St. Louis City SC
Football USA - MLS Energizer Park Sat 30 Aug 20:30
Houston Dynamo FC
  1. Prediction
  2. Odds
  3. Stats
  4. Team News
  5. Lineups
  6. Injuries
  7. Squads
  8. Table

MLS Betting Preview: St. Louis City vs Houston Dynamo

St. Louis City host Houston Dynamo in this MLS clash at Energizer Park, with kick-off set for 20:30 on Saturday 30 August. Our betting preview features expert predictions, betting tips, the latest odds, H2H stats, team news and both predicted and confirmed lineups.

Back Dynamo to Make Life Difficult for City

We’ll chance Houston +0.25 on the Asian Handicap and divide our stake between 0 and +0.5 when they meet St. Louis. A win delivers a payout at -108 although a draw would still land a return.

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Dynamo 1-0 Winners When Teams Last Met

St. Louis City have been defeated in back-to-back MLS games. On the road, they recently suffered a 3-2 loss against Vancouver Whitecaps at BC Place. The Missouri team managed five shots on target and recorded 40% possession, with Eduard Loewen and Joao Klauss each scoring one goal.

Houston Dynamo were beaten in their previous game, losing 2-1 at home to San Jose Earthquakes at Shell Energy Stadium. Dynamo had 52% of possession and four shots on goal, with Antonio Carlos finding the net.

Head-to-Head Statistics

The last head-to-head saw Houston land a 1-0 home victory over St. Louis at Shell Energy Stadium. The past 7 H2H meetings have featured three St. Louis victories, two draws and two Houston wins.

MLS G W D L GF GA GD GD P
11 Houston Dynamo logo Houston Dynamo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
28 St. Louis logo St. Louis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
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St. Louis City – Last 10 League Games

2 wins, 7 losses and 1 draw, averaging 1.7 goals from 4.8 shots on goal and 9.7 attempts. St. Louis have had 49.0% possession and 4.4 corners per game. On average, their opponents have scored 2.4 goals from 6.0 shots on goal and 12.1 attempts, while being awarded 5.2 corners.

Top scorer Joao Klauss has found the net 7 times, with Marcel Hartel and Eduard Loewen getting 3 and 2 respectively. Marcel Hartel is the top assists maker with 3.

Houston Dynamo – Last 10 League Games

Houston have won 2, lost 5 and drawn 3, with an average of 1.2 goals from 3.7 shots on goal and 10.2 attempts. Dynamo have averaged 53.3% possession, 4.8 corners taken and 4.3 corners against, while conceding 1.9 goals from 4.0 shots on goal and 8.2 attempts.

Jack McGlynn and Ezequiel Ponce have top scored with 3, while Antonio Carlos is next on 1. Amine Bassi and Ethan Bartlow have both managed 2 assists in the previous 10 games.

Confirmed Lineups

St. Louis City confirmed lineup (4-3-3): Roman Buerki (GK), Conrad Wallem, Henry Kessler, Timo Baumgartl, Devin Padelford, Alfredo Morales, Eduard Loewen, Tomas Ostrak, Sang-Bin Jeong, Joao Klauss, Marcel Hartel.

Houston Dynamo confirmed lineup (4-2-3-1): Jonathan Bond (GK), Griffin Dorsey, Erik Sviatchenko, Antonio Carlos, Felipe Andrade, Artur, Brooklyn Raines, Jack McGlynn, Ondrej Lingr, Lawrence Ennali, Ezequiel Ponce.

St. Louis City vs Houston Dynamo Prediction & Betting Tips

Explore our best St. Louis City vs Houston Dynamo picks, including our main match prediction, top corners bet, correct score forecast, player performance props and a bet builder ready to use.

Match Prediction

Houston have a good chance of winning this MLS clash and we’ll wager them on the Asian Handicap. Take the visitors at -108 with a +0.25 goal start in then expectation that they can perform well.

We use the latest MLS injury and suspension information to come up with the best possible football predictions. You will also see that we sometimes take a stats-led approach by considering the key numbers.

Key St. Louis City vs Houston Dynamo league stats:

  • The +0.25 line has been covered by Houston in 7 of their last 10 games on the road.
  • The +0.25 line has been covered by Houston in 12 of their last 18 games on the road.
  • The +0.25 line has been covered by Houston in 2 consecutive games on the road.
  • The -0.25 line hasn’t been covered by St. Louis in 17 of their last 20 games.
  • The -0.25 line hasn’t been covered by St. Louis in 8 of their last 10 games.
  • The -0.25 line hasn’t been covered by St. Louis in 2 consecutive games.
  • The -0.25 line hasn’t been covered by St. Louis in 4 of their last 7 games against Houston.
Dynamo +0.25 Probability

If you go by the top bookies, there’s a 51.8% likelihood of our pick winning. Based on our in-depth research, we calculate the actual probability to be closer to 60%. This wager can therefore be backed with confidence.

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Player Prop Picks

Top Pick: Ondrej Lingr Under 0.5 Shots On Target -156 BetMGM logo

Ondrej Lingr (Houston) is available to finish without a shot on goal at -156. For those wanting to wager on Shots on Target, this player looks really appealing at the odds.

Latest Ondrej Lingr Player Prop Odds

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Jack McGlynn to Score +320 BetMGM logo

Jack McGlynn (Houston) has registered three goals in his past five MLS games. Based on the numbers, we are looking to bet the +320 for him to find the net on the Anytime Goalscorer market.

Latest Jack McGlynn Player Prop Odds

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Corners Prediction

Houston Under 4.5 Corners -102 BetMGM logo

Houston have not covered the 4.5 corners line in six straight away games, while St. Louis have conceded an average of 4.20 corners in the past 5 home games. There is juice when it comes to going under the Houston Team Corners line and this is priced at -102.

League Games
League Games
Last 10 Total For Against
Last 10 at Home Total For Against
Last 10 Away Total For Against
St. Louis Logo St. Louis
Total
9.60 4.40 5.20
Home
9.70 5.10 4.60
Away
9.20 3.30 5.90
Houston Logo Houston
Total
9.10 4.80 4.30
Home
10.20 5.80 4.40
Away
10.50 4.30 6.20
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Bet Builder Tips

Asian Handicap Houston +0.25 -108
Total Goals Over 2.5 -179
Shots On Target Ondrej Lingr Under 0.5 -156

You’re welcome to follow our bet builder which has Houston with an Asian Handicap of +0.25, more than two goals and also Ondrej Lingr (Houston) failing to have a shot on target.

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St. Louis City vs Houston Dynamo Odds

The odds are updated on a frequent basis. You might therefore find that they are different to the ones listed for the above betting predictions.

Bookies Have City as Favourites

With a roughly 48% chance of triumphing, the bookmakers aren’t giving too much away with their +110 betting odds for St. Louis City winning this MLS clash. Houston Dynamo are the outsiders at +195 which suggests a lower likelihood of winning.

St. Louis and Houston can be backed at -167 and +123 respectively on the Draw No Bet market. This is an ideal route for bettors who want to ensure they have money back if the scoreline ends level.

Over 2.5 Goals is the shortest odds and that means three goals or more are anticipated. Both Teams to Score is one of the top markets and the BTTS Yes option can be wagered at -192.

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Ezequiel Ponce Shortest Odds for First Goalscorer

There is +155 available that Ezequiel Ponce finds the net anytime, while the favourite to score the first goal is on offer at +450.

Player Goals
Ezequiel Ponce (Houston)
First
+155
Anytime
+450
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João Klauss De Mello (St. Louis)
First
+170
Anytime
+510
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Simon Becher (St. Louis)
First
+210
Anytime
+600
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Marcel Hartel (St. Louis)
First
+230
Anytime
+700
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Player Shots On Target
Ezequiel Ponce (Houston)
Over 0.5
-250
Under 0.5
+150
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João Klauss De Mello (St. Louis)
Over 0.5
-200
Under 0.5
+125
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Simon Becher (St. Louis)
Over 0.5
-139
Under 0.5
-112
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Marcel Hartel (St. Louis)
Over 0.5
-120
Under 0.5
-130
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Three Straight St. Louis Wins in Energizer Park H2H Meetings

St. Louis have recorded four defeats, three victories and three draws in the previous 10 home matches, netting an average of 1.70 goals per game and conceding 1.80.

Houston haven’t tasted victory in the previous three away matches. The Texas club have finished with four draws, three wins and three defeats in the last 10 away games, recording an average of 1.70 goals per match and conceding 1.60.

The previous Energizer Park encounter involved a 3-0 St. Louis win against Houston. In the previous 3 H2H games at Energizer Park, St. Louis have secured a victory on every occasion.

Last 10 League Games W-D-L G GF GA O2.5 U2.5 B-Y B-No
St. Louis City logo St. Louis City Home Stats 3-3-4 3.50 1.70 1.80 9 1 9 1
Houston Dynamo logo Houston Dynamo Away Stats 3-4-3 3.30 1.70 1.60 5 5 6 4
  • W-D-L = Wins-Draws-Losses
  • G = Avg. Goals
  • GF = Avg. Goals For
  • GA = Avg. Goals Against
  • O2.5 = Matches Over 2.5 Goals
  • U2.5 = Matches Under 2.5 Goals
  • B-Y = Matches BTTS Yes
  • B-No = Matches BTTS No
Team Stats
St. Louis City logo St. Louis City League Stats
Houston Dynamo logo Houston Dynamo League Stats
Full-Time Result
  • 2 wins, 7 defeats and 1 draw in the previous 10 matches
  • 3 wins, 4 defeats and 3 draws in the previous 10 home matches
Full-Time Result
  • 2 wins, 5 defeats and 3 draws in the previous 10 matches
  • 3 wins, 3 defeats and 4 draws in the previous 10 away matches
Goals
Goals
Corners
Corners
Possession
Possession
Top Scorers & Assists
Top Scorers & Assists

St. Louis City vs Houston Dynamo Lineups & Team News

Before making your bets, take a look at the St. Louis vs Houston team news. Receive the predicted and confirmed MLS lineups from us, plus the most recent injury updates.

St. Louis City Confirmed Lineup 4-3-3

Houston Dynamo Confirmed Lineup 4-2-3-1

St. Louis City Confirmed Lineup 4-3-3

1 Roman Buerki
6 Conrad Wallem 5 Henry Kessler 32 Timo Baumgartl 2 Devin Padelford
27 Alfredo Morales 10 Eduard Loewen 7 Tomas Ostrak
77 Sang-Bin Jeong 9 Joao Klauss 17 Marcel Hartel
31 Jonathan Bond
25 Griffin Dorsey 28 Erik Sviatchenko 3 Antonio Carlos 36 Felipe Andrade
6 Artur 35 Brooklyn Raines
21 Jack McGlynn 9 Ondrej Lingr 11 Lawrence Ennali
10 Ezequiel Ponce

Houston Dynamo Confirmed Lineup 4-2-3-1

St. Louis City Substitutes

  • 8Christopher Durkin
  • 11Simon Becher
  • 12Celio Pompeu
  • 14Tomas Totland
  • 22Kyle Hiebert
  • 39Benjamin Lundt
  • 59Mykhi Joyner
  • 91Jaziel Orozco
  • 95Fallou Fall

Houston Dynamo Substitutes

  • 1Jimmy Maurer
  • 2Franco Escobar
  • 5Daniel Steres
  • 8Amine Bassi
  • 14Duane Holmes
  • 17Gabriel Segal
  • 24Obafemi Awodesu
  • 27Sebastian Kowalczyk
  • 30Junior Urso

Previous St. Louis City Lineups

23 Aug MLS
Vancouver 3-2 St. Louis
16 Aug MLS
Chicago Fire 3-2 St. Louis
09 Aug MLS
St. Louis 3-1 Nashville SC
26 Jul MLS
St. Louis 1-2 Minnesota Utd
19 Jul MLS
FC Dallas 3-0 St. Louis
13 Jul MLS
St. Louis 2-1 Portland Timbers

Previous Houston Dynamo Lineups

23 Aug MLS
Houston Dynamo 1-2 SJ Earthquakes
17 Aug MLS
Vancouver 1-1 Houston Dynamo
09 Aug MLS
Austin FC 2-2 Houston Dynamo
19 Jul MLS
Houston Dynamo 1-1 Philadelphia
16 Jul MLS
Houston Dynamo 0-3 Vancouver
12 Jul MLS
Real Salt Lake 1-0 Houston Dynamo

Injuries & Suspensions

St. Louis City Injury Table
Type Name Info
Cedric Teuchert Other
Houston Dynamo Injury Table
Type Name Info
Andrew Tarbell Cruciate ligame
Team Squads

St. Louis City Player Stats & Squad

Manager: David Critchley

Player # Pos GP MIN ST BE G A Y R
Marcel Hartel 17 M 27 2396 27 0 5 3 1 0
Conrad Wallem 6 M 25 1844 21 4 0 2 6 1
Joao Klauss 9 F 26 1806 22 5 9 1 3 0
Roman Buerki 1 G 18 1620 18 0 0 0 1 0
Timo Baumgartl 32 D 19 1516 17 7 0 1 3 0

Houston Dynamo Player Stats & Squad

Manager: Ben Olsen

Player # Pos GP MIN ST BE G A Y R
Artur 6 M 27 2317 26 1 1 0 3 0
Ezequiel Ponce 10 F 25 2064 25 0 7 1 6 0
Griffin Dorsey 25 F 26 2037 22 4 2 4 7 0
Jack McGlynn 21 M 22 1953 22 0 5 4 2 0
Jonathan Bond 31 G 19 1710 19 1 0 0 0 0
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2026 Season
# Team G W D L +/- P
1 Atlanta United 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
2 Austin FC 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
3 CF Montréal 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
4 Charlotte FC 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
5 Chicago Fire 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
6 Colorado Rapids 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
7 Columbus Crew 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
8 D.C. United 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
9 FC Cincinnati 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
10 FC Dallas 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
11 Houston Dynamo 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
12 Inter Miami 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
13 LA Galaxy 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
14 Los Angeles FC 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
15 Minnesota Utd 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
16 Nashville SC 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
17 NE Revolution 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
18 NYCFC 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
19 NY Red Bulls 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
20 Orlando City 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
21 Philadelphia 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
22 Portland Timbers 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
23 Real Salt Lake 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
24 San Diego 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
25 SJ Earthquakes 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
26 Seattle Sounders 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
27 Sporting KC 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
28 St. Louis 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
29 Toronto FC 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
30 Vancouver 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
# Team G W D L +/- P
1 Atlanta United 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
2 Austin FC 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
3 CF Montréal 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
4 Charlotte FC 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
5 Chicago Fire 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
6 Colorado Rapids 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
7 Columbus Crew 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
8 D.C. United 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
9 FC Cincinnati 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
10 FC Dallas 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
11 Houston Dynamo 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
12 Inter Miami 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
13 LA Galaxy 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
14 Los Angeles FC 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
15 Minnesota Utd 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
16 Nashville SC 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
17 NE Revolution 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
18 NYCFC 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
19 NY Red Bulls 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
20 Orlando City 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
21 Philadelphia 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
22 Portland Timbers 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
23 Real Salt Lake 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
24 San Diego 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
25 SJ Earthquakes 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
26 Seattle Sounders 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
27 Sporting KC 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
28 St. Louis 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
29 Toronto FC 0 0 0 0 0:0 0
30 Vancouver 0 0 0 0 0:0 0