Major League Soccer MISSED 1–1
Thu, Aug 20 · 02:00 · Children's Mercy Park
Sporting Kansas City Home
VS
St. Louis City Away
Sporting Kansas City vs St. Louis City — Major League Soccer
Tipster's pick S. Kansas City or St. Louis City
Value Fair · 2/5
Odds 1.25 Odds via Bet365
Our estimate75%
This price needs80%
Expert analysis

Decisive Outcome Expected in Kansas City Derby

St. Louis City arrive with a stronger run of results than Sporting Kansas City, whose defense has leaked goals at a high rate. Past matches between the sides have produced few draws and frequent goal action. Sporting Kansas City must cope without suspended defenders, weakening their back line further. St. Louis City maintain better balance in attack and defense despite their own injury concerns. Head-to-head trends show open games that usually deliver a winner rather than a stalemate. Recent form favors the visitors finding a way through, especially given the hosts’ inability to keep clean sheets.

AcePredictor Analysis by AcePredictor 73% win rate
Result
1–1 MISSED

Our pick “S. Kansas City or St. Louis City” at odds 1.25 didn’t land — final score 1–1.

Match timeline
  1. First half
  2. Z. Bassong 15'
  3. C. Durkin 21'
  4. J. Miller 45'
  5. E. Lowen 45+2'
  6. Second half
  7. C. Harris assist T. Calheira 55'
  8. C. Wallem 61'
  9. C. Holse ↓ E. Lowen 62'
  10. A. Matan ↓ S. Becher 62'
  11. S. Suleymanov ↓ T. Calheira 64'
  12. S. Afrifa ↓ C. Harris 75'
  13. J. Bartlett ↓ Z. Bassong 75'
  14. J. Orozco ↓ C. Wallem 84'
  15. P. Ault ↓ S. Jeong 84'
  16. J. Reid ↓ E. Karic 89'
League table position
# Team PWDLPts
5 FCD FC Dallas 19 8 6 5 30
6 STL St. Louis City ▲ 19 8 5 6 29
7 REA Real Salt Lake 18 8 4 6 28
8 COL Colorado Rapids 19 8 1 10 25
9 MIN Minnesota United FC 19 6 7 6 25
10 POR Portland Timbers 19 7 3 9 24
11 SEA Seattle Sounders 18 7 3 8 24
12 SAN San Diego 19 6 6 7 24
13 LOS Los Angeles Galaxy 20 5 7 8 22
14 AUS Austin 19 4 5 10 17
15 SPO Sporting Kansas City ▲ 19 4 2 13 14
Recent form · last 5 finished matches
Sporting Kansas City LWLLL
L @ St. Louis City 2–3 Jul 17
W vs Minnesota United FC 2–1 Jul 23
L @ Los Angeles FC 0–4 Jul 26
L vs Houston Dynamo 0–2 Aug 2
L @ Colorado Rapids 0–2 Aug 16
St. Louis City WWWDW
W vs Sporting Kansas City 3–2 Jul 17
W @ Los Angeles Galaxy 3–1 Jul 23
W vs Colorado Rapids 1–0 Jul 26
D vs Real Salt Lake 1–1 Aug 2
W @ San Jose Earthquakes 3–1 Aug 16
Goals trend · last 5 matches
Sporting Kansas City
Scored 0.8 avg
2 2 0 0 0
Conceded 2.4 avg
3 1 4 2 2
St. Louis City
Scored 2.2 avg
3 3 1 1 3
Conceded 1.0 avg
2 1 0 1 1
Head-to-head · last meetings
3 Sporting Kansas City
3 Draws
3 St. Louis City
Jul 2026 St. Louis City 3–2 Sporting Kansas City St. Louis City
May 2025 St. Louis City 2–2 Sporting Kansas City Draw
Apr 2025 Sporting Kansas City 2–0 St. Louis City Sporting Kansas City
Sep 2024 St. Louis City 3–1 Sporting Kansas City St. Louis City
Jul 2024 Sporting Kansas City 1–1 St. Louis City Draw

Over 2.5 goals in 7 of the last 9 meetings.

Confirmed lineups
Sporting Kansas City 4-4-2
  • 30 Stefan Cleveland G
  • 8 Jacob Davis D
  • 5 Or Blorian D
  • 28 Wyatt Meyer D
  • 18 Emir Karić D
  • 7 Capita M
  • 4 Lasse Berg Johnsen M
  • 22 Zorhan Bassong M
  • 11 Calvin Harris M
  • 9 Dejan Joveljić F
  • 19 Taylor Calheira F
Bench John Pulskamp, Justin Reynolds, Jansen Miller, Jayden Reid, Ian James, Diego Borges, Shapi Suleymanov, Jacob Bartlett, Stephen Afrifa

Raphael Wicky

St. Louis City 3-4-2-1
  • 1 Roman Bürki G
  • 5 Lukas MacNaughton D
  • 32 Timo Baumgartl D
  • 21 Dante Polvara D
  • 6 Conrad Wallem M
  • 8 Christopher Durkin M
  • 24 Daniel Edelman M
  • 14 Tomas Totland M
  • 77 Jeong Sang-bin F
  • 10 Eduard Löwen F
  • 11 Simon Becher F
Bench Benjamin Lundt, Mamadou Mbacke, Jaziel Orozco, Miguel Perez, Tomáš Ostrák, Rafael Santos, Carlo Holse, Alexandru Mățan, Palmer Ault

Yoann Damet

Team news · injuries & suspensions
Sporting Kansas City
  • OUT K. Agyabeng Red Card
  • OUT M. Mosquera Red Card
  • DOUBT O. Blorian Back Injury
  • DOUBT Diego Borges Muscle Injury
  • DOUBT J. Reynolds Muscle Injury
  • OUT K. Agyabeng Red Card
  • OUT M. Mosquera Red Card
  • DOUBT O. Blorian Back Injury
  • DOUBT Diego Borges Muscle Injury
  • DOUBT J. Reynolds Muscle Injury
St. Louis City
  • OUT Celio Pompeu Knee Injury
  • OUT K. Hiebert Hip Injury
  • DOUBT B. McSorley Ankle Injury
  • OUT Celio Pompeu Knee Injury
  • OUT K. Hiebert Hip Injury
  • DOUBT B. McSorley Ankle Injury