Struggling Cincinnati will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Toronto in the upcoming league round. It’s 13th 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
When playing at home in the Major League Soccer, Cincinnati, who have the fewest scored goals (8) in Major League Soccer, have managed 1 win, 4 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 6 games. So many draws at home for Cincinnati, an amazing four in a row now. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Cincinnati to get some points in this home game.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 365 minutes without scoring a league goal. H. Medunjanin was the last player to find the net.
The fans are hoping that Cincinnati will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the Major League Soccer game against Philadelphia Union (placed 2nd). Prior to that, an away loss at Minnesota United.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Columbus Crew are coming to town in three days.
Cincinnati have scored 2 goals here in 6 league matches, a depressing statistic. From these home matches, Cincinnati have conceded only 4 goals.
Toronto form and stats
Toronto's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Toronto, who have the most points (17) away in Major League Soccer, collect 17 points from their 8 away matches in the Major League Soccer. 5 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat). The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Toronto hope to make it five in this match. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Toronto are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.
Two travels in a row for Toronto, whose manager G. Vanney could celebrate last time after the Major League Soccer win against New England. Before that, Toronto secured a home win against Philadelphia Union with the score 2-1.
Goalkeeper Alex Bono was absolutely vital in the Toronto victory against New England, making six saves.
A new game in only three days for Toronto, the Major League Soccer home match versus New York RB. Busy days.
Toronto has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 15 goals from 8 games. Toronto have conceded 11 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Cincinnati zero wins, zero draws and Toronto two victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Akinola 8 goals |  A. Pozuelo Melero 7 goals | R. Laryea 4 goals |
Cincinnati missing players
Toronto missing players
| Cincinnati | Toronto | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 6 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 8 | 17 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | 2 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 15 | 28 |
| 27 | 4 | 4 | Conceded | C | 2 | 11 | 19 |
| 76% | 33% | 33% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 65% | 33% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 62% | 59% |
| 47% | 17% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 62% | 59% |
| 18% | 17% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 50% | 41% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 12% |
| 24% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 62% | 53% |
| 41% | 83% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 38% | 41% |
| 59% | 83% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.1 | 2.2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 1.8 | 1.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 165 | 43 | 20 | Total Shots | T S | 16 | 101 | 245 |
| 47 | 14 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 4 | 43 | 94 |
| 19% | 14% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 35% | 30% |
- Cincinnati has the fewest scored goals (2) at home in Major League Soccer
- Cincinnati has the fewest scored goals (8) in Major League Soccer
- Cincinnati has the fewest scored goals in the first half (1) in Major League Soccer
- Cincinnati has the the worst goal difference (-18) in Major League Soccer
- Cincinnati have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Toronto has the most points (17) away in Major League Soccer
- Toronto has the most scored goals (15) away in Major League Soccer
- Toronto has the the best goal difference (+4) away in Major League Soccer
- Toronto have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Toronto have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Toronto have scored more than double the goals of Cincinnati.
- Toronto haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Toronto is in the best form (5-1-0)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Toronto | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 34 |
| 2 | Philadelphia Union | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 31 |
| 3 | Columbus Crew | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 31 |
| 4 | Orlando City | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 28 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 30 |
| 5 | New York City | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 26 |
| 6 | New England | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 22 |
| 7 | New York RB | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -2 | 20 |
| 8 | Montreal Impact | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 24 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 15 | -6 | 20 |
| 9 | Atlanta United | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | -2 | 18 |
| 10 | Nashville SC | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | -3 | 18 |
| 11 | Chicago Fire | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -5 | 16 |
| 12 | Inter Miami | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 15 | -10 | 14 |
| 13 | Cincinnati | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 22 | -18 | 13 |
| 14 | DC United | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -16 | 11 |