MLS

FT Saturday, July 6, 2019
Chicago Fire FC LDLWL 0
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Sporting Kansas City LWLLW 1
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Match Report

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Sporting KC extends Chicago's road misery with shutout

Yohan Croizet scored an early goal and Sporting Kansas City held on for a 1-0 victory against visiting Chicago on Saturday night.

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Team Stats

17
Fouls
12
4
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
2
1
Corner Kicks
4
8
Saves
2
41.1
Possession
58.9
6
SHOTS
17
2
ON GOAL
10
0.3
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
283
Accurate Passes
464
376
Passes
542
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
3
Accurate Crosses
0
7
Crosses
13
0.4
Cross %
0.0
70
Long Balls
65
26
Accurate Long Balls
44
0.4
Long Balls %
0.7
0
Blocked Shots
0
9
Effective Tackles
4
15
Tackles
8
0.6
Tackle %
0.5
9
Interceptions
4
11
Effective Clearances
16
11
Clearances
16

Head to Head

SKC leads series 4-1

Lineups

SKC · 4-3-3

  1. 29Tim MeliaG
  2. 5Matt BeslerCD-L
  3. 2Botond BaráthCD-R
  4. 15Seth SinovicLB
  5. 8Graham ZusiRB
  6. 6Ilie SánchezCM
  7. 24Gedion ZelalemLM
  8. 21Felipe GutiérrezRM
  9. 10Yohan CroizetF
  10. 20Dániel SallóiLF
  11. 12GersoRF

Substitutes

  1. 13Gianluca BusioSUB
  2. 14Nicolas HaslerSUB
  3. 16Graham SmithSUB
  4. 7Johnny RussellSUB
  5. 9Krisztian NemethSUB
  6. 30Benny FeilhaberSUB
  7. 1Adrián ZendejasSUB

CHI · 4-1-4-1

  1. 27Kenneth KronholmG
  2. 5Francisco CalvoCD-L
  3. 31Bastian SchweinsteigerCD-R
  4. 6Dax McCartyDM
  5. 15Grant LillardLB
  6. 13Brandt BronicoRB
  7. 20Nicolás GaitánCM-L
  8. 21Fabian HerbersCM-R
  9. 11Przemyslaw FrankowskiLM
  10. 10Aleksandar KataiRM
  11. 9C.J. SapongF

Substitutes

  1. 45Richard SánchezSUB
  2. 2MarceloSUB
  3. 36Andre ReynoldsSUB
  4. 12Amando MorenoSUB
  5. 23Nemanja NikolicSUB
  6. 18Cristian MartínezSUB
  7. 17Diego CamposSUB

Timeline

  1. 14' Goal! Sporting Kansas City 1, Chicago Fire 0. Yohan Croizet (Sporting Kansas City) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Felipe Gutiérrez with a through ball following a fast break.
  2. 44' Fabian Herbers (Chicago Fire) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 59' Substitution, Chicago Fire. Nemanja Nikolic replaces Aleksandar Katai.
  4. 66' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Krisztián Németh replaces Yohan Croizet because of an injury.
  5. 67' Substitution, Chicago Fire. Marcelo replaces Grant Lillard.
  6. 67' Felipe Gutiérrez (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 69' Dax McCarty (Chicago Fire) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 73' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Johnny Russell replaces Dániel Sallói.
  9. 80' Substitution, Chicago Fire. Diego Campos replaces Fabian Herbers.
  10. 83' Diego Campos (Chicago Fire) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 84' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Gianluca Busio replaces Gedion Zelalem.
  12. 88' Botond Baráth (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 90' Bastian Schweinsteiger (Chicago Fire) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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