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

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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 29 games · 51 pts (2026/26)
Sporting Kansas City 29 games · 22 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	29	66
2	Internacional CF Miami	29	52
3	New England Revolution	29	49
4	Chicago Fire FC	29	48
5	Charlotte FC	29	46
6	Philadelphia Union	29	45
7	Orlando City SC	29	38
8	FC Cincinnati	28	36
9	New York Red Bulls	29	36
10	New York City FC	29	33
11	Toronto FC	29	33
12	D.C. United SC	28	33
13	Columbus Crew SC	29	32
14	Atlanta United FC	29	30
15	Montreal Impact FC	29	24
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	29	52
17	St. Louis City	29	51
18	FC Dallas	29	50
19	San Jose Earthquakes	29	47
20	Houston Dynamo	29	46
21	Los Angeles FC	30	45
22	Seattle Sounders FC	29	41
23	Los Angeles Galaxy	30	39
24	Colorado Rapids SC	29	38
25	San Diego FC	29	33
26	Portland Timbers	29	33
27	Real Salt Lake	29	33
28	Minnesota United FC	29	31
29	Austin FC	29	31
30	Sporting Kansas City	29	22

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
#17	Position	#30
51	Points	22
29	Played	29
14 / 9 / 6	W / D / L	6 / 4 / 19
54	Scored	35
38	Conceded	72
+16	GD	-37
1.76	PPG	0.76
48%	Win %	21%

Key Stats

80% Both Teams to Score
H2H (10 games)

70% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

17% Clean Sheets
St. Louis City this season

3% Clean Sheets
Sporting Kansas City this season

St. Louis City are 17th (51 pts). Sporting Kansas City are 30th (22 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

St. Louis City

0-15

7/3

16-30

8/2

31-45

11/4

46-60

9/5

61-75

6/6

76+

8/10

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Sporting Kansas City

0-15

3/10

16-30

7/9

31-45

7/9

46-60

2/7

61-75

6/12

76+

4/11

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

St. Louis City

Rafael Navarro	16 G	5 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' KICK OFF: Sporting Kansas City gets underway.
5' Magomed Suleymanov needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
10' Supporters expect more eagerness from Cedric Teuchert, as he is very good at scoring at Citypark with 4 goals in the last 4 games.
15' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Celio Pompeu makes no mistake. 1-0!
20' Nemanja Radoja, a Serbia , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
25' St. Louis City looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Marcel Hartel scoring 1 goals.
30' It’s high time Olof Mellberg made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
31' It’s a booking for Sporting Kansas City player. Robert Voloder gets a card.
36' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with St. Louis City winning 50% of all matches.
41' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both St. Louis City and Sporting Kansas City are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
44' Cedric Teuchert doubles the advantage! 2-0 and this game is slipping away from the opposition.
45' It’s a booking for Sporting Kansas City player. Daniel Salloi gets a card.
46' Fresh legs for Sporting Kansas City! Magomed Suleymanov comes on to replace Erik Thommy.
49' Sporting Kansas City receives a card for a hard tackle on 49.
54' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
57' The whistle greets Nemanja Radoja as he departs to be replaced by Tim Leibold.
60' St. Louis City make a change. Klauss trudges off to be replaced by Simon Becher on 60 minutes.
65' St. Louis City currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
70' It is a cagey affair so far. St. Louis City in their trying to find a way past Sporting Kansas City's compact .
71' Tim Leibold is having a superb {COMPETITION} campaign — that is 0 goals this season for the .
76' The supporters are chanting for Khiry Shelton. He replaces Andrew Brody on 76 minute.
77' GOAL! Dejan Joveljic fires home to make it 2-2!
82' A change in the St. Louis City ranks — Timo Baumgartl exits the field as Henry Kessler enters on 82.
83' The supporters are chanting for Jake Girdwood-Reich. He replaces Tomas Ostrak on 83 minute.
84' The referee does not hesitate — a card for Joey Zalinsky on 84 minutes.
89' St. Louis City are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Sporting Kansas City's shape.
90' A tactical swap from Sporting Kansas City — Mason Toye on, Dejan Joveljic off on 90 minutes.
The final score is 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
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

2.48 St. Louis City xG

Expected Goals

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

1.37 Sporting Kansas City xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 73% + Both teams to score 68%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

St. Louis City55% Draw22% Sporting Kansas City23%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes68% 0% No32%

Avg goals/match: 3.85

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	89%	11%
± 2.5	73%	27%
± 3.5	53%	47%
± 4.5	34%	66%

Double Chance

St. Louis City or Draw

77%

Draw or Sporting Kansas City

45%

St. Louis City or Sporting Kansas City

78%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

St. Louis City45% Draw37% Sporting Kansas City18%

Actual: St. Louis City win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 1

8.7%

1 – 1

3 – 1

7.1%

2 – 0

6.7%

2 – 2

Actual

3 – 0

5.3%

1 – 0

4.9%

3 – 2

4.9%

1 – 2

4.9%

4 – 1

4.4%

4 – 0

3.3%

0 – 0

3.3%

Asian Handicap — St. Louis City

Handicap	St. Louis City covers	Push	Sporting Kansas City covers
-2.5	22%	—	78%
-2	22%	18%	60%
-1.5	40%	—	60%
-1	40%	20%	40%
-0.5	60%	—	40%
+0.5	81%	—	19%
+1	81%	11%	8%
+1.5	92%	—	8%
+2	92%	6%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

St. Louis City keeps clean sheet

26% ✓

Sporting Kansas City keeps clean sheet

9% ✓

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