KANSAS CITY. Real Salt Lake snatched a late win Sporting KC 1-0 after D. Kreilach scored just 1 goal (90′).

The match was played at the Children’s Mercy Park stadium in Kansas City on Sunday and it started at 11:00 pm local time. The referee was Ted Unkel with the assistance of Ian Anderson and Corey Rockwell. The 4th official was Jon Freemon. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 17.2 degrees Celsius or 62.89 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 58%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Sporting KC was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. Real Salt Lake that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Sporting KC was has a more offensive attitude with 60 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 4 were on target. Anyway, Real Salt Lake managed to find the solution to win this encounter.​

Sporting KC shot 11 times, 4 on target, 7 off target. On the opposite side, Real Salt Lake shot 12 times, 4 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Sporting KC received 1 yellow card (R. Espinoza). Talking about the opposition, Real Salt Lake received 2 yellow cards (A. Herrera and E. Luiz).

Standings

After this match, Sporting KC will stay with 58 points like Colorado Rapids to move down in the 3rd place. Talking about the opposition, Real Salt Lake will have 45 points like Los Angeles FC to remain in the 16th place.

Next matches

Sporting KC – Formation

Sporting KC started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Peter Vermes decided to play with the following team: Timothy Melia (7.1), Graham Zusi (7.5), Nicolas Isimat-Mirin (6.8), Andreu Fontàs (7.1), Luis Martins (6.8), Rémi Walter (6.8), Roger Espinoza (7.2), José Mauri (6.5), Grayson Barber (6.6), Khiry Shelton (7.4) and Dániel Sallói (6.7).

The home team had on the bench: John Pulskamp, Kaveh Rad, Amadou Dia, Roberto Punčec, Ilie Sánchez (6.4), Jake Davis, Cameron Duke (6.8), Wilson Harris and Johnny Russell.

Substitutions

Sporting KC made 2 changes: J. Mauri for I. Sanchez (61′) and G. Barber for C. Duke (83′).

Best player: Graham Zusi​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Sporting KC was Graham Zusi.

His rating is (7.5) with 76 passes (89% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 8. He performed 4 crosses.

Real Salt Lake – Formation

Real Salt Lake started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Talking about the opposition, Pablo Andrés Mastroeni played with: David Ochoa (7.4), Aaron Herrera (6.7), Justen Glad (6.9), Marcelo Silva (7.1), Andrew Brody (7.4), Jonathan Menéndez (6.4), Everton Luiz (7.0), Pablo Ruiz (6.8), Albert Rusnák (7.7), Rubio Rubin (6.3) and Damir Kreilach (7.5).

These were the players on the bench: Zac MacMath, Erik Holt, Ashtone Morgan, Donny Toia, Nick Besler, Maikel Chang, Anderson Julio (6.6), Justin Meram (7.8) and Bobby Wood (6.2).

Substitutions

Real Salt Lake made 3 changes: R. Rubin for A. A. Julio Santos (63′), P. Ruiz for J. Meram (71′) and J. Menendez for B. Wood (71′).

Best player: Justin Meram​

The player that probably impressed the most for Real Salt Lake was Justin Meram even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.8) with 11 passes (72% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 3. He performed 1 cross.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 71′.

Results of the day

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

• Cincinnati – Atlanta United – 1-2
• Columbus Crew – Chicago Fire – 2-0
• Nashville SC – New York RB – 1-1
• New England – Inter Miami – 0-1
• New York City – Philadelphia Union – 1-1
• Toronto – DC United – 1-3
• Montreal Impact – Orlando City – 0-2
• Colorado Rapids – Los Angeles FC – 5-2
• LA Galaxy – Minnesota United – 3-3
• Portland Timbers – Austin – 3-0
• SJ Earthquakes – Dallas – 1-1
• Sporting KC – Real Salt Lake – 0-1
• Vancouver Whitecaps – Seattle Sounders – 1-1