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

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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 26 games · 44 pts (2026/26)
Sporting Kansas City 26 games · 21 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	27	60
2	Internacional CF Miami	27	46
3	New England Revolution	27	46
4	Charlotte FC	27	43
5	Chicago Fire FC	26	42
6	Philadelphia Union	27	39
7	Orlando City SC	27	34
8	New York City FC	27	33
9	FC Cincinnati	26	33
10	New York Red Bulls	26	33
11	D.C. United SC	26	30
12	Columbus Crew SC	27	29
13	Toronto FC	27	29
14	Atlanta United FC	27	27
15	Montreal Impact FC	27	24
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	26	50
17	FC Dallas	27	47
18	San Jose Earthquakes	27	45
19	St. Louis City	26	44
20	Houston Dynamo	27	44
21	Los Angeles FC	28	41
22	Colorado Rapids SC	27	36
23	Los Angeles Galaxy	28	36
24	Seattle Sounders FC	26	35
25	San Diego FC	27	32
26	Portland Timbers	27	32
27	Real Salt Lake	27	32
28	Austin FC	27	31
29	Minnesota United FC	27	29
30	Sporting Kansas City	26	21

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
#19	Position	#30
44	Points	21
26	Played	26
12 / 8 / 6	W / D / L	6 / 3 / 17
45	Scored	31
36	Conceded	63
+9	GD	-32
1.69	PPG	0.81
46%	Win %	23%

Key Stats

80% Both Teams to Score
H2H (10 games)

70% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

12% Clean Sheets
St. Louis City this season

4% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

St. Louis City are 19th (44 pts). Sporting Kansas City are 30th (21 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

St. Louis City

0-15

4/3

16-30

7/2

31-45

9/3

46-60

8/5

61-75

6/5

76+

6/10

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Sporting Kansas City

0-15

3/8

16-30

7/7

31-45

5/8

46-60

2/6

61-75

4/11

76+

4/9

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

St. Louis City

Rafael Navarro	13 G	3 A
Simon Becher	8 G	4 A
Marcel Hartel	6 G	3 A

Events

Match Events

0' KICK OFF: St. Louis City gets underway.
5' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
10' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His St. Louis City side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
15' A goal from the Brazil international Celio Pompeu! He fires home on 15 to make it 1-0!
20' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. St. Louis City needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
25' A quiet spell here at Citypark. St. Louis City seem content sitting deep and soaking up pressure.
30' 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.
31' A meaty challenge results in booking for Robert Voloder on 31.
36' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
41' Zorhan Bassong is putting in a real shift tonight. He has covered more ground than anyone else for Sporting Kansas City so far.
44' GOAL! Cedric Teuchert fires home to make it 2-0!
45' A moment of madness from Daniel Salloi on 45 minutes earns him a card. Sporting Kansas City will be frustrated.
46' It is a substitution in Sporting Kansas City team. Erik Thommy is replaced by Magomed Suleymanov on 46 minute.
49' The referee has no hesitation. Zorhan Bassong is booked for Sporting Kansas City — card on 49.
54' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
57' It is a substitution in Sporting Kansas City team. Nemanja Radoja is replaced by Tim Leibold on 57 minute.
60' The crowd applauds Klauss as he leaves the pitch. Simon Becher steps in for St. Louis City.
65' Sporting Kansas City have won 440 goals from 289 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
70' St. Louis City looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Marcel Hartel scoring 1 goals.
71' Tim Leibold makes no mistake. The score reads 2-1 and Sporting Kansas City are in front.
76' A change in the Sporting Kansas City ranks — Andrew Brody exits the field as Khiry Shelton enters on 76.
77' Dejan Joveljic has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 77 minutes.
82' A tactical swap from St. Louis City — Henry Kessler on, Timo Baumgartl off on 82 minutes.
83' Jake Girdwood-Reich is ready to make an impact after coming on for Tomas Ostrak at the 83 minute mark.
84' That looks like a foul for a card for Joey Zalinsky.
89' A tactical chess match is unfolding here. The question is which manager blinks first.
90' Dejan Joveljic makes way for Mason Toye at the 90 minute mark. A tactical switch from Sporting Kansas City.
2-2 the final result. will be bitterly disappointed.

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

2.35 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 71% + Both teams to score 68%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

St. Louis City53% Draw23% Sporting Kansas City24%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes68% 0% No32%

Avg goals/match: 3.74

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	88%	12%
± 2.5	71%	29%
± 3.5	51%	49%
± 4.5	32%	68%

Double Chance

St. Louis City or Draw

76%

Draw or Sporting Kansas City

47%

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

8.8%

1 – 1

8.6%

3 – 1

6.8%

2 – 0

6.6%

2 – 2

Actual

1 – 2

5.3%

1 – 0

5.2%

3 – 0

3 – 2

4.8%

4 – 1

0 – 0

3.6%

4 – 0

2.9%

Asian Handicap — St. Louis City

Handicap	St. Louis City covers	Push	Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5	20%	—	80%
-2	20%	17%	63%
-1.5	37%	—	63%
-1	37%	20%	43%
-0.5	57%	—	43%
+0.5	79%	—	21%
+1	79%	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

10% ✓

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