Sporting Kansas City vs St. Louis City Prediction: The Saints’ away struggle might continue

Sporting Kansas City has played one game since the end of the Leagues Cup campaign and it ended in a 3-0 win over San Jose Earthquakes. They are involved in this game against St. Louis City at the Children’s Mercy Park with a hope to pick up another win.

St. Louis City got back to winning ways in their last match by beating FC Dallas 2-1 at home. They have had inconsistent results throughout the season and they will be eager to get some stability when they visit the Children’s Mercy Park to play against Sporting Kansas City.

Sporting Kansas City had a rough time prior to the Leagues Cup when they played the last 3 games without a win before the tournament commenced. In their last match, they defeated San Jose Earthquakes 3-0 to grab their first win in 4 MLS games. Daniel Salloi opened the scoring just 3 minutes into the game and in the 42nd minute Johnny Russell doubled Sporting’s lead. The third goal came in the 69th minute through Erik Thommy and Sporting Kansas City went ahead to win the game 3-0 at full time.

In their last 5 MLS games in a row, they had 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat. They won against Vancouver Whitecaps and San Jose Earthquakes, while they played a draw against Houston Dynamo and Real Salt Lake, but lost to Austin FC. And at home, they have 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats in their last 5 MLS home games. Their most recent home game was the 3-0 win over San Jose Earthquakes.

Sporting Kansas City need to improve their current stand on the table as they are ranked 11th on the western conference table and 22nd on the MLS table, having 29 points from 26 matches.

Streaks: more than 2.5 goals (7/8), both teams scoring (5/7), first to score (6/8), less than 4.5 cards (5/6), less than 10.5 corners (6/7).

St. Louis City will be feeling confident that they can go out and win this game after picking up another win in their last game against FC Dallas. That was their second win in 3 MLS games since the end of the Leagues Cup tournament.

St Louis City defeated FC Dallas by 2-1 at home in their last match. The first half ended in a goalless draw and the game looked like it was heading for a draw until Anthony Markanich’s goal in the 82nd minute gave St. Louis City the lead. 3 minutes after that, Nokkvi Porisson scored the second goal and FC Dallas managed to pull one goal back in the 95th minute through Eugene Ansah.

St. Louis City have suffered inconsistent results in their latest MLS games and that is something they will want to address if they are to achieve their goals this season. In their last 5 MLS games, they had 3 wins and 2 defeats. The 3-0 loss to Los Angeles FC was followed by back-to-back wins against Inter Miami CF and Austin FC, but then they lost the next game to Orlando City SC, before beating FC Dallas 2-1 in their last match. And in their last 5 away games in the MLS, they had 2 wins and 3 defeats, while suffering back-to-back losses in their last 2 away games.

St. Louis City top the western conference, but remain in 2nd place in the MLS, with 47 points from 26 matches.

Streaks: without a clean sheet (5), more than 2.5 goals (7/7), both teams scoring (4/5).

Sporting Kansas City and St. Louis City have met just once before now and St. Louis City won that game 4-0 earlier this year, while playing at home.

According to Analysis, Sporting Kansas City have scored 34 goals and conceded 36 goals in the MLS. They average 1.3 goals per game and their conversion rate is 10%, while conceding an average of 1.4 goals per game and they have 6 clean sheets. They also average 5.8 corners per game.

While St. Louis City have scored 52 goals and conceded 33 goals in the MLS. They average 2.0 goals per game and their conversion rate is 14%, while conceding an average of 1.3 goals per game and they have 7 clean sheets. They also average 5.1 corners per game.

• Away Handicap (1) at 1.85 Odds
• More than 2.5 Goals at 1.65 Odds
• More than 9 Corners at 1.83 Odds