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Seattle Sounders

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St. Louis City

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This match

Match statistics

Metric	Seattle Sounders	St. Louis City
Shots	13 shots/match▲	12 shots/match
Shots on target	9 shots/match▲	2 shots/match
Expected goals	1.71 xG/match▲	0.55 xG/match
Possession	50%	50%
Corners	5 corners/match	8 corners/match
Fouls	9 fouls/match	12 fouls/match

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What the record shows

The clearest recorded pattern is: St. Louis City's last-five goals scored average is above their season average. A second useful context is: Seattle Sounders's shot volume and the opposing shot-allowance context sit below their competition baselines. Limitation: Evidence is usable but does not meet the strongest completeness threshold.

St. Louis City's recent record differs from the season

moderate

St. Louis City's last-five goals scored average is above their season average.

1.2 goals/match▲Goals forLast 5 · Season0.88 goals/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: An unweighted last-five average is compared with the unweighted season average.

Window: last_5 versus season

Metric	Last 5	Season	Baseline
Goals for	1.2 goals/match	0.88 goals/match	1.54 goals/match

Caveat: Five matches are sensitive to opponent mix and isolated match states.

Seattle Sounders show a distinct attacking-volume record

moderate

Seattle Sounders's shot volume and the opposing shot-allowance context sit below their competition baselines.

10.4 shots/match▲ShotsSeattle Sounders · St. Louis City13 shots/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Team shot volume is paired with the opponent's recorded shot allowance.

Window: season

Metric	Seattle Sounders	St. Louis City	Baseline
Shots	10.4 shots/match	13 shots/match	12.8 shots/match
Shots against	13.6 shots/match	11.1 shots/match	12.8 shots/match

Caveat: Shot volume describes activity; it does not establish finishing quality or a match outcome.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams — history, not a forecast.

1Seattle Sounders

0Draws

0St. Louis City

8 Mar 2026St. Louis City — Seattle Sounders · Major League Soccer0–1

Metric comparison

Values, percentiles and samples

Where the edge is

Seattle Sounders favored in 5 of 14 directional metrics · St. Louis City in 3 · 6 too close

1.43 goals/match▲Goals scoredseason · 7/80.88 goals/match

0.43 goals/match▲Goals allowedseason · 7/81.63 goals/match

0.96 xG/matchExpected goalsseason · 4/51.09 xG/match

1.01 xG/matchExpected goals allowedseason · 4/51.22 xG/match

10.4 shots/matchShotsseason · 7/8▲13 shots/match

13.6 shots/matchShots allowedseason · 7/8▲11.1 shots/match

4.71 shots/matchShots on targetseason · 7/84.63 shots/match

3.86 shots/match▲Shots on target allowedseason · 7/84.88 shots/match

50.4%Possessionseason · 7/850.3%

4.86 corners/matchCornersseason · 7/86.5 corners/match

7.86 corners/matchCorners allowedseason · 7/8▲3.63 corners/match

2 cards/matchCardsseason · 3/31.33 cards/match

10.1 fouls/matchFoulsseason · 7/811.1 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—

71%▲Clean-sheet frequencyseason · 7/80%

86%▲Scoring frequencyseason · 7/863%

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.

Seattle Sounders58.3

St. Louis City55

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Attacking volume

Recorded shot and scoring volume, expressed as competition percentiles.

Seattle Sounders31.1

St. Louis City37.2

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Defensive resistance

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

Seattle Sounders68.9

St. Louis City56.6

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Directness proxy

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

Seattle Sounders15

St. Louis City61.7

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Physicality

Recorded fouls and cards relative to competition peers.

Seattle Sounders28.4

St. Louis City18.3

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 69%

Set-piece relevance

Corner volume relative to competition peers.

Seattle Sounders48.3

St. Louis City85

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Tempo and pressure proxy

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

Seattle Sounders30.4

St. Louis City52.1

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Recent form

Season, last 10 and last 5

Window

Last 5

5 / 5 matches

1.4 goals/match▲Goals scored5/51.2 goals/match

0.2 goals/match▲Goals allowed5/51.8 goals/match

0.96 xG/matchExpected goals4/5▲1.09 xG/match

8.8 shots/matchShots5/5▲13 shots/match

4.2 shots/matchShots on target5/54 shots/match

49.8%Possession5/550.8%

3.2 corners/matchCorners5/57.2 corners/match

—Cards1/0—

10.8 fouls/matchFouls5/510.4 fouls/match

Window

Last 10

7 / 8 matches

1.43 goals/match▲Goals scored7/80.88 goals/match

0.43 goals/match▲Goals allowed7/81.63 goals/match

0.96 xG/matchExpected goals4/5▲1.09 xG/match

10.4 shots/matchShots7/8▲13 shots/match

4.71 shots/matchShots on target7/84.63 shots/match

50.4%Possession7/850.3%

4.86 corners/matchCorners7/86.5 corners/match

2 cards/matchCards3/31.33 cards/match

10.1 fouls/matchFouls7/811.1 fouls/match

Window

Season

7 / 8 matches

1.43 goals/match▲Goals scored7/80.88 goals/match

0.43 goals/match▲Goals allowed7/81.63 goals/match

0.96 xG/matchExpected goals4/5▲1.09 xG/match

10.4 shots/matchShots7/8▲13 shots/match

4.71 shots/matchShots on target7/84.63 shots/match

50.4%Possession7/850.3%

4.86 corners/matchCorners7/86.5 corners/match

2 cards/matchCards3/31.33 cards/match

10.1 fouls/matchFouls7/811.1 fouls/match

Venue split

Home and away samples

Window

Home team at home / away team away

2 / 5 matches

—Goals scored2/50.6 goals/match

—Goals allowed2/52 goals/match

—Expected goals1/41.08 xG/match

—Shots2/511.8 shots/match

—Shots on target2/53 shots/match

—Possession2/548%

—Corners2/56.4 corners/match

—Cards1/1—

—Fouls2/510.6 fouls/match

Schedule context

Rest and recent workload

14 daysRest before fixtureprevious completed fixtures · 1/17.04 days

0 matchesMatches in previous 14 daysprevious completed fixtures · 1/11 matches

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade B · Useful evidencelimited

Season samples7 / 8home / away teams

Recent samples5 / 5last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

Evidence is usable but does not meet the strongest completeness threshold.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.

Analysis cutoff: Sun, 19 Apr 2026, 05:30 UTC · analysis-v4

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Match statistics

What the record shows

St. Louis City's recent record differs from the season

Seattle Sounders show a distinct attacking-volume record

Head-to-head

Values, percentiles and samples

How the teams compare

Possession control

Attacking volume

Defensive resistance

Directness proxy

Physicality

Set-piece relevance

Tempo and pressure proxy

Season, last 10 and last 5

Last 5

Last 10

Season

Home and away samples

Home team at home / away team away

Rest and recent workload

How much supports this analysis

Known unknowns

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