CHARLOTTE. Charlotte conquers Columbus Crew with a 2-0 win with a goal from A. Westwood (83′) and a goal from P. Agyemang (88′).
Iuri Tavares missed a penalty (45′) 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. The referee was assisted by Rogelio Alvarez and . The 4th official was Wesley Costa. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was cold at 12.65 degrees Celsius or 54.77 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 61%.
Match Statistics
- 46 Ball Possession 54
Shots
- 11 Total 8
- 5 On Target 1
- 5 Off Target 6
- 1 Shots blocked 2
- 102 Attack 92
- 36 Dangerous attack 27
- 76 Ball safe 89
- 1 Penalties 0
- 3 Corners 2
- 3 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 28 Total 12
- 1 Yellow Cards 0
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 1
Other
- 3 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Charlotte was in possession of the ball for 46% of the time vs. Columbus Crew that controlled the ball for 54% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Charlotte was more pushing with 36 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Charlotte won the match.
Charlotte shot 11 times, 5 on target, 5 off target. On the opposite side, Columbus Crew shot 8 times, 1 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Charlotte received 6 yellow cards (João Pedro, Kerwin Calderón Vargas, Iuri Tavares, Nikola Petković, Patrick Agyemang and Ashley Westwood). On the opposite side, Columbus Crew received 3 yellow cards (Evan Bush, Mohamed Farsi and Yaw Yeboah).
Also, Columbus Crew didn’t end the match with 11 players after Derrick Jones (Columbus Crew) was sent off after receiving a straight red card (26′).
Match Timeline
Standings
Eastern Conference
Western Conference
After this encounter, Charlotte has 7 points like CF Montréal to sit in the 7th place. Regarding the opposition, Columbus Crew will stays with 10 points like Inter Miami, New York RB and Toronto to hold in the 4th place.
Next matches
Charlotte – Formation
Charlotte
90'
85'
83'
Charlotte started with a 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 , João Pedro , Ashley Westwood , Djibril Diani , Kerwin Calderón Vargas , Scott Arfield , Brecht Dejaegere and Patrick Agyemang .
The home team had on the bench: Bill Tuiloma, Jere Uronen, David Bingham, Nikola Petković , Jaylin Lindsey, Nimfasha Berchimas, Júnior Urso , Nicholas Scardina and Iuri Tavares .
Charlotte could not rely on the presence of Iuri Tavares (injured).
Substitutions
Charlotte made 3 changes: Scott Arfield for Iuri Tavares (45′), João Pedro for Jere Uronen (90′) and Brecht Dejaegere for Nikola Petković (69′).
Player of the match: Ashley Westwood
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Charlotte was Ashley Westwood.
His rating is with 1 goal, 61 passes (82% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 2 duels out of 3. He performed 4 crosses.
Columbus Crew – Formation
Columbus Crew
26'
Columbus Crew started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
Wilfried Nancy played with: Evan Bush , Steven Moreira , Rudy Camacho , Malte Amundsen , Mohamed Farsi , Sean Zawadzki , Darlington Nagbe , Yaw Yeboah , Christian Ramirez , Cucho Hernández and Diego Rossi .
These were the players on the bench: Philip Quinton, William Sands , Derrick Jones , Marino Hinestroza , Yevgen Cheberko , Maximilian Arfsten , Cole Mrowka, Stanislav Lapkes and Giorgio DeLibera.
Columbus Crew could not rely on the presence of Derrick Jones (injured) and Maximilian Arfsten (injured).
Substitutions
Columbus Crew made 5 changes: Rudy Camacho for Derrick Jones (18′), Christian Ramirez for Maximilian Arfsten (23′), Yaw Yeboah for Yevgen Cheberko (46′), Cucho Hernández for Marino Hinestroza (88′) and Malte Amundsen for William Sands (88′).
Player of the match: Diego Rossi
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Columbus Crew was Diego Rossi .
His rating is with 37 passes (95% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 8 duels out of 16. He performed 5 crosses. He hit the woodwork once times.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Major League Soccer.
- New England – Chicago Fire – 1-1
- New York RB – Inter Miami – 4-0
- Vancouver Whitecaps – Real Salt Lake – 1-2
- Charlotte – Columbus Crew – 2-0
- Cincinnati – New York City – 1-0
- Orlando City – Austin – 2-0
- Toronto – Atlanta United – 2-0
