MLS

FT Saturday, August 4, 2018
Sporting Kansas City DLLLW 1
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Houston Dynamo FC WDLLL 0
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Shell Energy Stadium · 14,675 att. · ESPN+

Match Report

Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports

Rubio's goal, Melia's shutout lifts Sporting Kansas City past Dynamo

Diego Rubio scored in the 74th minute and goalkeeper Tim Melia turned away four shots as Sporting Kansas City did just enough to beat Houston.

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
12
2
Yellow Cards
6
0
Red Cards
3
2
Offsides
1
4
Corner Kicks
3
4
Saves
4
60.5
Possession
39.5
15
SHOTS
9
5
ON GOAL
4
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
458
Accurate Passes
259
525
Passes
335
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
1
12
Crosses
15
0.2
Cross %
0.1
43
Long Balls
83
24
Accurate Long Balls
38
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
4
9
Effective Tackles
3
14
Tackles
9
0.6
Tackle %
0.3
7
Interceptions
11
27
Effective Clearances
17
27
Clearances
17

Head to Head

HOU leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

HOU · 4-1-2-1-2

  1. 23Joe WillisG
  2. 22LeonardoCD-L
  3. 2Alejandro FuenmayorCD-R
  4. 24Darwin CerénDM
  5. 14Adam LundkvistLB
  6. 11Andrew WengerRB
  7. 10Tomás MartínezAM
  8. 31Romell QuiotoLM
  9. 27Boniek GarcíaRM
  10. 9Mauro ManotasCF-L
  11. 17Alberth ElisCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 6Eric AlexanderSUB
  2. 3Adolfo MachadoSUB
  3. 8Memo RodríguezSUB
  4. 12Arturo ÁlvarezSUB
  5. 13Luis GilSUB
  6. 18Chris SeitzSUB
  7. 21Ronaldo PeñaSUB

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. 13Gianluca BusioLM
  8. 21Felipe GutiérrezRM
  9. 10Yohan CroizetF
  10. 20Dániel SallóiLF
  11. 12GersoRF

Substitutes

  1. 19Cristian LobatoSUB
  2. 11Diego RubioSUB
  3. 75Wan KuzainSUB
  4. 90Kharlton BelmarSUB
  5. 2Amer DidicSUB
  6. 26Jaylin LindseySUB
  7. 18Eric DickSUB

Timeline

  1. 4' Romell Quioto (Houston Dynamo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 14' Alejandro Fuenmayor (Houston Dynamo) is shown the red card.
  3. 15' Alberth Elis (Houston Dynamo) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 19' Boniek García (Houston Dynamo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 20' Substitution, Houston Dynamo. Adolfo Machado replaces Tomás Martínez.
  6. 22' Seth Sinovic (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 61' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Diego Rubio replaces Yohan Croizet.
  8. 70' Joe Willis (Houston Dynamo) is shown the yellow card.
  9. 72' Substitution, Houston Dynamo. Ronaldo Peña replaces Mauro Manotas.
  10. 74' Goal! Houston Dynamo 0, Sporting Kansas City 1. Diego Rubio (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Gianluca Busio.
  11. 80' Ronaldo Peña (Houston Dynamo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 90'+2' Diego Rubio (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 90'+4' Darwin Cerén (Houston Dynamo) is shown the red card for violent conduct.
  14. 90'+8' VAR: Red Card. Referee decision on field cancelled.
  15. 90'+8' Alberth Elis (Houston Dynamo) is shown the red card for violent conduct.
  16. 90'+10' Leonardo (Houston Dynamo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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