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Major League Soccer05/23/2026, 06:45 PM

St. Louis City – Austin3 : 0

Why the model thinks so

St. Louis City
2.07
Total xG
3.20
Austin
1.13
Expected goals from our model, before kickoff

How the model gets there: each factor adds goals to or takes goals from one team's expected goals.

FactorSt. Louis CityAustin
Defensive weakness (2.2 conceded vs 1.3 league avg)+0.81
High-scoring league (3.2 goals/match)+0.75+0.75
Small sample (5 matches) - regression to mean−0.44
Small sample (7 matches) - regression to mean+0.17
3 of last 5 matches with 0-1 goals (1.2 goals/match)+0.06
3 of last 5 matches with 2+ goals (1.4 goals/match)−0.02
Sang-bin Jeong on the bench (1 goals, 1 assists)
Myrto Uzuni on the bench (5 goals, 1 assists)
26% of goal output missing (only 87% available)
Strong home record (1.6 vs 1 goals/match)
Weak away record (0.9 vs 1.5 goals/match)

Key factors

  • Prediction Advantage: Mathematical analysis indicates a home win probability of 58% and 2.07 expected goals for St. Louis City
  • Austin's Away Weakness: Austin concedes an average of 3.14 goals per away game, highlighting significant defensive vulnerability
  • St. Louis City's Home Defense: St. Louis City demonstrates a solid home defense, conceding an average of only 0.88 goals per home match

Risks

  • Austin has suffered consecutive losses in their last two games, indicating a dip in form
  • St. Louis City averaged 3.2 shots on target in their last 5 games, which could indicate lower offensive efficiency

All probabilities

Result
St. Louis City58%
Draw23%
Austin19%
Goals
Over 1.584%
Under 1.516%
Over 2.562%
Under 2.538%
Over 3.540%
Under 3.560%
Double chance
St. Louis City or draw81%
Austin or draw42%
No draw77%
Both teams score
Yes60%
No40%

Most likely scores

1:1
11%
2:1
10%
2:0
9%
3:1
7%
3:0
6%

The Lab

Patterns our system found in the data.

  1. St. Louis City: scored only in H2 in 4 consecutive games (5 of 8 total)
  2. Austin: first goal in 6 of 8 games (75%)
  3. St. Louis City with Brendan McSorley: 6.5 goals/90 min. Without: 1 goals/90 min (6 of 8 games)
  4. Austin with Ilie Sánchez: 3.2 goals/90 min. Without: 0.5 goals/90 min (6 of 8 games)
  5. St. Louis City: 6 of 8 games without conceding in H1, but only 1 over 90 minutes

Lineups

St. Louis City 3-4-3 · Austin 4-1-4-1

St. Louis City
  • 39 B. Lundt
  • 21 D. Polvara
  • 32 T. Baumgartl
  • 27 F. Fol
  • 14 T. Totland
  • 8 C. Durkin
  • 24 D. Edelman
  • 20 R. Cardoso dos Santos
  • 10 E. Löwen
  • 11 S. Becher
  • 17 M. Hartel
Austin
  • 1 B. Stuver
  • 3 M. Desler
  • 5 O. Svatok
  • 15 J. Bell
  • 29 Guilherme Biro
  • 8 D. Pereira Gil
  • 11 F. Torres Pérez
  • 30 J. Rosales Erazo
  • 33 O. Wolff
  • 17 J. Gallagher
  • 21 C. Ramírez
Substitutes
  • 5 L. MacNaughton
  • 22 K. Hiebert
  • 28 M. Perez
  • 36 C. Teuchert
  • 59 M. Joyner
  • 80 B. McSorley
  • 4 M. Fall
  • 34 C. Welsh
  • 7 J. Nelson
  • 6 I. Sánchez Farrés
  • 12 D. Las
  • 19 C. Fodrey
  • 20 N. Dubersarsky
  • 23 Ž. Kolmanič
  • 35 M. Đorđević
  • 14 B. Sabovic
  • 9 B. Vázquez Toledo

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