KANSAS CITY. LA Galaxy had a striking comeback against Sporting KC.
The match was played at the Children’s Mercy Park stadium in Kansas City on Saturday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was with the collaboration of and . The 4th official was . The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was cold at 9.34 degrees Celsius or 48.81 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 57%.
Match Statistics
- 48 Ball Possession 52
Shots
- 26 Total 12
- 9 On Target 7
- 6 Off Target 2
- 11 Shots blocked 3
- 136 Attack 88
- 61 Dangerous attack 45
- 64 Ball safe 75
- 0 Penalties 0
- 6 Corners 11
Fouls
- 11 Total 7
- 2 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 1 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Sporting KC was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. LA Galaxy that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Sporting KC had a more offensive attitude with 61 dangerous attacks and 26 shots of which 9 were on target. Anyhow, LA Galaxy succeeded in find the solution to win this match.
Sporting KC shot 26 times, 9 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, LA Galaxy shot 12 times, 7 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Sporting KC received 2 yellow cards (Tim Leibold and Erik Thommy). Talking about the opposition, LA Galaxy received 1 yellow card (Gastón Brugman).
Match Timeline
Standings
Eastern Conference
Western Conference
After playing this match, Sporting KC stays with 6 points to sit in the 9th place. Regarding the opposition, LA Galaxy will has 9 points to hold in the 2nd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Major League Soccer, Sporting KC will play away with St. Louis City on the 11th of November with a 3-2 head to head record in favor of Sporting KC (0 draws).
Sporting KC – Formation
Sporting KC
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Sporting KC started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Peter Vermes decided to play with the following team: Timothy Melia , Jacob Davis , Dany Rosero , Robert Voloder , Tim Leibold , Nemanja Radoja , Rémi Walter , Erik Thommy , Dániel Sallói , William Agada and Alan Pulido .
The home team had on the bench: John Pulskamp, Robert Castellanos, Felipe Hernández, Zorhan Bassong, Kayden Pierre, Chris Rindov, Luis Flores, Marinos Tzionis and Stephen Afrifa .
Substitutions
Sporting KC made only 1 change substituting Dániel Sallói for Stephen Afrifa (83′).
Player of the match: Dániel Sallói
The player that probably impressed the most for Sporting KC was Dániel Sallói.
His rating is with 27 passes (93% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 10. He performed 5 crosses.
LA Galaxy – Formation
LA Galaxy
LA Galaxy started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Greg Vanney played with: John McCarthy , Miki Yamane , Eriq Zavaleta , Maya Yoshida , Julián Aude , Marky Delgado , Edwin Cerrillo , Riqui Puig , Joseph Paintsil , Dejan Joveljić and Gabriel Pec .
They had on the bench: John Nelson, Jonathan Perez, Mauricio Cuevas, Miguel Berry , Gino Vivi, Novak Mićović, Daniel Aguirre, Gastón Brugman and Diego Fagúndez .
Substitutions
LA Galaxy made 3 changes: Edwin Cerrillo for Gastón Brugman (62′), Dejan Joveljić for Miguel Berry (83′) and Gabriel Pec for Diego Fagúndez (83′).
Player of the match: Riqui Puig
The player that probably impressed the most for LA Galaxy was Riqui Puig even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 85 passes (84% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 9.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Major League Soccer.
- Sporting KC – LA Galaxy – 2-3
- St. Louis City – DC United – 2-2
- Colorado Rapids – Houston Dynamo – 0-1
- Los Angeles FC – Nashville SC – 5-0
- Portland Timbers – Philadelphia Union – 1-3
- SJ Earthquakes – Seattle Sounders – 3-2
