Sporting Kansas City vs Saint Louis City SC Prediction: Trust Sporting Kansas City

Sporting Kansas City were disappointed to lose against the Vancouver Whitecaps last week as they had hoped to build on their winning streak in the game prior to that. They have suffered inconsistency for most parts of the season and the defeat of last week only proved their past struggles were much closer than they thought. Sporting Kansas City will fight to bounce back to winning ways in the upcoming match against Saint Louis City at the Children’s Mercy Park. And for Saint Louis City, if they are consistent in anything, it has to be losing. They are among the worst-performing teams this season, and they offer little confidence as they head to the Children’s Mercy Park for a clash with Sporting Kansas City.

According to current rankings, Sporting Kansas City is 12th on the western conference table with 23 points and Saint Louis City is 13th with 22 points.

Sporting Kansas City was hoping for a better ending to last week’s fixture against the Whitecaps. It was a long stretch believing they could get a good result away from home, but they had won back-to-back games and they were looking confident, so they went ahead to fight for all 3 points. But it ended in a defeat for Sporting Kansas City. Now they are back this week to play against Saint Louis City, a side that is not very different from them, but the momentum is behind them to bounce back to a victory.

Sporting Kansas’ last 5 results were 3 wins and 2 defeats (WLWWL), and their home results were similar (LWLWW). Across 10 league matches, Sporting Kansas City recorded 4 wins and 6 defeats (LWLLLWLWWL).

The game between Sporting Kansas City and Vancouver Whitecaps ended in a 2-1 defeat for Sporting Kansas City. The Whitecaps got an early lead through an own goal from Robert Voloder and in the 69th minute William Agada scored the equalizer for Sporting Kansas City. Unfortunately, they could not keep the score level, instead they conceded again in the 76th minute and the game ended that way. According to stats, Sporting Kansas City had 46% possession, 1 big chance, 3 goalkeeper saves, 6 corner kicks and 8 shots on target.

Saint Louis City are heading into this fixture with very little confidence of getting a good result. They have to be familiar with poor results after such a long period of struggle this season. They are currently on a 3-match losing streak as they head to the Children’s Mercy Park, and the odds are saying they might be set up for another defeat yet again. Saint Louis City is up against Sporting Kansas City, and even though there’s only 1 point separating the two teams, Saint Louis City are miles away from getting a victory than Sporting Kansas City.

In Saint Louis City’s last 5 results, they had 1 win and 4 defeats (LWLLL), and away from home they recorded 1 draw and 4 defeats (DLLLL). Finally, in their last 10 matches they had 1 win, 3 draws and 6 defeats (DDLLDLWLLL).

Saint Louis City's most recent game against the Seattle Sounders ended in a 2-0 defeat for Saint Louis City. They conceded the opening goal from an own goal in the 27th minute, and then they conceded the second time in the 49th minute. After that, there were no more goals from both teams until the end of the match. Statistics shows, Saint Louis City had 31% possession, 0 big chances, 5 goalkeeper saves, 5 corner kicks and 2 shots on target.

Both clubs played 6 matches against each other in the past. Sporting Kansas City won 3 matches while Saint Louis City won 2 matches and they drew 1 match.

H2H Streaks

Sporting Kansas City is unbeaten in 3 matches

Sporting Kansas City is without a clean sheet in 6 matches

Saint Louis City is without a clean sheet in 5 matches

6/6 matches ended with more than 2.5 goals

Both teams scored in 5/5 matches

4/5 matches ended with more than 4.5 cards

Sporting Kansas City have got to be the favorite to win this match irrespective of their current form. They are more likely to get a win in this match than Saint Louis City and their recent results prove that. Also, they had back-to-back wins last week before losing their last match, which makes them more anxious to return to winning ways as quickly as possible. Not to forget the fact that they are also playing at home.

• 3 Way Total Sporting Kansas City Over 1 Goal at 1.68 Odds
• Sporting Kansas City to Win at 1.93 Odds
• Sporting Kansas City to Win 2-1 at 8.50 Odds