Colorado Rapids vs Saint Louis City SC Prediction: The Saints are back

Colorado Rapids are back in action this week against a very good opponent. They played out a 2-2 draw with Charlotte FC last time out and they will be eager to prove their quality against Saint Louis City who trashed FC Cincinnati 5-1 in their last game. Colorado Rapids are on the way back to form and they have not lost in their last 4 matches, playing 3 draws and 1 win during that time. Saint Louis City suffered back-to-back defeats a few weeks ago, but won their last match. Saint Louis City top the western conference while Colorado are 14th in the same conference.

Colorado Rapids are not the brightest team in the conference, but they have been able to play without losing. They have not lost in their last 4 games and overall their statistics is 1 win, 4 draws and 3 losses this season. They are ranked 1th in the western conference, with 7 points from 8 matches played and their goal ratio is 5:10.

Colorado Rapids played against Charlotte FC in their last match and the game ended 2-2. After a goalless first half, Max opened the scoring for Colorado Rapids in the 54th minute and the hosts equalised in the 62nd minute. The hosts took the lead with another goal in the 65th minute, but Michael Barrios drew Colorado Rapids level in the 91st minute. According to statistics, Colorado Rapids had 47% possession, 6 shots on target and 4 corner kicks.

Team streak: no losses (4), less than 2.5 goals (5/7), more than 4.5 cards (4/5).

Saint Louis City have been the biggest revelations in this campaign following a very brilliant start, where they won the opening 5 games of the season. Unfortunately, they fell to back-to-back defeats against Minnesota United and Seattle Sounders. But they recovered in their last game, beating FC Cincinnati 5-1 at home. They had the game under control, scoring 3 goals in the first half alone. Jared Stroud, Eduard Lowen and Kyle Hiebert were the first half goal scorers. And in the second half Nicholas Gioacchini stretched the lead even further before Roman Celetano scored an own goal. Saint Louis had 43% possession, 7 shots on target and 3 corner kicks according to statistics.

Saint Louis City are on top of the western conference with18 points from 8 matches. They won 6 and lost 2 and their goal ratio is 20:9.

Team streak: without a clean sheet (3), more than 2.5 goals (9/10), more than 4.5 cards (5/7).

This is the first meeting between Saint Louis City and Colorado Rapids.

• Colorado Rapids (3-4-2-1): William Yarbrough, Danny Wilson, Lalas Abubakar, Keegan Rosenberry, Sam Nicholson, Bryan Acosta, Connor Ronan, Steven Beitashour, Cole Bassett, Diego rubio, Darren Yapi.
• Saint Louis City (4-4-2): Roman Burki, Jakob Nerwinksi, Tim Parker, Kyle Hiebert, John Nelson, Rasmus Alm, Indiana Vassilev, Eduard Lowen, Jared Stroud, Joao Klauss, Nicholas Gioacchini.

Saint Louis City needed the 5-1 win in their last game to boost their confidence and I think they will put in a very similar display against Colorado Rapids. They are not the type of team to sit back and relax. Expect a game with lots of attack from both ends and goals at the end of the match.

• Bet on More than 2 Goals at 1.60 Odds
• Bet on Both Teams to Score at 1.92 Odds
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