Houston Dynamo (14-9-9, fifth in the Western Conference) vs. Saint Louis City SC (7-12-13, 12th in the Western Conference)
Old North Saint Louis, St. Louis; Saturday, 8:30 p.m. EDT
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK: LINE Saint Louis +138, Houston +173, Draw +247; over/under is 2.5 goals
BOTTOM LINE: Saint Louis City SC and the Houston Dynamo square off in Western Conference action.
Saint Louis is 5-11-9 in conference matchups. Saint Louis has a 1-6-3 record when it scores a single goal.
The Dynamo are 11-6-8 in Western Conference games. The Dynamo rank sixth in the Western Conference with 158 shots on goal, averaging 4.9 per game.
The matchup Saturday is the second meeting this season between the two teams. The last meeting ended tied 0-0.
TOP PERFORMERS: Eduard Lowen has five goals and two assists for Saint Louis. Cedric Teuchert has five goals and three assists over the last 10 games.
Ibrahim Aliyu has scored six goals with four assists for the Dynamo. Ezequiel Ponce has four goals over the past 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Saint Louis: 3-4-3, averaging 1.6 goals, 4.3 shots on goal and 3.8 corner kicks per game while allowing 2.0 goals per game.
Dynamo: 6-2-2, averaging 1.5 goals, 4.7 shots on goal and 5.6 corner kicks per game while allowing 0.8 goals per game.
NOT EXPECTED TO PLAY: Saint Louis: Celio Pompeu (injured), Indiana Vassilev (injured), Tomas Ostrak (injured), Chris Durkin (injured), Cedric Teuchert (injured).
Dynamo: Nelson Quinones (injured), Lawrence Ennali (injured), Ezequiel Ponce (injured), Hector Herrera (injured).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
