. St. Louis City overcomes Austin 1-0 after J. Klauss scored just 1 goal (57′). Austin was unquestionably better in terms of ball possession (62%).
The match was played at the CityPark stadium in on Sunday and it started at 3:45 pm local time. The referee was Ted Unkel assisted by Nick Uranga and Kevin Lock. The 4th official was Abdou Ndiaye. The weather was light rain. The temperature was hot at 27.39 degrees Celsius or 81.3 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 43%.
Match Statistics
- ! 38 Ball Possession 62
Shots
- 11 Total 2
- 4 On Target 0
- 5 Off Target 2
- 2 Shots blocked 1
- 83 Attack 84
- 46 Dangerous attack 43
- 65 Ball safe 100
- 0 Penalties 0
- 5 Corners 6
- 2 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 14 Total 16
- 2 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
Austin was in firm control of the ball 62% while St. Louis City was struggling with a 38% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
St. Louis City had a more offensive attitude with 46 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why St. Louis City won the match.
St. Louis City shot 11 times, 4 on target, 5 off target. Regarding the opposition, Austin shot 2 times, 0 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
St. Louis City received 3 yellow cards (T. Ostrák, C. Durkin and Bradley Carnell). Regarding the opposition, Austin received 2 yellow cards (J. Gallagher and Julio Cascante).
Match Timeline
Standings
Eastern Conference
Western Conference
After this encounter, St. Louis City has 11 points like Los Angeles FC and Minnesota United to remain in the 7th place. On the opposite side, Austin will stays with 9 points like Portland Timbers to sit in the 11th 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 stats in favor of Sporting KC (0 draws).
St. Louis City – Formation
St. Louis City
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St. Louis City adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Bradley Carnell decided to play with the following team: R. Bürki , T. Totland , T. Parker , K. Hiebert , A. Markanich , C. Durkin , T. Ostrák , R. Alm , I. Vassilev , Célio Pompeu and João Klauss .
The home team had on the bench: J. Nerwinski , J. Nilsson , A. Watts, N. Þórisson , B. Lundt, N. Dyhr, Hosei Kijima and A. Jackson .
St. Louis City could not rely on the presence of J. Nilsson (injured).
Substitutions
St. Louis City made 5 changes: João Klauss for J. Nerwinski (90′), K. Hiebert for J. Nilsson (84′), I. Vassilev for A. Jackson (62′), R. Alm for N. Þórisson (61′) and T. Ostrák for Hosei Kijima (84′).
Player of the match: João Klauss
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for St. Louis City was João Klauss.
His rating is with 1 goal, 11 passes (45% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 8 duels out of 11. He performed 1 cross.
Austin – Formation
Austin
Also Austin adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Josh Wolff played with: Brad Stuver , J. Gallagher , Julio Cascante , Brendan Hines-Ike , Guilherme Biro , Alexander Ring , Daniel Pereira , Jáder Obrian , Sebastián Driussi , Owen Wolff and Diego Rubio .
They had on the bench: Matt Hedges, Jhojan Valencia, Emiliano Rigoni , Gyasi Zardes , Ethan Finlay, Héctor Jiménez, Zan Kolmanic and Stefan Cleveland.
Substitutions
Austin made 3 changes: Jáder Obrian for Emiliano Rigoni (66′), Owen Wolff for Gyasi Zardes (83′) and Guilherme Biro for Zan Kolmanic (78′).
Player of the match: Guilherme Biro
The player that probably impressed the most for Austin was Guilherme Biro.
His rating is with 43 passes (84% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 4 duels out of 5. He performed 2 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Major League Soccer.
- Dallas – Seattle Sounders – 0-0
- Sporting KC – Inter Miami – 2-3
- Minnesota United – Houston Dynamo – 1-2
- Real Salt Lake – Columbus Crew – 0-0
- Vancouver Whitecaps – LA Galaxy – 1-3
- SJ Earthquakes – Colorado Rapids – 0-3
- Atlanta United – Philadelphia Union – 2-2
- St. Louis City – Austin – 1-0
