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St. Louis City will come up against Colorado Rapids in Thursday’s forthcoming MLS fixture.
Our predictions, user poll and statistics for St. Louis City v Colorado Rapids can be found here - along with the latest match odds.
📊 Form Guide
St. Louis City
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St. Louis City will be wanting a better result here after the 2-0 MLS loss in their previous game against FC Dallas.
In that match, St. Louis City had 57% possession and 21 attempts on goal with 8 on target. For their opponents, FC Dallas got 10 attempts on goal with 4 on target. Jesús Ferreira (28') and Nkosi Tafari (81') scored for FC Dallas.
It’s been a rare occasion in recent games where St. Louis City have shown defensive steel. In fact, St. Louis City have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 matches, leaking 12 goals in the process. Previous results aside, we’ll just have to find out whether that pattern might be sustained in this match.
Colorado Rapids
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Colorado Rapids will go into the meeting following on from a 2-0 MLS win with the downing of Austin FC in their previous match.
In that game, Colorado Rapids managed 44% possession and 12 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. For Colorado Rapids, the scorers were Cole Bassett (22') and Rafael Navarro (49'). For their opponents, Austin FC had 8 attempts on goal with 0 on target.
Over the course of their previous half-dozen outings, Colorado Rapids have bagged a tally of 11 goals. Colorado Rapids have also not failed to score in every single one of those games. In that time, they’ve seen 13 goals go into their own net.
↔️ Head to head
The last league contest featuring these sides was MLS match day 30 on 02/07/2023 when the final score was St. Louis City 2-0 Colorado Rapids.
That time, St. Louis City managed 39% possession and 20 shots on goal with 7 on target. The goals were scored by Tim Parker (4') and Jared Stroud (11').
Colorado Rapids had 9 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target.
The referee was Fotis Bazakos.
📋 Team News: St. Louis City
The St. Louis City manager Bradley Carnell will be thankful to have no fitness concerns whatsoever before this clash with a fully injury-free group to pick from.
📰 Team News: Colorado Rapids
Colorado Rapids manager Chris Armas has some current player fitness concerns. Daniel Chacón (Cruciate ligament tear) and Sam Vines (Ill) are not able to play.
⚡ Prediction
We envisage that Colorado Rapids are certainly able to score against this St. Louis City outfit, although it probably shouldn’t be as many as they will have scored against them.
We’re predicting a narrow 2-1 winning score for St. Louis City at the end of this one. It should be a decent one.
Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Peter Guest, 00:01 20/06/2024
🏟️ Team Focus:
St. Louis City
Formed: 2019
Stadium: Citypark (22,423)
Captain: Roman Bürki
Chairman: Carolyn Kindle
Manager: Bradley Carnell
Competitions: MLS (Parent), MLS (Western Conference)
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34 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 29 | 66 | WDWDD |
2 |
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34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 63 | DWDDW |
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34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 58 | WDWWD |
4 |
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34 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 57 | WWWDD |
5 |
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34 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 57 | LLWLD |
6 |
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34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 57 | DWLDW |
7 |
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34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 18 | 56 | DWDWL |
8 |
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34 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 54 | WDLDW |
9 |
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34 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 53 | LWDWL |
10 |
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34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 52 | LWDLW |
11 |
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34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | -6 | 43 | DDWLD |
12 |
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34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | -6 | 42 | LDDDL |
13 |
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34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | -5 | 39 | WDDLD |
14 |
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34 | 11 | 4 | 19 | -6 | 37 | DDLWW |
15 |
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34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | -8 | 36 | WWLLL |
16 |
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34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | -5 | 35 | DLLWW |
17 |
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34 | 8 | 10 | 16 | -22 | 34 | LDLWD |
18 |
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34 | 7 | 9 | 18 | -34 | 30 | LLDLD |
19 |
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34 | 5 | 8 | 21 | -26 | 23 | LLLDL |
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