Minnesota United conquers Saint Louis City 1-0 after L. Amarilla scored a penalty (78′).

The referee was Jon Freemon with the collaboration of Ian Anderson and Meghan Mullen. The 4th official was Andrew Bigelow.

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Saint Louis City had a strong ball possession 55% while Minnesota United was struggling with a 45% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Saint Louis City had a more offensive attitude with 63 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 3 were on target. Even so, Minnesota United found a way to find the solution to win this match.​

Saint Louis City shot 16 times, 3 on target, 11 off target. On the other side, Minnesota United shot 10 times, 1 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Saint Louis City received 3 yellow cards (Jared Stroud, T. Parker and K. Hiebert). On the opposite side, Minnesota United received 2 yellow cards (Franco Fragapane and K. Arriaga).

Standings

After this match, Saint Louis City will stay with 15 points to sit in the 1st place. On the opposite side, Minnesota United will have 11 points like Seattle Sounders and Los Angeles FC to remain in the 4th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Major League Soccer, Saint Louis City will host Seattle Sounders on the 20th of October with a 0-0 head to head statistic.

Minnesota United will play away agasint Sporting KC on the 20th of October with a 8-5 head to head statistic in favor of Sporting KC (4 draws).

Saint Louis City and Minnesota United will play the return match on the at the Allianz Field

Saint Louis City – Formation

Saint Louis City adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Bradley Carnell decided to play with the following team: Roman Bürki (6.6), Jakob Nerwiński (6.2), Tim Parker (7.1), Kyle Hiebert (7.2), John Nelson (6.8), Jared Stroud (6.4), Indiana Vassilev (6.4), Eduard Löwen (7.3), Tomáš Ostrák (6.7), João Klauss (6.8) and Nicholas Gioacchini (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Selmir Pidro, Samuel Adeniran (6.2), Miguel Perez, Akil Watts, Njabulo Blom (6.9), Isak Steiner Jensen, Benjamin Lundt, Aziel Jackson and Lucas Bartlett.

Substitutions

Saint Louis City made 5 changes: N. Gioacchini for Samuel Adeniran (60′), Jared Stroud for Njabulo Blom (60′), T. Ostrák for Aziel Jackson (78′), J. Nerwinski for Akil Watts (78′) and I. Vassilev for Isak Jensen (86′).

Best player: Eduard Löwen​

The player that probably impressed the most for Saint Louis City was Eduard Löwen.

His rating is (7.3) with 58 passes (79% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 5 duels out of 9. He performed 5 crosses. He hit the woodwork once times.

Minnesota United – Formation

Also Minnesota United adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Adrian Heath played with: Dayne St. Clair (6.9), D.J. Taylor (6.7), Michael Boxall (6.9), Miguel Tapias (7.3), Kemar Lawrence (7.1), Bongokuhle Hlongwane (7.6), Wil Trapp (7.4), Kervin Arriaga (6.8), Franco Fragapane (7.0), Mender García (6.8) and Luis Amarilla (7.1).

They had on the bench: Mikael Marques, Brent Kallman, Zarek Valentin, Clint Irwin, Joseph Rosales, Hassani Dotson (6.7), Eric Dick, Emmanuel Iwe and Cameron Dunbar.

Substitutions

Minnesota United made 3 changes: M. García for Hassani Dotson (67′), Franco Fragapane for Joseph Rosales Erazo (84′) and Luis Amarilla for Brent Kallman (84′).

Best player: Bongokuhle Hlongwane​

The player that probably impressed the most for Minnesota United was Bongokuhle Hlongwane even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.6) with 32 passes (68% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 12 duels out of 17. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Major League Soccer.​

• Vancouver Whitecaps – Montreal Impact – 5-0
• SJ Earthquakes – Houston Dynamo – 2-1
• Colorado Rapids – Los Angeles FC – 0-0
• Saint Louis City – Minnesota United – 0-1
• Dallas – Portland Timbers – 1-1
• Chicago Fire – DC United – 0-0
• Philadelphia Union – Sporting KC – 0-0