Balanced ball game between Cincinnati and New York RB expected

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Date: Sat 25.May
Match begins: 23:30 (UTC)
Venue: Nippert Stadium (40000 seats)

Cincinnati hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 11 points and a 12th position in the Major League Soccer table. Visiting New York RB holds 6th place with 18 pts.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Major League Soccer.

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Cincinnati form and stats

When playing at home, Cincinnati, who have the fewest scored goals (11) in Major League Soccer, have managed 2 wins, 1 draw and suffered 2 defeats from 5 games.

The fans are hoping that Cincinnati will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-5 away loss in the Major League Soccer game against Orlando City. Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Montreal Impact.

This is expected to be a close game, with Cincinnati perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Cincinnati as a small favourite), we find four games. Cincinnati has won 0 of these, drawn 2 and lost 2.

Cincinnati are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home, having created 6 goals in 5 matches. On the other hand, Cincinnati have conceded 7 goals.

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New York RB form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their travels is 1 win, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

There were no winners in New York RB's previous match, a Major League Soccer home game that ended 2-2 vs Vancouver Whitecaps. A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Atlanta United.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with New York RB playing away and similar expectations, we found four relevant matches. Results were 1 New York RB win, 0 draws and 3 defeats.

New York RB are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 6 away goals from 5 games. As opposed to that, New York RB have seen the ball go into their own net 6 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the New York RB - Cincinnati 1-0 played earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last two meetings: 0 - 0 - 2 (Cincinnati wins - draws - New York RB wins). As for goals, 1 match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 1 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

B. White
3 goals
A. Cruz
2 goals
D. Mattocks
2 goals / 2 assists

Cincinnati missing players

New York RB missing players

Cincinnati New York RB
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs low Away Total
13 5 0 Played 2 5 13
3 2 0 Won 0 1 5
2 1 0 Drew 1 2 3
8 2 0 Lost 1 2 5
11 6 0 Scored 1 6 19
23 7 0 Conceded 2 6 16
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 100% 100% 100%
85% 100% 0% Over 1.5 50% 60% 62%
38% 60% 0% Over 2.5 0% 40% 54%
15% 0% 0% Over 3.5 0% 40% 38%
15% 0% 0% Over 4.5 0% 0% 15%
38% 40% 0% BTTS 50% 60% 62%
15% 20% 0% Clean Sheets 0% 0% 15%
46% 40% 0% Failed To Score 50% 40% 23%
 
5 7.2 0 Corners For (avg) 4 4.8 4.9
6.3 5.8 0 Corners Against (avg) 6.5 7 5.8
1.4 1 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 1.5 1.2 1.2
0 0 0 Red Cards 0 1 2
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.
  • New York RB have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • New York RB haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

Cincinnati
All US Open Cup Major League Soccer Carolina Challenge Cup Club Friendlies USL Championship
All Home Away
27-04-19 MLS New York RB 1 - 0 Cincinnati
01-05-19 MLS Philadelphia Union 2 - 0 Cincinnati
05-05-19 MLS SJ Earthquakes 1 - 0 Cincinnati
11-05-19 MLS Cincinnati 2 - 1 Montreal Impact
19-05-19 MLS Orlando City 5 - 1 Cincinnati
25-05-19 MLS Cincinnati 23:30 New York RB
02-06-19 MLS Colorado Rapids 00:30 Cincinnati
06-06-19 MLS New York City 23:00 Cincinnati
22-06-19 MLS Cincinnati 23:30 LA Galaxy
29-06-19 MLS Minnesota United 20:00 Cincinnati
New York RB
All US Open Cup Mobile Mini Sun Cup Major League Soccer CONCACAF Champions League Club Friendlies
All Home Away
04-05-19 MLS New York RB 3 - 2 LA Galaxy
09-05-19 MLS New York RB 1 - 2 Montreal Impact
11-05-19 MLS Dallas 1 - 3 New York RB
19-05-19 MLS New York RB 1 - 0 Atlanta United
23-05-19 MLS New York RB 2 - 2 Vancouver Whitecaps
25-05-19 MLS Cincinnati 23:30 New York RB
01-06-19 MLS New York RB 23:00 Real Salt Lake
08-06-19 MLS Philadelphia Union 23:30 New York RB
29-06-19 MLS New York RB - Chicago Fire
04-07-19 MLS Houston Dynamo 01:00 New York RB

  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 13 7 3 3 23 12 7 5 1 1 17 5 6 2 2 2 6 7 11 24
2 DC United 14 7 3 4 18 13 7 4 1 2 11 7 7 3 2 2 7 6 5 24
3 Montreal Impact 14 6 3 5 15 19 4 2 1 1 2 2 10 4 2 4 13 17 -4 21
4 Atlanta United 12 6 2 4 13 9 6 3 2 1 7 4 6 3 0 3 6 5 4 20
5 New York City 11 4 6 1 15 12 5 1 4 0 4 3 6 3 2 1 11 9 3 18
6 New York RB 13 5 3 5 19 16 8 4 1 3 13 10 5 1 2 2 6 6 3 18
7 Toronto 12 5 2 5 22 20 7 3 2 2 15 11 5 2 0 3 7 9 2 17
8 Chicago Fire 13 4 4 5 20 17 7 4 2 1 16 7 6 0 2 4 4 10 3 16
9 Columbus Crew 14 5 1 8 12 19 8 4 1 3 9 9 6 1 0 5 3 10 -7 16
10 Orlando City 13 4 3 6 19 20 7 3 1 3 14 13 6 1 2 3 5 7 -1 15
11 New England 14 3 3 8 14 31 7 3 0 4 6 11 7 0 3 4 8 20 -17 12
12 Cincinnati 13 3 2 8 11 23 5 2 1 2 6 7 8 1 1 6 5 16 -12 11

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