The league standings reveals that 7 points split the two duelists in this Major League Soccer match. Cincinnati have both the points- and home stadium advantage.
- Cincinnati is in the best form (4-1-1) in Major League Soccer
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Cincinnati form and stats
5-0-0 (win-draw-lost) are the Major League Soccer numbers at home for Cincinnati so far this season. Ever since the Houston Dynamo game Cincinnati has been unbeatable here at Dr. DY Patil Stadium producing five straight wins.
Cincinnati drew their last game, 1-1 away at New England (placed 1st). Acosta felt an ounce or two of guilt after the draw against New England as the player was unable to convert a penalty kick in the 30th minute. Mosquera was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.65 out of 10. The defender Mosquera scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 7 of 10 duels.
Preceding that game, a home victory against Louisville City in the US Open Cup.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Cincinnati, as the US Open Cup home game vs New York City is only four days away.
Cincinnati are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 5 games. Defensively Cincinnati have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 5 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
DC United form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Major League Soccer travels is 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats. It could be a hat trick of victories away for DC United, as they have won on their previous two travels.
Impressive finishing from Benteke, Greene and Fountas secured the home win 3-0 against Charlotte in their previous game. Pálsson was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.8. The defender Pálsson won 7 of 7 duels.
A home win as anticipated against Richmond Kickers ahead of that, in the US Open Cup.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the DC United manager Rooney as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against New York RB.
DC United have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 5 league away games 6 goals have been scored. 6 goals have been conceded by DC United in these games.
Head 2 Head
Statistics for the former nine meetings involving these two participants are: one win for Cincinnati, four draws and four wins for DC United. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: five games. The games between these clubs sometimes lean towards being ill-tempered, having seen 6 sending-offs from the last nine duels.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Benteke Liolo 5 goals |   S. Santos Gomes 4 goals |  J. Moreno Borrero 2 goals |
Cincinnati missing players
DC United missing players
| Cincinnati | DC United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 10 |
| 6 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 13 | 7 | 1 | Scored | S | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| 11 | 2 | 0 | Conceded | C | 3 | 6 | 13 |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 90% |
| 50% | 40% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 60% | 80% |
| 40% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 40% | 50% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 40% | 30% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 20% | 20% |
| 50% | 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 40% | 50% |
| 50% | 60% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 40% | 30% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 30% |
| 3.6 | 2.8 | 1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.2 | 4.1 |
| 4.7 | 5.2 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.4 | 4.4 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.6 | 2.3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.6 | 11 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 9.8 | 11.6 |
| 4.8 | 3.8 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.4 | 4.3 |
| 27% | 37% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 35% | 33% |
| 13.3 | 13 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10 | 11.4 | 10.9 |
| 3.9 | 3.8 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 3.8 | 3.8 |
- Cincinnati have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Cincinnati have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Cincinnati have the fewest conceded goals (2) at home in Major League Soccer
- Cincinnati have the most points (15) at home in Major League Soccer
- Cincinnati have won all their matches at home so far.
- Cincinnati have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Cincinnati haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Cincinnati is in the best form (4-1-1) in Major League Soccer
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | New England | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 21 |
| 2 | Cincinnati | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 21 |
| 3 | Atlanta United | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 18 |
| 4 | New York City | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 16 |
| 5 | Nashville SC | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 |
| 6 | Columbus Crew | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 14 |
| 7 | DC United | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 14 |
| 8 | Orlando City | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 14 |
| 9 | Philadelphia Union | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 11 |
| 10 | Chicago Fire | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 11 |
| 11 | Toronto | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 10 |
| 12 | Inter Miami | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | -2 | 9 |
| 13 | New York RB | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 9 |
| 14 | Charlotte | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -9 | 9 |
| 15 | Montreal Impact | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 14 | -10 | 9 |
