Cincinnati have delivered excellent football so far, sitting at 2nd place in the table. Portland Timbers have an outlook both direction in the table from the 9th position.
- Cincinnati is in the best form (4-1-1) in Major League Soccer
- Portland Timbers have yet to win a game away.
Cincinnati and Portland Timbers should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Cincinnati form and stats
Overall Major League Soccer stats at home this season for Cincinnati are 4-0-0 (wins-draws-losses). After failing to beat Houston Dynamo here at Dr. DY Patil Stadium, Cincinnati has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.
Cincinnati are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-5 away versus Saint Louis City. Until that match this club had gone seven consecutive league fixtures without being beaten. As you see from the result above, Cincinnati suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one. The striker Badji outperformed all teammates in that fixture and got a match rating of 7.45 out of 10. Badji served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Philadelphia Union.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Louisville City are coming to town in four days.
The Cincinnati fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 5 in 4 matches. As for guarding their own goal, Cincinnati have only let in {1 goals} at home.
Portland Timbers form and stats
The visitors are W0-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Major League Soccer.
Portland Timbers had fun at their own home (Dr. DY Patil Stadium) last time out, beating Seattle Sounders 4-1. Asprilla, Fogaça, Mosquera and Niezgoda scored. Yippee; their first victory in the league after six rounds not winning. Midfield player Asprilla was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.94/10. Asprilla scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 6 of 8 times.
A 0-1 defeat away at Vancouver Whitecaps before that.After this away game Portland return home for a US Open Cup game against Orange County. That game is only four sleeps after this.
The Portland Timbers manager Savarese has some worries about the defense as 10 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Cincinnati one win, one draw and Portland Timbers zero victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Santos Gomes 3 goals |  J. Moreno Borrero 2 goals |   J. Mosquera 2 goals |
Cincinnati missing players
Portland Timbers missing players
| Cincinnati | Portland Timbers | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 9 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 5 | 10 | 13 |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 38% | 25% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 62% |
| 38% | 25% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | 38% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 50% | 38% |
| 38% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 75% | 62% |
| 62% | 75% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 3 | 2.5 | 1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 2.8 | 3.1 |
| 4.5 | 4.5 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3 | 8 | 7.6 |
| 1.8 | 1.8 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.2 | 2.4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.6 | 10.5 | 8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 6.5 | 9 |
| 4.6 | 3.2 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.8 | 3.4 |
| 27% | 38% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 36% | 37% |
| 13.2 | 12.8 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18 | 15.8 | 14.6 |
| 3.8 | 3.8 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 8 | 7 | 5.8 |
- 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 most points (12) at home in Major League Soccer
- Cincinnati have won all their matches at home so far.
- Cincinnati haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Cincinnati is in the best form (4-1-1) in Major League Soccer
- Portland Timbers have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Portland Timbers have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Portland Timbers have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Portland Timbers have yet to win a game away.
- Portland Timbers haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 17 |
| 2 | Cincinnati | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 17 |
| 3 | Atlanta United | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 15 |
| 4 | Columbus Crew | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 14 |
| 5 | New York City | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
| 6 | Nashville SC | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| 7 | Orlando City | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| 8 | Chicago Fire | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| 9 | Toronto | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 10 | Philadelphia Union | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -1 | 8 |
| 11 | New York RB | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 8 |
| 12 | DC United | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 8 |
| 13 | Inter Miami | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 6 |
| 14 | Charlotte | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -7 | 6 |
| 15 | Montreal Impact | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 14 | -14 | 3 |
