Major League Soccer · Round of 16

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 00:30:00 UTCEnergizer ParkRound of 16

Highlights

Pre-match win probability — Pulse estimate

St. Louis City SC 39%Draw 34%Sporting Kansas City 27%

Pulse model at kickoff, scaled by each side's scoring rate in this competition's own table. An estimate, not a betting market.

Match stats

St. Louis City SCSporting Kansas City
53Possession47
2.51Expected goals (xG)0.98
20Shots12
6Shots on target3
8Shots off target4
6Blocked shots5
14Shots inside box7
6Shots outside box5
5Corners6
1Offsides0
14Fouls11
2Yellow cards1
0Red cards0
1Saves3
483Passes415
412Accurate passes334
85Pass accuracy80

Match events

  • 28'Sang-Bin Jeong
  • 36'Marcel Hartel (assist Simon Becher)
  • 42'Osvaldo Capemba
  • 46'Conrad Wallem Rafael Santos
  • 46'Jayden Reid Emir Karic
  • 46'Ian James Jacob Davis
  • 64'Sang-Bin Jeong Miguel Perez
  • 75'Or Blorian Ethan Bartlow
  • 76'Zorhan Bassong
  • 76'Dejan Joveljić (assist Manu García)
  • 78'Osvaldo Capemba
  • 82'Simon Becher · VAR
  • 85'Osvaldo Capemba Stephen Afrifa
  • 85'Eduard Löwen · penalty
  • 88'Tomas Totland Jaziel Orozco
  • 88'Eduard Löwen Tomáš Ostrák
  • 90'Daniel Edelman
  • 90'Benjamin Lundt
  • 90'Simon Becher

St. Louis City SC · Sporting Kansas City

Starting XI · as it playedRatings are a Pulse estimate

St. Louis City SC3-5-2
326.8Baumgartl
107.888'Löwen
177.8Hartel
396.2Lundt
56.8MacNaughton
246.5Edelman
117.590'Becher
777.864'Jeong
66.846'Wallem
216.8Polvara
146.888'Totland
Sporting Kansas City5-2-3
67.1García
97.3Joveljić
116.3Harris
305.9Cleveland
226.376'Bassong
46.3Johnsen
996.346'Reid
56.375'Blorian
77.085'Capemba
156.3Miller
26.346'James

Lineups — ratings are a Pulse estimate

St. Louis City SC

  • 32Timo Baumgartl6.8
  • 10Eduard Löwen7.8
  • 17Marcel Hartel7.8
  • 39Benjamin Lundt6.2
  • 5Lukas MacNaughton6.8
  • 24Daniel Edelman6.5
  • 11Simon Becher7.5
  • 77Sang-Bin Jeong7.8
  • 6Conrad Wallem6.8
  • 21Dante Polvara6.8
  • 14Tomas Totland6.8

Sporting Kansas City

  • 6Manu García7.1
  • 9Dejan Joveljić7.3
  • 11Calvin Harris6.3
  • 30Stefan Cleveland5.9
  • 22Zorhan Bassong6.3
  • 4Lasse Berg Johnsen6.3
  • 99Jayden Reid6.3
  • 5Or Blorian6.3
  • 7Osvaldo Capemba7.0
  • 15Jansen Miller6.3
  • 2Ian James6.3
St. Louis City SCTale of the tapeSporting Kansas City
3-5-2Formation5-2-3
29 ptsTable14 pts
+2Goal difference-30
1Head-to-head wins1
39%Pre-match odds27%

Head to head4 previous meetings

St. Louis City SC 1W2D1W Sporting Kansas City

Goals 67

  • 2026-08-20Sporting Kansas City11St. Louis City SC
  • 2026-07-17St. Louis City SC32Sporting Kansas City
  • 2025-05-15St. Louis City SC22Sporting Kansas City

Seasons searched: 2025, 2026.

This seasonother meeting

Where they standIn a 30-team table

TeamPWDLGDPts
St. Louis City SC19856+229
Sporting Kansas City194213-3014
St. Louis City SC v Sporting Kansas City — Major League Soccer | Factlen