Philadelphia Union vs FC Cincinatti Live Stream, Predictions

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Philadelphia Union

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Philadelphia Union, following on from their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after the 4-1 MLS victory vs New York Red Bulls.

In that match, Philadelphia Union managed 54% possession and 11 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. For Philadelphia Union, the scorers were Jakob Glesnes (29'), Damion Lowe (57'), Julián Carranza (58') and Dániel Gazdag (76'). On the other side, New York Red Bulls got 14 attempts on goal with 4 on target. Omir Fernandez (11') was the scorer for New York Red Bulls.

Fixtures involving Philadelphia Union have proved to be engaging affairs of late with plenty of scoring being the norm. Over their past half dozen clashes alone, a grand total of 22 goals have flown in for both teams combined (at an average of 3.67 goals per game) with 13 of these being chalked up by Philadelphia Union.

FC Cincinatti

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Following on from suffering a loss in their previous game against Orlando City in MLS competition, FC Cincinatti will be hoping to turn things around here.

In that match, FC Cincinatti had 57% possession and 13 shots on goal with 4 on target. Orlando City got 10 attempts at goal with 1 on target. Facundo Torres (44') was the scorer for Orlando City.

The stats don’t lie, and FC Cincinatti have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, letting opponents get 9 goals in all. In defence, FC Cincinatti have been far from perfect. We will find out whether or not that trend will end up being sustained into this next match.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Inspecting their prior head to head clashes going back to 10/10/2021 shows us that Philadelphia Union have won 3 of these games & FC Cincinatti 2, with the tally of drawn games standing at 1.

13 goals were scored between them throughout the course of those matches, with 7 of them for The U and 6 coming from Cincinatti. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.17.

The previous league game between these clubs was MLS match day 9 on 08/04/2023 which finished with the scoreline of FC Cincinatti 1-0 Philadelphia Union.

In that game, FC Cincinatti managed 64% possession and 8 shots at goal with 2 of them on target. Their only player to score was Luciano Acosta (69').

On the other side, Philadelphia Union got 10 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target.

The match was refereed by Ted Unkel.

🗞️ Team News: Philadelphia Union

Looking at personnel, there is just one fitness concern for the Philadelphia Union manager Jim Curtin to be concerned about from of an almost fully healthy group. Leon Flach (Groin Injury) won’t play.

🗞️ Team News: FC Cincinatti

Due to a completely injury-free group available for selection, the FC Cincinatti boss Pat Noonan has zero fitness concerns to report coming into this clash.

⚡ Prediction

We’ve got the feeling that Philadelphia Union have it within them to be able to create a decent number of chances and shots on target.

At the other end, FC Cincinatti may well struggle to score themselves but we do think that it’s more than likely that they will be pulling one back during this clash, too.

We’re tipping a decent 3-1 win for Philadelphia Union come full-time.

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

Renata Leite, 08:00 13/09/2023