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Match Centre: St. Louis City vs Houston Dynamo

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Major League Soccer Regular Season Sun 23 Aug

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Home St. Louis City

Becher 23′Polvara 85′

Full-time 2:1
Away Houston Dynamo

Aliyu 75′

Player of the match Dante Polvara 7.8

GolVolt ratingWatch it all 7.7/10 more watchable than 77% of MLS matches Winner at 85′, race for the top places. How we rate

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The match in 30 seconds

Turning point: 85' Polvara, 2:1
  1. 85'

    The winner came late: Dante Polvara (St. Louis City).

  2. 12 → 10

    St. Louis City climb 2 places in the table. Houston Dynamo stay in place 3.

The turning point is the biggest jump in the match: after the goal for 2:1, from 14% to 82% (St. Louis City).

How the match went

One minute axis for every view. The discs along the bottom are the goals.

90+8' · 2:1St. Louis City 96%draw 4%Houston Dynamo 0%

Key stats

48% Possession 52%
1.41 xG (expected goals) 1.34
10 Shots 17
5 On target 4
1 Corners 5
47 Dangerous attacks 50
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Why this rating

Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.

How we rate

Winner at 85′, race for the top places.

  • Dramaweight 50% Winner at 85′.The result hung in the balance and big moments changed the game. Drama: 7.4 out of 10
  • Heroesweight 20% Polvara scored the winner.Solid performances, no single big hero. Heroes: 4.9 out of 10
  • Stakesweight 15% Race for the top places. Stakes: 8.6 out of 10
  • Quality of playweight 15% An average number of chances. Quality of play: 4.8 out of 10

Match ECG

A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.

Worth watching: Watch it all

GolVolt rating 7.7more watchable than 77% of MLS matches

The GolVolt rating comes from four pillars — drama, heroes, stakes and quality of play — measured against this league's matches of the last 12 months (model nap-v2).

Similar matches

A similar story: twists, the finish, chances. Same league, last 12 months.

How the match went

3 goals7 cards1 VAR

Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.

Timeline

  1. 23' Goal: Simon Becherright foot · assist: Mățan1:0
  2. 27' Alexandru Mățanyellow card · foul
  3. Half-time · 1:0
  4. 46' SubstitutionAndrade for Saracchi
  5. 57' 2 substitutionsAliyu for McGuireHerrera for Samassékou
  6. 58' Mateusz Boguszyellow card · dissent
  7. 58' Agustín Bouzatyellow card · dissent
  8. 62' SubstitutionHolse for Ostrák
  9. 63' Simon Becheryellow card · off-the-ball foul
  10. 66' Goal Disallowed
  11. 70' Carlo Holseyellow card · foul
  12. 72' 2 substitutionsAult for JeongMacNaughton for Mățan
  13. 75' Goal: Ibrahim Aliyuright foot1:1
  14. 81' Lucas Halteryellow card · foul
  15. 85' Goal: Dante Polvaraleft foot2:1
  16. 87' SubstitutionNegri for Bouzat
  17. 90+2' SubstitutionHolmes for Ennali
  18. 90+2' SubstitutionPerez for Becher
  19. 90+8' Tomas Totlandyellow card · foul
  20. Full-time · 2:1

Match stats

Shooting

1.41 xG (expected goals) 1.34
10 Shots 17
5 On target 4
3 Off target 8

Play

48% Possession 52%
1 Corners 5
428 Passes 453
89% Pass accuracy 87%
80 Attacks 82
47 Dangerous attacks 50

Defence

17 Tackles 12
10 Interceptions 8
3 Saves 3

Discipline

18 Fouls 10
1 Offsides 4
3 Yellow cards 3
0 Red cards 0

Lineups and ratings

The highlighted rating is the player of the match.

Starting XIs · provider ratings

3-4-3 –4-2-3-1
Bench

St. Louis City

Houston Dynamo

Match sheet

Stadium
Energizer Park

Player ratings

Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.

  1. Player of the match · St. Louis City Dante Polvara 7.83
  2. 2. place · Houston Dynamo Jack McGlynn 7.47
  3. 3. place · Houston Dynamo Agustin Resch 7.36
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Absences

St. Louis City · 1 out

  • Célio Pompeu Injured

    since 30 Mar · return date unknown · 18 matches missed · Cruciate Ligament Tear

Houston Dynamo

No absences listed.

Injuries and suspensions as reported for this match.

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