FORT LAUDERDALE. Inter Miami tops Real Salt Lake with a 2-0 win with a goal from R. Taylor (39′) and a goal from D. Gómez (83′).
The match was played at the DRV PNK Stadium stadium in Fort Lauderdale on Wednesday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. In front of 21,137 spectators. The referee was Cristian Campo Hernández who had the assistance of Fevzi Demirhan and Albert Escovar. The 4th official was Jonathan Weiner. The weather was few clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 21.54 degrees Celsius or 70.77 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 58%.
Match Statistics
- 55 Ball Possession 45
Shots
- 15 Total 17
- 8 On Target 2
- 4 Off Target 8
- 3 Shots blocked 7
- 85 Attack 103
- 44 Dangerous attack 40
- 96 Ball safe 85
- 0 Penalties 0
- 6 Corners 5
- 5 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 12 Total 8
- 1 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Inter Miami had a strong ball possession 55% while Real Salt Lake was struggling with a 45% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Inter Miami was putting more pressure with 44 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Inter Miami won the match.
Inter Miami shot 15 times, 8 on target, 4 off target. Talking about the opposition, Real Salt Lake shot 17 times, 2 on target, 8 off target.
Cards
Inter Miami received 1 yellow card (Diego Gómez). On the opposite side, Real Salt Lake received 1 yellow card (Pablo Ruiz).
Match Timeline
Standings
Eastern Conference
Western Conference
After playing this match, Inter Miami has 3 points to occupy the 1st place in the table. On the other side, Real Salt Lake stays with 0 points (14th).
Next matches
In the next match in the Real Salt Lake will play away against St. Louis City on the 25th of February with a 1-1 head to head statistic.
Inter Miami – Formation
Inter Miami
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68'
83'
Inter Miami started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Gerardo Daniel Martino decided to play with the following team: Drake Callender , DeAndre Yedlin , Tomás Avilés , Nicolás Freire , Sergiy Kryvtsov , Jordi Alba , Julian Gressel , Sergio Busquets , Diego Gómez , Lionel Messi , L. Suárez and Robert Taylor .
The home team had on the bench: David Ruíz , Jean Mota , Leonardo Campana, Ryan Sailor, CJ dos Santos, Noah Allen , L. Sunderland , Shanyder Borgelin and I. Boatwright.
Substitutions
Inter Miami made 5 changes: Sergio Busquets for L. Sunderland (84′), L. Suárez for Leonardo Campana (90′), Tomás Avilés for Noah Allen (76′), Robert Taylor for David Ruíz (76′) and Julian Gressel for Jean Mota (77′).
Player of the match: Diego Gómez
The player that probably impressed the most for Inter Miami was Diego Gómez.
His rating is with 1 goal, 41 passes (83% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 11 duels out of 23.
Real Salt Lake – Formation
Real Salt Lake
Real Salt Lake started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Pablo Andrés Mastroeni played with: Zac MacMath , Emeka Eneli , Justen Glad , Brayan Vera , Andrew Brody , Braian Ojeda , Nelson Palacio , Andres Gomez , Pablo Ruiz , Diego Luna , Cristian Arango .
These were the players on the bench: Bryan Oviedo, Anderson Julio , Maikel Chang, F. Barajas , Bode Davis , Erik Holt, Marcelo Silva, Gavin Beavers, Noel Caliskan and Fidel Barajas.
Substitutions
Real Salt Lake made 4 changes: Cristian Arango for Bode Davis (86′), Diego Luna for Noel Caliskan (73′), Andres Gomez for Anderson Julio (66′) and Nelson Palacio for F. Barajas (66′).
Player of the match: Justen Glad
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Real Salt Lake was Justen Glad.
His rating is with 35 passes (94% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 1 duel out of 4.
Results of the day
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