📏 Form Guide

Colorado Rapids

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Colorado Rapids, who won their previous game, will hope for a similar result following a 1-0 MLS triumph vs Real Salt Lake.

In that match, Colorado Rapids had 41% possession and 6 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Colorado Rapids was Djordje Mihailović (70'). On the other side, Real Salt Lake had 12 attempts at goal with 3 on target.

It’s been a rare occasion in recent times that Colorado Rapids have kept a clean sheet. It will be a concern for them that Colorado Rapids have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 matches, giving up 9 goals along the way. Even so, we will just have to wait and see whether such a trend might be replicated here in this match.

St. Louis City

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Since a loss in their previous game against Minnesota United in US Open Cup competition, St. Louis City will be hoping to turn things around here.

For St. Louis City, the scorers were Marcel Hartel (55') and João Klauss (65'). Kelvin Yeboah (10') and Anthony Markanich (85', 88') scored for Minnesota United.

The stats tell the story, and St. Louis City have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, with opponents netting 13 goals in total. At the back, St. Louis City certainly have room for improvement.

↔️ Head to head

The last league fixture featuring these clubs was MLS match day 2 on 23/02/2025 which ended up with the score at St. Louis City 0-0 Colorado Rapids.

In that match, St. Louis City managed 54% possession and 17 attempts at goal with 5 on target.

At the other end, Colorado Rapids had 2 attempts at goal with 0 on target.

The match was refereed by Jon Freemon.

📋 Team News: Colorado Rapids

Adam Beaudry (Ankle injury), Ali Fadal (Knee injury), Rafael Navarro (Ankle injury) and Zack Steffen (Muscle injury) will not be taking part for Colorado Rapids manager Chris Armas.

It seems likely that Colorado Rapids will probably opt for a 4-2-3-1 formation featuring Nicholas Defreitas, Reggie Cannon, Andreas Maxsoe, Ian Murphy, Jackson Travis, Oliver Larraz, Joshua Atencio, Theodore Ku-DiPietro, Djordje Mihailovic, Sam Bassett and Darren Yapi.

📋 Team News: St. Louis City

We are inclined to think that St. Louis City seem likely to begin the game with a 4-3-3 lineup, going with Roman Buerki, Conrad Wallem, Kyle Hiebert, Timo Baumgartl, Joshua Yaro, Akil Watts, Jake Girdwood-Reich, Christopher Durkin, Marcel Hartel, Joao Klauss and Cedric Teuchert.

💡 Prediction

In our view, St. Louis City certainly have the ability to find the net against this Colorado Rapids outfit, but that is unlikely to be as many as they will have scored against them.

We can see a very close game with a 2-1 winning margin for Colorado Rapids at full-time. Definitely a tough call.

Peter Guest, 01:02 25/05/2025