MLS

LAFC vs New England Revolution, 2023 Major League Soccer, Regular Season

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LAFC
  • 14': Denis Bouanga (P)
  • 67': Denis Bouanga
  • 83': Timothy Tillman
  • 90'+6': Stipe Biuk
FT
4 - 0
New England Revolution

    Denis Bouanga powers LAFC past Revolution

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    Match Commentary

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 11': Attempt missed. Dénis Bouanga (Los Angeles Football Club) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Timothy Tillman.
    • 11': Foul by Sergi Palencia (Los Angeles Football Club).
    • 11': Noel Buck (New England Revolution) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 13': Penalty Los Angeles Football Club. Timothy Tillman draws a foul in the penalty area.
    • 13': Penalty conceded by Gustavo Bou (New England Revolution) after a foul in the penalty area.
    • 14': Goal! Los Angeles Football Club 1, New England Revolution 0. Dénis Bouanga (Los Angeles Football Club) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the high centre of the goal.
    • 17': Foul by Gustavo Bou (New England Revolution).
    • 17': Jesús Murillo (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 18': Attempt missed. Kwadwo Opoku (Los Angeles Football Club) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Sergi Palencia.
    • 21': DeJuan Jones (New England Revolution) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 21': Foul by Stipe Biuk (Los Angeles Football Club).
    • 21': DeJuan Jones (New England Revolution) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 21': Foul by Timothy Tillman (Los Angeles Football Club).
    • 22': Attempt saved. Bobby Wood (New England Revolution) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Gustavo Bou with a cross.
    • 22': Foul by Stipe Biuk (Los Angeles Football Club).
    • 22': Latif Blessing (New England Revolution) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 24': Offside, New England Revolution. Djordje Petrovic tries a through ball, but Latif Blessing is caught offside.
    • 25': Bobby Wood (New England Revolution) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 25': Foul by Diego Palacios (Los Angeles Football Club).
    • 29': Corner, Los Angeles Football Club. Conceded by Dave Romney.
    • 31': Corner, Los Angeles Football Club. Conceded by DeJuan Jones.
    • 31': Delay in match because of an injury Sergi Palencia (Los Angeles Football Club).
    • 32': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 33': Attempt saved. Kwadwo Opoku (Los Angeles Football Club) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Dénis Bouanga.
    • 36': Attempt saved. Timothy Tillman (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Stipe Biuk.
    • 36': Corner, Los Angeles Football Club. Conceded by Henry Kessler.
    • 37': Hand ball by Jesús Murillo (Los Angeles Football Club).
    • 40': Attempt blocked. Stipe Biuk (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kwadwo Opoku.
    • 40': Bobby Wood (New England Revolution) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 40': Foul by Aaron Long (Los Angeles Football Club).
    • 41': Corner, Los Angeles Football Club. Conceded by Henry Kessler.
    • 42': Foul by Kellyn Acosta (Los Angeles Football Club).
    • 42': Latif Blessing (New England Revolution) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 45': Offside, Los Angeles Football Club. Aaron Long tries a through ball, but Kwadwo Opoku is caught offside.
    • 45'+1': Foul by Timothy Tillman (Los Angeles Football Club).
    • 45'+1': Latif Blessing (New England Revolution) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 45'+2': Attempt missed. Gustavo Bou (New England Revolution) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by DeJuan Jones with a cross.
    • 45'+2': Corner, New England Revolution. Conceded by Diego Palacios.
    • 45'+3': First Half ends, Los Angeles Football Club 1, New England Revolution 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins Los Angeles Football Club 1, New England Revolution 0.
    • 46': Delay in match because of an injury Kwadwo Opoku (Los Angeles Football Club).
    • 47': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 50': Foul by Jesús Murillo (Los Angeles Football Club).
    • 50': Gustavo Bou (New England Revolution) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 51': Foul by Matt Polster (New England Revolution).
    • 51': Jesús Murillo (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 54': Foul by Henry Kessler (New England Revolution).
    • 54': Stipe Biuk (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 55': Dénis Bouanga (Los Angeles Football Club) hits the bar with a right footed shot from outside the box from a direct free kick.
    • 57': Attempt saved. Kwadwo Opoku (Los Angeles Football Club) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Dénis Bouanga.
    • 60': Offside, Los Angeles Football Club. Aaron Long tries a through ball, but Stipe Biuk is caught offside.
    • 60': Bobby Wood (New England Revolution) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 60': Foul by Aaron Long (Los Angeles Football Club).
    • 61': Corner, Los Angeles Football Club. Conceded by Noel Buck.
    • 62': Attempt saved. Aaron Long (Los Angeles Football Club) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Kellyn Acosta with a cross.
    • 63': Substitution, New England Revolution. Carles Gil replaces Gustavo Bou.
    • 63': Substitution, New England Revolution. Giacomo Vrioni replaces Bobby Wood.
    • 63': Substitution, New England Revolution. Emmanuel Boateng replaces Dylan Borrero.
    • 64': Attempt missed. Dénis Bouanga (Los Angeles Football Club) left footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Stipe Biuk following a fast break.
    • 65': Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Ryan Hollingshead replaces Sergi Palencia.
    • 65': Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. José Cifuentes replaces Ilie Sánchez.
    • 65': Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Carlos Vela replaces Kwadwo Opoku.
    • 67': Foul by Matt Polster (New England Revolution).
    • 67': Timothy Tillman (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 67': Matt Polster (New England Revolution) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 67': Goal! Los Angeles Football Club 2, New England Revolution 0. Dénis Bouanga (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by José Cifuentes with a through ball.
    • 69': Attempt saved. Stipe Biuk (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ryan Hollingshead.
    • 70': Attempt saved. Carlos Vela (Los Angeles Football Club) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Dénis Bouanga.
    • 70': Corner, Los Angeles Football Club. Conceded by Djordje Petrovic.
    • 71': Attempt saved. Stipe Biuk (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Carlos Vela.
    • 71': Corner, Los Angeles Football Club. Conceded by DeJuan Jones.
    • 72': Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Denil Maldonado replaces Aaron Long.
    • 73': Attempt saved. Diego Palacios (Los Angeles Football Club) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top left corner.
    • 73': Corner, Los Angeles Football Club. Conceded by Djordje Petrovic.
    • 74': Corner, New England Revolution. Conceded by Ryan Hollingshead.
    • 75': Substitution, New England Revolution. Justin Rennicks replaces Noel Buck.
    • 75': Corner, New England Revolution. Conceded by Denil Maldonado.
    • 77': Foul by Jesús Murillo (Los Angeles Football Club).
    • 77': Justin Rennicks (New England Revolution) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 79': Carles Gil (New England Revolution) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 79': Foul by Kellyn Acosta (Los Angeles Football Club).
    • 80': Delay in match because of an injury Ryan Hollingshead (Los Angeles Football Club).
    • 82': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 83': Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Giorgio Chiellini replaces Ryan Hollingshead because of an injury.
    • 83': Goal! Los Angeles Football Club 3, New England Revolution 0. Timothy Tillman (Los Angeles Football Club) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
    • 86': Corner, New England Revolution. Conceded by Diego Palacios.
    • 89': Offside, New England Revolution. Emmanuel Boateng tries a through ball, but Giacomo Vrioni is caught offside.
    • 90': Delay in match because of an injury Carles Gil (New England Revolution).
    • 90'+1': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 90'+1': Substitution, New England Revolution. Damian Rivera replaces Carles Gil because of an injury.
    • 90'+2': Attempt blocked. Damian Rivera (New England Revolution) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Justin Rennicks.
    • 90'+2': Corner, New England Revolution. Conceded by Jesús Murillo.
    • 90'+3': Attempt missed. Brandon Bye (New England Revolution) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Damian Rivera with a cross following a corner.
    • 90'+3': Attempt blocked. Carlos Vela (Los Angeles Football Club) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jesús Murillo.
    • 90'+5': Diego Palacios (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+5': Foul by Giacomo Vrioni (New England Revolution).
    • 90'+6': Goal! Los Angeles Football Club 4, New England Revolution 0. Stipe Biuk (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Dénis Bouanga with a through ball following a fast break.
    • 90'+7': Second Half ends, Los Angeles Football Club 4, New England Revolution 0.
    • 0': Match ends, Los Angeles Football Club 4, New England Revolution 0.

    Statistics

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    6 Fouls 13
    1 Yellow Cards 0
    0 Red Cards 0
    2 Offsides 2
    5 Corner Kicks 8
    8 Saves 1
    55.5 Possession 44.5
    4 SHOTS 18
    1 ON GOAL 12
    0.3 On Target % 0.7
    0 Penalty Goals 1
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 1
    440 Accurate Passes 334
    514 Passes 419
    0.9 Pass Completion % 0.8
    6 Accurate Crosses 2
    22 Crosses 13
    0.3 Cross % 0.2
    65 Long Balls 38
    40 Accurate Long Balls 19
    0.6 Long Balls % 0.5
    1 Blocked Shots 2
    13 Effective Tackles 13
    16 Tackles 19
    0.8 Tackle % 0.7
    17 Interceptions 13
    12 Effective Clearances 14
    12 Clearances 14

    Game Information

    Competition: MLS

    Venue: BMO Stadium
    Location: Los Angeles, California, USA
    Attendance: 22,007

    MLS Standings

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 Philadelphia Union 25 +19 50
    2 FC Cincinnati 25 +8 49
    3 Nashville SC 25 +16 47
    4 Columbus Crew 25 +5 44
    Full Standings

    Line-Ups

    LAFC LAFC (4-3-3)

    No. Name
    77 John McCarthy (GK)
    33 Aaron Long
    3 Jesús Murillo
    12 Diego Palacios
    30 Sergi Palencia
    6 Ilie Sánchez
    23 Kellyn Acosta
    11 Timothy Tillman
    99 Denis Bouanga
    7 Stipe Biuk
    22 Kwadwo Opoku
    LAFC Substitutes:
    Erik Dueñas, Eldin Jakupovic, Daniel Crisostomo, Denil Maldonado, Nathan Ordaz, Giorgio Chiellini, Carlos Vela, Ryan Hollingshead, José Cifuentes.

    NE New England Revolution (4-1-2-1-2)

    No. Name
    99 Djordje Petrovic (GK)
    2 Dave Romney
    4 Henry Kessler
    8 Matt Polster Yellow Card
    24 DeJuan Jones
    15 Brandon Bye
    7 Gustavo Bou
    29 Noel Buck
    19 Latif Blessing
    11 Dylan Borrero
    17 Bobby Wood
    New England Revolution Substitutes:
    Justin Rennicks, Earl Edwards, Omar González, Jozy Altidore, Carles Gil, Giacomo Vrioni, Damian Rivera, Christian Makoun, Emmanuel Boateng.

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