St. Louis City vs Toronto FC — MLS result and pre-match forecast, Sunday, 20 September 2026

MLS·Sunday, 20 September 2026

Metis pre-match forecast

Market-anchored distribution

Frozen as published · 20.9 h before kick-off. Never re-computed after the match.

St. Louis City

60%

pick · result

Draw

21%

Toronto FC

19%

Final score

3–1

Top pick landed

Metis gave a St. Louis City win 59.7% before kick-off, and its most likely result was a St. Louis City win. Expected goals 2.10–1.16 against 3–1 actual.

Forecast against the result

Over 2.5 goals64%4 scored
Both teams score61%yes
St. Louis City clean sheet31%no
Toronto FC clean sheet12%no
St. Louis City score 2+63%yes
Toronto FC score 2+32%no

How this forecast scored

Ranked probability score0.1000
1X2 Brier score0.2442
Probability on the result59.7%

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: 2–1 (10.5%), 1–1 (9.6%), 2–0 (8.7%). It finished 3–1.

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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

Toronto FC

22 FebAvs FC Dallas2–3L
1 MarAvs Vancouver Whitecaps0–3L
8 MarAvs FC Cincinnati1–0W
14 MarHvs New York Red Bulls1–1D
21 MarHvs Columbus Crew2–1W

Head to head

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

Model context

StatSt. Louis City
(Home · 17 matches)
Toronto FC
(Away · 16 matches)
BTTS rate70.6%56.2%
Over 2.5 rate64.7%62.5%
Clean sheet17.6%25.0%
Avg goals3.472.81

Home stats use St. Louis City's home record; away stats use Toronto FC'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.