{"id":9353,"date":"2026-08-14T20:33:59","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T00:33:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/ca\/?post_type=news&p=9353"},"modified":"2026-08-14T20:33:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T00:33:59","slug":"match-preview-sporting-kc-vs-st-louis-city-08-19-26-mls","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/ca\/news\/mls\/match-preview-sporting-kc-vs-st-louis-city-08-19-26-mls\/","title":{"rendered":"Sporting KC vs St. Louis City SC: Predictions, Picks, Odds & Lineups"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sporting KC host St. Louis City SC at Sporting Park on Wednesday, August 19 (8:00 PM ET \/ 7:00 PM CT \/ 5:00 PM PT).<\/p>\n

No fresh absences have been confirmed on either side for this one, so expect both teams to lean on the players who’ve carried the goal threat all season. Sporting KC will look to Dejan Jovelji\u0107, who has scored 8 goals from 33 shots this season, with Manu Garc\u00eda (29 chances created) and Calvin Harris (34 shots) offering support. St. Louis City SC will build around Marcel Hartel, who leads the visitors with 6 goals and 44 chances created, alongside Simon Becher and Christopher Durkin.<\/p>\n

Sporting KC sit 15th in the Western Conference<\/a> on 14 points, well outside the playoff picture with a goal difference of -28, and they arrive off a run of L L W L L. St. Louis City SC, by contrast, are seventh on 26 points and firmly inside the playoff picture. Their form line reads W W W W D, without a loss in that stretch. The two sides met last month, with St. Louis City SC winning 3-2, and this rematch at Sporting Park has the look of a similarly open, end-to-end contest rather than a low-scoring stalemate.<\/p>\n\n\n