We’re counting down to MLS action taking place on Sunday as Sporting Kansas City will take on St. Louis City.
All Sporting Kansas City v St. Louis City match predictions, user poll and stats are shown below (inc. the best betting odds).
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Sporting Kansas City
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Sporting Kansas City will be looking for an improved result here following the 2-1 MLS defeat in their last game at the hands of FC Dallas.
In that match, Sporting Kansas City managed 62% possession and 13 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. The only player to score for Sporting Kansas City was Dániel Sallói (32'). FC Dallas had 7 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. Luciano Acosta (37') and Léo Chú (39') scored for FC Dallas.
It has been seldom in recent times where Sporting Kansas City haven’t conceded. It will be a concern for them that Sporting Kansas City have seen their defence breached in 6 of their previous 6 clashes, letting in 14 goals on the way. Historical results aside, we must now wait to see whether the trend might be replicated in this upcoming game.
St. Louis City
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Since suffering a loss in their previous game against Austin FC in MLS action, St. Louis City will be hoping to turn things around here.
In that game, St. Louis City had 65% possession and 17 shots on goal with 2 on target. At the other end, Austin FC got 8 shots at goal with 2 on target. Myrto Uzuni (33') was the scorer for Austin FC.
For 5 of the prior 6 clashes featuring St. Louis City, a relatively low number of goals have been scored between them and their opposition. The overall average goals scored per game during that spell works out to just 1, with the average goals for St. Louis City standing at 0.67.
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Head to head
Looking at the statistics for their head to head meetings stretching back to 01/10/2023, it’s been all-even between these two clubs with Sporting Kansas City winning 2 of those games, St. Louis City 2 and 2 being draws after 90 minutes of play.
There were also plenty of goals scored in those games, 25 in all which averages out at 4.17 goals per meeting.
The last league meeting featuring these clubs was MLS match day 45 on 29/09/2024 which ended up with the score at St. Louis City 3-1 Sporting Kansas City.
That time, St. Louis City had 47% possession and 14 attempts on goal with 4 on target. The scorers were Cedric Teuchert (33'), Rasmus Alm (54') and Eduard Löwen (75').
Sporting Kansas City had 18 attempts on goal with 6 on target. Stephen Afrifa (63') was the scorer.
The referee was Guido Gonzales Jr.
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Team News: Sporting Kansas City
Joaquín Fernández (Back problems) and Andrew Brody (unknown injury) won’t be able to feature for Sporting Kansas City manager Peter Vermes.
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Prediction
Our assessment here is that St. Louis City will need to put in a solid display to register a score against this Sporting Kansas City team who we think should emerge victorious.
Therefore, we predict a hard-fought 1-0 winning score for Sporting Kansas City at the end of this one.
Let’s see how it plays out.
Victor Martins,
12:03 04/04/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
⚽️ Team Focus:
Sporting Kansas City
Formed: 1995
Stadium: Children's Mercy Park (18,491)
Captain: Erik Thommy
Chairman: Jake Reid
Manager: Peter Vermes
Competitions: MLS (Parent), MLS (Western Conference)