AUSTIN. Austin and LA Galaxy played an incredible match before drawing 3-3. LA Galaxy was surely superior in terms of ball possession (61%)
The match was played at the Bold Stadium stadium in Austin on Monday and it started at 12:25 am local time. The referee was Ted Unkel with the assistance of Kyle Atkins and Kevin Lock. The 4th official was Ismail Elfath. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was pleasant at 18.59 degrees Celsius or 65.46 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 52%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
LA Galaxy was in firm control of the ball 61% while Austin was struggling with a 39% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
LA Galaxy was more pushing with 45 dangerous attacks and 22 shots of which 11 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough LA Galaxy to win the contest.
Austin shot 13 times, 6 on target, 1 off target. Talking about the opposition, LA Galaxy shot 22 times, 11 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Austin received 2 yellow cards (Jon Gallagher and Leo Väisänen). Talking about the opposition, LA Galaxy received 1 yellow card (Edwin Cerrillo).
Match Timeline
Standings
Eastern Conference
Western Conference
After playing this match, Austin will have 35 points to remain in the 12th place. Regarding the opposition, LA Galaxy will have 34 points to remain in the 13th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Major League Soccer, Austin will play away against SJ Earthquakes on the 22nd of October with a 2-0 head to head record in favor of SJ Earthquakes (4 draws).
LA Galaxy will host Dallas on the 22nd of October with a 23-18 head to head stats in favor of Dallas (6 draws).
Austin – Formation
Austin
30'
76'
11'
Austin adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Josh Wolff decided to play with the following team: Brad Stuver , Nick Lima , Julio Cascante , Leo Väisänen , Jon Gallagher , Sebastián Driussi , Jhojan Valencia , Daniel Pereira , Ethan Finlay , Emiliano Rigoni and Alexander Ring .
The home team had on the bench: Rodney Redes , Damian Las, Héctor Jimenez, Calvin Fodrey, Brandan Craig, Will Bruin, Memo Rodríguez , Owen Wolff and Maximiliano Urruti .
Substitutions
Austin made 4 changes: Jhojan Valencia for Owen Wolff (76′), Ethan Finlay for Memo Rodríguez (85′), Sebastián Driussi for Maximiliano Urruti (85′) and Daniel Pereira for Rodney Redes (90′).
Best player: Emiliano Rigoni
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Austin was Emiliano Rigoni.
His rating is with 1 goal, 23 passes (91% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 3. He performed 7 crosses.
LA Galaxy – Formation
LA Galaxy
Also LA Galaxy adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Greg Vanney played with: Jonathan Bond , Kelvin Leerdam , Maya Yoshida , Chris Mavinga , Raheem Edwards , Marky Delgado , Oriol Rosell , Riqui Puig , Tyler Boyd , Billy Sharp and Diego Fagúndez .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Julián Aude, Dejan Joveljić , Michael Barrios , Eriq Zavaleta , Mauricio Cuevas, Edwin Cerrillo , Novak Mićović, Daniel Aguirre and Jonathan Perez .
Substitutions
LA Galaxy made 5 changes: Chris Mavinga for Eriq Zavaleta (26′), Tyler Boyd for Michael Barrios (46′), Oriol Rosell for Dejan Joveljić (69′), Diego Fagúndez for Edwin Cerrillo (69′) and Riqui Puig for Jonathan Perez (80′).
Best player: Riqui Puig
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for LA Galaxy was Riqui Puig.
His rating is with 1 goal, 73 passes (85% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 3 duels out of 3.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Major League Soccer.
