Sporting KC overcame Seattle Sounders to win 2-1. It was Sporting KC to strike first with an early goal of R. Walter at the 4′. Then it was a goal in the 58′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, J. Russell gave the win to Sporting KC in the 79′ minute with a goal.
The match was played on Saturday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. In front of 32,139 spectators. The referee was Ismail Elfath who was helped by Corey Parker and Mike Rottersman. The 4th official was Ramy Touchan.
Match Statistics
- 49 Ball Possession 51
Shots
- 16 Total 7
- 7 On Target 3
- 9 Off Target 4
- 3 Shots blocked 2
- 127 Attack 100
- 63 Dangerous attack 24
- 71 Ball safe 98
- 0 Penalties 0
- 3 Corners 3
Fouls
- 16 Total 18
- 5 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 0
Ball possession
None of the teams had an upper hand in terms of ball possession. Seattle Sounders was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. Sporting KC that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Seattle Sounders was more aggressive with 63 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 7 were on target. Anyhow, Sporting KC managed to find the solution to win this contest.
Seattle Sounders shot 16 times, 7 on target, 9 off target. Talking about the opposition, Sporting KC shot 7 times, 3 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Seattle Sounders received 5 yellow cards (A. Roldan, K. Rowe, J. Paulo, Y. Gomez and F. Montero). Regarding the opposition, Sporting KC received 3 yellow cards (R. Espinoza, G. Kinda and T. Melia).
Match Timeline
Standings
Eastern Conference
Western Conference
After playing this match, Seattle Sounders will stay with 58 points to move down in the 1st place. Regarding the opposition, Sporting KC will have 55 points to move down in the 3rd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Major League Soccer, Seattle Sounders will play away with Los Angeles FC on the 27th of October with a 5-5 head to head stats.
Sporting KC will host LA Galaxy on the 28th of October with a 10-9 head to head record in favor of LA Galaxy (10 draws).
Seattle Sounders – Formation
Seattle Sounders
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Seattle Sounders started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
The manager Brian Schmetzer decided to play with the following team: Stefan Frei , Yeimar Gómez Andrade , Xavier Arreaga , Shane O’Neill , Alex Roldan , João Paulo , Kelyn Rowe , Jimmy Medranda , Cristian Roldán , Nicolas Benezet and Will Bruin .
The home team had on the bench: Danny Leyva, Abdoulaye Cissoko, Nouhou Tolo , Fredy Montero , Stefan Cleveland, Josh Atencio , Spencer Richey, Léo Chú and Ethan Dobbelaere.
Substitutions
Seattle Sounders made 4 changes: J. Medranda for N. Tolo (66′), N. Benezet for J. Atencio (72′), X. Arreaga for L. Chu (82′) and S. O’Neill for F. Montero (82′).
Best player: Cristian Roldán
The most impressive player for Seattle Sounders was Cristian Roldán.
His rating is with 24 passes (70% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 9. He performed 4 crosses. He hit the woodwork once times.
Sporting KC – Formation
Sporting KC
Sporting KC started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
On the other side, Peter Vermes played with: Timothy Melia , Graham Zusi , Nicolas Isimat-Mirin , Andreu Fontàs , Luis Martins , Rémi Walter , Ilie Sánchez , Roger Espinoza , Johnny Russell , Gadi Kinda and Khiry Shelton .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Wilson Harris, Kendall Mcintosh, Kaveh Rad, Grayson Barber, Roberto Punčec, Cameron Duke, Amadou Dia and Jake Davis.
Substitutions
Sporting KC decided to remain with the initial team without doing any substitution.
Best player: Rémi Walter
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Sporting KC was Rémi Walter.
His rating is with 1 goal, 45 passes (88% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 7.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Major League Soccer.
- Seattle Sounders – Sporting KC – 1-2
- Columbus Crew – New York RB – 1-2
- Philadelphia Union – Nashville SC – 1-0
- Toronto – Montreal Impact – 1-1
- New York City – DC United – 6-0
