A vital fixture in Major League Soccer as both participants are fighting for the top positions. With New England in 1st place and Cincinnati at 2nd, this is almost guaranteed to be a thriling battle. Read on to learn more!
- New England is in the best form (4-2-0) in Major League Soccer
- New England have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Cincinnati have scored away.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for England and Cincinnati.
New England form and stats
4-1-0 (win-draw-lost) are the Major League Soccer numbers at home for New England so far this season. New England has recorded two wins in a row here at Gillette Stadium, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
New England's previous match was a US Open Cup game also played at their own arena, ending 2-1 against Hartford Athletic. The home team hope to to repeat that performance.
Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Sporting KC.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 New England have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 9 games) they have won 3 times, drawn 4 and lost 2.
The England manager Arena has got the team scoring with 11 from 5 home games in the league. New England have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {2 goals}.
Cincinnati form and stats
1-2-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Cincinnati in their Major League Soccer matches away.
The followers enjoyed Cincinnati's previous game versus Louisville City, a US Open Cup win (1-0) played at home.
A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Portland Timbers.Cincinnati are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 7 wins, 2 draws and 7 defeats. From a total of 16 matches.
Cincinnati are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 5 away goals from 4 games (in the league).
Head 2 Head
England have won or drawn the last 6 matches (5-1-0) versus Cincinnati.Top Goalscorers
  S. Santos Gomes 4 goals |   G. Vrioni 3 goals |  C. Gil de Pareja Vicent 2 goals |
New England missing players
Cincinnati missing players
| New England | Cincinnati | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | 11 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 8 | 10 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 75% | 89% |
| 78% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 44% |
| 56% | 60% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 44% |
| 22% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 22% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 50% | 22% |
| 44% | 40% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 44% |
| 44% | 60% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 56% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 11% |
| 4.3 | 3.8 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.5 | 3.1 |
| 5.8 | 4.6 | 9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4.5 | 4.9 |
| 0.9 | 0.6 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13.2 | 13.6 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 12.8 | 11.8 |
| 5.6 | 6.2 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 6 | 4.8 |
| 30% | 35% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 21% | 28% |
| 13.7 | 11 | 14 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 13.8 | 13.3 |
| 5.1 | 3.2 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.8 | 3.8 |
- Cincinnati have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- New England have not yet lost a game at home.
- New England have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- New England have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- New England have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Cincinnati have scored away.
- New England have scored in all their home matches so far.
- New England haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- New England is in the best form (4-2-0) in Major League Soccer
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | New England | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 20 |
| 2 | Cincinnati | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | Atlanta United | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 18 |
| 4 | New York City | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 15 |
| 5 | Columbus Crew | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 14 |
| 6 | Nashville SC | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 7 | Philadelphia Union | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 11 |
| 8 | DC United | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -2 | 11 |
| 9 | Orlando City | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | -2 | 11 |
| 10 | Chicago Fire | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| 11 | Toronto | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 9 |
| 12 | Charlotte | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -6 | 9 |
| 13 | New York RB | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -3 | 8 |
| 14 | Inter Miami | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | -3 | 6 |
| 15 | Montreal Impact | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 14 | -12 | 6 |
