St. Louis City SC vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC Prediction, 7/13/2024 MLS Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Josh Schonwald - 7/9/2024

Game: St. Louis City SC vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Date: Saturday, July 13, 2024

Location: Citypark in St. Louis, MO

TV: MLS Season Pass

The St. Louis Soccer Club (4-10-8) are welcoming the Vancouver Whitecaps FC (9-5-7) at Citypark on Saturday. The goalies who are expected to start are Roman Burki for St. Louis and Yohei Takaoka for Vancouver.

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St. Louis has conceded 39 goals while conceding 1.77 goals per 90, and opponents are sitting with 93 shots on target on them. They have accumulated 6 clean sheets, which has them at a rate of 27.3% this year. St. Louis has a total of 62 yellow card warnings the season and 1 red card. The St. Louis Soccer Club sit at 15th in the category of goals expected having 33.3, and the team's expected goals against are coming in at 33.9. On the campaign, the club comes in with an average of 1.00 pts per fixture (22 points) and rank 23rd in the league with 20 assists. Their goal differential is at -9 by means of 30 goals accumulated and also 39 goals conceded. St. Louis City SC has amassed 54 saves and have a save rate of 62.4 this year.

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Vancouver Whitecaps FC has totaled 34 goals and this squad's expected goals the year sits at 29.2. This team's goals against per 90 min is currently at 1.38 in addition to 56 saves, and they have recorded 4 clean sheets. On the year, the Whitecaps have a save % of 68.6 (86 SoTA), and also are ranked 12th in soccer with 32 points. Vancouver ranks 12th in regard to goals against having 29, and the squad's goal differential is 5. The Whitecaps have a clean sheet percentage of 19.0% on the season as well as 39 yellow card warnings. The Whitecaps are averaging 1.52 pts/match while totaling 23 assists and 2 red cards.

The guy who will defend the goal for St. Louis is Roman Burki. His goals allowed per 90 minutes is 1.30 (487 goals allowed) and he is the owner of a save percentage of 71.4. Burki (180-89-106 mark during his career) has recorded 115 shutouts, which gives him a 30.7% clean sheet rate. Burki has been on the pitch a total of 33,649 minutes and has accumulated 1,121 saves so far in his career. The goalkeeper hailing from Switzerland has faced 1,603 shots attempted against him in 374 starting assignments.

Yohei Takaoka is expected to look after the goal for Vancouver. So far in his career, Takaoka has surrendered 201 goals and has accumulated 439 stops in 206 starting assignments. He has surrendered 1.22 goals per 90 minutes while he holds a mark of 89-54-63. He holds a save percentage of 69.7 and his shutout rate sits at 28.6%. Takaoka has totaled 59 shutouts and defended 636 shots tried against him in 18,489 mins in his career.

Joao Klauss is a player you are going to want to keep your eye on for St. Louis. The forward representing Brazil has totaled 60 goals scored in 10,458 professional minutes played. Klauss has had a starting assignment in 114 outings so far in his career and has 0.52 goals per 90 minutes. He has accounted for 13 assists while tallying 8 yellow cards so far in his career.

Vancouver is being led onto the pitch by Brian White, who can change the course of a fixture. The forward born in the United States has 12,300 mins and has earned 67 goals. He is averaging 0.49 goals per 90 mins and has been a starter in 144 matches so far in his career. He has tallied 2 yellow cards in his career and has assisted a teammate on a goal 20 times.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Vancouver

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