FC Cincinatti vs Seattle Sounders FC Live Stream, Predictions

📏 Form Guide

FC Cincinatti

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FC Cincinatti head into this game after a 0-0 MLS drawn game vs Orlando City.

In that game, FC Cincinatti had 56% possession and 11 shots at goal with 4 on target. Orlando City got 7 attempts on goal with 1 of them on target.

It has been all too rare in recent times that FC Cincinatti have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. The reality is that FC Cincinatti have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 games, giving up 8 goals along the way.

Seattle Sounders FC

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Seattle Sounders FC go into this encounter after a 2-0 MLS win versus Real Salt Lake in their most recent match.

In that game, Seattle Sounders FC managed 59% possession and 19 shots at goal with 8 of them on target. For Seattle Sounders FC, the scorers were Jordan Morris (35') and Héber (58'). Real Salt Lake had 7 shots at goal with 2 on target.

Throughout their six latest matches, Brian Schmetzer's Seattle Sounders FC have found the net a total of 9 times - yielding them a goals per game average of 1.5.

↔️ Head to head

The previous league game featuring the two was MLS match day 9 on 28/09/2022 when the final score was Seattle Sounders FC 1-1 FC Cincinatti.

That day, Seattle Sounders FC had 53% possession and 9 shots on goal with 4 on target. Their only player to score was Fredy Montero (58').

FC Cincinatti got 11 shots on goal with 2 on target. Brenner (24') scored.

The referee was Rubiel Vazquez.

ℹ️ Team News: FC Cincinatti

The FC Cincinatti boss Pat Noonan doesn’t have any fitness concerns to speak of coming into this match owing to a fully healthy squad to pick from.

It seems likely that FC Cincinatti will probably go for a 5-3-2 system for this game, handing starts to Roman Celentano, Nick Hagglund, Matt Miazga, Yerson Mosquera, Raymon Gaddis, Alvaro Barreal, Obinna Nwobodo, Luciano Acosta, Junior Moreno, Brandon Vazquez and Brenner da Silva.

🗞️ Team News: Seattle Sounders FC

Seattle Sounders FC boss Brian Schmetzer has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Obed Vargas (Back Injury) and Héber (Muscle Injury) miss out here.

There’s a good chance that The Sounders seem most likely to utilise a 4-2-3-1 formation, giving starts to Stefan Frei, Alex Roldan, Yeimar Gomez, Jackson Ragen, Nouhou Tolo, Joao Paulo, Albert Rusnak, Cristian Roldan, Nicolas Lodeiro, Jordan Morris and Fredy Montero.

🧠 Prediction

We’re of the view that Seattle Sounders FC may well find it hard to break down this FC Cincinatti side who we reckon should be able to get on the scoresheet themselves in a winning performance.

We’re therefore tipping a highly competitive game with a 1-0 victory for FC Cincinatti after 90 minutes.

Let’s see.

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Peter Guest, 02:24 08/03/2023