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

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St. Louis City

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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 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

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
#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 stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against St. Louis City and Sporting Kansas City has kicked off!
5' Over 5 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
10' Nemanja Radoja has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
15' Against the run of play, Celio Pompeu has scored! This game has turned on its head.
20' St. Louis City currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
25' 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 Daniel Salloi suffering a number of foals already.
30' The travelling Sporting Kansas City supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
31' It’s gonna be a card for Robert Voloder.
36' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Olof Mellberg will be considering his options from the bench.
41' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
44' Cedric Teuchert adds to his 0 season tally! St. Louis City lead 2-0 — and this changes everything.
45' Daniel Salloi has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a card on 45.
46' Magomed Suleymanov gets the nod from Sporting Kansas City. He replaces Erik Thommy and will look to change the dynamic.
49' It’s a booking for Sporting Kansas City player. Zorhan Bassong gets a card.
54' It’s high time Kerry Zavagnin made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
57' Tim Leibold has so much to prove this time. He replaces Nemanja Radoja on 57 minute.
60' Simon Becher is replacing Klauss for the St. Louis City side.
65' Both keepers have barely been tested. St. Louis City and Sporting Kansas City are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
70' St. Louis City are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Sporting Kansas City's shape.
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' GOAL! Dejan Joveljic fires home to make it 2-2!
82' Henry Kessler is ready to make an impact after coming on for Timo Baumgartl at the 82 minute mark.
83' Jake Girdwood-Reich gets the nod from St. Louis City. He replaces Tomas Ostrak and will look to change the dynamic.
84' Poor challenge from Joey Zalinsky. The referee spots it immediately and shows the card.
89' Sporting Kansas City are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
90' The Sporting Kansas City bench stirs into life. Dejan Joveljic is withdrawn and Mason Toye gets his opportunity.
It finishes all square. St. Louis City and Sporting Kansas City share the spoils 2-2.

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
Eduard Lowen	3
Alan Pulido	3
Klauss	3
Celio Pompeu	2
Indiana Vassilev	2
Willy Agada	2
Cedric Teuchert	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

2 / 4

2.07 St. Louis City xG

Expected Goals

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

1.3 Sporting Kansas City xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 64% + Both teams to score 63%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

St. Louis City50% Draw24% Sporting Kansas City26%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes63% 0% No37%

Avg goals/match: 3.37

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	95%	5%
± 1.5	85%	15%
± 2.5	64%	36%
± 3.5	43%	57%
± 4.5	25%	75%

Double Chance

St. Louis City or Draw

75%

Draw or Sporting Kansas City

50%

St. Louis City or Sporting Kansas City

76%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

St. Louis City40% Draw41% Sporting Kansas City19%

Actual: St. Louis City win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

10.1%

2 – 1

9.2%

2 – 0

7.4%

1 – 0

6.6%

3 – 1

6.3%

2 – 2

Actual

1 – 2

5.8%

3 – 0

0 – 0

4.9%

3 – 2

4.1%

0 – 1

3.8%

4 – 1

3.3%

Asian Handicap — St. Louis City

Handicap	St. Louis City covers	Push	Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5	16%	—	84%
-2	16%	16%	67%
-1.5	33%	—	67%
-1	33%	21%	46%
-0.5	54%	—	46%
+0.5	77%	—	23%
+1	77%	13%	10%
+1.5	90%	—	10%
+2	90%	7%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

St. Louis City keeps clean sheet

28% ✓

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

14% ✓

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