Santos vs Houston Dynamo FC, 2023 Leagues Cup, Group Stage

· Houston Dynamo FC win 5-4 on penalties
Santos
  • 45': Harold Preciado
  • 63': Harold Preciado (P)
FT - Penalties
2 - 2
Houston Dynamo FC win 5-4 on penalties
Houston Dynamo FC
  • 14': Corey Baird
  • 26': Griffin Dorsey

About

Santos are hosting Houston Dynamo FC at Shell Energy Stadium, Houston, Texas, USA, starting on . The match is a part of the Leagues Cup.

Match Timeline

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 6': Attempt saved. Juan Brunetta (Santos Laguna) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Emerson Rodríguez.
  • 7': Attempt saved. Harold Preciado (Santos Laguna) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Omar Campos.
  • 7': Corner, Santos Laguna. Conceded by Erik Sviatchenko.
  • 12': Hand ball by Harold Preciado (Santos Laguna).
  • 14': Goal! Santos Laguna 0, Houston Dynamo FC 1. Corey Baird (Houston Dynamo FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Adalberto Carrasquilla.
  • 16': Delay in match because of an injury Erik Sviatchenko (Houston Dynamo FC).
  • 17': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 18': Attempt missed. Raúl López (Santos Laguna) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
  • 19': Offside, Houston Dynamo FC. Adalberto Carrasquilla tries a through ball, but Amine Bassi is caught offside.
  • 19': Duván Vergara (Santos Laguna) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 19': Foul by Adalberto Carrasquilla (Houston Dynamo FC).
  • 21': Offside, Santos Laguna. Gibrán Lajud tries a through ball, but Emerson Rodríguez is caught offside.
  • 24': Attempt saved. Amine Bassi (Houston Dynamo FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Héctor Herrera.
  • 25': Attempt blocked. Duván Vergara (Santos Laguna) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
  • 26': Goal! Santos Laguna 0, Houston Dynamo FC 2. Griffin Dorsey (Houston Dynamo FC) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Héctor Herrera.
  • 28': Attempt saved. Omar Campos (Santos Laguna) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Pedro Aquino.
  • 28': Corner, Santos Laguna. Conceded by Steve Clark.
  • 28': Corner, Santos Laguna. Conceded by Franco Escobar.
  • 29': Adalberto Carrasquilla (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 29': Foul by Duván Vergara (Santos Laguna).
  • 31': Attempt blocked. Héctor Herrera (Houston Dynamo FC) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 31': Delay in match because of an injury Dória (Santos Laguna).
  • 31': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 32': Emerson Rodríguez (Santos Laguna) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 32': Foul by Franco Escobar (Houston Dynamo FC).
  • 33': Corner, Santos Laguna. Conceded by Corey Baird.
  • 34': Attempt missed. Pedro Aquino (Santos Laguna) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Juan Brunetta with a cross following a corner.
  • 34': Offside, Santos Laguna. Pedro Aquino tries a through ball, but Dória is caught offside.
  • 36': Corner, Santos Laguna. Conceded by Micael.
  • 37': Attempt blocked. Pedro Aquino (Santos Laguna) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Juan Brunetta with a cross.
  • 38': Attempt blocked. Héctor Herrera (Houston Dynamo FC) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Amine Bassi with a through ball.
  • 40': Foul by Erik Sviatchenko (Houston Dynamo FC).
  • 40': Harold Preciado (Santos Laguna) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 40': Attempt saved. Harold Preciado (Santos Laguna) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Juan Brunetta.
  • 40': Attempt saved. Emerson Rodríguez (Santos Laguna) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the bottom right corner.
  • 43': Corner, Houston Dynamo FC. Conceded by Dória.
  • 45': Attempt blocked. Duván Vergara (Santos Laguna) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Emerson Rodríguez.
  • 45': Goal! Santos Laguna 1, Houston Dynamo FC 2. Harold Preciado (Santos Laguna) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  • 45'+2': Attempt missed. Héctor Herrera (Houston Dynamo FC) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Adalberto Carrasquilla.
  • 45'+3': Attempt missed. Duván Vergara (Santos Laguna) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Juan Brunetta.
  • 45'+4': First Half ends, Santos Laguna 1, Houston Dynamo FC 2.
  • 45': Second Half begins Santos Laguna 1, Houston Dynamo FC 2.
  • 46': Foul by Adalberto Carrasquilla (Houston Dynamo FC).
  • 46': Omar Campos (Santos Laguna) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 49': Adalberto Carrasquilla (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 49': Foul by Harold Preciado (Santos Laguna).
  • 49': Amine Bassi (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 49': Foul by Pedro Aquino (Santos Laguna).
  • 50': Attempt missed. Aliyu Ibrahim (Houston Dynamo FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Héctor Herrera with a cross following a set piece situation.
  • 50': Offside, Houston Dynamo FC. Aliyu Ibrahim tries a through ball, but Amine Bassi is caught offside.
  • 51': Attempt blocked. Emerson Rodríguez (Santos Laguna) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Juan Brunetta.
  • 51': Corner, Santos Laguna. Conceded by Franco Escobar.
  • 52': Foul by Corey Baird (Houston Dynamo FC).
  • 52': Pedro Aquino (Santos Laguna) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 55': Corner, Santos Laguna. Conceded by Griffin Dorsey.
  • 55': Offside, Santos Laguna. Juan Brunetta tries a through ball, but Harold Preciado is caught offside.
  • 57': Attempt blocked. Aliyu Ibrahim (Houston Dynamo FC) header from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Griffin Dorsey with a cross.
  • 57': Corner, Houston Dynamo FC. Conceded by Félix Torres.
  • 57': Attempt missed. Micael (Houston Dynamo FC) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Amine Bassi with a cross following a corner.
  • 58': Attempt missed. Amine Bassi (Houston Dynamo FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
  • 59': Penalty Santos Laguna. Harold Preciado draws a foul in the penalty area.
  • 59': Penalty conceded by Micael (Houston Dynamo FC) after a foul in the penalty area.
  • 61': VAR Decision: Penalty Santos Laguna.
  • 61': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 63': Goal! Santos Laguna 2, Houston Dynamo FC 2. Harold Preciado (Santos Laguna) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  • 64': Harold Preciado (Santos Laguna) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
  • 64': Foul by Duván Vergara (Santos Laguna).
  • 64': Griffin Dorsey (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 64': Duván Vergara (Santos Laguna) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 66': Foul by Héctor Herrera (Houston Dynamo FC).
  • 66': Juan Brunetta (Santos Laguna) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 67': Substitution, Santos Laguna. Alan Cervantes replaces Pedro Aquino.
  • 68': Attempt saved. Juan Brunetta (Santos Laguna) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
  • 69': Substitution, Houston Dynamo FC. Thorleifur Úlfarsson replaces Aliyu Ibrahim.
  • 70': Attempt saved. Duván Vergara (Santos Laguna) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Harold Preciado with a headed pass.
  • 73': Substitution, Santos Laguna. Diego Medina replaces Emerson Rodríguez.
  • 75': Attempt blocked. Duván Vergara (Santos Laguna) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 75': Corner, Santos Laguna. Conceded by Erik Sviatchenko.
  • 75': Attempt saved. Raúl López (Santos Laguna) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Juan Brunetta.
  • 77': Substitution, Houston Dynamo FC. Iván Franco replaces Corey Baird.
  • 77': Substitution, Houston Dynamo FC. Luís Caicedo replaces Adalberto Carrasquilla.
  • 79': Foul by Dória (Santos Laguna).
  • 79': Thorleifur Úlfarsson (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 79': Alan Cervantes (Santos Laguna) is shown the yellow card.
  • 80': Attempt missed. Iván Franco (Houston Dynamo FC) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Griffin Dorsey.
  • 83': Substitution, Santos Laguna. Jair González replaces Duván Vergara.
  • 83': Attempt blocked. Harold Preciado (Santos Laguna) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jair González.
  • 83': Corner, Santos Laguna. Conceded by Luís Caicedo.
  • 85': Hand ball by Héctor Herrera (Houston Dynamo FC).
  • 86': Diego Medina (Santos Laguna) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 86': Foul by Franco Escobar (Houston Dynamo FC).
  • 87': Foul by Aldo López (Santos Laguna).
  • 87': Héctor Herrera (Houston Dynamo FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 90': Attempt saved. Amine Bassi (Houston Dynamo FC) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
  • 90'+2': Substitution, Houston Dynamo FC. Brad Smith replaces Griffin Dorsey.
  • 90'+3': Foul by Brad Smith (Houston Dynamo FC).
  • 90'+3': Jair González (Santos Laguna) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+4': Second Half ends, Santos Laguna 2, Houston Dynamo FC 2.
  • 90': Penalty Shootout begins Santos Laguna 2, Houston Dynamo FC 2.
  • 92': Goal! Santos Laguna 2, Houston Dynamo FC 2(1). Amine Bassi (Houston Dynamo FC) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
  • 93': Goal! Santos Laguna 2(1), Houston Dynamo FC 2(1). Juan Brunetta (Santos Laguna) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  • 94': Goal! Santos Laguna 2(1), Houston Dynamo FC 2(2). Thorleifur Úlfarsson (Houston Dynamo FC) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  • 94': Goal! Santos Laguna 2(2), Houston Dynamo FC 2(2). Harold Preciado (Santos Laguna) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  • 95': Goal! Santos Laguna 2(2), Houston Dynamo FC 2(3). Iván Franco (Houston Dynamo FC) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  • 96': Goal! Santos Laguna 2(3), Houston Dynamo FC 2(3). Dória (Santos Laguna) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the top right corner.
  • 97': Goal! Santos Laguna 2(3), Houston Dynamo FC 2(4). Brad Smith (Houston Dynamo FC) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  • 97': Goal! Santos Laguna 2(4), Houston Dynamo FC 2(4). Félix Torres (Santos Laguna) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top right corner.
  • 98': Goal! Santos Laguna 2(4), Houston Dynamo FC 2(5). Luís Caicedo (Houston Dynamo FC) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  • 99': Penalty missed! Bad penalty by Raúl López (Santos Laguna) right footed shot is too high. Raúl López should be disappointed.
  • 99': Penalty Shootout ends, Santos Laguna 2(4), Houston Dynamo FC 2(5).
  • 0': Match ends, Santos Laguna 2(4), Houston Dynamo FC 2(5).

Statistics

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10 Fouls 7
0 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
2 Offsides 3
2 Corner Kicks 9
8 Saves 2
61.8 Possession 38.2
12 SHOTS 19
6 ON GOAL 10
0.5 On Target % 0.5
0 Penalty Goals 1
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 1
453 Accurate Passes 250
514 Passes 306
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.8
3 Accurate Crosses 4
14 Crosses 20
0.2 Cross % 0.2
43 Long Balls 39
30 Accurate Long Balls 22
0.7 Long Balls % 0.6
1 Blocked Shots 6
10 Effective Tackles 9
15 Tackles 11
0.7 Tackle % 0.8
7 Interceptions 14
24 Effective Clearances 19
24 Clearances 19

Game Information

Competition: Leagues Cup

Venue: Shell Energy Stadium
Location: Houston, Texas, USA
Attendance: 12,627

Line-Ups

SAN Santos (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
25 Gibrán Lajud (GK)
21 Dória
5 Félix Torres
2 Omar Campos
23 Raúl López
10 Juan Brunetta
18 Pedro Aquino
16 Aldo López
7 Harold Preciado
11 Duván Vergara Yellow Card
31 Emerson Rodríguez
Santos Substitutes:
Ismael Govea, Salvador Mariscal, Jesús Ocejo, Alan Cervantes, Hugo Rodríguez, Hector Holguin Perez, Jesús Gómez, Jair González, Diego Medina, Santiago Ramírez, Santiago Muñoz, Ronaldo Prieto.

HOU Houston Dynamo FC (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
12 Steve Clark (GK)
31 Micael
28 Erik Sviatchenko
2 Franco Escobar
25 Griffin Dorsey
8 Amine Bassi
16 Héctor Herrera
6 Artur
18 Ibrahim Aliyu
11 Corey Baird
20 Adalberto Carrasquilla
Houston Dynamo FC Substitutes:
Daniel Steres, Brad Smith, Andrew Tarbell, Mujeeb Murana, Thorleifur Úlfarsson, Chase Gasper, Luis Caicedo, Charles Auguste, Xavier Valdez, Ivan Franco, Ethan Bartlow, Brooklyn Raines.

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