With their 5 point advantage in the league table, Minnesota United fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Cincinnati.
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Minnesota United form and stats
Minnesota United must be fairly happy with 6 points from their first three Major League Soccer games here at Allianz Field. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Allianz Field.
In their previous game, the manager A. Heath led his Minnesota to a defeat in the Major League Soccer match away at Columbus Crew. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Allianz Field. A 2-2 draw away before that, with Houston Dynamo the opponent.
Minnesota are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (8 goals in 3 games). Minnesota have conceded 4 in these home matches.
Cincinnati form and stats
Cincinnati have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Major League Soccer, after 2-0-6 (8 played).
H. Medunjanin was the last player to score for the away team. Cincinnati haven't scored a league goal in the last 185 minutes.
Two away games in a row for Cincinnati, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-4 versus New York City in the Major League Soccer. Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Philadelphia Union.
Cincinnati lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-4 beating and focus on this one.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Cincinnati manager J. Stam as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Philadelphia Union.
The visitors have scored 6 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. The Cincinnati manager J. Stam has some worries about the defense as 17 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
As for the last three games between these two teams, there's one Minnesota victory, two draws and zero Cincinnati wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.Minnesota United missing players
Cincinnati missing players
| Minnesota United | Cincinnati | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 9 | 15 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 6 | 7 |
| 30 | 8 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 9 |
| 26 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 18 | 22 |
| 94% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 73% |
| 88% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 78% | 60% |
| 81% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 47% |
| 56% | 67% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 22% | 20% |
| 19% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 7% |
| 75% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 44% | 27% |
| 12% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 22% | 47% |
| 19% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 53% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.2 | 2.2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 213 | 43 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 97 | 140 |
| 74 | 14 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 27 | 41 |
| 41% | 57% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 26% | 22% |
- All of Minnesota United's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Cincinnati has the fewest dropped points from leading position (0) in Major League Soccer
- Cincinnati has the most matches under the total-line (8) in Major League Soccer
- Cincinnati have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Cincinnati have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Cincinnati haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Minnesota United has the fewest matches under the total-line (3) in Major League Soccer
- Minnesota United has the most matches over the total-line (11) in Major League Soccer
- Minnesota United have scored more than double the goals of Cincinnati.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Seattle Sounders | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 21 |
| 2 | Portland Timbers | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 21 |
| 3 | Sporting KC | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 20 |
| 4 | Dallas | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 19 |
| 5 | Colorado Rapids | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 19 |
| 6 | Los Angeles FC | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 31 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 18 |
| 7 | Minnesota United | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 18 |
| 8 | Real Salt Lake | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | -2 | 17 |
| 9 | Houston Dynamo | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 20 | -3 | 16 |
| 10 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 13 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 17 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 16 | -13 | 15 |
| 11 | LA Galaxy | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | -3 | 15 |
| 12 | SJ Earthquakes | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 38 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 23 | -21 | 11 |