SANDY. Real Salt Lake overcame St. Louis City 3-1 thanks to C. Arango who scored in the 70th, 84th and 90th minute. It was St. Louis City to score first with a goal from I. Vassilev. However, later Real Salt Lake found the way to reverse the score scoring 3 consecutive goals with Cristian Arango (70′), Cristian Arango (84′) and Cristian Arango (90′). Real Salt Lake made the most of its better ball possession (56%).
The match was played at the Rio Tinto Stadium stadium in Sandy on Saturday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was Drew Fischer with the help of Corey Rockwell and Matthew Nelson. The 4th official was Brad Jensen. The weather was light rain. The temperature was quite cold at 6.7 degrees Celsius or 44.06 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 82%.
Match Statistics
- 56 Ball Possession 44
Shots
- 12 Total 9
- 4 On Target 2
- 5 Off Target 6
- 3 Shots blocked 1
- 102 Attack 91
- 61 Dangerous attack 29
- 82 Ball safe 101
- 1 Penalties 0
- 11 Corners 4
Fouls
- 5 Total 10
- 1 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Real Salt Lake was in firm control of the ball 56% while St. Louis City was struggling with a 44% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Real Salt Lake had a more offensive attitude with 61 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Real Salt Lake won the match.
Real Salt Lake shot 12 times, 4 on target, 5 off target. On the other side, St. Louis City shot 9 times, 2 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Real Salt Lake received 1 yellow card (Bode Hidalgo). On the other side, St. Louis City received 2 yellow cards (T. Parker and A. Markanich).
Match Timeline
Standings
Eastern Conference
Western Conference
After playing this match, Real Salt Lake has 10 points like Vancouver Whitecaps, Minnesota United and Houston Dynamo to sit in the 3rd place. On the opposite side, St. Louis City will stays with 7 points like Portland Timbers and Los Angeles FC to sit in the 8th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the St. Louis City will host Sporting KC on the 11th of November with a 3-2 head to head record in favor of Sporting KC (0 draws).
Real Salt Lake – Formation
Real Salt Lake
70', 84', 90'
56'
28'
Real Salt Lake started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Pablo Andrés Mastroeni decided to play with the following team: Zac MacMath , Andrew Brody , Justen Glad , Brayan Vera , Alexandros Katranis , Emeka Eneli , Braian Ojeda , Bode Hidalgo , Cristian Arango , Matt Crooks and Anderson Julio .
The home team had on the bench: Bryan Oviedo, N. Palacio, Maikel Chang , Erik Holt, Marcelo Silva, G. Beavers, A. Gómez and D. Luna .
Real Salt Lake could not rely on the presence of Maikel Chang (injured).
Substitutions
Real Salt Lake made 3 changes: Bode Hidalgo for A. Gómez (56′), Matt Crooks for D. Luna (67′) and Anderson Julio for Maikel Chang (76′).
Player of the match: Cristian Arango
The player that probably impressed the most for Real Salt Lake was Cristian Arango .
His rating is with 3 goals, 16 passes (65% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 8. He performed 1 cross.
St. Louis City – Formation
St. Louis City
St. Louis City started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Bradley Carnell played with: R. Bürki , T. Totland , J. Yaro , T. Parker , A. Markanich , I. Vassilev , C. Durkin , N. Blom , Célio Pompeu , João Klauss and A. Jackson .
They had on the bench: J. Nerwinski, S. Adeniran , R. Alm , N. Þórisson , B. Lundt, N. Dyhr, Hosei Kijima, K. Hiebert and T. Ostrák .
Substitutions
St. Louis City made 5 changes: I. Vassilev for S. Adeniran (68′), A. Jackson for T. Ostrák (77′), João Klauss for R. Alm (77′), C. Durkin for N. Þórisson (88′) and T. Totland for K. Hiebert (68′).
Player of the match: I. Vassilev
The player that probably impressed the most for St. Louis City was I. Vassilev.
His rating is with 1 goal, 17 passes (76% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 6. He performed 2 crosses.
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
