St. Louis City SC vs Seattle Sounders FC Prediction, 10/21/2023 MLS Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Guy Bruhn - 10/16/2023

Game: St. Louis City SC vs Seattle Sounders FC

Date: Saturday, October 21, 2023

Location: CITYPARK in St. Louis, MO

TV: fuboTV

Odds/Point Spread: St. Louis (+141) Seattle (+178)

The St. Louis Soccer Club (17-5-11) are hosting the Seattle Sounders FC (13-11-9) at CITYPARK on Saturday. CITY opens at +141 and the Sounders are at +178. The total has been set at 2.5. The starting goaltenders are Roman Burki for St. Louis and Stefan Frei for Seattle.

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St. Louis has surrendered 43 goals while surrendering 1.30 goals per 90 min, and opposing clubs have compiled 166 shots on target against them. They are sitting with 8 clean sheets, which gives them a % of 24.2% this year. St. Louis has accounted for 79 yellow card warnings the season in addition to 4 red cards. The St. Louis Soccer Club have a rank of 16th in the matter of expected goals with 42.0, and their xGA are at 49.0. This year, the club is averaging 1.70 points per match (56 pts) and rank 11th in the league with 34 assists. Their goal differential is currently at 19 by means of 62 goals put in the net in addition to 43 goals conceded. St. Louis City SC has accumulated 124 SVs and hold a SV percentage of 78.3 so far this year.

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Seattle Sounders FC has earned 39 goals and their expected goals this season sits at 46.9. This team's goals against per 90 min is 0.97 with 76 saves, and they have accumulated 13 clean sheets. This year, the Sounders have a save rate of 70.8 (106 shots on target against), and sit at 9th in the league with 50 pts. Seattle ranks 11th in relation to goals against having 32, and the goal differential is 7. The Sounders have a clean sheet percentage of 39.4% over the course of the season and 55 yellow card warnings. The Sounders average 1.52 points per fixture while accounting for 28 assists and 2 red cards.

The guy who will defend the goal for St. Louis is Roman Burki. His goals allowed per 90 mins is 1.29 (453 total goals allowed) and he has earned a save % of .704. Burki (176-79-98 mark in his career) has recorded 109 clean sheets, which gives him a 31.0% shutout percentage. Burki has seen the pitch a total of 31,728 minutes and has earned 1,068 saves during his pro soccer career. The keeper born in Switzerland has faced 1,517 shots tried at him in 352 starts.

Stefan Frei is expected to look after the goal for Seattle. He has conceded 1.09 goals per 90 mins and he has earned a mark of 48-31-36. Frei has accumulated 38 clean sheets while seeing 405 shots attempted against him in 10,399 career minutes. During his pro soccer career, Frei has allowed 126 goals while earning 284 saves in 115 starting assignments. He sports a save % of .701 and his shutout rate sits at 33.0%.

Nicholas Gioacchini is one guy who can make a difference on the pitch for St. Louis. Gioacchini has been in the starting lineup in 64 games during his career and has 0.24 G/90. The forward from the United States has recorded 16 goals scored in 5,964 mins. He has 3 assists while tallying 1 yellow card thus far in his career.

Seattle is being led by Raul Ruidiaz, who defenders will be preparing in this game. He is averaging 0.66 goals per 90 and has been in the starting lineup in 195 matches so far in his career. The forward born in Peru has accumulated 17,092 professional minutes while earning 126 goals. He has totaled 19 yellow card cautions so far in his career and has helped on a goal 12 times.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take St. Louis (+141)

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Start:	November 24, 2024 @ 1:00 PM
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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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