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FT Saturday, October 6, 2018
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Match Report

Kelvin Kuo-USA TODAY Sports

Adama Diomande hits brace to send LAFC past Colorado Rapids, clinch playoff berth

Adama Diomande found his scoring touch as LAFC earned an MLS Western Conference playoff berth on Saturday with a 3-0 win over the Colorado Rapids.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
15
0
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
4
6
Corner Kicks
5
1
Saves
3
46.1
Possession
53.9
15
SHOTS
8
6
ON GOAL
1
0.4
On Target %
0.1
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
354
Accurate Passes
424
434
Passes
504
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
0
Accurate Crosses
7
11
Crosses
18
0.0
Cross %
0.4
59
Long Balls
58
20
Accurate Long Balls
28
0.3
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
3
11
Effective Tackles
5
15
Tackles
7
0.7
Tackle %
0.7
13
Interceptions
12
10
Effective Clearances
12
10
Clearances
12

Head to Head

LAFC leads series 1-0

Lineups

COL · 4-3-1-2

  1. 1Tim HowardG
  2. 5Tommy SmithCD-L
  3. 44Axel SjöbergCD-R
  4. 2Edgar CastilloLB
  5. 94Marlon HairstonRB
  6. 7Giles BarnesM
  7. 19Jack PriceCM
  8. 17Dillon SernaAM
  9. 10Kellyn AcostaLM
  10. 8Johan BlombergRM
  11. 11Shkelzen GashiCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 27Deklan Wynne
  2. 4Danny Wilson
  3. 21Bismark Boateng
  4. 9Yannick Boli
  5. 26Cole Bassett
  6. 12Niki Jackson
  7. 18Zac MacMath

LAFC · 4-3-3

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

Substitutes

  1. 12Christian RamírezSUB
  2. 18Joshua PérezSUB
  3. 22Luis LópezSUB
  4. 8André HortaSUB
  5. 44Joao MoutinhoSUB
  6. 5Dejan JankovićSUB
  7. 21Marco UreñaSUB

Timeline

  1. 15' Goal! Colorado Rapids 0, Los Angeles Football Club 1. Walker Zimmerman (Los Angeles Football Club) header from very close range to the centre of the goal following a corner.
  2. 39' Édgar Castillo (Colorado Rapids) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 42' Goal! Colorado Rapids 0, Los Angeles Football Club 2. Adama Diomande (Los Angeles Football Club) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Lee Nguyen.
  4. 48' Goal! Colorado Rapids 0, Los Angeles Football Club 3. Adama Diomande (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Aaron Kovar with a through ball.
  5. 52' Substitution, Colorado Rapids. Niki Jackson replaces Johan Blomberg.
  6. 53' Substitution, Colorado Rapids. Yannick Boli replaces Giles Barnes.
  7. 53' Shkëlzen Gashi (Colorado Rapids) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 59' Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Dejan Jakovic replaces Danilo Silva because of an injury.
  9. 69' Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. André Horta replaces Aaron Kovar.
  10. 74' Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Marco Ureña replaces Adama Diomande.
  11. 74' Substitution, Colorado Rapids. Cole Bassett replaces Shkëlzen Gashi.
  12. 77' Kellyn Acosta (Colorado Rapids) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 81' Niki Jackson (Colorado Rapids) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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