KANSAS CITY. Sporting KC beat St. Louis City to win 2-1. A goal from C. Martins was decisive in the 86min. It was Sporting KC to strike first with a goal of Logan Ndenbe at the 45′. Then Dániel Sallói scored again for Sporting KC in the 73′ minute. Eventually, Celio Martins reduced the distance for St. Louis City (86′). Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. St. Louis City lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (58%).

The match was played at the Children’s Mercy Park stadium in Kansas City on Sunday and it started at 4:00 pm local time. The referee was Ismail Elfath who was helped by Michael Barwegen and Lyes Arfa. The 4th official was Guido Gonzalez. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 18.24 degrees Celsius or 64.83 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 65%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

St. Louis City had a strong ball possession 58% while Sporting KC was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

St. Louis City was more aggressive with 47 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 2 were on target. Notwithstanding, Sporting KC was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

Sporting KC shot 8 times, 4 on target, 1 off target. On the opposite side, St. Louis City shot 15 times, 2 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Sporting KC received 4 yellow cards (Róger Espinoza, Dany Rosero, Alan Pulido and Logan Ndenbe). Regarding the opposition, St. Louis City received 3 yellow cards (Kyle Hiebert, Eduard Löwen and Tim Parker).

Standings

After playing this match, Sporting KC will have 44 points like SJ Earthquakes to remain in the 8th place. On the other side, St. Louis City will stay with 56 points to remain in the 1st 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 (6.4), Jacob Davis (6.6), Dany Rosero (7.5), Andreu Fontàs (7.5), Logan Ndenbe (7.7), Rémi Walter (6.3), Nemanja Radoja (7.0), Gadi Kinda (7.7), Johnny Russell (7.5), Alan Pulido (7.0) and Dániel Sallói (7.8).

The home team had on the bench: John Pulskamp, Graham Zusi, Khiry Shelton (6.4), Róger Espinoza (6.6), Robert Castellanos (6.3), Felipe Hernández, William Agada, Erik Thommy (6.4) and Marinos Tzionis.

Substitutions

Sporting KC made 4 changes: Dany Rosero for Robert Castellanos (85′), Alan Pulido for Erik Thommy (85′), Gadi Kinda for Róger Espinoza (90′) and Johnny Russell for Celio Martins (46′).

Best player: Dániel Sallói​

The player that probably impressed the most for Sporting KC was Dániel Sallói.

His rating is (7.8) with 1 goal, 24 passes (79% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 3 duels out of 9. He performed 4 crosses.

St. Louis City – Formation

St. Louis City started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).

Bradley Carnell played with: Roman Bürki (6.3), Akil Watts (6.6), Joshua Yaro (6.4), Tim Parker (6.6), Kyle Hiebert (6.8), Jared Stroud (6.3), Njabulo Blom (7.3), Indiana Vassilev (7.5), Eduard Löwen (6.4), Samuel Adeniran (6.3) and João Klauss (7.0).

They had on the bench: Jakob Nerwiński, Joakim Nilsson, Tomáš Ostrák (6.8), Nicholas Gioacchini (6.4), Celio Martins (7.5), Anthony Markanich, Aziel Jackson (6.4), Nökkvi Þórisson and Benjamin Lundt.

Substitutions

St. Louis City made 4 changes: Samuel Adeniran for Celio Martins (46′), Akil Watts for Tomáš Ostrák (76′), Jared Stroud for Nicholas Gioacchini (65′) and Indiana Vassilev for Aziel Jackson (90′).

Best player: Celio Martins​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for St. Louis City was Celio Martins.

His rating is (7.5) with 1 goal, 14 passes (64% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 3. He performed 2 crosses.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 46′.

Results of the day

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

• Dallas – Seattle Sounders – 3-1
• Sporting KC – St. Louis City – 2-1