DENVER. Cincinnati tops Colorado Rapids 1-0 after D. Badji scored just 1 goal (34′).

The match was played at the Dick’s Sporting Goods Park stadium in Denver on Saturday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was Marcos de Oliveira with the collaboration of Jeremy Kieso and Kali Smith. The 4th official was Andrew Bigelow. The weather was rainy with thunderstorm. The temperature was pleasant at 16.4 degrees Celsius or 61.52 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 63%.​

Match Statistics​

The overall ball possession was identical with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Colorado Rapids was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Cincinnati that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Colorado Rapids was more pushing with 46 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 3 were on target. Still, Cincinnati found a way to find the solution to win this match.​

Colorado Rapids shot 12 times, 3 on target, 9 off target. Regarding the opposition, Cincinnati shot 16 times, 6 on target, 10 off target.

Cards

Colorado Rapids received 1 yellow card (Kévin Cabral). On the other side, Cincinnati received 1 yellow card (Obinna Nwobodo).

Standings

After playing this match, Colorado Rapids will stay with 12 points to remain in the 13th place. On the other side, Cincinnati will have 33 points to sit in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Major League Soccer, Colorado Rapids will host Real Salt Lake on the 20th of October with a 27-15 head to head statistic in favor of Real Salt Lake (13 draws).

Cincinnati will host Atlanta United on the 20th of October with a 5-1 head to head in favor of Atlanta United (4 draws).

Colorado Rapids – Formation

Colorado Rapids started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

The manager Robin Fraser decided to play with the following team: William Yarbrough (7.3), Lalas Abubakar (6.8), Andreas Maxsø (6.5), Danny Wilson (6.8), Keegan Rosenberry (7.0), Kevin Cabral (6.5), Connor Ronan (6.2), Danny Leyva (7.0), Anthony Markanich (6.5), Jonathan Lewis (6.5) and Calvin Harris (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Marko Ilić, Alex Gersbach, Daouda Amadou, Marlon Vargas, Moise Bombito (7.0), Cole Bassett (6.7), Yosuke Hanya (6.5), Steven Beitashour and Sebastian Anderson.

Substitutions

Colorado Rapids made 2 changes: L. Abubakar for Moise Bombito (46′) and A. Markanich for Cole Bassett (77′).

Best player: William Yarbrough​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Colorado Rapids was the goalkeeper: William Yarbrough. His rating is 7.34. He performed 5 saves.

Cincinnati – Formation

Cincinnati started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

Pat Noonan played with: Roman Celentano (7.3), Yerson Mosquera (6.6), Matthew Miazga (7.2), Ian Murphy (6.8), Raymon Gaddis (7.4), Obinna Nwobodo (7.4), Júnior Moreno (6.8), Álvaro Barreal (6.8), Luciano Acosta (7.2), Brandon Vazquez (7.2) and Dominique Badji (7.4).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Santiago Arias (6.6), Gerardo Valenzuela, Alec Kann, Marco Angulo, Joey Akpunonu, Malik Pinto (6.8), Yuya Kubo (6.8), Sergio Santos (5.9) and Alvas Powell.

Substitutions

Cincinnati made 5 changes: Dominique Badji for Sergi Santos (65′), Júnior Moreno for Yuya Kubo (66′), Álvaro Barreal for Santiago Arias (74′), Sergio Santos for Malik Pinto (75′) and Luciano Acosta for Marco Angulo Solórzano (90′).

Best player: Dominique Badji​

The player that probably impressed the most for Cincinnati was Dominique Badji.

His rating is (7.4) with 1 goal, 13 passes (84% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 3 duels out of 5.

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