Seattle Sounders have travelled here for an engaging battle against the home side Cincinnati. Get smart on the game with this thorough Major League Soccer preview!
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Cincinnati form and stats
Cincinnati have played 1 Major League Soccer games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-0-0 (wins-draws-losses).
The home team returns to Nippert Stadium after drawing with Orlando City (placed 6th) on their last time out; the game ended 0-0. Defender Hagglund got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.41/10. Hagglund hit one key pass and won 3 of 4 duels.
Ahead of that match, Cincinnati won a home game hosting Houston Dynamo (2-1).The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Cincinnati have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 8 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 3 and lost 1.
Cincinnati has scored {2 goals} so far and conceded {1 goals} from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Seattle Sounders form and stats
The Seattle Sounders goalkeeper Stefan Frei is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 195 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Impressive finishing from Héber and Morris secured the home win 2-0 against Real Salt Lake in their previous game. Roldán, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.23. Roldán signed up for two assists, hit two key passes and won 7 of 10 duels.
Before that, Sounders secured a home win against Colorado Rapids with the score 4-0.Seattle Sounders are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 5 draws and 7 defeats. From a total of 14 matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Cincinnati zero wins, one draw and Seattle Sounders one victory. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less. One of the profiles has been Morris with 2 goals scored against Cincinnati in these 2 matches.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Morris 3 goals |  H. Araujo dos Santos 2 goals |   S. Santos Gomes 1 goals |
Cincinnati missing players
Seattle Sounders missing players
| Cincinnati | Seattle Sounders | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| 50% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0.5 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 5.5 | 7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 0.5 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.5 | 14 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| 4.5 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 8.5 |
| 22% | 40% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 35% |
| 13 | 19 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 0 | 8.5 |
| 4 | 7 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Cincinnati | Last season | Seattle Sounders | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 36 | 17 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Won | W | 3 | 12 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Lost | L | 12 | 17 | ||
| 66 | 37 | Scored | S | 18 | 47 | ||
| 58 | 27 | Conceded | C | 27 | 46 | ||
| 97% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 86% | 88% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 65% | 74% | ||
| 58% | 65% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 47% | 59% | ||
| 42% | 59% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 21% | ||
| 25% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 12% | ||
| 69% | 71% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 56% | ||
| 17% | 24% | Clean Sheets | C S | 12% | 18% | ||
| 17% | 6% | Failed to Score | F T | 35% | 26% | ||
| 4.6 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 4.9 | ||
| 5.4 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 5.1 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.9 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 4 | ||
| 13 | 15.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 12.2 | ||
| 5.2 | 6.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.1 | ||
| 35% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 34% | ||
| 13.5 | 12.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.6 | 12.8 | ||
| 4.8 | 3.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.1 | 4.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Inter Miami | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 2 | New England | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | Nashville SC | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Atlanta United | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Cincinnati | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Orlando City | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Philadelphia Union | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Columbus Crew | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 3 |
| 9 | DC United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 10 | Chicago Fire | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Toronto | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 1 |
| 12 | New York RB | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 13 | New York City | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 |
| 14 | Charlotte | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| 15 | Montreal Impact | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
