MLS

FT Saturday, September 2, 2023
St. Louis CITY SC LWLWL 1
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Sporting Kansas City LWLWW 2
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STL101
SKC202
Children's Mercy Park · 21,650 att.

Match Report

Sporting KC edge St. Louis City thanks to Alan Pulido

Alan Pulido recorded a first-half brace as host Sporting Kansas City defeated St. Louis City 2-1 on Saturday night.

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
9
2
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
1
5
Corner Kicks
7
4
Saves
1
41.7
Possession
58.3
8
SHOTS
10
2
ON GOAL
6
0.3
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
248
Accurate Passes
371
327
Passes
464
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
3
17
Crosses
20
0.1
Cross %
0.2
50
Long Balls
65
26
Accurate Long Balls
37
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
3
Blocked Shots
4
7
Effective Tackles
17
16
Tackles
21
0.4
Tackle %
0.8
9
Interceptions
4
23
Effective Clearances
16
23
Clearances
16

Head to Head

STL leads series 1-0

Lineups

SKC · 4-3-3

  1. 29Tim MeliaG
  2. 3Andreu FontàsCD-L
  3. 5Dany RoseroCD-R
  4. 18Logan NdenbeLB
  5. 17Jacob DavisRB
  6. 54Rémi WalterCM
  7. 26Erik ThommyLM
  8. 13Felipe GutiérrezRM
  9. 9Alan PulidoF
  10. 20Dániel SallóiLF
  11. 7Johnny RussellRF

Substitutes

  1. 14Tim LeiboldSUB
  2. 6Nemanja RadojaSUB
  3. 22Kendall McIntoshSUB
  4. 15Roger EspinozaSUB
  5. 23William AgadaSUB
  6. 11Khiry SheltonSUB
  7. 4Robert VoloderSUB
  8. 77Marinos TzionisSUB
  9. 21Felipe HernàndezSUB

STL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Roman BürkiG
  2. 4Joakim NilssonCD-L
  3. 26Tim ParkerCD-R
  4. 13Anthony MarkanichLB
  5. 22Kyle HiebertRB
  6. 7Tomas OstrakAM
  7. 19Indiana VassilevLM
  8. 6Njabulo BlomRM
  9. 16Samuel AdeniranF
  10. 29Nökkvi ThórissonAM-L
  11. 8Jared StroudAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 24Lucas BartlettSUB
  2. 11Nicholas GioacchiniSUB
  3. 21Rasmus AlmSUB
  4. 9João KlaussSUB
  5. 20Akil WattsSUB
  6. 10Eduard LöwenSUB
  7. 39Benjamin LundtSUB
  8. 25Aziel JacksonSUB
  9. 15Joshua YaroSUB

Timeline

  1. 22' Goal! Sporting Kansas City 0, St. Louis City SC 1. Samuel Adeniran (St. Louis City SC) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Indiana Vassilev following a fast break.
  2. 31' Goal! Sporting Kansas City 1, St. Louis City SC 1. Alan Pulido (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Dániel Sallói.
  3. 44' Goal! Sporting Kansas City 2, St. Louis City SC 1. Alan Pulido (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jake Davis.
  4. 45' Substitution, St. Louis City SC. Joshua Yaro replaces Tim Parker.
  5. 45' Substitution, St. Louis City SC. Eduard Löwen replaces Tomás Ostrák.
  6. 45' Substitution, St. Louis City SC. João Klauss replaces Indiana Vassilev.
  7. 45' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Nemanja Radoja replaces Felipe Gutiérrez.
  8. 62' Substitution, St. Louis City SC. Rasmus Alm replaces Anthony Markanich because of an injury.
  9. 71' Alan Pulido (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card.
  10. 75' Substitution, St. Louis City SC. Aziel Jackson replaces Samuel Adeniran.
  11. 79' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Khiry Shelton replaces Dániel Sallói because of an injury.
  12. 81' Rasmus Alm (St. Louis City SC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 86' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Roger Espinoza replaces Johnny Russell.
  14. 86' Tim Melia (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card.
  15. 89' João Klauss (St. Louis City SC) is shown the yellow card.
  16. 90'+7' Roger Espinoza (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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