FC Cincinatti vs Colorado Rapids Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

FC Cincinatti

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FC Cincinatti will be looking for another win after the 1-2 MLS success versus Atlanta United.

In that game, FC Cincinatti managed 44% possession and 12 shots on goal with 0 on target. For FC Cincinatti, goals were scored by Luca Orellano (62') and Luciano Acosta (64'). At the other end, Atlanta United got 6 shots at goal with 1 on target. Thiago Almada (59') was the scorer for Atlanta United.

It’s not been often in recent times where FC Cincinatti have shown defensive steel. The reality is that FC Cincinatti have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 games, giving up 7 goals during that time. That sort of pattern isn’t assured to be carried forward into this next game, however.

Colorado Rapids

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Colorado Rapids will go into this clash following a 2-1 MLS win with the defeat of FC Dallas in their previous game.

Sebastien Ibeagha (45' Own goal), Sam Junqua (49' Own goal) and Petar Musa (87') scored for FC Dallas.

The stats tell the story, and Colorado Rapids have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, letting opponents get 7 goals in all. At the back, Colorado Rapids could really do with shoring things up.

↔️ Head to head

The previous league match featuring the two was MLS match day 21 on 28/05/2023 when it ended Colorado Rapids 0-1 FC Cincinatti.

On that day, Colorado Rapids had 50% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 3 on target.

For their opponents, FC Cincinatti got 16 shots at goal with 6 on target. Dominique Badji (33') scored.

The match was refereed by Marcos de Oliveira.

📋 Team News: FC Cincinatti

The FC Cincinatti boss Pat Noonan doesn’t have any fitness worries at all before this match with a completely healthy group available to choose from.

We think that FC Cincinatti will probably use the 3-5-2 system this time and select Alec Kann, Kipp Keller, Matthew Miazga, Miles Robinson, DeAndre Yedlin, Pavel Bucha, Luciano Acosta, Obinna Nwobodo, Luca Orellano, Corey Baird and Yuya Kubo.

📰 Team News: Colorado Rapids

Thanks to a mainly full-strength group of players, there is only a single fitness worry for the Colorado Rapids boss Chris Armas to contend with. Daniel Chacón (Cruciate ligament tear) won’t be playing here.

We reckon that Colorado Rapids seem most likely to play in a 4-2-3-1 system, choosing Zack Steffen, Keegan Rosenberry, Moise Bombito, Andreas Maxsö, Sebastian Anderson, Cole Bassett, Oliver Larraz, Calvin Harris, Djordje Mihailovic, Kévin Cabral and Rafael Navarro.

🔮 Prediction

We’re of the opinion that FC Cincinatti are likely to stay in control for long periods of time and should be able to convert a few of the chances that they create.

At the other end, Colorado Rapids could well find it tough to find the back of the net but we do fancy them managing to get on the scoresheet as well here.

We can therefore see a controlled 3-1 winning margin for FC Cincinatti at the end of the 90 minutes.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 20:01 25/04/2024