SJ Earthquakes 1-3 St. Louis City: Match Report, Goals, Stats and Ratings

How St. Louis City won it

Daniel Ethan Edelman put St. Louis City ahead in the 8th minute, set up by Conrad Wallem. Simon Becher made it 0-2 to St. Louis City in the 27th minute, set up by Eduard Löwen. Beau Leroux made it 1-2 to SJ Earthquakes in the 47th minute. Simon Becher made it 1-3 to St. Louis City in the 55th minute, set up by Tomas Totland.

It was 0-2 at half-time.

Simon Becher scored twice.

The referee, J. Freemon, showed 3 yellow cards: 1 to SJ Earthquakes and 2 to St. Louis City.

SJ Earthquakes: B. Arena, 4-2-3-1 · St. Louis City: Y. Damet, 3-4-1-2.

Moneyball's prediction against the result

Moneyball did not publish a pre-match estimate for this match, so there is nothing to mark it against.

Why it went this way

On the day the expected goals were 2.51 for SJ Earthquakes and 0.30 for St. Louis City.

SJ Earthquakes scored about 1.5 fewer than their chances were worth: poor finishing, or a goalkeeper at his best.

St. Louis City made more of their chances than the xG suggests, by about 2.7 goals.

SJ Earthquakes created the better chances, 2.51 xG to 0.30, and still lost. On chances alone, the result could easily have gone the other way.

SJ Earthquakes had 1 shot on target, St. Louis City 7.

SJ Earthquakes had 53% of the ball, but St. Louis City took the points.

Where the two sides stood before this match

SJ Earthquakes came into it with 31 MLS matches played, scoring 1.7 and conceding 1.4 a match, with 1.76 expected goals for and 1.42 against, and had won 42% of their matches.

St. Louis City came into it with 31 MLS matches played, scoring 1.8 and conceding 1.4 a match, with 1.52 expected goals for and 1.27 against, and had won 45% of their matches.

SJ Earthquakes vs St. Louis City: the match in numbers

Team statistics from Sportmonks.

Player ratings and man of the match

Man of the match: Simon Becher (St. Louis City), rated 8.0 by Sportmonks, with 2 goals.

SJ Earthquakes

• Beau Leroux 6.8 1 goal
• Ian Harkes 6.8
• Reid Roberts 6.8
• Luka Jovanovic 6.7
• Timo Werner 6.6

St. Louis City

• Simon Becher 8.0 2 goals
• Eduard Löwen 7.6 1 assist
• Conrad Wallem 7.5 1 assist
• Dante Polvara 7.5
• Tomas Totland 7.5 1 assist

The lowest-rated starter was Ronaldo Vieira at 5.9. Ratings run from 0 to 10; around 7.0 is a solid match.

What comes next

• SJ Earthquakes: SJ Earthquakes vs Colorado Rapids Thursday 29 October 2026 · MLS
• St. Louis City: St. Louis City vs Portland Timbers Thursday 29 October 2026 · MLS

Each preview has Moneyball's estimate for the next match, published before kick-off and marked against the result afterwards, as this one is.

Questions about SJ Earthquakes vs St. Louis City

What was the score in SJ Earthquakes vs St. Louis City?

SJ Earthquakes 1-3 St. Louis City (half-time 0-2), MLS, Sunday 16 August 2026.

Who scored in SJ Earthquakes vs St. Louis City?

Daniel Ethan Edelman 8', Simon Becher 27', Beau Leroux 47', Simon Becher 55'.

Did Moneyball predict SJ Earthquakes vs St. Louis City correctly?

Moneyball did not publish a pre-match estimate for this match, so there is nothing to mark it against.

Who was man of the match in SJ Earthquakes vs St. Louis City?

Simon Becher, rated 8.0 by Sportmonks.

Who refereed SJ Earthquakes vs St. Louis City?

J. Freemon.