St. Louis City and DC United draw 2-2 on Saturday. HIGHLIGHTS

. St. Louis City comes back against DC United with a goal on the T. Ku-DiPietro 20' and a goal on the C. Benteke 38'.

By
David Brown
-
St. Louis City and DC United draw 2-2 on Saturday. HIGHLIGHTS

. St. Louis City finds the way to recover against DC United with a goal on the T. Ku-DiPietro 20′ and a goal on the C. Benteke 38′. St. Louis City was not able to win even if it was better in terms of ball possession (57%)

The match was played at the CityPark stadium in on Saturday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was who was helped by and . The 4th official was Dimitar N. Chavdarov. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was cold at 12.31 degrees Celsius or 54.16 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 55%.​

Match Statistics​

Team 1

St. Louis City

2 - 2

Team 1

DC United

  • 57 Ball Possession 43
Shots
  • 15 Total 10
  • 5 On Target 3
  • 5 Off Target 3
  • 5 Shots blocked 4
  • 132 Attack 101
  • 48 Dangerous attack 33
  • 108 Ball safe 108
  • 1 Penalties 0
  • 6 Corners 0
  • 3 Off Sides 2
Fouls
  • 14 Total 18
  • 4 Yellow Cards 4
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 3

Ball possession

St. Louis City had a strong ball possession 57% while DC United was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

St. Louis City was more pushing with 48 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 5 were on target. However, that was not enough St. Louis City to win the match​.

St. Louis City shot 15 times, 5 on target, 5 off target. Talking about the opposition, DC United shot 10 times, 3 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

St. Louis City received 4 yellow cards (Rasmus Alm, Njabulo Blom, Chris Durkin and Joakim Nilsson). On the other side, DC United received 4 yellow cards (Gabriel Pirani, Theodore Ku-DiPietro, Jacob Murrell and Jackson Hopkins).

Match Timeline

J. Yaro(goal)Indiana Vassilev
19'
20'
Theodore Ku-DiPietro(goal)Christian Benteke
24'
Jackson Hopkins- Yellow
38'
C. Benteke(goal)Jared Stroud
J. Nilsson- Yellow
43'
A. Markanich- sub ->Nikolas Dyhr
57'
Célio Pompeu- sub ->Indiana Vassilev
57'
Célio Pompeu(VAR)
68'
João Klauss(penalty)
70'
71'
Jacob Murrell- sub ->Jared Stroud
R. Alm- sub ->Tomáš Ostrák
72'
C. Durkin- Yellow
73'
N. Blom- sub ->Aziel Jackson
80'
N. Þórisson- sub ->Samuel Adeniran
80'
82'
Theodore Ku-DiPietro- Yellow
87'
Gabriel Pirani- Yellow
90'
Martín Rodríguez- sub ->Gabriel Pirani
90'
Mohanad Jeahze- sub ->Theodore Ku-DiPietro
N. Blom- Yellow
90'
90'
Jacob Murrell- Yellow
R. Alm- Yellow
90'

Standings

Standings

Eastern Conference

Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Inter Miami
21
11
Cincinnati
18
10
New York RB
17
10
Toronto
16
10
Columbus Crew
15
10
New York City
14
10
Philadelphia Union
13
8
DC United
13
10
Atlanta United
12
9
CF Montréal
12
9
Charlotte
11
10
Chicago Fire
10
10
Orlando City
9
9
Nashville SC
8
9
New England
4
9

Western Conference

Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Real Salt Lake
18
10
LA Galaxy
18
10
Vancouver Whitecaps
17
9
Minnesota United
17
9
Los Angeles FC
15
10
Colorado Rapids
15
10
Austin
15
10
Houston Dynamo
13
9
St. Louis City
12
9
Sporting KC
11
10
Portland Timbers
10
10
Dallas
8
9
Seattle Sounders
6
9
SJ Earthquakes
4
10

After playing this encounter, St. Louis City has 7 points like Vancouver Whitecaps, Portland Timbers, Los Angeles FC, Real Salt Lake and Houston Dynamo to sit in the 4th place. Talking about the opposition, DC United will has 6 points like Philadelphia Union, Atlanta United and Nashville SC to remain in the 10th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Major League Soccer, St. Louis City will host Sporting KC on the 11th of November with a 3-2 head to head in favor of Sporting KC (0 draws).

St. Louis City – Formation

St. Louis City
G
R. Bürki 1.Switzerland
6.7
D
J. Nilsson 4.Sweden
6.7
43'
D
T. Totland 14.Norway
6.3
D
J. Yaro 15.Ghana
7.8
Goals19'
D
N. Dyhr 44.Denmark
6.1
57'
M
T. Ostrák 7.Czech Republic
6.3
72'
M
C. Durkin 8.United States
7.0
73'
M
I. Vassilev 19.United States
6.7
57'
M
A. Jackson 25.United States
7.0
80'
F
João Klauss 9.Brazil
8.1
Goals70'
F
S. Adeniran 16.United States
6.6
80'
Substitutes
G
B. Lundt 39.Germany
D
J. Nerwinski 2.United States
D
A. Markanich 13.United States
6.8
57'
D
K. Hiebert 22.Canada
M
N. Blom 6.South Africa
6.7
80' 90'
M
Célio Pompeu 12.Brazil
7.9
57'
M
A. Watts 20.United States
M
R. Alm 21.Sweden
6.7
72' 90'
F
N. Þórisson 29.Iceland
6.6
80'

St. Louis City started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Bradley Carnell decided to play with the following team: Roman Bürki (6.7), T. Totland (6.3), Joshua Yaro (7.8), Joakim Nilsson (6.7), Nikolas Dyhr (6.1), Indiana Vassilev (6.7), Chris Durkin (7.0), Tomáš Ostrák (6.3), Samuel Adeniran (6.6), João Klauss (8.1) and Aziel Jackson (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Jakob Nerwiński, Njabulo Blom (6.7), Akil Watts, Rasmus Alm (6.7), Kyle Hiebert, Nökkvi Þórisson (6.6), Benjamin Lundt, Anthony Markanich (6.8) and Celio Martins (7.9).

Substitutions

St. Louis City made 5 changes: Nikolas Dyhr for Anthony Markanich (57′), Indiana Vassilev for Celio Martins (57′), Aziel Jackson for Njabulo Blom (80′), Samuel Adeniran for Nökkvi Þórisson (80′) and Tomáš Ostrák for Rasmus Alm (72′).

Player of the match: João Klauss​

The player that probably impressed the most for St. Louis City was João Klauss.

His rating is 8.1 with 1 goal, 25 passes (44% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 9 duels out of 17.

DC United – Formation

DC United
G
Alex Bono 24.United States
7.1
D
Lucas Bartlett 3.United States
7.0
D
Jared Stroud 8.United States
7.7
71'
D
Conner Antley 12.United States
6.6
D
Christopher McVey 97.Sweden
6.4
M
Gabriel Pirani 10.Brazil
6.3
90' 87'
M
Cristian Dájome 11.Colombia
6.8
M
Theodore Ku-DiPietro 21.United States
7.1
90' 82' Goals20'
M
Jackson Hopkins 25.United States
6.6
24'
M
Mateusz Klich 43.Poland
7.0
F
C. Benteke 20.Belgium
8.2
Goals38'
Substitutes
G
Luis Zamudio 56.Mexico
D
Mohanad Jeahze 5.Iraq
90'
D
Hayden Sargis 30.United States
M
Martín Rodríguez 14.Chile
6.8
90'
F
Jacob Murrell 17.
6.4
71' 90'

DC United started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Troy Lesesne played with: Alex Bono (7.1), Jared Stroud (7.7), Conner Antley (6.6), Lucas Bartlett (7.0), Christopher McVey (6.4), Jackson Hopkins (6.6), Mateusz Klich (7.0), Theodore Ku-DiPietro (7.1), Gabriel Pirani (6.3), Cristian Dájome (6.8) and Christian Benteke (8.2).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Mohanad Jeahze , Martín Rodríguez  (6.8), Jacob Murrell (6.4), N. Crockford, Hayden Sargis and Luis Zamudio.

DC United could not rely on the presence of Martín Rodríguez  (injured) and Mohanad Jeahze  (injured).

Substitutions

DC United made 3 changes: Jared Stroud for Jacob Murrell (71′), Gabriel Pirani for Martín Rodríguez  (90′) and Theodore Ku-DiPietro for Mohanad Jeahze  (90′).

Player of the match: Christian Benteke​

The most impressive player for DC United was Christian Benteke.

His rating is 8.2 with 1 goal, 42 passes (43% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 28 duels out of 42. He hit the woodwork once times.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Major League Soccer.​