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Match Centre: Real Salt Lake vs New York City

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Major League Soccer Western Conference Sun 13 Sep

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Home Real Salt Lake
Full-time 0:2
Away New York City

Mercau 41′Luighi 61′

Player of the match Agustín Ojeda 8.4

GolVolt ratingHighlights will do 3.3/10 more watchable than 33% of MLS matches Keeper Freese: 6 saves. How we rate

GolVolt rating 3.3GolVolt rating

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The match in 30 seconds

Turning point: 41' Mercau, 0:1
  1. 30% → 95%

    New York City: chance of winning before kick-off and after minute 86.

  2. 1.3 xG

    New York City kept a clean sheet against 1.3 xG.

  3. 19 → 14

    New York City climb 5 places in the table. Real Salt Lake stay in place 20.

The turning point is the biggest jump in the match: after the goal for 0:1, from 27% to 56% (New York City).

How the match went

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

90+9' · 0:2Real Salt Lake 1%draw 4%New York City 95%

Key stats

53% Possession 47%
1.27 xG (expected goals) 0.45
14 Shots 6
6 On target 3
10 Corners 1
53 Dangerous attacks 22
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Why this rating

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

How we rate

Keeper Freese: 6 saves.

  • Dramaweight 50% Settled by 61′.The result was clear early — little to hold on for. Drama: 2.8 out of 10
  • Heroesweight 20% Keeper Freese: 6 saves, Mercau scored the winner.Someone played a match to remember. Heroes: 7.8 out of 10
  • Stakesweight 15% It mattered for the table but settled nothing. Stakes: 5.9 out of 10
  • Quality of playweight 15% Few chances. Quality of play: 1.9 out of 10

Match ECG

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

Worth watching: Highlights will do

GolVolt rating 3.3more watchable than 33% 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.

Highlights

Major League Soccer 46 d ago Open at source

Real Salt Lake vs. New York City FC | Full Match Highlights | Nico Fernández Mercau BLAST!

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How the match went

2 goals4 cards

Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.

Timeline

  1. 41' Goal: Nicolás Fernández Mercauleft foot · assist: Ojeda0:1
  2. Half-time · 0:1
  3. 57' 2 substitutionsGuske for MoisaHenry for Arias
  4. 61' Goal: Luighiright foot · assist: Ojeda0:2
  5. 64' Alexandros Katranisyellow card · foul
  6. 67' 2 substitutionsHezarkhani for Quintondos Santos for Solans
  7. 69' Lineker Rodrigues dos Santosyellow card · foul
  8. 72' SubstitutionTraoré for Luighi
  9. 76' SubstitutionBooth for Guilavogui
  10. 80' 2 substitutionsO'Neill for ShoreO'Toole for Cavallo
  11. 81' Kevin O'Tooleyellow card · foul
  12. 88' SubstitutionMartínez for Wolf
  13. 90+8' Matt Freeseyellow card · time-wasting
  14. Full-time · 0:2

Match stats

Shooting

1.27 xG (expected goals) 0.45
14 Shots 6
6 On target 3
5 Off target 2

Play

53% Possession 47%
10 Corners 1
486 Passes 458
84% Pass accuracy 82%
97 Attacks 78
53 Dangerous attacks 22

Defence

11 Tackles 20
14 Interceptions 20
1 Saves 6

Discipline

18 Fouls 11
1 Offsides 0
2 Yellow cards 2
0 Red cards 0

Lineups and ratings

The highlighted rating is the player of the match.

Starting XIs · provider ratings

3-4-3 –4-3-3
Bench

Real Salt Lake

New York City

Match sheet

Stadium
America First Field, Sandy

Player ratings

Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.

  1. Player of the match · New York City Agustín Ojeda 8.36
  2. 2. place · New York City Matt Freese 8.00
  3. 3. place · New York City Nicolás Fernández Mercau 7.91
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Absences

Real Salt Lake

No absences listed.

New York City · 1 out

  • Mitja Ilenic Injured

    since 23 May 2023 · return date unknown · 155 matches missed · Leg Injury

Injuries and suspensions as reported for this match.

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