CHARLOTTE. Charlotte beat Toronto. Toronto lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (57%).

The match was played at the Bank of America Stadium stadium in Charlotte on Saturday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was Allen Chapman who was helped by Corey Parker and Kyle Atkins. The 4th official was Eric Tattersall. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was pleasant at 19.77 degrees Celsius or 67.59 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 26%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Toronto had a strong ball possession 57% while Charlotte was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Charlotte was putting more pressure with 46 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Charlotte won the match​.

Charlotte shot 11 times, 5 on target, 5 off target. Talking about the opposition, Toronto shot 11 times, 5 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Charlotte received 3 yellow cards (, J. Lindsey and Liel Abada). Regarding the opposition, Toronto received 3 yellow cards (Kevin Long, Jonathan Osorio  and Alonso Coello).

Standings

After this match, Charlotte has 11 points like Atlanta United to sit in the 7th place. On the other side, Toronto will stays with 10 points like DC United and CF Montréal to hold in the 10th place.

Next matches

Charlotte – Formation

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

The manager Dean Smith decided to play with the following team: Kristijan Kahlina (6.7), J. Lindsey (6.8), Bill Tuiloma (6.8), Andrew Privett (6.8), Jere Uronen (6.3), Ashley Westwood  (6.7), Djibril Diani (7.0), Liel Abada (7.1), Scott Arfield (7.1), Kerwin Vargas (8.1) and Enzo Copetti (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Brecht Dejaegere (7.0), Brandt Bronico, João Pedro, David Bingham, Nikola Petkovic, Júnior Urso (6.4), Patrick Agyemang (7.5), N. Scardina and Iuri Tavares.

Substitutions

Charlotte made 3 changes: Scott Arfield for Brecht Dejaegere (67′), Liel Abada for Júnior Urso (90′) and Enzo Copetti for Aimé Mabika (80′).

Player of the match: Kerwin Vargas​

The player that probably impressed the most for Charlotte was Kerwin Vargas.

His rating is 8.1 with 1 goal, 14 passes (79% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 13. He performed 3 crosses.

Toronto – Formation

Toronto started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

John Herdman played with: Sean Johnson (6.4), Sigurd Rosted (6.7), Kevin Long (6.4), Nicksoen Gomis (6.6), Federico Bernardeschi (8.1), Alonso Coello (6.4), Deybi Flores (6.4), Matty Longstaff (6.7), Raoul Petretta (7.0), Deandre Kerr (6.3) and Jonathan Osorio  (7.3).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Aimé Mabika (6.8), Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty (7.0), Ayo Akinola, Cassius Mailula, K. Franklin (6.4), Kosi Thompson (6.4), A. Dumitru, Luka Gavran and Prince Osei Owusu (8.5).

Substitutions

Toronto made 5 changes: Deandre Kerr for Prince Osei Owusu (46′), Raoul Petretta for Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty (46′), Alonso Coello for K. Franklin (77′), Matty Longstaff for Kosi Thompson (72′) and Sigurd Rosted for Patrick Agyemang (79′).

Player of the match: Prince Osei Owusu​

The player that probably impressed the most for Toronto was Prince Osei Owusu.

His rating is 8.5 with 2 goals, 8 passes (63% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 8.

His performance was exceptional also because he started the match from the bench before entering in the 46′.

Results of the day

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

• Portland Timbers – Los Angeles FC – 2-2
• Charlotte – Toronto – 3-2
• DC United – Orlando City – 2-3
• CF Montréal – Cincinnati – 2-1
• New York RB – Chicago Fire – 0-0
• New York City – New England – 2-0