MLS

FT Sunday, October 28, 2018
LAFC WLWWD 1
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Sporting Kansas City LDDWW 2
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LAFC011
SKC112
Children's Mercy Park · 20,702 att.

Match Report

William Purnell-USA TODAY Sports

Sporting KC edge LAFC to grab Western Conference top seed

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
13
1
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
1
1
Offsides
0
4
Corner Kicks
2
5
Saves
1
56.1
Possession
43.9
16
SHOTS
8
3
ON GOAL
7
0.2
On Target %
0.9
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
353
Accurate Passes
261
444
Passes
358
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
1
Accurate Crosses
0
15
Crosses
5
0.1
Cross %
0.0
56
Long Balls
63
27
Accurate Long Balls
18
0.5
Long Balls %
0.3
6
Blocked Shots
0
11
Effective Tackles
8
15
Tackles
14
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
8
Interceptions
16
15
Effective Clearances
28
15
Clearances
28

Head to Head

SKC leads series 1-0

Lineups

SKC · 4-3-3

  1. 29Tim MeliaG
  2. 5Matt BeslerCD-L
  3. 3Ike OparaCD-R
  4. 15Seth SinovicLB
  5. 8Graham ZusiRB
  6. 6Ilie SánchezCM
  7. 21Felipe GutiérrezLM
  8. 17Roger EspinozaRM
  9. 14Khiry SheltonF
  10. 20Dániel SallóiLF
  11. 7Johnny RussellRF

LAFC · 4-3-3

  1. 1Tyler MillerG
  2. 25Walker ZimmermanCD-L
  3. 6Danilo SilvaCD-R
  4. 2Jordan HarveyLB
  5. 3Steven BeitashourRB
  6. 20Eduard AtuestaCM
  7. 24Lee NguyenLM
  8. 33Benny FeilhaberRM
  9. 99Adama DiomandéF
  10. 9Diego RossiLF
  11. 10Carlos VelaRF

Timeline

  1. 8' Eduard Atuesta (Los Angeles Football Club) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 14' Johnny Russell (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 37' Goal! Sporting Kansas City 1, Los Angeles Football Club 0. Roger Espinoza (Sporting Kansas City) left footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Graham Zusi.
  4. 45' Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Latif Blessing replaces Eduard Atuesta.
  5. 62' VAR: Penalty Kick. Referee decision on field cancelled.
  6. 62' Seth Sinovic (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the red card.
  7. 63' Goal! Sporting Kansas City 1, Los Angeles Football Club 1. Carlos Vela (Los Angeles Football Club) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  8. 64' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Yohan Croizet replaces Johnny Russell.
  9. 70' Felipe Gutiérrez (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card.
  10. 72' Goal! Sporting Kansas City 2, Los Angeles Football Club 1. Dániel Sallói (Sporting Kansas City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Khiry Shelton.
  11. 73' Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. André Horta replaces Benny Feilhaber.
  12. 77' Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Marco Ureña replaces Latif Blessing because of an injury.
  13. 89' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Gerso Fernandes replaces Felipe Gutiérrez.
  14. 90'+1' Tim Melia (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card.

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