Soccer betting preview: Cincinnati welcomes DC United in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Date: Fri 19.July
Match begins: 00:00 (UTC)
Venue: Nippert Stadium (40000 seats)

The visiting DC United side should be favourites in this visit to Cincinnati, as the away team holds a 18 point advantage from their 22 league games this season.

It's no vacation for neither Cincinnati nor DC United as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Cincinnati form and stats

3-1-5 (win-draw-lost) are the numbers at home for Cincinnati, who have the fewest points (10) at home in Major League Soccer, so far this season.

The Cincinnati fans got no joy from their last match, a Major League Soccer game also here at Nippert Stadium: A 1-4 defeat against DC United. A strong away win before that one, visiting Chicago Fire and winning 2-1.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Cincinnati have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found six matches with the results: Won 0 Drawn 2 Lost 4.

The Cincinnati fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium, the tally being 10 in 9 matches. Cincinnati have conceded 17 from these games.

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DC United form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team, who have the fewest conceded goals (10) away in Major League Soccer, on their travels is 4 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats.

It's the second away game in a row for DC United, but there's smiles all around after the 4-1 victory versus Cincinnati in the Major League Soccer last time out. Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against New England.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found four similar matches played by DC United in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for DC United, 1 draw and 0 defeats.

DC United find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 12 goals from 10 away fixtures. 10 goals have been conceded by DC United in these games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Cincinnati - DC United 1-4. As for the last two games between these two teams, there's 0 Cincinnati victories, 1 draw and 1 DC United win. 1 of these game ended with three goals or more, 1 match with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

W. Rooney
11 goals / 6 assists
L. Acosta
5 goals / 1 assists
L. Rodríguez
4 goals / 3 assists

Cincinnati missing players

DC United missing players

Cincinnati DC United
Total Home Home vs top Statistic Away vs low Away Total
21 9 2 Played 2 10 22
5 3 0 Won 2 4 9
2 1 0 Drew 0 3 8
14 5 2 Lost 0 3 5
21 10 0 Scored 3 12 31
49 17 4 Conceded 1 10 24
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 100% 80% 86%
90% 100% 100% Over 1.5 50% 60% 68%
52% 56% 0% Over 2.5 50% 40% 41%
33% 22% 0% Over 3.5 0% 20% 32%
29% 22% 0% Over 4.5 0% 20% 18%
52% 44% 0% BTTS 50% 50% 45%
10% 11% 0% Clean Sheets 50% 30% 36%
38% 44% 100% Failed To Score 0% 40% 32%
 
4.4 5.7 7.5 Corners For (avg) 3.5 3.8 4.5
5.9 5 7 Corners Against (avg) 9.5 8.3 6.3
1.5 1.2 0.5 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.5 1.6 1.7
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 2 3
Key stats this season:
  • All of Cincinnati's home matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Cincinnati have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Cincinnati have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Cincinnati have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Cincinnati haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • DC United have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.

Cincinnati
All US Open Cup Major League Soccer Carolina Challenge Cup Club Friendlies USL Championship
All Home Away
22-06-19 MLS Cincinnati 0 - 2 LA Galaxy
29-06-19 MLS Minnesota United 7 - 1 Cincinnati
06-07-19 MLS Cincinnati 3 - 2 Houston Dynamo
14-07-19 MLS Chicago Fire 1 - 2 Cincinnati
19-07-19 MLS Cincinnati 1 - 4 DC United
21-07-19 MLS Cincinnati 22:00 New England
28-07-19 MLS Toronto - Cincinnati
04-08-19 MLS Cincinnati - Vancouver Whitecaps
10-08-19 MLS Columbus Crew 23:30 Cincinnati
17-08-19 MLS Cincinnati 23:30 New York City
DC United
All US Open Cup Major League Soccer Club Friendlies
All Home Away
27-06-19 MLS DC United 1 - 0 Orlando City
30-06-19 MLS DC United 1 - 1 Toronto
05-07-19 MLS Dallas 2 - 0 DC United
12-07-19 MLS DC United 2 - 2 New England
19-07-19 MLS Cincinnati 1 - 4 DC United
21-07-19 MLS Atlanta United 20:00 DC United
24-07-19 CF DC United 00:00 Olympique Marseille
28-07-19 MLS Chicago Fire - DC United
04-08-19 MLS DC United 23:30 Philadelphia Union
11-08-19 MLS DC United 23:30 LA Galaxy

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Philadelphia Union 22 10 6 6 39 32 11 6 3 2 24 13 11 4 3 4 15 19 7 36
2 DC United 22 9 8 5 31 24 12 5 5 2 19 14 10 4 3 3 12 10 7 35
3 Atlanta United 21 10 3 8 33 25 11 7 3 1 22 8 10 3 0 7 11 17 8 33
4 New York RB 21 9 4 8 36 31 11 7 1 3 22 12 10 2 3 5 14 19 5 31
5 Montreal Impact 22 9 3 10 26 36 10 5 1 4 10 13 12 4 2 6 16 23 -10 30
6 New York City 18 7 8 3 31 22 9 4 4 1 16 8 9 3 4 2 15 14 9 29
7 Toronto 21 8 5 8 35 34 11 5 3 3 24 18 10 3 2 5 11 16 1 29
8 New England 21 7 6 8 28 38 11 5 2 4 14 14 10 2 4 4 14 24 -10 27
9 Orlando City 21 7 5 9 29 28 10 4 1 5 16 17 11 3 4 4 13 11 1 26
10 Chicago Fire 22 5 8 9 34 33 12 5 5 2 26 14 10 0 3 7 8 19 1 23
11 Columbus Crew 22 5 3 14 19 33 12 4 2 6 12 16 10 1 1 8 7 17 -14 18
12 Cincinnati 21 5 2 14 21 49 9 3 1 5 10 17 12 2 1 9 11 32 -28 17

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Total First Half Second Half
Lecce Genoa
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
15 7 1 Played P 1 8 15
3 0 0 Won W 0 0 2
6 4 1 Drew D 1 4 5
6 3 0 Lost L 0 4 8
20 8 2 Scored S 1 9 17
29 13 2 Conceded C 1 20 30
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 87%
80% 71% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 80%
67% 57% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 75% 73%
60% 57% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 62% 47%
13% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 13%
73% 71% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 75% 73%
7% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 13%
20% 29% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 27%
 
4.6 5.9 6 Corners For (avg) C F 4 3.6 5.1
7.8 7 6 Corners Against (avg) C A 5 6 5.3
3 2.9 2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1 2.5 2.8
3 1 0 Red Cards R C 0 4 6
 
204 107 11 Total Shots T S 15 100 202
66 32 5 Shots on Target S O 6 32 64
30% 25% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 28% 27%
Key stats in Serie A this season:

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