Match Centre: Cincinnati vs Sporting KC
Player of the match Kévin Denkey 8.6
GolVolt rating 3.2GolVolt rating
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The match in 30 seconds
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3 → 1
Cincinnati climb 2 places in the table. Sporting KC stay in place 26.
Key stats
Why this rating
Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.
Settled by 78′.
- Dramaweight 50% Settled by 78′.The result was clear early — little to hold on for. Drama: 2.7 out of 10
- Heroesweight 20% Denkey scored the winner.Solid performances, no single big hero. Heroes: 5.3 out of 10
- Stakesweight 15% It mattered for the table but settled nothing. Stakes: 3.8 out of 10
- Quality of playweight 15% Plenty of chances and shots at both ends. Quality of play: 6.8 out of 10
Match ECG
A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.
GolVolt rating 3.2more watchable than 32% 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 goals3 cards
Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.
Timeline
- 17' Tah Anungayellow card
- 43' Goal: Kévin DenkeyCincinnati1:0
- Half-time · 1:0
- 62' SubstitutionNwobodo for Anunga
- 63' SubstitutionSantos for Miazga
- 65' Dejan Joveljićyellow card
- 66' SubstitutionBassong for Radoja
- 73' SubstitutionThommy for Sallói
- 78' Goal: Kévin Denkeyassist: Orellano2:0
- 79' Kévin Denkeyyellow card
- 85' SubstitutionSmith for Engel
- 86' 2 substitutionsAfrifa for SuleymanovBrody for Shelton
- 86' SubstitutionPowell for Orellano
- 89' Goal: Zorhan Bassongassist: Thommy2:1
- 90+1' SubstitutionBaird for Denkey
- Full-time · 2:1
Match stats
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Lineups and ratings
The highlighted rating is the player of the match.
Starting XIs · provider ratings
Cincinnati
Sporting KC
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Came on
Bench
Cincinnati
- 13 Evan Louro GK —
- 2 Alvas Powell DEF on
- 3 Gilberto Flores DEF —
- 14 Brad Smith DEF on
- 5 Obinna Nwobodo MID on
- 19 Ștefan Chirilă MID —
- 22 Gerardo Valenzuela MID —
- 11 Corey Baird ATT on
- 17 Sergio Santos ATT on
Sporting KC
- 36 Ryan Schewe GK —
- 2 Ian James DEF —
- 3 Andrew Brody DEF on
- 14 Tim Leibold DEF —
- 22 Zorhan Bassong DEF on
- 8 Memo Rodríguez MID —
- 26 Erik Thommy MID on
- 13 Mason Toye ATT —
- 30 Stephen Afrifa ATT on
Match sheet
- Stadium
- TQL Stadium
Player ratings
Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.
- Player of the match · Cincinnati Kévin Denkey
- 2. place · Sporting KC Manu García
- 3. place · Cincinnati Luca Orellano
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