Saint Louis City vs Minnesota United Prediction: Another day; Another win

Saint Louis are the best team in the league so far after recording a 100% excellent start to this campaign. They have exceeded expectations and they are now a force to reckon with, despite showing little signs of progress during the pre-season. Saint Louis is the only team to have not dropped a point in the opening 5 matches of the season and they sit comfortably at the top of the log. Saint Louis will have a chance to make it 6 wins in 6 when they welcome Minnesota United to the City Park for the first time this season. Minnesota are among the top performers this season, after recording 2 wins and 2 draws in their opening 4 matches of the season. Now they face a Saint Louis team that are in top form and playing at home.

Saint Louis deserve all the credit they are getting at the moment for keeping an excellent record in the new campaign. Saint Louis beat teams like Austin, Charlotte, Portland Timbers, San Jose Earthquakes and Real Salt Lake, to maintain a perfect record. In their last game against Real Salt Lake, Saint Louis scored 4 goals and did not concede any. After a goalless first half, Nicholas Gioacchini, Joao Klauss and Rasmus Alm all scored in the second half to seal the win, despite keeping lesser possession (39%), with 8 shots on target and 4 corner kicks.

Saint Louis City sit at the very top of the MLS table, with 15 points taken from 5 matches and their goal ratio is 15:4.

Team Streaks:- wins (5), more than 2.5 goals (7/7), both teams scoring (5/7), more than 4.5 cards (4/5), more than 10.5 corners (4/5).

Minnesota United have a serious challenge on their hands and they are aware of that. Minnesota United have not done bad themselves, as they have recorded 2 wins and 2 draws in 4 matches this season. Their last match ended in a 1-1 draw with Vancouver Whitecaps. Minnesota United were ahead in the 40th minute through Mender Garcia's attempt, but they were left heartbroken after the visitors equalised in the 98th minute through Simon Becher. Minnesota United were second best in that game, as they had only 37% possession, 2 shots on target and 2 corner kicks at the end of 90 minutes.

Minnesota United are currently 4th in the western conference table and 7th in the MLS table. They have 8 points from 4 matches and a goal ratio of 5:3.

Team Streaks:- no losses (4), without a clean sheet (3), less than 2.5 goals (4/5), less than 4.5 cards (8/10).

There is no head to head record between Saint Louis City and Minnesota United.

• Saint Louis City (4-4-2): Roman Burki, Jakob Nerwinski, Lucas Bartlett, Tim Parker, John Nelson, Jared Stroud, Indiana Vassilev, Eduard Lowen, Tomas Ostrak, Nicholas Gioacchini, Joao Klauss.
• Minnesota United (4-4-2): Clint Irwin, Zarek Valentin, Brent Kallman, Miguel Tapias, D.J Taylor, Cameron Dunbar, Wil Trapp, Hassani Dotson, Franco Fragapane, Mender Garcia, Luis Amarilla.

Saint Louis City are currently the best team in the league, with teams like Philadelphia and Los Angeles FC struggling, you can expect Saint Louis City to go very far this season. Saint Louis City are playing very open and competitive football and they don’t sit back and get dominated. I think Minnesota will struggle to cope with the vibrance of the Saint Louis team, so I bet they will end up as the latest victims of the home team.

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