MLS

FT Sunday, November 11, 2018
Real Salt Lake LWLWD 2
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Sporting Kansas City DWWWD 4
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Match Report

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Sporting KC defeats Real Salt Lake to advance to Western Conference finals

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Team Stats

17
Fouls
18
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
7
Corner Kicks
8
2
Saves
5
49.2
Possession
50.8
20
SHOTS
15
7
ON GOAL
7
0.4
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
274
Accurate Passes
307
405
Passes
416
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.7
4
Accurate Crosses
5
11
Crosses
14
0.4
Cross %
0.4
88
Long Balls
66
21
Accurate Long Balls
33
0.2
Long Balls %
0.5
7
Blocked Shots
2
5
Effective Tackles
14
13
Tackles
23
0.4
Tackle %
0.6
13
Interceptions
17
12
Effective Clearances
19
12
Clearances
19

Head to Head

RSL leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

SKC · 4-3-3

  1. 29Tim MeliaG
  2. 29Tim MeliaG
  3. 5Matt BeslerCD-L
  4. 3Ike OparaCD-R
  5. 15Seth SinovicLB
  6. 8Graham ZusiRB
  7. 6Ilie SánchezCM
  8. 21Felipe GutiérrezLM
  9. 17Roger EspinozaRM
  10. 11Diego RubioF
  11. 20Dániel SallóiLF
  12. 7Johnny RussellRF

RSL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 18Nick RimandoG
  2. 18Nick RimandoG
  3. 14Nedum OnuohaCD-L
  4. 13Nick BeslerCD-R
  5. 22Aaron HerreraLB
  6. 12Brooks LennonRB
  7. 6Damir KreilachAM
  8. 19Luke MulhollandLM
  9. 5Kyle BeckermanRM
  10. 20Luis SilvaF
  11. 10Joao PlataAM-L
  12. 7Jefferson SavarinoAM-R

Timeline

  1. 14' Goal! Sporting Kansas City 1, Real Salt Lake 0. Diego Rubio (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Felipe Gutiérrez.
  2. 19' Goal! Sporting Kansas City 2, Real Salt Lake 0. Dániel Sallói (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Felipe Gutiérrez with a through ball.
  3. 45' Substitution, Real Salt Lake. Sebastián Saucedo replaces Luis Silva.
  4. 49' Aaron Herrera (Real Salt Lake) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 60' Goal! Sporting Kansas City 2, Real Salt Lake 1. Sebastián Saucedo (Real Salt Lake) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Joao Plata.
  6. 63' Diego Rubio (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  7. 64' Kyle Beckerman (Real Salt Lake) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 67' Goal! Sporting Kansas City 3, Real Salt Lake 1. Ilie Sánchez (Sporting Kansas City) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
  9. 68' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Khiry Shelton replaces Diego Rubio.
  10. 72' Goal! Sporting Kansas City 3, Real Salt Lake 2. Damir Kreilach (Real Salt Lake) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Joao Plata with a cross following a corner.
  11. 77' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Yohan Croizet replaces Johnny Russell.
  12. 82' Roger Espinoza (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 90' Substitution, Real Salt Lake. Pablo Ruiz replaces Luke Mulholland.
  14. 90'+7' Goal! Sporting Kansas City 4, Real Salt Lake 2. Dániel Sallói (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.

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