There is MLS action scheduled for Thursday as St. Louis City take on San Jose Earthquakes.
Our St. Louis City v San Jose Earthquakes tips, poll and stats can be seen in full below - plus the latest match odds.
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Form Guide
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St. Louis City
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St. Louis City will be hoping to return to winning ways here following the 4-3 MLS defeat in their last game at the hands of Vancouver Whitecaps.
In that match, St. Louis City had 42% possession and 9 attempts at goal with 4 on target. For St. Louis City, the goalscorers were Njabulo Blom (7'), Eduard Löwen (12') and Nökkvi Þeyr Þórisson (93'). At the other end, Vancouver Whitecaps got 12 shots on goal with 8 on target. Brian White (37', 54', 61') and Fafà Picault (90') scored for Vancouver Whitecaps.
It has been seldom in recent games that St. Louis City have kept a clean sheet. The facts show that St. Louis City have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, shipping 13 goals in the process. Putting that to one side, we’ll just have to find out whether the trend shall be sustained in this next match.
San Jose Earthquakes
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After tasting defeat last time out to Los Angeles Galaxy in MLS action, San Jose Earthquakes and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.
In that match, San Jose Earthquakes had 38% possession and 18 shots on goal with 6 on target. For their opponents, LA Galaxy got 14 attempts on goal with 7 of them on target. Joseph Paintsil (37'), Dejan Joveljić (72') and Mauricio Cuevas (91') scored for Los Angeles Galaxy.
San Jose Earthquakes have had no problems opening up opposition defences leading up to this encounter, having scored 10 goals in their previous 6 matches. While their manager Luchi Gonzalez will no doubt take that as a positive sign, San Jose Earthquakes have had their own issues at the back, also conceding in 6 of those same outings.
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Head to head
The last league game featuring these clubs was MLS match day 29 on 25/06/2023 when it finished San Jose Earthquakes 1-2 St. Louis City.
In that game, San Jose Earthquakes had 63% possession and 14 shots at goal with 9 of them on target. The scorer was Jamiro Monteiro (47').
At the other end, St. Louis City got 9 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. Samuel Adeniran (41', 58') scored.
The referee was Marcos de Oliveira.
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Team News: St. Louis City
The St. Louis City manager Bradley Carnell doesn’t have any fitness worries to speak of coming into this clash thanks to a completely healthy squad to choose from.
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Team News: San Jose Earthquakes
San Jose Earthquakes boss Luchi Gonzalez has a number of players out of action. JT Marcinkowski (Knee injury) and Daniel (Muscle injury) are not ready for selection.
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Prediction
We’re inclined to think that San Jose Earthquakes have the firepower to find the back of the net against this St. Louis City lineup, but it possibly won’t quite be enough to prevent defeat.
We’re going for a close game with a 2-1 win for St. Louis City at the end of the match. There shouldn’t be much in it, either way.
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⚽️ What are the best odds for the game?
Regarding the current betting odds on the WDW market, staking on St. Louis City is available for 1.73, a bet on the draw is 4.2 & staking on the winning team to be San Jose Earthquakes gets 4. They are the top returns available as of now.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Andre Moura,
08:00 02/07/2024
🏟️ 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)