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Major League Soccer · Matchweek 17

St. Louis City

STL

1–0Full time

Colorado Rapids

COO

How they playPossession, press, how they create

Nothing in the numbers separates these two by much — which is itself worth knowing, and more common than most previews admit.

50%Possession54%
33%Territory32%
8%From set plays18%
0.10Chance quality0.09
6.9%Directness4.5%

Averages over the matches this snapshot has detail for — 3 for St. Louis City, 3 for Colorado. Too few to lean on heavily.

Players to watchMost goal involvement per 90

Goal involvements per 90, among players with at least 45% of the most-used player’s minutes. Drawn from the last 40 of 495 matches, not the full season.