HOUSTON. Houston Dynamo and Real Salt Lake draw 1-1. C. Baird scored the first goal (28′) for Houston Dynamo. D. Luna equalized (65′). Houston Dynamo was not able to win even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (56%)
The match was played at the Shell Energy Stadium stadium in Houston on Saturday and it started at 5:00 pm local time. The referee was Chris Penso assisted by Jason White and Chris Elliott. The 4th official was Rosendo Mendoza. The weather was light rain. The temperature was pleasant at 16.28 degrees Celsius or 61.3 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 77%.
Match Statistics
- 56 Ball Possession 44
Shots
- 16 Total 9
- 5 On Target 3
- 7 Off Target 4
- 4 Shots blocked 2
- 119 Attack 68
- 49 Dangerous attack 51
- 40 Ball safe 48
- 0 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 7
- 1 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 7 Total 10
- 1 Yellow Cards 0
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 1 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
Houston Dynamo had a strong ball possession 56% while Real Salt Lake was struggling with a 44% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Real Salt Lake was more pushing with 51 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 3 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Real Salt Lake to win the match.
Houston Dynamo shot 16 times, 5 on target, 7 off target. Regarding the opposition, Real Salt Lake shot 9 times, 3 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Houston Dynamo received 1 yellow card (Corey Baird). On the opposite side, Real Salt Lake received 3 yellow cards (Brayan Vera, Jefferson Savarino and Cristian Arango).
Match Timeline
Standings
Eastern Conference
Western Conference
After this match, Houston Dynamo will have 51 points to hold in the 4th place. On the other side, Real Salt Lake will have 50 points to remain in the 5th place.
Next matches
Houston Dynamo – Formation
Houston Dynamo
82'
20'
28'
Houston Dynamo started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Ben Olsen decided to play with the following team: Steve Clark , Griffin Dorsey , Erik Sviatchenko , Micael , Franco Escobar , Artur , Héctor Herrera , Adalberto Carrasquilla , Amine Bassi , Nelson Quiñones and Corey Baird .
The home team had on the bench: Bradley Smith, Daniel Steres, Iván Franco, Andrew Tarbell, Teenage Hadebe, Ibrahim Aliyu, Luis Caicedo, Sebastian Kowalczyk and Þorleifur Úlfarsson .
Substitutions
Houston Dynamo made only 1 change substituting Corey Baird for Þorleifur Úlfarsson (82′).
Best player: Artur
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Houston Dynamo was Artur.
His rating is with 61 passes (95% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 12.
Real Salt Lake – Formation
Real Salt Lake
Real Salt Lake started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Pablo Andrés Mastroeni played with: Zac MacMath , Emeka Eneli , Justen Glad , Brayan Vera , Bryan Oviedo , Andres Gomez , Braian Ojeda , Nelson Palacio , Diego Luna , Jefferson Savarino and Anderson Julio .
They had on the bench: Andrew Brody, Antonio Hidalgo, Cristian Arango , Rubio Rubin , Maikel Chang, Daniel Musovski, Jasper Loffelsend, Kevon Lambert and Gavin Beavers.
Substitutions
Real Salt Lake made 3 changes: Anderson Julio for Cristian Arango (46′), Jefferson Savarino for Daniel Musovski (90′) and Andres Gomez for Rubio Rubin (82′).
Best player: Bryan Oviedo
The player that probably impressed the most for Real Salt Lake was Bryan Oviedo.
His rating is with 36 passes (84% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 9. He performed 3 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Major League Soccer.
