A cursory peek at the Major League Soccer table imply an advantage to Cincinnati when they travel to New York City. However; let's wait before we pick a winner!
- New York City is in the worst form (1-1-4)
- Cincinnati have the most clean sheets (7) in Major League Soccer
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.
New York City form and stats
13 points is a decent return from 6 Major League Soccer games here at Yankee Stadium for New York City. The data says 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.
New York City's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-3 versus Philadelphia Union (placed 4th). Pereira (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.14/10. Pereira scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 6 times and had 26 successful passes (of 31 total).
Preceding that game was the away draw at Orlando City that finished 1-1.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as New England are coming to town in three days.
The New York City fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 11 goals in 6 league matches. On the other hand, York have conceded 8 goals. When New York City hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Inter Miami, Chicago Fire, Toronto and New York RB), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.
Cincinnati form and stats
2 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Cincinnati, who have the most clean sheets (7) in Major League Soccer, playing as the away team in the Major League Soccer this season. The fact that Cincinnati have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.
It's the second away game in a row for Cincinnati, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Colorado Rapids last time out. The attacker Acosta got a match rating of 7.83 in that game. Acosta hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.
Before that, 1-1 away against New York RB (after extra-time, 3-5 on penalties) in the US Open Cup. So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Cincinnati playing away and similar expectations, we found 6 relevant matches. Results were 1 Cincinnati win, 3 draws and 2 defeats.
After this away game Cincinnati return home for a Major League Soccer game against Chicago Fire. That game is only three sleeps after this.
Cincinnati are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 7 away goals from 6 games (in the league). As for defending, Cincinnati rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 9 goals from these away matches.
Head 2 Head
New York City-Cincinnati H2H statistics last nine meetings regardless of arena: New York City six wins, Cincinnati one win, two draws. seven of these nine matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  L. Acosta 5 goals |   G. Pereira dos Santos 4 goals |  S. Rodríguez Molina 4 goals |
New York City missing players
Cincinnati missing players
| New York City | Cincinnati | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 14 | 6 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 14 |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | 11 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 7 | 22 |
| 19 | 8 | 5 | Conceded | C | 3 | 9 | 14 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 83% | 93% |
| 71% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 57% |
| 36% | 67% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 33% | 50% |
| 29% | 50% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 33% | 21% |
| 14% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 33% | 21% |
| 64% | 83% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 7% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 17% | 7% |
| 4.4 | 3.7 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 4.2 | 3.7 |
| 4.9 | 5.3 | 6.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 3.8 | 4.4 |
| 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.8 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11.5 | 14.7 | 14.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 12.8 | 12 |
| 4.2 | 6 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 8 | 5.8 | 4.9 |
| 27% | 31% | 24% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 20% | 32% |
| 10.5 | 11.3 | 12.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 13.3 | 12.8 |
| 4.1 | 5 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.8 | 4.2 |
- Cincinnati have the most clean sheets (7) in Major League Soccer
- New York City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- New York City have scored in all their home matches so far.
- New York City have the fewest clean sheets (1) in Major League Soccer
- New York City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- New York City is in the worst form (1-1-4)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cincinnati | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 33 |
| 2 | Nashville SC | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 25 |
| 3 | New England | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 25 |
| 4 | Philadelphia Union | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 24 |
| 5 | Atlanta United | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 25 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 4 | 23 |
| 6 | Charlotte | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -5 | 21 |
| 7 | Orlando City | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 20 |
| 8 | DC United | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 19 |
| 9 | Columbus Crew | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 18 |
| 10 | Montreal Impact | 14 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 13 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 19 | -9 | 18 |
| 11 | Chicago Fire | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -3 | 16 |
| 12 | New York City | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -3 | 16 |
| 13 | New York RB | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -3 | 16 |
| 14 | Toronto | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -4 | 16 |
| 15 | Inter Miami | 14 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 | -4 | 15 |
