SEATTLE. SJ Earthquakes overcomes Seattle Sounders 1-0 after J. Ebobisse scored just 1 goal (48′). Seattle Sounders was truly superior in terms of ball possession (63%).​

The match was played at the CenturyLink Field stadium in Seattle on Wednesday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was Ramy Touchan with the support of Cameron Blanchard and Jeffrey Greeson. The 4th official was Brandon Stevis. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 13.5 degrees Celsius or 56.37 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 66%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Seattle Sounders was in firm control of the ball 63% while SJ Earthquakes was struggling with a 37% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Seattle Sounders was more pushing with 74 dangerous attacks and 23 shots of which 8 were on target. Anyhow, SJ Earthquakes succeeded in find the solution to win this match.​

Seattle Sounders shot 23 times, 8 on target, 23 off target. Talking about the opposition, SJ Earthquakes shot 9 times, 3 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Seattle Sounders received 3 yellow cards (Álex Roldán, J. Ragen and J. Atencio). Regarding the opposition, SJ Earthquakes received 2 yellow cards (Paul Marie and Jackson Yueill).

Standings

After this match, Seattle Sounders will stay with 26 points to hold in the 1st place. On the opposite side, SJ Earthquakes will have 22 points to remain in the 5th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Major League Soccer, Seattle Sounders will play away against Saint Louis City on the 20th of October with a 1-0 head to head stats in favor of Seattle Sounders (0 draws).

SJ Earthquakes will host Austin on the 20th of October with a 2-0 head to head statistic in favor of SJ Earthquakes (4 draws).

Seattle Sounders and SJ Earthquakes will play the return match on the at the Avaya Stadium

Seattle Sounders – Formation

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

The manager Brian Schmetzer decided to play with the following team: Stefan Frei (6.5), Alex Roldán (7.4), Jackson Ragen (7.1), Xavier Arreaga (6.7), Nouhou Tolo (6.8), Albert Rusnák (7.0), Josh Atencio (6.8), Dylan Teves (6.3), Nicolás Lodeiro (7.6), Léo Chú (6.9) and Héber (6.3).

The home team had on the bench: Fredy Montero (6.9), Yeimar Gómez Andrade, Raúl Ruidíaz (6.9), Stefan Cleveland, Kelyn Rowe (6.9), Abdoulaye Cissoko, Reed Baker-Whiting (6.8), Sota Kitahara, Travian Sousa and Travian Sousa.

Substitutions

Seattle Sounders made 4 changes: D. Teves for Reed Baker-Whiting (58′), Héber for Raúl Ruidíaz (58′), Albert Rusnák for Fredy Montero (73′) and N. Tolo for Kelyn Rowe (73′).

Best player: Nicolás Lodeiro​

The player that probably impressed the most for Seattle Sounders was Nicolás Lodeiro.

His rating is (7.6) with 71 passes (83% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 10. He performed 10 crosses.

SJ Earthquakes – Formation

SJ Earthquakes started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Luchi Gonzalez played with: Daniel (8.6), Paul Marie (7.0), Rodrigues (7.7), Tanner Beason (7.1), Miguel Trauco (7.2), Jackson Yueill (6.9), Carlos Gruezo (6.4), Jamiro Monteiro (7.0), Cristian Espinoza (6.7), Jeremy Ebobisse (7.6) and Benjamin Kikanović (6.8).

The following players were sitting on the bench: James Marcinkowski, Daniel Munie (7.0), Jack Skahan, Cameron Cilley, William Richmond, Tommy Thompson (6.6), Michael Baldisimo and Ousseni Bouda.

Substitutions

SJ Earthquakes made 4 changes: Benjamin Kikanovic for Tommy Thompson (72′), Paul Marie for Daniel Munie (72′), Jackson Yueill for Michael Baldisimo (90′) and Jackson Yueill for O. Bouda (89′).

Best player: Daniel​

The player that probably impressed the most for SJ Earthquakes was the goalkeeper: Daniel. His rating is 8.60. He performed 8 saves.

Results of the day

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

• Vancouver Whitecaps – Houston Dynamo – 6-2
• Seattle Sounders – SJ Earthquakes – 0-1
• Real Salt Lake – LA Galaxy – 2-3
• Sporting KC – Dallas – 2-1
• Austin – Minnesota United – 2-1
• Inter Miami – New York RB – -1