St. Louis City vs FC Dallas — MLS result and pre-match forecast, Monday, 31 August 2026

MLS·Monday, 31 August 2026

Metis pre-match forecast

Independent model — no market price

Frozen as published · 15.1 h before kick-off. Never re-computed after the match.

St. Louis City

38%

top pick

Draw

26%

result

FC Dallas

36%

Final score

3–3

Top pick missed

Metis gave the draw 25.8% before kick-off, and its most likely result was a St. Louis City win. Expected goals 1.56–1.50 against 3–3 actual.

Forecast against the result

Over 2.5 goals59%6 scored
Both teams score62%yes
St. Louis City clean sheet22%no
FC Dallas clean sheet21%no
St. Louis City score 2+46%yes
FC Dallas score 2+44%yes

How this forecast scored

Ranked probability score0.1378
1X2 Brier score0.8263
Probability on the result25.8%

Both scores are losses: lower is better, 0 is a forecast that put all of its probability on what happened. A single fixture says nothing on its own — the league's running record is on its league page, and the model is measured against the Pinnacle opening price in the methodology.

Most likely scores before kick-off: 1–1 (11.9%), 2–1 (8.6%), 1–2 (8.2%). It finished 3–3.

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St. Louis City

21 FebHvs Charlotte1–1D
2 MarAvs San Diego FC0–2L
8 MarHvs Seattle Sounders0–1L
15 MarAvs Los Angeles FC0–2L
22 MarHvs New England Revolution3–1W

FC Dallas

22 FebHvs Toronto FC3–2W
1 MarHvs Nashville SC0–0D
8 MarAvs Los Angeles FC0–1L
15 MarHvs San Diego FC3–3D
22 MarHvs Houston Dynamo4–3W

Head to head

No previous meetings in the Metis results archive for this competition.

Model context

StatSt. Louis City
(Home · 17 matches)
FC Dallas
(Away · 17 matches)
BTTS rate70.6%64.7%
Over 2.5 rate64.7%70.6%
Clean sheet17.6%17.6%
Avg goals3.473.41

Home stats use St. Louis City's home record; away stats use FC Dallas's away record this season. These are completed-match rates over the samples shown above, not model probabilities — early in a season a handful of matches produces 0% and 100% readings.