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FT Sunday, April 7, 2019
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FC Cincinnati LDWWL 1
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Nippert Stadium · 26,023 att. · ESPN Deportes

Match Report

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FC Cincinnati hang on for draw against Sporting Kansas City

Sporting Kansas City and FC Cincinnati played to a 1-1 draw in the first-ever match between the two clubs Sunday afternoon at Nippert Stadium.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
13
4
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
2
6
Corner Kicks
5
3
Saves
3
56.1
Possession
43.9
18
SHOTS
10
4
ON GOAL
4
0.2
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
431
Accurate Passes
302
525
Passes
404
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
2
Accurate Crosses
1
12
Crosses
17
0.2
Cross %
0.1
72
Long Balls
70
34
Accurate Long Balls
31
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
6
Blocked Shots
1
10
Effective Tackles
14
20
Tackles
20
0.5
Tackle %
0.7
15
Interceptions
15
20
Effective Clearances
21
20
Clearances
21

Lineups

CIN · 4-4-2

  1. 18Spencer RicheyG
  2. 2Kendall WastonCD-L
  3. 14Nick HagglundCD-R
  4. 4Gregory GarzaLB
  5. 17Mathieu DeplangeRB
  6. 8Victor UlloaCM-L
  7. 6Leonardo BertoneCM-R
  8. 7Roland LamahLM
  9. 15Allan CruzRM
  10. 93Kenny SaiefCF-L
  11. 11Darren MattocksCF-R

SKC · 4-3-3

  1. 1Adrián ZendejasG
  2. 4Andreu FontàsCD-L
  3. 2Botond BaráthCD-R
  4. 22Rodney WallaceLB
  5. 14Nicolas HaslerRB
  6. 6Ilie SánchezCM
  7. 24Gedion ZelalemLM
  8. 13Gianluca BusioRM
  9. 10Yohan CroizetF
  10. 11Kelyn RoweLF
  11. 7Johnny RussellRF

Timeline

  1. 18' Andreu Fontàs (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 18' VAR: Mistaken Identity. Referee decision on field cancelled.
  3. 19' Goal! FC Cincinnati 1, Sporting Kansas City 0. Darren Mattocks (FC Cincinnati) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
  4. 27' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Seth Sinovic replaces Rodney Wallace because of an injury.
  5. 35' Yohan Croizet (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 38' Gedion Zelalem (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 45' Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Kekuta Manneh replaces Roland Lamah.
  8. 56' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Felipe Gutiérrez replaces Gedion Zelalem.
  9. 62' Goal! FC Cincinnati 1, Sporting Kansas City 1. Gianluca Busio (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the bottom right corner.
  10. 70' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Krisztián Németh replaces Yohan Croizet.
  11. 77' Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Eric Alexander replaces Kenny Saief.
  12. 78' Greg Garza (FC Cincinnati) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 82' Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Caleb Stanko replaces Darren Mattocks.
  14. 88' Leonardo Bertone (FC Cincinnati) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 90'+3' Botond Baráth (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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