SANDY. Real Salt Lake conquers Sporting KC 1-0 after C. Arango scored just 1 goal (81′). Real Salt Lake capitalized on its superior ball possession (59%).
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 Timothy Ford with the help of Chris Wattam and Ben Pilgrim. The 4th official was Ricardo Fierro. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was quite cold at 2.59 degrees Celsius or 36.66 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 27%.
Match Statistics
- 59 Ball Possession 41
Shots
- 14 Total 10
- 5 On Target 1
- 7 Off Target 5
- 2 Shots blocked 4
- 108 Attack 91
- 49 Dangerous attack 26
- 65 Ball safe 71
- 0 Penalties 0
- 7 Corners 2
Fouls
- 12 Total 14
- 3 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Real Salt Lake had a superior ball possession 59% while Sporting KC was struggling with a 41% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Real Salt Lake was putting more pressure with 49 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Real Salt Lake won the match.
Real Salt Lake shot 14 times, 5 on target, 7 off target. Talking about the opposition, Sporting KC shot 10 times, 1 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Real Salt Lake received 3 yellow cards (Cristian Arango , Brayan Vera and Emeka Eneli). Regarding the opposition, Sporting KC received 1 yellow card (Memo Rodríguez).
Match Timeline
Standings
Eastern Conference
Western Conference
After this contest, Real Salt Lake has 21 points to hold in the 1st place. Regarding the opposition, Sporting KC will stays with 11 points to sit in the 10th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Sporting KC will play away against St. Louis City on the 11th of November with a 3-2 head to head in favor of Sporting KC (1 draw).
Real Salt Lake – Formation
Real Salt Lake
47'
59'
81'
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 , A. Gómez , Cristian Arango , F. Barajas and Anderson Julio .
The home team had on the bench: D. Luna , N. Palacio , Maikel Chang, P. Quinton, Bertin Jacquesson, T. Silva, G. Beavers and Bode Hidalgo .
Substitutions
Real Salt Lake made 4 changes: F. Barajas for D. Luna (46′), Anderson Julio for N. Palacio (70′), Alexandros Katranis for Bode Hidalgo (59′) and A. Gómez for Maikel Chang (90′).
Player of the match: Alexandros Katranis
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Real Salt Lake was Alexandros Katranis even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 31 passes (71% accurate) and 4 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 8. He performed 5 crosses.
Sporting KC – Formation
Sporting KC
Sporting KC started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Peter Vermes played with: John Pulskamp , Jake Davis , Andreu Fontàs , Robert Voloder , Tim Leibold , Marinos Tzionis , Memo Rodríguez , Erik Thommy , Johnny Russell , Alan Pulido and Dániel Sallói .
These were the players on the bench: Nemanja Radoja, Khiry Shelton , Robert Castellanos, Alenis Vargas , Felipe Hernández , Z. Bassong, K. Pierre, R. Schewe and Willy Agada .
Sporting KC could not rely on the presence of Willy Agada (injured).
Substitutions
Sporting KC made 4 changes: Marinos Tzionis for Felipe Hernández (46′), Alan Pulido for Willy Agada (75′), Dániel Sallói for Khiry Shelton (88′) and Johnny Russell for Alenis Vargas (61′).
Player of the match: John Pulskamp
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Sporting KC was the goalkeeper: John Pulskamp. His rating is 7.65. He performed 4 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Major League Soccer.
- Chicago Fire – New England – 0-1
- Houston Dynamo – St. Louis City – 0-0
- Nashville SC – CF Montréal – 4-1
- Real Salt Lake – Sporting KC – 1-0
- Vancouver Whitecaps – Austin – 0-0
- New York City – Colorado Rapids – 0-2
- Seattle Sounders – LA Galaxy – 0-0
