Minnesota United FC vs St. Louis City SC Prediction, 9/23/2023 MLS Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Josh Schonwald - 9/21/2023

Game: Minnesota United FC vs St. Louis City SC

Date: Saturday, September 23, 2023

Location: Allianz Field in Saint Paul, MN

TV: Apple TV

Odds/Point Spread: Minnesota (-114) St. Louis (+310)

Allianz Field is where CITY (15-5-10) will go up against Minnesota United (9-10-10) on Saturday. The Loons open at -114 while St. Louis is at +310. The betting total is set at 2.5. The men protecting the net will be Dayne St. Clair for Minnesota and Roman Burki for St. Louis.

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The United rank 4th in regard to expected goals with 45.2, and the squad's xGA are sitting at 37.1. The United have given up 38 goals while giving up 1.31 G/90, and opponents have a total of 122 shots on target on them. Their goal differential is currently at -1 with 37 goals notched and also 38 goals allowed. They have earned 8 clean sheets, which puts them at a rate of 27.6% the season. Minnesota United FC has accumulated 84 saves and also have a save rate of 69.7 so far this year. Minnesota has 48 yellow cards so far this season in addition to 1 red card. This season, the club has put together an average of 1.28 points per match (37 points) and are 26th in MLS with 18 assists.

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The St. Louis Soccer Club sport an average of 1.67 points per match while accumulating 29 assists and 4 red cards. St. Louis has a clean sheet rate of 26.7% on the year in addition to 73 yellow card warnings. St. Louis has a ranking of 2nd in the category of goals relinquished having 38, and the goal difference is at 18. the season, CITY has a save rate of 78.2 (147 SoT against), and also have a rank of 3rd in MLS with 50 pts. Their goals against per 90 minutes is 1.27 in addition to 110 saves, and they have a total of 8 clean sheets. St. Louis City SC has totaled 56 goals and the team's goals expected so far this year sits at 37.7.

The man defending the goal for Minnesota will be Dayne St. Clair. His GA/90 is 1.31 (103 goals surrendered) and he holds a save % of .709. St. Clair (31-19-29 mark in his career) has accounted for 22 clean sheets, which has him sitting with a 27.8% clean sheet rate. St. Clair has seen the pitch a total of 7,065 mins and is sitting with 248 saves in his career. The keeper born in Canada has faced 350 shots attempted against him in 79 career starts.

Roman Burki will be looking after the net for St. Louis. He has allowed 1.29 goals per 90 minutes and he has a record of 174-79-98. Burki has racked up 109 shutouts and has seen 1,505 shots attempted against him in 31,548 minutes in his career. During his professional soccer career, Burki has given up 451 goals and has accounted for 1,058 saves in 350 starting assignments. He sports a save % of .703 and his shutout rate is 31.1%.

Franco Fragapane is a guy who can be a force in the game for Minnesota. The forward born in Argentina has 26 goals in 11,724 mins played. Fragapane has been a starter in 138 games in his career and tallies 0.20 G/90. He has totaled 23 assists while tallying 21 yellow cards in his career.

St. Louis has a guy in Nicholas Gioacchini, who opposing coaches will have to gameplan in this fixture. The forward representing the United States has been on the pitch for 5,786 minutes and has scored 16 goals. He scores 0.25 goals per 90 and has been a starter in 62 matches during his pro soccer career. He has accumulated 1 yellow card in his career and has helped a teammate on a goal 3 times.

Who will win tonight's MLS game against the spread?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take St. Louis (+310)

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Pick:	CHICAGO BEARS +3
Start:	November 24, 2024 @ 1:00 PM
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Analysis:

Free Play from Doc’s Sports. Take #256 Chicago Bears +3 over Minnesota Vikings (1p.m., Sunday, November 24 FOX) We used the Bears as a free play winner last Sunday and easily covered the spread and should have been an underdog outright winner. Now we will ride them for a second straight week against another NFC North rival, the Minnesota Vikings. The Vikings are 8-2 on the season, yet are only around a field goal favorite. I still do not trust Sam Donald to win consistently over the course of a 17 game regular season. Minnesota is not as good as their 8-2 record would indicate and playing outdoors in Chicago on Sunday will cause issues for them on both sides of the ball. Chicago has been hit or miss this season, but they will be up to play another divisional rival and we expect them to take this down to the wire as well. Do not miss out on Doc’s Sports Weekend Card featuring top plays in college and NFL football. Read More Read Less

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