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St. Louis City II vs Houston Dynamo FC IIMLS Next Pro 2022

5/4/2025MLS Next ProMLS Next Pro · Round 10CITYPARK

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 51+ matches

St. Louis City II52%
×Draw22%
Houston Dynamo FC II26%
Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 6 more than always backing the home side
Model
49.7%
Always home
44.3%

The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 49.7% correct across 106,786 matches, vs 44.3% for always backing the home side.

Home picks 50.7% correct · Away picks 47.3% correct

Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

Expected goals in this match

What is xG?

Every shot is scored 0–1 by how likely it is to be a goal from that spot — a chance in the middle of the box ≈ 0.4, a long shot from a tight angle ≈ 0.03, a penalty ≈ 0.76. Add them up over a match and that is the xG.

The scoreline can lie: you can win 1-0 on a fluke while creating half the chances. xG shows who was really closer to scoring — and over a season it predicts results better than goals alone.

St. Louis City II
1.98
Houston Dynamo FC II
1.35

St. Louis City II creates 47% more chances

Season form · 52 home / 51 away

creates per match

St. Louis City II
2.19
Houston Dynamo FC II
1.61

allows per match

St. Louis City II
1.10
Houston Dynamo FC II
1.78

finishing

St. Louis City II+0.00on par
Houston Dynamo FC II+0.00on par

Total goals

64%Over
  • Over64
  • Under36

3+ goals likely

Both teams score

64%Yes
  • Yes64
  • No36

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

St. Louis City II

Houston Dynamo FC II
0
1
2
3
4
0
004%
015%
023%
031%
040%
1
107%
1110%
126%
133%
141%
2
207%
2110%
226%
233%
241%
3
305%
316%
324%
332%
341%
4
402%
413%
422%
431%
440%

Most likely 1–1 (10%) · grid covers 94% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
96%4%1.5
84%16%2.5
64%36%3.5
42%58%4.5
24%76%

Double chance

St. Louis City II or draw
74%
St. Louis City II or Houston Dynamo FC II
78%
Draw or Houston Dynamo FC II
48%

Winning margin

St. Louis City II wins by 2+
30%
Houston Dynamo FC II wins by 2+
11%

Team goals

St. Louis City II 1+ goals
86%
St. Louis City II 2+ goals
59%
St. Louis City II 3+ goals
31%
Houston Dynamo FC II 1+ goals
74%
Houston Dynamo FC II 2+ goals
39%
Houston Dynamo FC II 3+ goals
15%

Draw no bet

St. Louis City II (draw refunded)
67%
Houston Dynamo FC II (draw refunded)
33%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
54%
Both score & under 3
10%

Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.

How is this calculated?

Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.

1

Recent form of each side

St. Louis City II at homecreates 2.19, concedes 1.10 · 52 matches

Houston Dynamo FC II awaycreates 1.61, concedes 1.78 · 51 matches

Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.

2

Expected goals for this match

St. Louis City II attack 2.19 + Houston Dynamo FC II defence 1.78 → ÷2 → 1.98

Houston Dynamo FC II attack 1.61 + St. Louis City II defence 1.10 → ÷2 → 1.35

Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.

3

Chance of every scoreline

From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.

4

The answer to "why 52%?"

St. Louis City II scores more
52%
level
22%
Houston Dynamo FC II scores more
26%

St. Louis City II at 52% is simply the biggest of the three — that is the pick.

What the model can't see

It reads only the stats of recent matches. It knows nothing about:

  • injuries & suspensions
  • the matchday lineup
  • motivation — cup, relegation, a title race
  • weather & pitch condition
  • in-game coaching decisions

So 52% does not mean "St. Louis City II will win" — it means "on the available stats, this is the most likely result."

Statistical model based on expected goals (xG). For informational purposes only.

St.
Houston
46'S. AntwiJ. Reid
63'L. CorneliusR. Dugan
76'R. AlmE. Jaaskelainen
76'C. GloverJ. Girdwood-Reich
83'R. BecherB. McSorley

St. Louis City II substitutes

65'M. DimareliE. Correa
73'J. BurbanoS. Gyamfi
87'D. GarciaJ. Bolma

Houston Dynamo FC II substitutes

St. Louis City II 3 – 1 Houston Dynamo FC II

St. Louis City II beat Houston Dynamo FC II 3-1 in MLS Next Pro on May 4, 2025.

Goals: E. Jaaskelainen (14'), S. Rodriguez (48'), B. McSorley (51'), M. Perez (75').

The match was played at CITYPARK.