MLS

FT Saturday, April 22, 2023
Sporting Kansas City LLDLL 1
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New England Revolution WWDWD 2
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NE202
Gillette Stadium · 19,281 att.

Match Report

Vrioni scores 2 goals as Revolution beat Sporting KC 2-1

— Giacomo Vrioni scored two goals a few minutes apart to lead the New England Revolution to a 2-1 victory over Sporting Kansas City on Saturday.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
4
2
Yellow Cards
0
1
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
1
Corner Kicks
3
7
Saves
2
47.3
Possession
52.7
8
SHOTS
16
3
ON GOAL
9
0.4
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
415
Accurate Passes
459
491
Passes
541
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
4
10
Crosses
18
0.1
Cross %
0.2
67
Long Balls
46
34
Accurate Long Balls
28
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
2
Blocked Shots
3
7
Effective Tackles
13
10
Tackles
18
0.7
Tackle %
0.7
10
Interceptions
8
12
Effective Clearances
17
12
Clearances
17

Head to Head

NE leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

NE · 4-2-3-1

  1. 99Djordje PetrovicG
  2. 2Dave RomneyCD-L
  3. 88Andrew FarrellCD-R
  4. 6Christian MakounLB
  5. 15Brandon ByeRB
  6. 10Carles GilAM
  7. 29Noel BuckLM
  8. 8Matt PolsterRM
  9. 9Giacomo VrioniF
  10. 18Emmanuel BoatengAM-L
  11. 47Esmir BajraktarevicAM-R

SKC · 4-3-3

  1. 29Tim MeliaG
  2. 3Andreu FontàsCD-L
  3. 5Dany RoseroCD-R
  4. 18Logan NdenbeLB
  5. 28Cameron DukeRB
  6. 54Rémi WalterCM
  7. 26Erik ThommyLM
  8. 15Roger EspinozaRM
  9. 9Alan PulidoF
  10. 20Dániel SallóiLF
  11. 7Johnny RussellRF

Timeline

  1. 20' Andreu Fontàs (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 31' Goal! New England Revolution 1, Sporting Kansas City 0. Giacomo Vrioni (New England Revolution) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Emmanuel Boateng following a fast break.
  3. 35' Goal! New England Revolution 2, Sporting Kansas City 0. Giacomo Vrioni (New England Revolution) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  4. 50' Goal! New England Revolution 2, Sporting Kansas City 1. Johnny Russell (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Dániel Sallói with a cross following a set piece situation.
  5. 61' Andreu Fontàs (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the red card.
  6. 64' Substitution, New England Revolution. Justin Rennicks replaces Esmir Bajraktarevic.
  7. 64' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Khiry Shelton replaces Logan Ndenbe.
  8. 64' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Robert Voloder replaces Alan Pulido.
  9. 67' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Felipe Hernández replaces Roger Espinoza.
  10. 74' Substitution, New England Revolution. Damián Rivera replaces Emmanuel Boateng.
  11. 74' Substitution, New England Revolution. Ben Sweat replaces Christian Makoun.
  12. 86' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Chris Rindov replaces Erik Thommy.
  13. 86' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Marinos Tzionis replaces Dániel Sallói.
  14. 89' Robert Voloder (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 90'+5' Substitution, New England Revolution. Jack Panayotou replaces Giacomo Vrioni.

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