Major League Soccer · 2026Sun, 8 Mar 2026, 01:30 UTCFull timeCITYPARKFull-time recap

St. Louis City

DL

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Seattle Sounders

WL

This page describes the completed match context. The result is not presented as a prior forecast.

This match

Match statistics

Metric	St. Louis City	Seattle Sounders
Shots	12 shots/match▲	8 shots/match
Shots on target	5 shots/match▲	4 shots/match
Possession	61%	39%
Corners	8 corners/match	1 corners/match
Fouls	13 fouls/match	7 fouls/match
Yellow cards	1 cards/match▲	3 cards/match

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What the record shows

The available record does not support a clear cross-team pattern. No second pattern clears the sample and coverage gates. Limitation: At least one team has fewer than the configured season sample.

Metric comparison

Values, percentiles and samples

Where the edge is

St. Louis City favored in 0 of 14 directional metrics · Seattle Sounders in 0 · 14 too close

0.33 goals/matchGoals scoredseason · 3/31.33 goals/match

1.33 goals/matchGoals allowedseason · 3/30.67 goals/match

—Expected goalsseason · 0/0—

—Expected goals allowedseason · 0/0—

13 shots/matchShotsseason · 3/312.3 shots/match

8.67 shots/matchShots allowedseason · 3/312 shots/match

5.67 shots/matchShots on targetseason · 3/35.33 shots/match

4.33 shots/matchShots on target allowedseason · 3/34.33 shots/match

49.3%Possessionseason · 3/347.7%

5.33 corners/matchCornersseason · 3/36.33 corners/match

3 corners/matchCorners allowedseason · 3/35.67 corners/match

1.33 cards/matchCardsseason · 3/32 cards/match

12.3 fouls/matchFoulsseason · 3/38 fouls/match

—Passesseason · 0/0—

—Pass accuracyseason · 0/0—

—Shots inside boxseason · 0/0—

—Blocked shotsseason · 0/0—

—Goalkeeper savesseason · 0/0—

—Offsidesseason · 0/0—

0%Clean-sheet frequencyseason · 3/367%

33%Scoring frequencyseason · 3/3100%

Style profile

How the teams compare

Competition percentiles describe recorded style; they do not rank likely outcomes.

Possession control

Relative share of recorded possession within the competition.

St. Louis City50

Seattle Sounders39.6

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Attacking volume

Recorded shot and scoring volume, expressed as competition percentiles.

St. Louis City53.5

Seattle Sounders57.7

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Defensive resistance

Lower recorded scoring and shot allowance produces a higher descriptive percentile.

St. Louis City61.1

Seattle Sounders57.6

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Directness proxy

Shots per possession point; a descriptive transition/directness proxy, not an outcome score.

St. Louis City77.1

Seattle Sounders68.8

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Physicality

Recorded fouls and cards relative to competition peers.

St. Louis City30.2

Seattle Sounders26.1

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Set-piece relevance

Corner volume relative to competition peers.

St. Louis City54.2

Seattle Sounders79.2

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Tempo and pressure proxy

Combined event-volume percentiles for shots, corners and fouls.

St. Louis City65.1

Seattle Sounders52.6

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Recent form

Season, last 10 and last 5

Window

Last 5

3 / 3 matches

0.33 goals/matchGoals scored3/3▲1.33 goals/match

1.33 goals/matchGoals allowed3/3▲0.67 goals/match

—Expected goals0/0—

13 shots/match▲Shots3/312.3 shots/match

5.67 shots/match▲Shots on target3/35.33 shots/match

49.3%Possession3/347.7%

5.33 corners/matchCorners3/36.33 corners/match

1.33 cards/matchCards3/32 cards/match

12.3 fouls/matchFouls3/38 fouls/match

Window

Last 10

3 / 3 matches

0.33 goals/matchGoals scored3/3▲1.33 goals/match

1.33 goals/matchGoals allowed3/3▲0.67 goals/match

—Expected goals0/0—

13 shots/match▲Shots3/312.3 shots/match

5.67 shots/match▲Shots on target3/35.33 shots/match

49.3%Possession3/347.7%

5.33 corners/matchCorners3/36.33 corners/match

1.33 cards/matchCards3/32 cards/match

12.3 fouls/matchFouls3/38 fouls/match

Window

Season

3 / 3 matches

0.33 goals/matchGoals scored3/3▲1.33 goals/match

1.33 goals/matchGoals allowed3/3▲0.67 goals/match

—Expected goals0/0—

13 shots/match▲Shots3/312.3 shots/match

5.67 shots/match▲Shots on target3/35.33 shots/match

49.3%Possession3/347.7%

5.33 corners/matchCorners3/36.33 corners/match

1.33 cards/matchCards3/32 cards/match

12.3 fouls/matchFouls3/38 fouls/match

Venue split

Home and away samples

Window

Home team at home / away team away

2 / 2 matches

—Goals scored2/2—

—Goals allowed2/2—

—Expected goals0/0—

—Shots2/2—

—Shots on target2/2—

—Possession2/2—

—Corners2/2—

—Cards2/2—

—Fouls2/2—

Schedule context

Rest and recent workload

5.97 daysRest before fixtureprevious completed fixtures · 1/17.04 days

1 matchesMatches in previous 14 daysprevious completed fixtures · 1/12 matches

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade C · Limited evidencelimited

Season samples3 / 3home / away teams

Recent samples3 / 3last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

At least one team has fewer than the configured season sample.
At least one team has an incomplete last-five window.
Recorded xG is incomplete, so xG context is omitted where unavailable.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: xg_for, xg_against.
The completed-match sample is too small for broad style conclusions.

Analysis cutoff: Sun, 8 Mar 2026, 05:30 UTC · analysis-v4

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