Saint Louis City will look to try TO build upon their winning start in the MLS when they host Charlotte FC at Citypark in the early hours of Sunday morning.

The hosts stunned Austin FC last time out to win their first-ever MLS match, while the visitors will enter this contest looking to bounce back from defeat against the New England Revolution.

Match preview

Joao Klauss handed Saint Louis City their first-ever Major League Soccer victory in their first-ever match, sending the expansion club into dreamland last weekend at Q2 Stadium.

The Brazilian striker's 86th-minute strike beat Austin FC goalkeeper Brad Stuver, sealing a 3-2 comeback victory over one of the Western Conference club's strongest sides, and also ensured that Bradley Carnell's side became the first expansion team to win their inaugural game since Los Angeles FC in 2018.

As a result of that maiden victory, Saint Louis City currently sit second in the Western Conference, and Carnell will be eager to see his side build on such a positive result from last weekend.

Now the attention turns to Saint Louis' home opener against a Charlotte side that finished with 42 points last season, and narrowly missed out on the playoffs in their debut campaign.

Having become the 28th franchise to compete in the MLS, Charlotte FC will take all the positives that they can from last year's debut campaign as they finished ninth in the Eastern Conference.

They picked up 13 wins, three draws and lost 18 of their 34 matches to collect 42 points, just above New England Revolution on goal difference and missing out on the playoffs by just six points.

Charlotte failed to make a winning start to their 2023 MLS campaign, losing 1-0 to the Revolution courtesy of a late Henry Kessler strike.

Christian Lattanzio will want to see improvement from his side on the road this season, as they only managed to pick up three wins from 17 games on the road last term.