📏 Form Guide

FC Cincinatti

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FC Cincinatti prepare for this game following on from a 1-1 CONCACAF Champions League drawn game versus Tigres de la UANL.

The only scorer from FC Cincinatti was Pavel Bucha (3'). Nicolás Ibáñez (17') scored for Tigres de la UANL.

Pat Noonan's FC Cincinatti have hit the target 8 times over their preceding six outings. The corresponding tally of goals that have been scored against them in those fixtures amounts to 9.

Toronto FC

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After being defeated in their last game at the hands of Orlando City in MLS competition, Toronto FC and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

In that match, Toronto FC managed 56% possession and 9 attempts on goal with 4 on target. For Toronto FC, the goals were scored by Sigurd Rosted (72') and Deybi Flores (86'). Orlando City got 7 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. César Araújo (33'), Alex Freeman (35'), Martín Ojeda (63') and Dagur Dan Þór­halls­son (81') scored for Orlando City.

The stats don’t lie, and Toronto FC have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, with opponents netting 12 goals in total. At the back, Toronto FC have been far from perfect. Even so, time will tell whether that pattern shall be sustained in this upcoming match or not.

👥 Head to head

Looking at their past head to head meetings stretching back to 30/04/2022 reveals that these encounters have not been good ones for Toronto FC. They’ve not managed to come away with any wins at all whereas FC Cincinatti have been too good for them, getting wins in 83% of those matches played.

A combined sum of 20 goals were scored between them in this period, with 14 from Cincinatti and 6 belonging to The Reds. That’s an average goals per game of 3.33.

The previous league encounter between these sides was MLS match day 21 on 25/05/2024 and the score finished Toronto FC 3-4 FC Cincinatti.

On that occasion, Toronto FC had 50% possession and 12 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. The goals were scored by Deybi Flores (25') and Lorenzo Insigne (85').

At the other end, FC Cincinatti had 14 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. Luca Orellano (53', 79'), Kevin Kelsy (55'), Ian Murphy (63' Own goal) and Sérgio Santos (93') scored.

The match was refereed by Victor Rivas.

ℹ️ Team News: FC Cincinatti

In all likelihood, FC Cincinatti look set to use the 5-3-2 system for this one, handing starts to Roman Celentano, T. Lingani Hadebe, Miles Robinson, Alvas Elvis Powell, Luca Orellano, Lukas Engel, Brian Anunga, Yuya Kubo, Pavel Bucha, Kevin Denkey and Corey Baird.

ℹ️ Team News: Toronto FC

Toronto FC boss Robin Fraser has some current player fitness concerns. Raoul Petretta (Leg injury), Derrick Etienne Jr. (Leg injury), Henry Wingo (unknown injury) and Richie Laryea (Muscle injury) won’t be making appearances.

We reckon that The Reds appear most likely to utilise a 4-3-3 system, choosing Sean Johnson, Kosi Thompson, Zane Monlouis, Kevin Long, Nicksoen Gomis, Jonathan Osorio, Deybi Flores, Matthew Longstaff, Ola Brynhildsen, F. Bernardeschi and Tyrese Spicer.

🔮 Prediction

In this game, FC Cincinatti will, in all likelihood, dominate possession and create several successful chances.

In contrast, Toronto FC won’t find it easy to find the back of the net but do we see them hitting back at some stage here.

We’re therefore anticipating a controlled 3-1 margin for FC Cincinatti at the end of the 90 minutes.

Victor Martins, 00:13 09/03/2025