Sporting Kansas City vs St. Louis City — Major League Soccer: stats, lineups & analysis
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- 15′Sporting Kansas City, yellow card:
- 21′St. Louis City, yellow card:
- 45′Sporting Kansas City, yellow card:
- 45+2′St. Louis City, goal:0–1
- Half-time0 – 1
- 55′Sporting Kansas City, goal:1–1assist
- 60′St. Louis City, yellow card:
- 62′St. Louis City, substitution:off
- 62′St. Louis City, substitution:off
- 64′Sporting Kansas City, substitution:off
- 75′Sporting Kansas City, substitution:off
- 75′Sporting Kansas City, substitution:off
- 84′St. Louis City, substitution:off
- 84′St. Louis City, substitution:off
- 89′Sporting Kansas City, substitution:off
- Full-time1 – 1
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Sporting Kansas City
4-4-2
St. Louis City
3-4-2-1
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Sporting Kansas City
St. Louis City
Match report
Sporting Kansas City held to draw by St. Louis City after late leveller
Sporting Kansas City and St. Louis City shared the points in a 1-1 draw in Major League Soccer's Regular Season matchday 20 at Children's Mercy Park. Eduard Löwen's stoppage-time strike gave the visitors a half-time lead before Calvin Harris hauled the hosts level shortly after the break.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
Löwen struck in the second minute of first-half added time to send St. Louis City into the break in front, capping a half in which the visitors made the most of their limited chances. Kansas City responded within ten minutes of the restart as Harris converted following an assist from Taylor Calheira, restoring parity at 1-1 and ensuring the scoreline held for the remainder of the contest.
Despite trailing on the league table in 30th position compared to St. Louis City's 11th, Kansas City dominated territory and chances, racking up 18 shots to their opponents' seven and generating 1.3 expected goals against 0.52. The hosts also won nine corners to two, though that pressure yielded only a single goal on the night.
Löwen scored the opening goal deep into first-half stoppage time and finished with the highest rating on the pitch at 8.2.
Kansas City more than doubled St. Louis City's shot count, firing 18 attempts to the visitors' seven.
Sporting Kansas City and St. Louis City drew 1–1 (half-time 0–1).
Sporting Kansas City met St. Louis City in the Major League Soccer (Regular Season - 20). Kick-off was Thursday, 20 August 2026, 00:00 UTC at Children's Mercy Park. Referee: Victor Rivas.
Team pages: Sporting Kansas City · St. Louis City · Major League Soccer
Key moments
- 45+2' Goal: Eduard Löwen — 0–1
- 55' Goal: Calvin Harris (assist: Taylor Calheira) — 1–1
Starting line-ups
Sporting Kansas City (4-4-2)
St. Louis City (3-4-2-1)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Sporting Kansas City 29%, the draw 22%, St. Louis City 49%. It finished Sporting Kansas City 1–1 St. Louis City.
St. Louis City's rating gap outweighs Sporting Kansas City's home ground — St. Louis City are clearly the stronger side on our strength rating, and that is most of St. Louis City's 49%. The draw at 22% is held down by a high-scoring environment.
Why St. Louis City at 49%?
St. Louis City sit 237 points higher on our strength rating — 1350 to 1588. Sides with a 200–300-point rating edge on the road won 52.0% of 6,026 such games. The 300 most similar past games finished 26–25–49.
Why only 49%?
Major League Soccer home sides out-perform the global norm — and the difference mostly flows to away wins (25.7% vs 30.2%). Major League Soccer homes won 49.5% of 5,086 games vs 44.9% across all 99,137 — outside the noise band, so the tally moves accordingly.
Why is the draw only 22%?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 24.0%. These teams' recent games average 3.1 goals — a high-scoring environment. Games in that environment drew 22.8% of 16,939. The goals environment takes 2.1 points off the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
St. Louis City average 9 points more possession, but the rating gap here is 237 points. Our control receipt only exists between near-equals — there it moved results; across a class gap we could not measure a separate style edge, so style scores 0 here. St. Louis City have gained 95 strength-rating points over their last 10 games. Momentum is measured but not yet proven: climbing sides won 41.5% of 12,174 such games vs 40.7% class-expected — inside the noise band, so it stays at 0 points until the receipt clears its evidence bar. The other measured facts on this page scored nothing either.
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About this match
On this page: the Sporting Kansas City vs St. Louis City final score and result, goal highlights and video clips of every goal, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this Major League Soccer fixture.
- Who scored and when — a goal-by-goal timeline of the match.
- Match stats — possession, shots, expected goals (xG), corners and cards.
- Starting lineups and player ratings for both teams.
- Head-to-head record and recent form for both sides.
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