St.Louis City 3-2 Sporting Kansas City · MLS
St.Louis City beat Sporting Kansas City 3-2 in MLS. Goals: J. Sang-bin 28', M. Hartel 36', Capita 42', D. Joveljić 76', E. Löwen 85'. Expected goals (xG): St.Louis City 1.2, Sporting Kansas City 0.6. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.
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Match report
St.Louis City and Sporting Kansas City met in MLS at Energizer Park in St. Louis on Friday, 17 July 2026.
Goalscorers
St.Louis City: J. Sang-bin 28'; M. Hartel 36'; E. Löwen 85'. Sporting Kansas City: Capita 42'; D. Joveljić 76'.
How the match went
St.Louis City saw more of the ball, 53% of it. St.Louis City had 20 shots with 5 on target, Sporting Kansas City 12 with 3 on target. There were 11 corners in total, 5 to St.Louis City and 6 to Sporting Kansas City. St.Louis City conceded 15 fouls, Sporting Kansas City 11. The referee showed 3 yellow cards (2 for St.Louis City, 1 for Sporting Kansas City).
Line-ups
St.Louis City started in a 3-4-3: Benjamin Lundt, Lukas MacNaughton, Timo Baumgartl, Dante Polvara, Conrad Wallem, Eduard Löwen, Daniel Edelman, Tomas Totland, Jeong Sang-bin, Simon Becher, Marcel Hartel.
Sporting Kansas City started in a 4-2-3-1: Stefan Cleveland, Ian James, Jansen Miller, Or Blorian, Jayden Reid, Lasse Berg Johnsen, Zorhan Bassong, Capita, Manu García, Calvin Harris, Dejan Joveljić.
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Minute by minute
- 28'Goal! St.Louis City 1-0 Sporting Kansas City. J. Sang-bin (St.Louis City) scores.
- 36'Goal! St.Louis City 2-0 Sporting Kansas City. M. Hartel (St.Louis City) scores, assisted by S. Becher.
- 42'Goal! St.Louis City 2-1 Sporting Kansas City. Capita (Sporting Kansas City) scores.
- 45'Half-time. St.Louis City 2-1 Sporting Kansas City.
- 76'Goal! St.Louis City 2-2 Sporting Kansas City. D. Joveljić (Sporting Kansas City) scores, assisted by M. García.
- 82'VAR: no penalty for St.Louis City.
- 85'Goal! St.Louis City 3-2 Sporting Kansas City. E. Löwen (St.Louis City) converts the penalty.
- 90'Full-time. St.Louis City 3-2 Sporting Kansas City.
Full commentary (64 lines)
- 1'Kick-off: St.Louis City vs Sporting Kansas City.
- 8'Attempt blocked. S. Becher (St.Louis City), right-footed shot. xG 0.02.
- 11'Attempt missed. J. Sang-bin (St.Louis City), right-footed shot. xG 0.06.
- 15'Attempt blocked. D. Edelman (St.Louis City), right-footed shot. xG 0.03.
- 16'Attempt missed. S. Becher (St.Louis City), right-footed shot. xG 0.06.
- 20'Attempt blocked. E. Löwen (St.Louis City), right-footed shot. xG 0.03.
- 21'Corner, St.Louis City.
- 21'Attempt saved. M. Hartel (St.Louis City), right-footed shot. xG 0.10.
- 22'Attempt blocked. M. Hartel (St.Louis City), right-footed shot. xG 0.02.
- 22'Corner, St.Louis City.
- 23'Attempt missed. M. Hartel (St.Louis City), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.15.
- 28'Goal! St.Louis City 1-0 Sporting Kansas City. J. Sang-bin (St.Louis City) scores.
- 31'Corner, Sporting Kansas City.
- 31'Attempt blocked. Z. Bassong (Sporting Kansas City), left-footed shot. xG 0.04.
- 33'Attempt missed. C. Harris (Sporting Kansas City), header. xG 0.04.
- 35'Attempt missed. S. Becher (St.Louis City), left-footed shot on the counter. xG 0.08.
- 36'Goal! St.Louis City 2-0 Sporting Kansas City. M. Hartel (St.Louis City) scores, assisted by S. Becher.
- 42'Attempt blocked. D. Joveljić (Sporting Kansas City), right-footed shot. xG 0.02.
- 42'Goal! St.Louis City 2-1 Sporting Kansas City. Capita (Sporting Kansas City) scores.
- 45'5 minutes of added time.
- 45+5'Corner, Sporting Kansas City.
- 45'Half-time. St.Louis City 2-1 Sporting Kansas City.
- 46'The second half is under way.
- 46'Substitution, Sporting Kansas City: E. Karić comes on for J. Reid.
- 46'Substitution, St.Louis City: R. Santos comes on for C. Wallem.
- 46'Substitution, Sporting Kansas City: J. Davis comes on for I. James.
- 46'Attempt missed. S. Becher (St.Louis City), right-footed shot. xG 0.03.
- 52'Attempt blocked. C. Harris (Sporting Kansas City), header. xG 0.13.
- 53'Corner, St.Louis City.
- 54'Attempt missed. E. Löwen (St.Louis City), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.07.
- 54'Attempt missed. T. Totland (St.Louis City), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.04.
- 55'Corner, Sporting Kansas City.
- 55'Attempt blocked. D. Joveljić (Sporting Kansas City), header on the counter. xG 0.11.
- 57'Corner, Sporting Kansas City.
- 57'Attempt blocked. D. Joveljić (Sporting Kansas City), left-footed shot. xG 0.05.
- 58'Attempt missed. Capita (Sporting Kansas City), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.03.
- 58'Attempt missed. J. Davis (Sporting Kansas City), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.01.
- 61'Corner, St.Louis City.
- 64'Substitution, St.Louis City: M. Perez comes on for J. Sang-bin.
- 65'Attempt missed. E. Löwen (St.Louis City), right-footed shot. xG 0.21.
- 69'Corner, St.Louis City.
- 70'Attempt saved. L. MacNaughton (St.Louis City), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.02.
- 75'Substitution, Sporting Kansas City: E. Bartlow comes on for O. Blorian.
- 76'Substitution, Sporting Kansas City: K. Agyabeng comes on for Z. Bassong.
- 76'Goal! St.Louis City 2-2 Sporting Kansas City. D. Joveljić (Sporting Kansas City) scores, assisted by M. García.
- 78'Yellow card for Capita (Sporting Kansas City).
- 79'Attempt saved. E. Löwen (St.Louis City), right-footed shot from a free kick. xG 0.03.
- 81'Attempt blocked. S. Becher (St.Louis City), left-footed shot. xG 0.12.
- 82'VAR: no penalty for St.Louis City.
- 85'Substitution, Sporting Kansas City: S. Afrifa comes on for Capita.
- 85'Goal! St.Louis City 3-2 Sporting Kansas City. E. Löwen (St.Louis City) converts the penalty.
- 88'Substitution, St.Louis City: J. Orozco comes on for T. Totland.
- 88'Substitution, St.Louis City: T. Ostrák comes on for E. Löwen.
- 89'Attempt missed. J. Davis (Sporting Kansas City), right-footed shot. xG 0.04.
- 90'Yellow card for B. Lundt (St.Louis City).
- 90'8 minutes of added time.
- 90+2'Attempt saved. D. Joveljić (Sporting Kansas City), right-footed shot. xG 0.17.
- 90+4'Offside, St.Louis City.
- 90+5'Corner, Sporting Kansas City.
- 90+5'Corner, Sporting Kansas City.
- 90+6'Substitution, St.Louis City: P. Ault comes on for S. Becher.
- 90+7'Yellow card for D. Edelman (St.Louis City).
- 90+7'Attempt blocked. P. Ault (St.Louis City), right-footed shot. xG 0.08.
- 90'Full-time. St.Louis City 3-2 Sporting Kansas City.