Kansas City, US
Sporting Kansas City welcome St. Louis City to the Children’s Mercy Park for another round of MLS games. Sporting Kansas City have not enjoyed a consistent run since the start of the season and after a draw and a defeat in their last 2 games, the pressure is building on the team to get back to winning ways. St. Louis City are also in a similar position as their season so far has been quite disappointing, and quite different from that of last season. St. Louis City got a hard fought victory in their last game and now they hope to build on that.
Sporting Kansas City recorded 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses in their last 5 games while St. Louis City recorded 1 win, 3 draws and 1 defeat in their last 5.
According to the league table, St. Louis City are 8th on the western conference table with 11 points while Sporting Kansas City are 9th with 11 points in the same conference.
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Sporting Kansas City are hoping to catch a winning break in what has been a difficult campaign for the club. So far they have won just 2 matches from the 8 matches they have played in already and they are hoping to change that in the upcoming game. Sporting Kansas City lost their last game against Inter Miami CF after playing a draw with Portland Timbers in the previous game.
Sporting Kansas City entertained Inter Miami FC last week at the Children’s Mercy Park and they lost 3-2 at the end of the game. Erik Thommy gave Sporting Kansas City the lead in just 8 minutes but 10 minutes later, they conceded the equalizer. And in the 51st minute they went behind but Erik Thommy responded with the equalizer in the 58th minute. They went behind for the last time in the 71st minute and they were unable to score another goal until the end of the game. According to stats, Sporting Kansas City had 40% possession, 3 shots on target and 5 corner kicks. But they failed to create any big chances during the game.
St. Louis City SC
For St. Louis, they hope their last win will kick start their season. They fought hard to keep a narrow lead in that game against Austin last week and got a win after 5 games without a win. So far St. Louis City have won only 2 games out of the 8 games they played since the start of the season.
St. Louis had to put up a fight in the last game against Austin FC and it was well deserved. Joao Klauss scored the winning goal in the 57th minute to seal the win for St. Louis City, in what appeared to be a very tight contest. According to stats, St. Louis City had 38% possession, 4 shots on target and 5 corner kicks. They also created 1 big chance but missed it.
St. Louis City needs more than one performance to prove their doubters wrong. At the moment, there’s still a huge doubt if they will be able to attain the same levels as they did last season. The game against Sporting Kansas City will be huge for St. Louis City’s confidence for the rest of the season.
Head to Head
According to the h2h, Sporting Kansas City and St. Louis City have played 5 games against each other in the past. Sporting Kansas City won 3 games while St. Louis City won 2 games.
Analysis and Predictions
Sporting Kansas City are not a formidable team on either away or home ground and they are still exploitable, but the same goes for St. Louis City at this moment. So, that leaves the home advantage as the major decider in this tie.
According to the h2h, Sporting Kansas City are without a clean sheet in the last 5 meetings while St. Louis City are without a clean sheet in the last 4. There were more than 2.5 goals scored in the last 5 meetings and both teams scored in 4 of the last 5 meetings. There were more than 10.5 corners in 4 of the last 5 meetings.
- Total Under 3 Goals at 1.727 Odds
- Sporting Kansas City Win or Draw and Under 3.5 Goals at 1.909 Odds
- Draw Full Time at 3.75 Odds
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