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Dynamo at St. Louis CityHouston
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St. Louis City
Post Game SummaryStat Savant
atDynamo at St. Louis CitySt. Louis City picked off Houston in a tight, low-scoring battle, with Dante Polvara finding the go-ahead goal in the 85th minute to break a 1-1 tie. Becher had also scored for the visitors, who controlled possession throughout. Dynamo host the Earthquakes on Saturday, while St. Louis City welcome FC Dallas on Sunday.
St. Louis City 2, Houston 1. Polvara's 85th-minute strike ended a deadlock that had held since earlier in the match, giving the visitors their third road win.
Becher also found the net for St. Louis City, which kept Houston from finding an equalizer in a game where possession rarely favored the home side.
The loss drops Houston to 12-2-7, while St. Louis City improves to 9-6-6 in their first head-to-head meeting of the season.
The St. Louis City sit 6th in the Western Conference. The Dynamo sit 2nd in the Western Conference.
The St. Louis City are up next home vs FC Dallas (Aug 30), then at Whitecaps. The Dynamo are up next home vs Earthquakes (Aug 29), then at Charlotte FC.
STL · 61%HeldGraded against the closing line across 6 books.
Where the result left them, with the rows either side. Points per game matters more than raw points this far into a season, the schedule is rarely even.
Goals by half across the top, then every player who appeared underneath — starters first, then whoever came on. Shots carry their shots-on-target in brackets; the keeper’s line is saves and goals conceded.
| Half | 1 | 2 | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOUHouston Dynamo | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| STLSt. Louis City | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Player | POS | G | A | SH | SOG | F | FS | YC | RC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucas Halter | CD-L | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — |
| Agustín Resch | CD-R | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | — | — |
| Marcelo Saracchi | LB | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lawrence Ennali | RB | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Agustín Bouzat | AM | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Diadie Samassekou | LM | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
 Artur | RM | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — |
 Duncan McGuire | F | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Mateusz Bogusz | AM-L | — | — | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | — |
 Jack McGlynn | AM-R | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Duane Holmes | SUB | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 Héctor Herrera | SUB | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 Franco Negri | SUB | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Felipe Andrade | SUB | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ibrahim Aliyu | SUB | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Player | SV | GA | F | YC | RC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Jonathan Bond | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
The full ladder, with both clubs marked.
