FOXBOROUGH. New England beats Charlotte 1-0 after C. Gil scored just 1 goal (45′).
The match was played at the Gillette Stadium stadium in Foxborough on Saturday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was Sergii Boiko who was helped by Kevin Lock and Matthew Nelson. The 4th official was Guido Gonzalez. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was quite cold at 4.94 degrees Celsius or 40.89 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 89%.
Match Statistics
- 48 Ball Possession 52
Shots
- 11 Total 6
- 3 On Target 2
- 6 Off Target 3
- 2 Shots blocked 1
- 87 Attack 125
- 53 Dangerous attack 57
- 109 Ball safe 89
- 0 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 6
Fouls
- 10 Total 11
- 2 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
The ball possession was not so different. New England was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. Charlotte that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Charlotte had a more offensive attitude with 57 dangerous attacks and 6 shots of which 2 were on target. Anyway, New England managed to find the solution to win this contest.
New England shot 11 times, 3 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, Charlotte shot 6 times, 2 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
New England received 2 yellow cards (Matt Polster and Carles Gil). Regarding the opposition, Charlotte received 2 yellow cards (Enzo Copetti and Scott Arfield).
Match Timeline
Standings
Eastern Conference
Western Conference
After playing this match, New England has 4 points to hold in the 15th place. On the opposite side, Charlotte will stays with 8 points like Chicago Fire to sit in the 9th place.
Next matches
New England – Formation
New England
44'
47'
45'
New England adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Caleb Porter decided to play with the following team: Henrich Ravas , Nick Lima , Jonathan Mensah , Henry Kessler , DeJuan Jones , Matt Polster , Ian Harkes , Nacho Gil , Carles Gil , Tomás Chancalay and Giacomo Vrioni .
The home team had on the bench: Bobby Wood , Emmanuel Boateng, Mark-Anthony Kaye , N. Buck, Ryan Spaulding, Andrew Farrell, Earl Edwards Jr., Dave Romney and E. Bajraktarević .
New England could not rely on the presence of Dave Romney (injured).
Substitutions
New England made 4 changes: Jonathan Mensah for Dave Romney (44′), Nacho Gil for E. Bajraktarević (87′), Ian Harkes for Mark-Anthony Kaye (88′) and Giacomo Vrioni for Bobby Wood (73′).
Player of the match: Carles Gil
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for New England was Carles Gil.
His rating is with 1 goal, 51 passes (86% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 6. He performed 4 crosses.
Charlotte – Formation
Charlotte
Also Charlotte adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Dean Smith played with: Kristijan Kahlina , J. Lindsey , Adilson Malanda , Andrew Privett , Jere Uronen , Ashley Westwood , Djibril Diani , Liel Abada , Brecht Dejaegere , Kerwin Vargas and Patrick Agyemang .
These were the players on the bench: Bill Tuiloma, Brandt Bronico, João Pedro, David Bingham, Nikola Petkovic, Júnior Urso, Scott Arfield , Iuri Tavares and Enzo Copetti .
Substitutions
Charlotte made 3 changes: Liel Abada for Scott Arfield (61′), Patrick Agyemang for Enzo Copetti (71′) and Brecht Dejaegere for Iuri Tavares (79′).
Player of the match: Ashley Westwood
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Charlotte was Ashley Westwood .
His rating is with 58 passes (77% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 4. He performed 2 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Major League Soccer.
- Vancouver Whitecaps – Toronto – 4-0
- Cincinnati – New York RB – 1-2
- Columbus Crew – DC United – 1-1
- Los Angeles FC – LA Galaxy – 2-1
- Inter Miami – Colorado Rapids – 2-2
- New England – Charlotte – 1-0
- New York City – Atlanta United – 1-1
