AUSTIN. Austin managed to reverse the score against Dallas to win 2-1. All goals were scored in the second half. It was Dallas to strike first with a goal of Eugene Ansah at the 51′. Then it was a goal in the 54′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Diego Rubio gave the win to Austin in the 70′ minute. Austin was unquestionably superior in terms of ball possession (67%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Bold Stadium stadium in Austin on Saturday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was Rosendo Mendoza who was helped by Adam Garner and Justin Howard. The 4th official was Joshua Encarnación. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was quite cold at 4.36 degrees Celsius or 39.85 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 51%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Austin had a superior ball possession 67% while Dallas was struggling with a 33% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Austin had a more offensive attitude with 69 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Austin won the match.
Austin shot 13 times, 5 on target, 5 off target. Talking about the opposition, Dallas shot 8 times, 4 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Austin received 4 yellow cards (O. Wolff, Owen Wolff, Julio Cascante and Diego Rubio). On the other side, Dallas received 2 yellow cards (Nkosi Tafari and M. Paes).
Match Timeline
Standings
Eastern Conference
Western Conference
After this match, Austin has 6 points to remain in the 11th place. On the other side, Dallas will stays with 3 points like SJ Earthquakes to remain in the 12th place.
Next matches
Austin – Formation
Austin
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88'
54'
Austin started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Josh Wolff decided to play with the following team: Brad Stuver , J. Gallagher , Julio Cascante , Brendan Hines-Ike , Héctor Jiménez , Alexander Ring , Daniel Pereira , Owen Wolff , Sebastián Driussi , Jáder Obrian and Diego Rubio .
The home team had on the bench: Jhojan Valencia, Gyasi Zardes , Ethan Finlay, Stefan Cleveland, Matt Hedges , Guilherme Biro and Emiliano Rigoni.
Substitutions
Austin made 3 changes: Jáder Obrian for Matt Hedges (84′), Diego Rubio for Gyasi Zardes (90′) and Héctor Jiménez for Guilherme Biro (78′).
Player of the match: Sebastián Driussi
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Austin was Sebastián Driussi even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 68 passes (91% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 4 duels out of 12.
Dallas – Formation
Dallas
Dallas started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Nicolás Estévez Martínez played with: M. Paes , Ema Twumasi , Sebastien Ibeagha , Nkosi Tafari , Sam Junqua , Paul Arriola , Sebastian Lletget , Liam Fraser , Dante Sealy , Petar Musa and Eugene Ansah .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Jimmy Maurer, Mikolaj Luczak, Marco Farfán, Patrickson Delgado , Carl Sainté, Tsiki Ntsabeleng , Logan Farrington , Herbert Endeley and Bernard Kamungo .
Substitutions
Dallas made 4 changes: Eugene Ansah for Logan Farrington (71′), Ema Twumasi for Tsiki Ntsabeleng (81′), Liam Fraser for Patrickson Delgado (81′) and Dante Sealy for Bernard Kamungo (81′).
Player of the match: Eugene Ansah
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Dallas was Eugene Ansah.
His rating is with 1 goal, 7 passes (86% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 3 duels out of 5.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Major League Soccer.
- Austin – Dallas – 2-1
- Houston Dynamo – SJ Earthquakes – 2-1
- Nashville SC – Columbus Crew – 2-2
- Real Salt Lake – St. Louis City – 3-1
- Vancouver Whitecaps – Portland Timbers – 3-2
- LA Galaxy – Seattle Sounders – 1-0
- Atlanta United – Chicago Fire – 3-0
