Struggling Cincinnati will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Sporting KC in the upcoming league round. It’s 14th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Cincinnati form and stats
Cincinnati's struggle is real here at Nippert Stadium with only 10 points collected from 10 Major League Soccer games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-4-4. The Cincinnati manager J. Stam might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
The Cincinnati fans got no joy from their last match, a Major League Soccer game also here at Nippert Stadium: A 0-1 defeat against Minnesota United. Before that game, the home loss against DC United with the scoreline 1-2.
The defeat against Minnesota United was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored one minutes into stoppage time (by A. Schoenfeld).
Cincinnati are traveling soon after this match as the Major League Soccer match at Atlanta United awaits in four days.
Cincinnati have scored 5 goals here in 10 league matches, a depressing statistic. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Cincinnati are not conceding a lot of goals here at Nippert Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 10 matches.
Sporting KC form and stats
The visitors, who have the fewest conceded goals (9) away in Major League Soccer, are W4-D2-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Major League Soccer.
Sporting KC had fun at their own home (Nippert Stadium) last time out, beating Colorado Rapids 4-0. Alan Pulido, Andreu Fontàs, Gadi Kinda and Gerso Fernandes scored. A 2-2 draw at Chicago Fire's stadium before that.
As you can tell from the results above, Sporting KC was very dominant against Colorado Rapids, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 4-0 (!) with Alan Pulido, Andreu Fontàs, Gadi Kinda and Gerso Fernandes providing the goals.
After this away game Sporting KC return home for a Major League Soccer game against Minnesota United. That game is only four sleeps after this.
The travelling fans enjoy Sporting KC's attacking play in away games, having scored 13 goals in 8 league matches away. Sporting KC have conceded 9 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last two meetings: zero - one - one (Cincinnati wins - draws - Sporting KC wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.Cincinnati missing players
Sporting KC missing players
| Cincinnati | Sporting KC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 10 | 5 | Played | P | 1 | 9 | 21 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 12 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 14 | 36 |
| 32 | 9 | 6 | Conceded | C | 2 | 12 | 28 |
| 81% | 60% | 60% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 62% | 40% | 40% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 89% | 81% |
| 48% | 30% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 67% |
| 14% | 10% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 33% | 38% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| 29% | 20% | 20% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 78% | 67% |
| 33% | 50% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 29% |
| 57% | 70% | 80% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 11% | 10% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.9 | 1.7 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 203 | 81 | 38 | Total Shots | T S | 6 | 102 | 319 |
| 57 | 24 | 11 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 33 | 98 |
| 21% | 21% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 42% | 37% |
- Cincinnati has the fewest scored goals (11) in Major League Soccer
- Cincinnati has the fewest scored goals (5) at home in Major League Soccer
- Cincinnati has the fewest scored goals in the first half (2) in Major League Soccer
- Cincinnati has the the worst goal difference (-20) in Major League Soccer
- Cincinnati have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Cincinnati is in the worst form (1-0-5)
- Sporting KC has the fewest conceded goals (9) away in Major League Soccer
- Sporting KC have scored more than double the goals of Cincinnati.
- Sporting KC 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 | Philadelphia Union | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 39 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 22 | 41 |
| 2 | Toronto | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 41 |
| 3 | Columbus Crew | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 35 |
| 4 | Orlando City | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 31 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 32 |
| 5 | New York City | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 30 |
| 6 | New England | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 29 |
| 7 | New York RB | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 14 | -1 | 26 |
| 8 | Nashville SC | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 25 |
| 9 | Montreal Impact | 20 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 30 | 39 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 20 | -9 | 23 |
| 10 | Inter Miami | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 21 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 17 | -9 | 21 |
| 11 | Chicago Fire | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -4 | 21 |
| 12 | Atlanta United | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | -5 | 19 |
| 13 | DC United | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 34 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -15 | 18 |
| 14 | Cincinnati | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 22 | -20 | 16 |