Major League Soccer · Matchweek 18
St. Louis City
STL
1–1Full time
Real Salt Lake
REA
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%Possession56%
33%Territory50%
8%From set plays16%
0.10Chance quality0.13
6.9%Directness5.1%
Averages over the matches this snapshot has detail for — 3 for St. Louis City, 3 for Salt Lake. 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.