Here's everything you should know, and a little bit more, before watching the Cincinnati - Toronto fixture!
- Cincinnati have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Toronto have the most conceded goals (19) in Major League Soccer
It's no vacation for neither Cincinnati nor Toronto as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Cincinnati form and stats
Cincinnati have played 4 Major League Soccer games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-0-3 (wins-draws-losses). Cincinnati are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Nippert Stadium, having lost their two previous games here.
Cincinnati are returning here after visiting Toronto and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Murphy and Acosta scored the goal(s). Midfield player Moreno got a match rating of 7.52 in that game, the max score being 10. Moreno hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 40 successful passes (of 47 total).
Ahead of that match, Cincinnati lost 1-2 at home to Los Angeles FC.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Cincinnati handle that role? We have found five games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, zero draws and one defeat.
Cincinnati are traveling soon after this match as the Major League Soccer match at Minnesota United awaits in three days.
The Cincinnati fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 7 goals in 4 league matches.
Toronto form and stats
As the visiting team matches, Toronto, who have the most conceded goals (19) in Major League Soccer, have produced an overall stat of 0-2-2 so far.
Toronto's previous game was their home loss versus Cincinnati (1-2). Jiménez has bagged at least one goal for this team three games in a row. The smartness! Pozuelo, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.02. Pozuelo hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 5 of 6 times.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against New York City wasn't a success with a 4-5 loss.Toronto are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, four draws and nine defeats. From a total of 14 matches.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Toronto manager Bradley as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Vancouver Whitecaps.
The Toronto manager Bradley has some worries about the defense as 10 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
This was the end result when the squads played each other previously this season; Toronto - Cincinnati 1-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Cincinnati three wins, zero draws and Toronto four victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Jiménez Núñez 7 goals |  B. Vázquez Toledo 5 goals | L. Acosta 3 goals |
Cincinnati missing players
Toronto missing players
| Cincinnati | Toronto | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 11 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 8 | 16 |
| 17 | 8 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 10 | 19 |
| 89% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 78% | 75% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 75% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 75% | 89% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 22% |
| 56% | 75% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 44% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4.7 | 5.5 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.2 | 4.4 |
| 5 | 3.8 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5.8 | 5.8 |
| 2.6 | 2.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.5 | 1.8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13.1 | 16.8 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 7.8 | 8.1 |
| 4.4 | 7.2 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
| 28% | 24% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 57% | 47% |
| 14 | 13 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 16.5 | 15 |
| 4.9 | 4 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 7.2 | 6.9 |
- All of Toronto's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Cincinnati have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Cincinnati have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Cincinnati haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Toronto have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Toronto have scored in all their matches so far.
- Toronto have the fewest matches under the total-line (0) in Major League Soccer
- Toronto have the most conceded goals (19) in Major League Soccer
- Toronto have the most conceded goals in the first half (11) in Major League Soccer
- Toronto have the most scored goals in the first half (10) in Major League Soccer
- Toronto have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Toronto have yet to win a game away.
- Toronto haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 17 |
| 2 | Orlando City | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 |
| 3 | New York RB | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 4 | Montreal Impact | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 14 | -2 | 14 |
| 5 | Columbus Crew | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 |
| 6 | Atlanta United | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -2 | 11 |
| 7 | Toronto | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -3 | 11 |
| 8 | New York City | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| 9 | Chicago Fire | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| 10 | New England | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -2 | 10 |
| 11 | Charlotte | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -4 | 10 |
| 12 | Cincinnati | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -6 | 10 |
| 13 | Inter Miami | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -9 | 10 |
| 14 | DC United | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 9 |
