Leagues Cup betting and spectator preview: Cincinnati and Sporting KC meet at Dr. DY Patil Stadium to measure strength and learn who makes it to the next stage.
This promises to be an intriguing fixture with lots of action and excitement as both contenders are well recovered since they last saw competitive action. Bring it on!
Cincinnati form and stats
Cincinnati have been very solid at home in the Major League Soccer so far, with 34 points collected from 12 matches (11-1-0). This has contributed greatly to their 1st position in the table.
A nice win for Cincinnati last time playing, versus Nashville SC. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-1 with Arias, Boupendza and Acosta scoring for the victors. Acosta has scored in three games in a row. First-class! Acosta, a natural forward, was the champion performer for the team in that fixture, receiving a rating of 8.93 (out of 10). Acosta scored one goal, served one assist, hit five key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 6 times.
In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting New York RB.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Cincinnati handle that role? We have found 12 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 8 wins, 4 draws and 0 defeats.
The manager Noonan will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Guadalajara in only four days.
From these home matches, Cincinnati have conceded only 8 goals.
Sporting KC form and stats
There might be some fixture complaints from Sporting KC as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous game, 1-2 against Austin. Valencia was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.14. The defender Valencia scored one goal and won 2 of 4 duels.
Preceding that match was the 2-2 draw at home vs Real Salt Lake.Sporting KC are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 3 draws and 11 defeats. From a total of 17 matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Cincinnati zero wins, one draw and Sporting KC one victory. As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Acosta 12 goals |   A. Pulido Izaguirre 10 goals |  D. Salloi 5 goals |
Cincinnati missing players
Sporting KC missing players
| Cincinnati | Sporting KC | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 13 | Won | W | 1 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 5 | 7 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 6 | 11 | ||
| 43 | 27 | Scored | S | 11 | 34 | ||
| 26 | 8 | Conceded | C | 21 | 36 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 57% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 80% | ||
| 56% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 68% | ||
| 32% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 7% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | ||
| 56% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 56% | ||
| 40% | 57% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 20% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 32% | ||
| 4.8 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.6 | 5.8 | ||
| 4 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 3.8 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.7 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 12 | 12.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.6 | 14.2 | ||
| 4.7 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.8 | ||
| 37% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 29% | ||
| 12.2 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.2 | 10.8 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 4.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Sporting KC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Guadalajara | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Cincinnati | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cincinnati | 23 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 39 | 25 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 51 |
| 2 | New England | 23 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 42 | 28 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 14 | 43 |
| 3 | Philadelphia Union | 23 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 39 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 13 | 40 |
| 4 | Nashville SC | 24 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 31 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 38 |
| 5 | Orlando City | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 34 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 37 |
| 6 | Columbus Crew | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 45 | 33 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 12 | 36 |
| 7 | Atlanta United | 24 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 42 | 39 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 24 | 3 | 35 |
| 8 | Chicago Fire | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 31 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 32 |
| 9 | DC United | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 32 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 20 | -2 | 30 |
| 10 | Montreal Impact | 23 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 22 | 32 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 27 | -10 | 29 |
| 11 | New York RB | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 13 | -4 | 26 |
| 12 | New York City | 24 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 25 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 17 | -5 | 26 |
| 13 | Charlotte | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 30 | 40 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 23 | -10 | 26 |
| 14 | Toronto | 24 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 18 | 33 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 22 | -15 | 19 |
| 15 | Inter Miami | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 22 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 21 | -14 | 18 |
