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St. Louis City vs Columbus Crew — Major League Soccer 2026

St. Louis City
St. Louis City
FT
1 – 2
HT: 1 – 1
Columbus Crew
Columbus Crew
4/13/2025Major League SoccerMajor League Soccer · Round 8CITYPARK

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on xG from last 16+ matches

St. Louis City47%
×Draw25%
Columbus Crew28%
✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side
Model
50.3%
Always home
44.5%

The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 50.3% correct across 582,450 matches, vs 44.5% for always backing the home side.

Home picks 50.5% correct · Away picks 49.5% 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
1.59
Columbus Crew
1.16

St. Louis City creates 37% more chances

Season form · 16 home / 27 away

creates per match

St. Louis City
1.78
Columbus Crew
1.26

allows per match

St. Louis City
1.05
Columbus Crew
1.40

finishing

St. Louis City+0.10scores more
Columbus Crew+0.30scores more

Total goals

52%Over
  • Over52
  • Under48

Close call

Both teams score

55%Yes
  • Yes55
  • No45

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

St. Louis City ↓

Columbus Crew →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–06%
0–17%
0–24%
0–32%
0–40%
1
1–010%
1–112%
1–27%
1–33%
1–41%
2
2–08%
2–19%
2–25%
2–32%
2–41%
3
3–04%
3–15%
3–23%
3–31%
3–40%
4
4–02%
4–12%
4–21%
4–30%
4–40%

Most likely 1–1 (12%) · grid covers 97% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
94%6%1.5
76%24%2.5
52%48%3.5
30%70%4.5
14%86%

Double chance

St. Louis City or draw
72%
St. Louis City or Columbus Crew
75%
Draw or Columbus Crew
53%

Winning margin

St. Louis City wins by 2+
24%
Columbus Crew wins by 2+
11%

Team goals

St. Louis City 1+ goals
80%
St. Louis City 2+ goals
47%
St. Louis City 3+ goals
21%
Columbus Crew 1+ goals
69%
Columbus Crew 2+ goals
32%
Columbus Crew 3+ goals
11%

Draw no bet

St. Louis City (draw refunded)
63%
Columbus Crew (draw refunded)
37%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
43%
Both score & under 3
12%

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 at home — creates 1.78, concedes 1.05 · 16 matches

Columbus Crew away — creates 1.26, concedes 1.40 · 27 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 attack 1.78 + Columbus Crew defence 1.40 → ÷2 → 1.59

Columbus Crew attack 1.26 + St. Louis City defence 1.05 → ÷2 → 1.16

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 47%?"

St. Louis City scores more
47%
level
25%
Columbus Crew scores more
28%

St. Louis City at 47% 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 47% does not mean "St. Louis City 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.

Probable lineups not yet announced

Starting lineups are usually confirmed ~1 hour before kickoff

Match Recap: St. Louis City vs Columbus Crew

Columbus Crew beat St. Louis City 2-1 in Major League Soccer on April 13, 2025.

The match was played at CITYPARK in St. Louis.