St. Louis vs LAFC 2024 MLS, Regular Season

St. Louis CITY SC

75': Anthony Markanich

FT
0 - 2

LAFC

59': Denis Bouanga
90'+5': Denis Bouanga

Introduction

St. Louis CITY SC are hosting LAFC at Energizer Park, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, starting on . The match is a part of the MLS.

Match Commentary

16': Penalty saved. João Klauss (St. Louis City SC) right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
27': Anthony Markanich (St. Louis City SC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45'+5': Timothy Tillman (Los Angeles Football Club) is shown the yellow card.
45': Second Half begins St. Louis City SC 0, Los Angeles Football Club 0.
45': Substitution, St. Louis City SC. Kyle Hiebert replaces Joakim Nilsson.
58': Célio Pompeu (St. Louis City SC) is shown the yellow card.
59': Goal! St. Louis City SC 0, Los Angeles Football Club 1. Dénis Bouanga (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mateusz Bogusz with a through ball.
63': Substitution, St. Louis City SC. Samuel Adeniran replaces João Klauss.
63': Substitution, St. Louis City SC. Aziel Jackson replaces Célio Pompeu.
64': Substitution, St. Louis City SC. Njabulo Blom replaces Tomás Ostrák.
69': Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Ilie Sánchez replaces Kei Kamara.
75': Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Érik Dueñas replaces Eduard Atuesta.
75': Second yellow card to Anthony Markanich (St. Louis City SC) for a bad foul.
79': Substitution, St. Louis City SC. Nökkvi Thórisson replaces Rasmus Alm.
82': Njabulo Blom (St. Louis City SC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
84': Aziel Jackson (St. Louis City SC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
86': Érik Dueñas (Los Angeles Football Club) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
87': Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Maxime Chanot replaces Mateusz Bogusz.
90'+2': Indiana Vassilev (St. Louis City SC) is shown the yellow card.
90'+5': Goal! St. Louis City SC 0, Los Angeles Football Club 2. Dénis Bouanga (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal following a fast break.
90'+9': Second Half ends, St. Louis City SC 0, Los Angeles Football Club 2.

Game Information

Competition: MLS

Venue: Energizer Park
Location: St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Attendance: 22,423

MLS Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
0	Austin FC	0	0	0
0	Colorado Rapids	0	0	0
0	FC Dallas	0	0	0
0	Houston Dynamo FC	0	0	0

Full Table

Statistics

LAFC		STL
10	Fouls	16
2	Yellow Cards	4
0	Red Cards	1
1	Offsides	0
6	Corner Kicks	8
7	Saves	1
45.1	Possession	54.9
12	SHOTS	14
3	ON GOAL	7
0.3	On Target %	0.5
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	1
269	Accurate Passes	341
356	Passes	428
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.8
5	Accurate Crosses	2
16	Crosses	25
0.3	Cross %	0.1
65	Long Balls	67
26	Accurate Long Balls	39
0.4	Long Balls %	0.6
4	Blocked Shots	5
13	Effective Tackles	15
24	Tackles	22
0.5	Tackle %	0.7
10	Interceptions	12
35	Effective Clearances	12
35	Clearances	12

Line-Ups

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

No.	Name
1	Roman Bürki (GK)
4	Joakim Nilsson
26	Tim Parker
13	Anthony Markanich
14	Tomas Totland
19	Indiana Vassilev
7	Tomas Ostrak
8	Christopher Durkin
9	João Klauss
12	Célio Pompeu
21	Rasmus Alm

Substitutes:

Aziel Jackson, Nikolas Dyhr, Hosei Kijima, Kyle Hiebert, Njabulo Blom, Nökkvi Thórisson, Samuel Adeniran, Akil Watts, Benjamin Lundt.

LAFC (4-3-3)

No.	Name
1	Hugo Lloris (GK)
33	Aaron Long
3	Jesús Murillo
2	Omar Campos
14	Sergi Palencia
20	Eduard Atuesta
19	Mateusz Bogusz
11	Timothy Tillman
23	Kei Kamara
99	Denis Bouanga
13	Cristian Olivera

Substitutes:

Abraham Romero, Ilie Sánchez, Luis Müller, Tomás Ángel, Nathan Ordaz, Erik Dueñas, Maxime Chanot, Eddie Segura.

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