MLS

FT Sunday, April 8, 2018
Sporting Kansas City WWDWW 2
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LA Galaxy WLDWL 0
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Match Report

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Team Stats

5
Fouls
11
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
6
Corner Kicks
5
10
Saves
2
52.2
Possession
47.8
13
SHOTS
22
4
ON GOAL
10
0.3
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
431
Accurate Passes
367
493
Passes
441
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
0
Accurate Crosses
9
9
Crosses
19
0.0
Cross %
0.5
62
Long Balls
55
38
Accurate Long Balls
31
0.6
Long Balls %
0.6
3
Blocked Shots
2
13
Effective Tackles
24
20
Tackles
31
0.7
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
23
Effective Clearances
12
23
Clearances
12

Head to Head

SKC leads series 2-0-3

Lineups

LA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1David BinghamG
  2. 16Jorgen SkjelvikCD-L
  3. 5Daniel SteresCD-R
  4. 3Ashley ColeLB
  5. 25Rolf FeltscherRB
  6. 7Romain AlessandriniAM
  7. 8Jonathan dos SantosLM
  8. 2Perry KitchenRM
  9. 11Ola KamaraF
  10. 24Emmanuel BoatengAM-L
  11. 19Chris PontiusAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 9Zlatan IbrahimovicSUB
  2. 14Servando CarrascoSUB
  3. 41Justin vom SteegSUB
  4. 28Michaël CianiSUB
  5. 4Dave RomneySUB
  6. 17Sebastian LletgetSUB
  7. 6Baggio HusidicSUB

SKC · 4-3-3

  1. 29Tim MeliaG
  2. 5Matt BeslerCD-L
  3. 3Ike OparaCD-R
  4. 94Jimmy MedrandaLB
  5. 8Graham ZusiRB
  6. 6Ilie SánchezCM
  7. 10Yohan CroizetLM
  8. 17Roger EspinozaRM
  9. 14Khiry SheltonF
  10. 20Dániel SallóiLF
  11. 7Johnny RussellRF

Substitutes

  1. 15Seth SinovicSUB
  2. 26Jaylin LindseySUB
  3. 19Cristian LobatoSUB
  4. 11Diego RubioSUB
  5. 1Adrián ZendejasSUB
  6. 22Emiliano AmorSUB
  7. 12GersoSUB

Timeline

  1. 55' Daniel Steres (LA Galaxy) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 56' Goal! LA Galaxy 0, Sporting Kansas City 1. Dániel Sallói (Sporting Kansas City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner following a corner.
  3. 61' Goal! LA Galaxy 0, Sporting Kansas City 2. Johnny Russell (Sporting Kansas City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Roger Espinoza.
  4. 62' Substitution, LA Galaxy. Zlatan Ibrahimovic replaces Emmanuel Boateng.
  5. 67' Substitution, LA Galaxy. Sebastian Lletget replaces Romain Alessandrini.
  6. 70' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Seth Sinovic replaces Yohan Croizet.
  7. 77' Jonathan dos Santos (LA Galaxy) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 82' Roger Espinoza (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 88' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Gerso Fernandes replaces Johnny Russell.

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