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Sporting Kansas City vs St. Louis CITY SC, 2025 MLS, Regular Season

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Sporting Kansas City
  • 71': Dejan Joveljic
  • 88': Dejan Joveljic
FT
2 - 0
St. Louis CITY SC

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    Sporting Kansas City are hosting St. Louis CITY SC at Children's Mercy Park, Kansas City, Kansas, USA, starting on . The match is a part of the MLS.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 1': Foul by Conrad Wallem (St. Louis City SC).
    • 1': Joaquín Fernández (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 3': Foul by Conrad Wallem (St. Louis City SC).
    • 3': Jacob Bartlett (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 9': Foul by Conrad Wallem (St. Louis City SC).
    • 9': Joaquín Fernández (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 10': Foul by Akil Watts (St. Louis City SC).
    • 10': Logan Ndenbe (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 12': Corner, St. Louis City SC. Conceded by Jacob Bartlett.
    • 13': Foul by Célio Pompeu (St. Louis City SC).
    • 13': Shapi Suleymanov (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 16': Conrad Wallem (St. Louis City SC) hits the left post with a right footed shot from the right side of the box. Assisted by João Klauss following a fast break.
    • 17': Attempt saved. Conrad Wallem (St. Louis City SC) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Alfredo Morales with a through ball.
    • 17': Attempt missed. Akil Watts (St. Louis City SC) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
    • 20': Alfredo Morales (St. Louis City SC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 20': Foul by Dániel Sallói (Sporting Kansas City).
    • 21': Dániel Sallói (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 21': Foul by Alfredo Morales (St. Louis City SC).
    • 22': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Kyle Hiebert.
    • 24': Offside, Sporting Kansas City. Dániel Sallói is caught offside.
    • 25': Delay in match because of an injury Joakim Nilsson (St. Louis City SC).
    • 26': Substitution, St. Louis City SC. Tomás Ostrák replaces Joakim Nilsson because of an injury.
    • 26': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 28': Foul by Conrad Wallem (St. Louis City SC).
    • 28': Shapi Suleymanov (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 28': Conrad Wallem (St. Louis City SC) is shown the yellow card.
    • 30': Attempt saved. Jake Davis (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Dejan Joveljic.
    • 36': Foul by Dejan Joveljic (Sporting Kansas City).
    • 36': Tomás Ostrák (St. Louis City SC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 38': Attempt missed. Alfredo Morales (St. Louis City SC) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Conrad Wallem.
    • 38': Attempt saved. Dejan Joveljic (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Jake Davis with a cross.
    • 39': Foul by Manu García (Sporting Kansas City).
    • 39': João Klauss (St. Louis City SC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 39': Jacob Bartlett (Sporting Kansas City) is shown the yellow card.
    • 42': Attempt missed. João Klauss (St. Louis City SC) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Célio Pompeu with a cross.
    • 44': Attempt missed. Marcel Hartel (St. Louis City SC) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Célio Pompeu.
    • 45': Foul by Joaquín Fernández (Sporting Kansas City).
    • 45': João Klauss (St. Louis City SC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 45'+1': Foul by Tomás Ostrák (St. Louis City SC).
    • 45'+1': Manu García (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 45'+1': Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
    • 45'+2': Hand ball by Conrad Wallem (St. Louis City SC).
    • 45'+3': First Half ends, Sporting Kansas City 0, St. Louis City SC 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Sporting Kansas City 0, St. Louis City SC 0.
    • 48': Foul by Jacob Bartlett (Sporting Kansas City).
    • 48': Marcel Hartel (St. Louis City SC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 49': Attempt missed. Tomás Ostrák (St. Louis City SC) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left following a set piece situation.
    • 51': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Joshua Yaro.
    • 52': Attempt missed. Joaquín Fernández (Sporting Kansas City) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right following a corner.
    • 52': Attempt missed. Jake Davis (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Logan Ndenbe.
    • 53': Foul by Dejan Joveljic (Sporting Kansas City).
    • 53': Henry Kessler (St. Louis City SC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 54': Attempt saved. Marcel Hartel (St. Louis City SC) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Tomás Ostrák.
    • 56': Corner, St. Louis City SC. Conceded by Joaquín Fernández.
    • 57': Attempt saved. Conrad Wallem (St. Louis City SC) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Marcel Hartel with a cross.
    • 59': Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Nemanja Radoja replaces Khiry Shelton.
    • 61': Offside, Sporting Kansas City. Dániel Sallói is caught offside.
    • 63': Célio Pompeu (St. Louis City SC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 63': Foul by Nemanja Radoja (Sporting Kansas City).
    • 65': Substitution, St. Louis City SC. Simon Becher replaces Célio Pompeu.
    • 65': Foul by Akil Watts (St. Louis City SC).
    • 65': Logan Ndenbe (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 66': Foul by Simon Becher (St. Louis City SC).
    • 66': Jansen Miller (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 67': Foul by Nemanja Radoja (Sporting Kansas City).
    • 67': Tomás Ostrák (St. Louis City SC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 68': Foul by João Klauss (St. Louis City SC).
    • 68': Joaquín Fernández (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 71': Goal! Sporting Kansas City 1, St. Louis City SC 0. Dejan Joveljic (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Manu García.
    • 78': Dejan Joveljic (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 78': Foul by Tomás Ostrák (St. Louis City SC).
    • 78': Tomás Ostrák (St. Louis City SC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 79': Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Erik Thommy replaces Shapi Suleymanov.
    • 80': Substitution, St. Louis City SC. Cedric Teuchert replaces Alfredo Morales.
    • 81': Attempt blocked. Dejan Joveljic (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Logan Ndenbe.
    • 82': Hand ball by Manu García (Sporting Kansas City).
    • 82': Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Dany Rosero replaces Joaquín Fernández.
    • 83': Corner, St. Louis City SC. Conceded by Jacob Bartlett.
    • 84': Corner, St. Louis City SC. Conceded by Jansen Miller.
    • 84': Attempt missed. Tomás Ostrák (St. Louis City SC) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Marcel Hartel with a cross following a corner.
    • 85': Foul by Dejan Joveljic (Sporting Kansas City).
    • 85': Henry Kessler (St. Louis City SC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 88': Attempt saved. Manu García (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Erik Thommy.
    • 88': Goal! Sporting Kansas City 2, St. Louis City SC 0. Dejan Joveljic (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
    • 89': Offside, St. Louis City SC. Simon Becher is caught offside.
    • 90': Attempt saved. Erik Thommy (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
    • 90': Corner, Sporting Kansas City. Conceded by Joshua Yaro.
    • 90'+1': Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time.
    • 90'+2': Attempt saved. Simon Becher (St. Louis City SC) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
    • 90'+3': Attempt saved. Dejan Joveljic (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Erik Thommy.
    • 90'+3': Attempt missed. Dejan Joveljic (Sporting Kansas City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Dániel Sallói with a through ball.
    • 90'+4': Foul by João Klauss (St. Louis City SC).
    • 90'+4': Manu García (Sporting Kansas City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+4': Substitution, Sporting Kansas City. Mason Toye replaces Dejan Joveljic.
    • 90'+5': Hand ball by Erik Thommy (Sporting Kansas City).
    • 90'+6': Second Half ends, Sporting Kansas City 2, St. Louis City SC 0.
    • 90'+6': Cedric Teuchert (St. Louis City SC) is shown the yellow card.
    • 0': Match ends, Sporting Kansas City 2, St. Louis City SC 0.

    Statistics

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    14 Fouls 11
    3 Yellow Cards 1
    0 Red Cards 0
    1 Offsides 2
    4 Corner Kicks 3
    5 Saves 4
    48.1 Possession 51.9
    11 SHOTS 11
    4 ON GOAL 7
    0.4 On Target % 0.6
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    359 Accurate Passes 389
    436 Passes 467
    0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
    4 Accurate Crosses 1
    9 Crosses 14
    0.4 Cross % 0.1
    46 Long Balls 65
    23 Accurate Long Balls 29
    0.5 Long Balls % 0.4
    0 Blocked Shots 1
    3 Effective Tackles 16
    6 Tackles 20
    0.5 Tackle % 0.8
    12 Interceptions 9
    26 Effective Clearances 16
    26 Clearances 16

    Game Information

    Competition: MLS

    Venue: Children's Mercy Park
    Location: Kansas City, Kansas, USA
    Attendance: 18,116

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    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Vancouver Whitecaps 10 +13 23
    2 Portland Timbers 10 +5 18
    3 Austin FC 10 -3 16
    4 Minnesota United FC 10 +2 16
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    Line-Ups

    SKC Sporting Kansas City (4-3-3)

    No. Name
    1 John Pulskamp (GK)
    24 Joaquín
    15 Jansen Miller
    18 Logan Ndenbe
    11 Khiry Shelton
    16 Jacob Bartlett Yellow Card
    21 Manu García
    17 Jacob Davis
    9 Dejan Joveljic
    10 Dániel Sallói
    93 Shapi Suleymanov
    Sporting Kansas City Substitutes:
    Ryan Schewe, Mason Toye, Memo Rodríguez, Dany Rosero, Stephen Afrifa, Nemanja Radoja, Erik Thommy, Tim Leibold, William Agada.

    STL St. Louis CITY SC (3-4-2-1)

    No. Name
    39 Benjamin Lundt (GK)
    5 Henry Kessler
    4 Joakim Nilsson
    15 Joshua Yaro
    17 Marcel Hartel
    27 Alfredo Morales
    22 Kyle Hiebert
    20 Akil Watts
    9 João Klauss
    12 Célio Pompeu
    6 Conrad Wallem Yellow Card
    St. Louis CITY SC Substitutes:
    Simon Becher, Emil Jääskeläinen, Michael Wentzel, Tomas Ostrak, Christian Olivares, Timo Baumgartl, Joseph Zalinsky, Cedric Teuchert, Jake Girdwood-Reich.

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