diego FC	H	1–2	L
04 May	Seattle Sounders FC	A	1–4	L
27 Apr	Los Angeles FC	A	2–2	D
20 Apr	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	0–0	D
13 Apr	Columbus Crew SC	H	1–2	L

Sporting Kansas City

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
15 May	St. Louis City	A	2–2	D
11 May	Portland Timbers	A	0–1	L
04 May	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	1–0	W
26 Apr	FC Cincinnati	A	1–2	L
20 Apr	San Jose Earthquakes	A	5–3	W
13 Apr	Portland Timbers	H	2–4	L

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' In just a few seconds Citypark will turn into a battlefield for St. Louis City and Sporting Kansas City.
5' Celio Pompeu has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
10' It looks surprising St. Louis City does not make any changes. John Pulskamp has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
15' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Celio Pompeu makes it 1-0.
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 Array continues to deliver drama. Both St. Louis City and Sporting Kansas City are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
30' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
31' It’s gonna be a card for Robert Voloder.
36' Zorhan Bassong, a Canada , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
41' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Sporting Kansas City that had 300 games and scored 460 goals.
44' GOAL! Cedric Teuchert fires home to make it 2-0!
45' Daniel Salloi was booked on 45.
46' Magomed Suleymanov is replacing Erik Thommy for the Sporting Kansas City side.
49' A meaty challenge results in booking for Zorhan Bassong on 49.
54' Andrew Brody has been relatively quiet despite scoring 3 goals in his last 299 appearances.
57' Time for substitution for Sporting Kansas City. Nemanja Radoja is replaced by Tim Leibold.
60' It is a substitution in St. Louis City team. Klauss is replaced by Simon Becher on 60 minute.
65' St. Louis City has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 2 meetings.
70' St. Louis City are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
71' Tim Leibold adds to his 0 season tally! Sporting Kansas City lead 2-1 — and this changes everything.
76' A tactical swap from Sporting Kansas City — Khiry Shelton on, Andrew Brody off on 76 minutes.
77' A goal from the Serbia international Dejan Joveljic! He fires home on 77 to make it 2-2!
82' It is a substitution in St. Louis City team. Timo Baumgartl is replaced by Henry Kessler on 82 minute.
83' Jake Girdwood-Reich has so much to prove this time. He replaces Tomas Ostrak on 83 minute.
84' That is a card for St. Louis City. Joey Zalinsky will be fuming at that decision.
89' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
90' A tactical swap from Sporting Kansas City — Mason Toye on, Dejan Joveljic off on 90 minutes.
celebrates a vital win. Three points that could prove pivotal come season's end.

Lineups

St. Louis City Lineups

Starting XI

1
Roman Burki
32
Timo Baumgartl ↓ Henry Kessler 82'
36
Cedric Teuchert ↓ Xande Silva 60'
17
Marcel Hartel
9
Klauss ↓ Simon Becher 60'
7
Tomas Ostrak ↓ Jake Girdwood-Reich 83'
22
Kyle Hiebert
15
Joshua Yaro
20
Akil Watts ↓ Joey Zalinsky 82'
12
Celio Pompeu
6
Conrad Wallem

Bench

45
Xande Silva ↑ 60'
4
Joakim Nilsson
5
Henry Kessler ↑ 82'
11
Simon Becher ↑ 60'
3
Jake Girdwood-Reich ↑ 83'
99
Jayden Reid
39
Ben Lundt
13
Michael Wentzel
71
Joey Zalinsky ↑ 82'

Coach Olof Mellberg

Sporting Kansas City Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Kerry Zavagnin

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

Head to Head

St. Louis City Form

2025-05-15 St. Louis City 2–2 Sporting Kansas City D 2025-05-11 St. Louis City 1–2 San Diego FC L 2025-05-04 Seattle Sounders FC 4–1 St. Louis City L 2025-04-27 Los Angeles FC 2–2 St. Louis City D 2025-04-20 St. Louis City 0–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC D 2025-04-13 St. Louis City 1–2 Columbus Crew SC L

Sporting Kansas City Form

2025-05-15 St. Louis City 2–2 Sporting Kansas City D 2025-05-11 Portland Timbers 1–0 Sporting Kansas City L 2025-05-04 Sporting Kansas City 1–0 Los Angeles Galaxy W 2025-04-26 FC Cincinnati 2–1 Sporting Kansas City L 2025-04-20 San Jose Earthquakes 3–5 Sporting Kansas City W 2025-04-13 Sporting Kansas City 2–4 Portland Timbers L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

2.31 St. Louis City xG

Expected Goals

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

1.39 Sporting Kansas City xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 70% + Both teams to score 67%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

St. Louis City52% Draw23% Sporting Kansas City25%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes67% 0% No33%

Avg goals/match: 3.7

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	88%	12%
± 2.5	70%	30%
± 3.5	50%	50%
± 4.5	31%	69%

Double Chance

St. Louis City or Draw

75%

Draw or Sporting Kansas City

48%

St. Louis City or Sporting Kansas City

77%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

St. Louis City43% Draw38% Sporting Kansas City19%

Actual: St. Louis City win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 1

8.9%

1 – 1

8.7%

3 – 1

6.8%

2 – 0

6.6%

2 – 2

Actual

1 – 2

5.4%

1 – 0

5.3%

3 – 0

3 – 2

4.7%

4 – 1

3.9%

0 – 0

3.7%

0 – 1

2.9%

Asian Handicap — St. Louis City

Handicap	St. Louis City covers	Push	Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5	19%	—	81%
-2	19%	17%	64%
-1.5	36%	—	64%
-1	36%	20%	43%
-0.5	57%	—	43%
+0.5	78%	—	22%
+1	78%	12%	10%
+1.5	90%	—	10%
+2	90%	6%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

St. Louis City keeps clean sheet

26% ✓

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

11% ✓

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