📏 Form Guide

D.C. United

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D.C. United will be looking for an improved result here following a 6-1 MLS loss in their previous game against San Jose Earthquakes.

In that match, D.C. United had 56% possession and 17 attempts on goal with 10 on target. The only player to score for D.C. United was Christian Benteke (45'). San Jose Earthquakes got 20 attempts at goal with 10 of them on target. Cristián Arango (8'), Josef Martínez (16', 81', 92'), Cristian Espinoza (20') and Amahl Pellegrino (90') scored for San Jose Earthquakes.

Matches involving D.C. United have tended to be exciting affairs recently with a lot of goalmouth action being the norm. Over their past half dozen games, a grand total of 22 goals have gone in for both teams combined (at an average of 3.67 goals per game) with 7 of those being chalked up by D.C. United.

FC Cincinatti

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FC Cincinatti come into this encounter after a 1-0 MLS win with the downing of New Eng. Revolution in their previous game.

In that game, FC Cincinatti managed 54% possession and 19 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. The scorer for FC Cincinatti was Sérgio Santos (65'). New England Revolution had 14 attempts at goal with 1 on target.

Throughout their six latest matches, Pat Noonan's FC Cincinatti have turned their attacks into goals 8 times therefore earning them a goals scored per game average of 1.33.

👥 Head to head

Checking on their prior head to head clashes dating back to 05/03/2022 shows us that D.C. United have won 2 of these and FC Cincinatti 3, with the number of drawn games standing at 1.

A total of 19 goals were produced between them throughout the course of those matches, with 9 for Black-and-Red and 10 belonging to Cincinatti. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 3.17.

The previous league fixture between these clubs was MLS match day 30 on 03/07/2024 when it ended D.C. United 2-3 FC Cincinatti.

In that game, D.C. United managed 48% possession and 14 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. The goalscorers were Martín Rodríguez (24') and Gabriel Pirani (69').

FC Cincinatti had 12 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. Kevin Kelsy (10') and Pavel Bucha (39', 63') scored.

The referee was Alexis Da Silva.

🗞️ Team News: D.C. United

Conner Antley (Knee injury), Jackson Hopkins (Ankle injury) and Hakim Karamoko (Abdominal problems) will be missing for D.C. United boss Troy Lesesne.

We think that Black-and-Red look set to use the 3-4-3 formation for this one with Luis Barraza, Kye Rowles, Lukas MacNaughton, Lucas Bartlett, Aaron Herrera, Hosei Kijima, Brandon Servania, David Schnegg, Jared Stroud, Christian Benteke and Peglow.

🗞️ Team News: FC Cincinatti

We are inclined to think that FC Cincinatti seem likely to utilise a 4-4-2 system, starting Roman Celentano, Miles Robinson, Nick Hagglund, Gilberto Flores, DeAndre Yedlin, Brian Anunga, Pavel Bucha, Lukas Engel, Luca Orellano, Gerardo Valenzuela and Kevin Denkey.

⚡ Prediction

Looking at these two, we feel that FC Cincinatti and D.C. United should end up playing out a closely-fought contest here.

It will be interesting to see how this one goes, with a good chance of a draw and also of goals in the match. That’s why our selection here is for a highly competitive game with a 2-2 score draw at the end of this game.

Peter Guest, 23:16 12/04/2025