It's looking good for Cincinnati so far, with their 1st place in the Major League Soccer table and anticipating the visit of Philadelphia Union (who are sitting at 9th).
- Cincinnati is in the best form (4-2-0) in Major League Soccer
- Philadelphia Union have lost all their away matches so far.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the CONCACAF Champions League.
Cincinnati form and stats
As mentioned below, Cincinnati are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 3 Major League Soccer games.
Cincinnati are confident in defense, having played 224 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Cincinnati's last game was hosting Inter Miami (placed 11th) and winning 1-0. Defender Mosquera got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 8.04/10. Mosquera scored one goal and won 10 of 18 duels.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Nashville SC and winning 1-0.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 11 games. Cincinnati has won 2 of these, drawn 6 and lost 3.
Cincinnati are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 4 goals in 3 games. Defensively Cincinnati have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (1 in 3 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Philadelphia Union form and stats
It's not happening yet for Philadelphia Union on their Major League Soccer travels, with zero points from their first 2 away games. Maybe today will be different?
The club members enjoyed Philadelphia Union's previous game versus Atlas, a CONCACAF Champions League win (1-0) played at home. McGlynn got a match rating of 8.23 in that game, top player of the team. McGlynn hit five key passes and had 66 successful passes (of 81 total).
Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Sporting KC.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Philadelphia playing away and similar expectations, we found 16 relevant matches. Results were 5 Philadelphia Union wins, 7 draws and 4 defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Philadelphia Union manager Curtin as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Atlas.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Philadelphia Union has managed {2 goals} and let in 5 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head statistics (for the preceeding ten meetings): Cincinnati won one game, two matches ended in a draw and Philadelphia Union managed seven wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Moreno Borrero 2 goals |  S. Santos Gomes 2 goals |   D. Gazdag 2 goals |
Cincinnati missing players
Philadelphia Union missing players
| Cincinnati | Philadelphia Union | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 83% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 83% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 67% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 67% | 67% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4 | 4.3 |
| 4.8 | 4.7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 7 | 5 |
| 1.8 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3.5 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12.3 | 11.3 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 11 | 15.5 |
| 5 | 3.7 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 5.5 | 4.8 |
| 27% | 36% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 18% | 28% |
| 13.2 | 13.7 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 12.5 | 11.5 |
| 3.2 | 3.7 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 3 |
- All of Philadelphia Union's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Cincinnati have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (1) in Major League Soccer
- Cincinnati have won all their matches at home so far.
- Cincinnati is in the best form (4-2-0) in Major League Soccer
- Philadelphia Union have lost all their away matches so far.
| 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 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| 2 | Atlanta United | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 13 |
| 3 | New England | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 |
| 4 | Columbus Crew | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 10 |
| 5 | Nashville SC | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 6 | New York City | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 8 |
| 7 | Orlando City | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 8 |
| 8 | Toronto | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 9 | Philadelphia Union | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 10 | Chicago Fire | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 11 | Inter Miami | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 6 |
| 12 | New York RB | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 6 |
| 13 | DC United | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 5 |
| 14 | Charlotte | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -5 | 5 |
| 15 | Montreal Impact | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | -9 | 3 |
