{"id":423743,"date":"2026-09-02T08:30:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T08:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/423743\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T08:30:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T08:30:15","slug":"the-numbers-behind-fc-dallas-draw-vs-st-louis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/423743\/","title":{"rendered":"The Numbers Behind FC Dallas\u2019 draw vs St. Louis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text-base md:text-lg \">A statistical breakdown of FC Dallas\u2019 draw vs St. Louis, including xG totals, possession trends, and what the numbers reveal about the performance.<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"w-full object-cover rounded-theme aspect-16\/9 bg-bgr-tone\" loading=\"eager\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_0876.png\" alt=\"The Numbers Behind FC Dallas\u2019 draw vs St. Louis\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        Photo via FC Dallas<\/p>\n<p>\n        Published:<br \/>\n        September 01, 2026, 6:39 pm\n      <\/p>\n<p>This is one of those matches where the final score and underlying numbers seem to have two completely different conversations. FC Dallas walked away with a 3-3 draw on Sunday against St. Louis CITY SC, despite being outperformed in several areas on the night. <\/p>\n<p>But the numbers also highlight what Eric Quill has repeatedly praised about this group: its ability to keep fighting when a match looks absolutely lost. Down 3-1 in the final match of a long road trip, Dallas could have packed it in and called it. Instead, they turned it on and got two goals as a reward. <\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s dig into the numbers behind a performance that wasn\u2019t always pretty, wasn\u2019t the best defensive performance, but most certainly was not boring. <\/p>\n<p>xG Battle\/Attacking numbers<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/IMG_0864.webp\" class=\"kg-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"748\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>This is a strange attacking performance from FC Dallas because the underlying numbers don\u2019t remotely scream three goals. Finishing with a sub 1.0 xG number and walking away with three goals from 12 shots is kind of impressive when you boil it all down. After some recent matches where Dallas created enough to score and couldn\u2019t finish, apparently the soccer gods decided to balance the books a bit in our favor. <\/p>\n<p>The bigger story here is the finishing. Dallas put seven of its 12 shots on target and generated 2.20 xGOT from just 0.77 xG (or 0.98 if you like Fotmob\u2019s numbers more). In other words, the chances themselves weren\u2019t overwhelmingly dangerous, but Dallas did an excellent job turning them into difficult shots for Roman Burki to deal with as the game wore on. 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