Saint Louis City conquers Vancouver Whitecaps 3-1. Saint Louis City got an early 2-0 lead with 2 goals from E. Löwen (10′) and Tristan Blackmon (45′). Vancouver Whitecaps tried to recover with a goal from Brian White (83′). However, the contest was closed by a goal (90′) scored by M. Perez for Saint Louis City. Vancouver Whitecaps was truly better in terms of ball possession (62%).
In front of 22,423 spectators. The referee was Sergii Boiko who was helped by Corey Parker and Chris Wattam. The 4th official was Ismail Elfath.
Match Statistics
- ! 39 Ball Possession 61
Shots
- 16 Total 12
- 7 On Target 3
- 11 Off Target 9
- 4 Shots blocked 2
- 104 Attack 114
- 36 Dangerous attack 53
- 77 Ball safe 88
- 0 Penalties 0
- 7 Corners 5
- 2 Off Sides 3
Fouls
- 12 Total 12
- 4 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Vancouver Whitecaps had a strong ball possession 62% while Saint Louis City was struggling with a 38% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Vancouver Whitecaps had a more offensive attitude with 53 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 3 were on target. Even so, Saint Louis City found a way to find the solution to win this encounter.
Saint Louis City shot 16 times, 7 on target, 11 off target. On the other side, Vancouver Whitecaps shot 12 times, 3 on target, 9 off target.
Cards
Saint Louis City received 4 yellow cards (J. Nerwinski, T. Parker, Jared Stroud and N. Blom). Talking about the opposition, Vancouver Whitecaps received 3 yellow cards (S. Berhalter, Julian Gressel and Ryan Gauld).
Match Timeline
Standings
Eastern Conference
Western Conference
After this contest, Saint Louis City will have 25 points like Los Angeles FC to hold in the 2nd place. Talking about the opposition, Vancouver Whitecaps will stay with 17 points to hold in the 8th 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 1-0 head to head stats in favor of Seattle Sounders (0 draws).
Vancouver Whitecaps will host Los Angeles FC on the 20th of October with a 5-4 head to head record in favor of Los Angeles FC (3 draws).
Saint Louis City and Vancouver Whitecaps will play the return match on the at the BC Place Stadium
Saint Louis City – Formation
St. Louis City
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Saint Louis City started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Bradley Carnell decided to play with the following team: Roman Bürki , Jakob Nerwiński , Lucas Bartlett , Tim Parker , Kyle Hiebert , Njabulo Blom , Eduard Löwen , Jared Stroud , Indiana Vassilev , Celio Martins and Nicholas Gioacchini .
The home team had on the bench: Miguel Perez , John Nelson , Aziel Jackson, Jonathan Bell, Joshua Yaro, Isak Steiner Jensen, Benjamin Lundt, Akil Watts and Tomáš Ostrák .
Substitutions
Saint Louis City made 5 changes: J. Nerwinski for John Nelson (63′), Jared Stroud for Tomas Ostrak (72′), Célio Pompeu for Miguel Perez (72′), I. Vassilev for Jonathan Bell (90′) and N. Gioacchini for Aziel Jackson (90′).
Best player: Eduard Löwen
The most impressive player for Saint Louis City was Eduard Löwen.
His rating is with 1 goal, 46 passes (63% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 6 duels out of 12. He performed 6 crosses.
Vancouver Whitecaps – Formation
Vancouver Whitecaps
Vancouver Whitecaps started with a christmas tree line-up (4-3-2-1).
Vanni Sartini played with: Thomas Hasal , Javain Brown , Ranko Veselinović , Tristan Blackmon , Luís Martins , Julian Gressel , Sebastian Berhalter , Alessandro Schöpf , Pedro Vite , Ryan Gauld and Simon Becher .
They had on the bench: Sergio Córdova , Brian White , Russell Teibert, Levonte Johnson, Déiber Caicedo , Andrés Cubas , Yohei Takaoka, Mathías Laborda and Ryan Raposo.
Substitutions
Vancouver Whitecaps made 4 changes: S. Berhalter for Déiber Caicedo (57′), S. Becher for Brian White (57′), P. Vite for Andrés Cubas (65′) and J. Brown for Sergio Córdova (65′).
Best player: Julian Gressel
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Vancouver Whitecaps was Julian Gressel.
His rating is with 54 passes (74% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 11. He performed 9 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Major League Soccer.
- Sporting KC – Portland Timbers – 4-1
- Seattle Sounders – New York RB – 1-0
- SJ Earthquakes – Dallas – 1-1
- LA Galaxy – Charlotte – 0-1
- Colorado Rapids – Cincinnati – 0-1
- Saint Louis City – Vancouver Whitecaps – 3-1
- Minnesota United – Real Salt Lake – 1-1
- Houston Dynamo – Austin – 2-1
