Saint Louis City SC hosts Sporting Kansas City after shutout victory

Sporting Kansas City (3-9-2, 16th in the Western Conference) vs. Saint Louis City SC (4-6-4, 12th in the Western Conference)

Old North Saint Louis, St. Louis; Thursday, 8:30 p.m. EDT

LINE: Saint Louis -235, Sporting Kansas City +475, Draw +393; over/under is 3.5 goals

BOTTOM LINE: A game after shutting out Austin 3-0, Saint Louis City SC faces Sporting Kansas City.

Saint Louis is 3-6-1 in Western Conference play. Saint Louis is 11-2-2 when it scores two goals.

Sporting KC is 3-7-1 against Western Conference opponents. Sporting KC has a 19-29 record in one-goal matches.

The matchup Thursday is the first meeting this season between the two teams.

TOP PERFORMERS: Marcel Hartel has scored three goals and added one assist for Saint Louis. Daniel Edelman has one goal and two assists over the past 10 games.

Dejan Joveljic has scored six goals and added one assist for Sporting KC. Calvin Harris has two goals and three assists over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Saint Louis: 16-6-8, averaging 4.5 goals, 11.1 shots on goal and 16.8 corner kicks per game while allowing 4.2 goals per game.

Sporting KC: 8-16-6, averaging 3.0 goals, 11.4 shots on goal and 11.7 corner kicks per game while allowing 8.7 goals per game.

NOT EXPECTED TO PLAY: Saint Louis: Celio Pompeu (injured), Jaziel Orozco Landeros (injured), Dante Polvara (injured), Sang-bin Jeong (injured), Tomas Ostrak (injured), Chris Durkin (injured), Roman Burki (injured).

Sporting KC: Kwaku Agyabeng (injured), Jansen Miller (injured).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.