CHARLOTTE. Charlotte defeats New York City 1-0 after A. Malanda scored just 1 goal (8′). New York City was decisively superior in terms of ball possession (62%).
Kerwin Calderón Vargas didn’t score a penalty (65′) for Charlotte.
The match was played at the Bank of America Stadium stadium in Charlotte on Saturday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. In front of 62,291 spectators. The referee was with the support of and . The 4th official was . The weather was clear sky. The temperature was cold at 9.45 degrees Celsius or 49.01 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 54%.
Match Statistics
- ! 38 Ball Possession 62
Shots
- 11 Total 12
- 5 On Target 2
- 6 Off Target 5
- 0 Shots blocked 5
- 71 Attack 123
- 35 Dangerous attack 56
- 106 Ball safe 97
- 1 Penalties 0
- 2 Corners 4
- 1 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 12 Total 15
- 3 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
New York City was in firm control of the ball 62% while Charlotte was struggling with a 38% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
New York City was more pushing with 56 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 2 were on target. Still, Charlotte was capable to find the solution to win this encounter.
Charlotte shot 11 times, 5 on target, 6 off target. On the opposite side, New York City shot 12 times, 2 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Charlotte received 3 yellow cards (Kerwin Calderón Vargas, Júnior Urso and Ashley Westwood). On the other side, New York City received 2 yellow cards (Thiago Martins and Mitja Ilenič).
Match Timeline
Standings
Eastern Conference
Western Conference
After playing this match, Charlotte has 3 points to occupy the 4th place in the table. On the other side, New York City stays with 0 points (13th).
Next matches
Charlotte – Formation
Charlotte
8'
34'
78'
Charlotte adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Dean Smith decided to play with the following team: Kristijan Kahlina , Nathan Byrne , Adilson Malanda , Andrew Privett , Jere Uronen , Ashley Westwood , Júnior Urso , Kerwin Calderón Vargas , Brecht Dejaegere , Iuri Tavares and Enzo Copetti .
The home team had on the bench: João Pedro, David Bingham, Nikola Petković, Jaylin Lindsey, Nimfasha Berchimas , Hamady Diop, Nicholas Scardina, Scott Arfield , JahLane Forbes and Jahlane Forbes.
Substitutions
Charlotte made 3 changes: Brecht Dejaegere for Scott Arfield (78′), Kerwin Calderón Vargas for Nimfasha Berchimas (85′) and Iuri Tavares for João Pedro (90′).
Player of the match: Adilson Malanda
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Charlotte was Adilson Malanda.
His rating is with 1 goal, 34 passes (88% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 6.
New York City – Formation
New York City
Also New York City adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Nick Cushing played with: Matthew Freese , Mitja Ilenič , Thiago Martins , Birk Risa , Kevin O’Toole , James Sands , Keaton Parks , Julián Fernández , Hannes Wolf , Santiago Rodríguez and Monsef Bakrar .
These were the players on the bench: Luis Barraza, Jovan Mijatović , Andrés Perea, Alonso Martínez, Andres Jasson, Tayvon Gray , Talles Magno , Justin Haak, Malachi Jones and Malachi Jones.
Substitutions
New York City made 3 changes: Julián Fernández for Jovan Mijatović (62′), Mitja Ilenič for Tayvon Gray (74′) and Hannes Wolf for Talles Magno (84′).
Player of the match: Matthew Freese
The most impressive player for New York City was the goalkeeper: Matthew Freese. His rating is 8.06. He saved 1 penalty. He performed 4 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Major League Soccer.
- Charlotte – New York City – 1-0
- DC United – New England – 3-1
- Orlando City – CF Montréal – 0-0
- Philadelphia Union – Chicago Fire – 2-2
- Austin – Minnesota United – 1-2
- Dallas – SJ Earthquakes – 2-1
- Houston Dynamo – Sporting KC – 1-1
- St. Louis City – Real Salt Lake – 1-1
- Portland Timbers – Colorado Rapids – 4-1
- Cincinnati – Toronto – 0-0
- Nashville SC – New York RB – 0-0
