MLS

FT Sunday, October 29, 2023
Sporting Kansas City LWWWW 4
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St. Louis CITY SC WWLLL 1
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SKC leads series 1-0 · Energizer Park · 22,423 att.

Match Report

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Sporting KC stun St. Louis City to open first-round series

Logan Ndenbe, Remi Walter, Gadi Kinda and Daniel Salloi all scored goals as eighth-seeded Sporting Kansas City roundly outplayed top-seeded St. Louis City to earn a resounding 4-1 upset victory in a first-round playoff match on Sunday night in St. Louis.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
17
1
Yellow Cards
5
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
5
Corner Kicks
3
5
Saves
6
42.4
Possession
57.6
15
SHOTS
10
11
ON GOAL
6
0.7
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
233
Accurate Passes
354
340
Passes
459
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
3
14
Crosses
20
0.1
Cross %
0.2
75
Long Balls
47
27
Accurate Long Balls
21
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
2
Blocked Shots
0
7
Effective Tackles
10
11
Tackles
17
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
7
Interceptions
5
18
Effective Clearances
20
18
Clearances
20

Highlights

00:27 Gadi Kinda's screamer helps Sporting KC upset St. Louis in Game 1 Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

STL leads series 2-1

Lineups

STL · 4-4-2

  1. 1Roman BürkiG
  2. 4Joakim NilssonCD-L
  3. 26Tim ParkerCD-R
  4. 13Anthony MarkanichLB
  5. 2Jakob NerwinskiRB
  6. 6Njabulo BlomCM-L
  7. 10Eduard LöwenCM-R
  8. 8Jared StroudLM
  9. 19Indiana VassilevRM
  10. 25Aziel JacksonCF-L
  11. 9João KlaussCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 24Lucas BartlettSUB
  2. 39Benjamin LundtSUB
  3. 11Nicholas GioacchiniSUB
  4. 16Samuel AdeniranSUB
  5. 15Joshua YaroSUB
  6. 12Célio PompeuSUB
  7. 7Tomas OstrakSUB
  8. 20Akil WattsSUB
  9. 22Kyle HiebertSUB

SKC · 4-3-3

  1. 29Tim MeliaG
  2. 3Andreu FontàsCD-L
  3. 5Dany RoseroCD-R
  4. 18Logan NdenbeLB
  5. 17Jacob DavisRB
  6. 6Nemanja RadojaCM
  7. 10Gadi KindaLM
  8. 54Rémi WalterRM
  9. 9Alan PulidoF
  10. 20Dániel SallóiLF
  11. 11Khiry SheltonRF

Substitutes

  1. 8Graham ZusiSUB
  2. 26Erik ThommySUB
  3. 77Marinos TzionisSUB
  4. 19Robert CastellanosSUB
  5. 7Johnny RussellSUB
  6. 1John PulskampSUB
  7. 13Felipe GutiérrezSUB
  8. 21Felipe HernàndezSUB
  9. 15Roger EspinozaSUB

Timeline

  1. 15' Gadi Kinda (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card.
  2. 27' Goal! St. Louis City SC 0, Sporting Kansas City 1. Logan Ndenbe (Sporting Kansas City) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Alan Pulido.
  3. 28' Goal! St. Louis City SC 1, Sporting Kansas City 1. Tim Parker (St. Louis City SC) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the bottom right corner following a corner.
  4. 36' Goal! St. Louis City SC 1, Sporting Kansas City 2. Rémi Walter (Sporting Kansas City) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Dániel Sallói.
  5. 39' Goal! St. Louis City SC 1, Sporting Kansas City 3. Gadi Kinda (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Khiry Shelton.
  6. 45' Aziel Jackson (St. Louis City SC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 58' Jared Stroud (St. Louis City SC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 59' Substitution, St. Louis City SC. Samuel Adeniran replaces Aziel Jackson.
  9. 59' Substitution, St. Louis City SC. Kyle Hiebert replaces Anthony Markanich.
  10. 61' Goal! St. Louis City SC 1, Sporting Kansas City 4. Dániel Sallói (Sporting Kansas City) left footed shot from very close range to the top left corner. Assisted by Alan Pulido following a corner.
  11. 70' Eduard Löwen (St. Louis City SC) is shown the yellow card.
  12. 73' Substitution, St. Louis City SC. Nicholas Gioacchini replaces Eduard Löwen.
  13. 73' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Erik Thommy replaces Gadi Kinda.
  14. 78' Njabulo Blom (St. Louis City SC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 80' Substitution, St. Louis City SC. Akil Watts replaces Jake Nerwinski.
  16. 80' Substitution, St. Louis City SC. Célio Pompeu replaces Indiana Vassilev.
  17. 85' Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Roger Espinoza replaces Alan Pulido.
  18. 88' Samuel Adeniran (St. Louis City SC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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