📊 Form Guide

FC Cincinatti

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FC Cincinatti will be looking for a repeat result of the 1-2 MLS triumph versus New Eng. Revolution.

In that match, FC Cincinatti had 38% possession and 13 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. For FC Cincinatti, the goalscorers were Yuya Kubo (52') and Luciano Acosta (54'). New England Revolution had 16 attempts on goal with 7 of them on target. Giacomo Vrioni (62') scored for New Eng. Revolution.

Pat Noonan's FC Cincinatti have hit the back of the net 9 times over their past 6 outings. Conversely, the number of goals that have been scored against them in that same time is 5.

New York City FC

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New York City FC come into this meeting following on from a 2-1 MLS win with the downing of Toronto FC in their most recent fixture.

In that match, New York City FC managed 54% possession and 17 attempts at goal with 9 of them on target. For New York City FC, the scorers were Santiago Rodríguez (24') and Kevin O'Toole (64'). At the other end, Toronto FC got 13 attempts at goal with 1 of them on target. Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty (7') scored for Toronto FC.

The stats don’t lie, and New York City FC have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, seeing their opponents hit 8 goals in all. At the back, New York City FC seem to have a bit of a soft underbelly. That aside, we’ll just have to find out if the trend will continue on here in this match.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A review of their most recent head to head clashes dating back to 18/09/2021 tells us that FC Cincinatti have won 3 of these games & New York City FC 1, with the tally of draws being 2.

A sum of 21 goals were shared by the two clubs in this period, with 13 from Cincinatti and 8 created by The Pigeons. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 3.5.

The last league contest between these clubs was MLS match day 36 on 26/08/2023 when it finished FC Cincinatti 3-0 New York City FC.

On that occasion, FC Cincinatti had 44% possession and 12 shots on goal with 6 on target. The goalscorers were Aaron Boupendza (6'), Júnior Moreno (52') and Nick Hagglund (59').

For their opponents, New York City FC had 11 shots on goal with 4 of them on target.

The referee was Chris Penso.

ℹ️ Team News: FC Cincinatti

The FC Cincinatti boss Pat Noonan does not have any fitness worries whatsoever ahead of this game owing to a fully healthy squad to pick from.

We are thinking that FC Cincinatti could use the 3-4-2-1 system in the match, handing starts to Roman Celentano, Ian Murphy, Matthew Miazga, Kipp Keller, DeAndre Yedlin, Stiven Jimenez, Pavel Bucha, Yuya Kubo, Luciano Acosta, Corey Baird and Aaron Boupendza.

🗞️ Team News: New York City FC

New York City FC boss Nick Cushing has multiple availability issues to deal with. Maxi Moralez (Cruciate ligament tear) and Talles Magno (Knee injury) are not able to play. Keaton Parks cannot play in this game through suspension.

We are inclined to think that The Pigeons seem most likely to make use of a 4-2-3-1 formation using Matt Freese, S. Tanasijevic, Thiago Martins, Birk Risa, Kevin OToole, Andrés Perea, James Sands, Julián Fernández, Santiago Rodríguez, Hannes Wolf and Agustin Ojeda.

💡 Prediction

We’ve got the feeling that New York City FC should get enough chances to put a goal past this FC Cincinatti side, although it might not quite be enough to prevent defeat.

We are anticipating a narrow 2-1 victory for FC Cincinatti by the time that the referee blows the final whistle. Should be a good one.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 23:01 23/03/2024