4th place in the Major League Soccer table for New York City at present, a strong achievement. The match-going supporters hope for more fun as 8th-placed Cincinnati visit Citi Field.
- New York City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 New York City and Cincinnati.
New York City form and stats
The overall Major League Soccer stats at home this season for New York City are 8-3-3 (wins-draws-losses). York has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager Cushing and the players.
New York City faced defeat in their previous match, away at New England (0-3). Midfield player Acevedo got a match rating of 7.34 in that game, the max score being 10. Acevedo had 72 successful passes (of 79 total).
Preceding that match was the home game against DC United that was lost 1-2.York are traveling soon after this match as the Major League Soccer match at Charlotte awaits in three days.
The New York City manager Cushing has got the team scoring with 32 from 14 home games in the league. New York City have conceded 17 in these home matches.
Cincinnati form and stats
Playing away, Cincinnati have won 4 games, drawn 5 and suffered 4 defeats in the Major League Soccer this season. Visiting Cincinnati has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
The club members enjoyed Cincinnati's previous match versus Charlotte (placed 13th), a 2-0 win played at home. That victory felt nice as this club had gone three league matches without victory. Acosta got a match rating of 8.41 in that game, top player of the team. Acosta scored one goal, served one assist, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.
Ahead of that game was the 2-2 draw at home against Columbus Crew.Observe! Both teams have scored in 10 of this club's latest 12 league games.
After this away game Cincinnati return home for a Major League Soccer game against SJ Earthquakes. That game is only three sleeps after this.
The visiting Cincinnati have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 18 goals from 13 games. Cincinnati's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 24 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
New York City have avoided a loss in the last 7 games (6-1-0) versus Cincinnati.The duelists have played earlier this season: Cincinnati - York 4-4.
Top Goalscorers
  B. Vázquez Toledo 16 goals |  B. Souza da Silva 9 goals |
New York City missing players
Cincinnati missing players
| New York City | Cincinnati | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 29 | 14 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 28 |
| 13 | 8 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 10 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 50 | 32 | 8 | Scored | S | 5 | 18 | 47 |
| 37 | 17 | 2 | Conceded | C | 6 | 24 | 48 |
| 90% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 96% |
| 72% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 85% | 86% |
| 52% | 57% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 54% | 57% |
| 31% | 43% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 31% | 43% |
| 24% | 29% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 23% | 21% |
| 45% | 50% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 62% | 68% |
| 45% | 43% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 15% | 18% |
| 21% | 14% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 31% | 18% |
| 5.2 | 5.9 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 4.5 | 4.7 |
| 4.9 | 4.1 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 6.2 | 5.4 |
| 2.3 | 2.3 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 14.7 | 17.6 | 19 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.7 | 11.1 | 13.1 |
| 5.5 | 6.5 | 7.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 3.6 | 5.2 |
| 31% | 35% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 38% | 32% |
| 11 | 9.6 | 9.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 14.9 | 13.5 |
| 4 | 3.9 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 5.5 | 4.6 |
- New York City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
| 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 | 30 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 63 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 40 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 13 | 42 | 60 |
| 2 | Montreal Impact | 29 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 53 | 45 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 28 | 8 | 52 |
| 3 | New York RB | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 45 | 36 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 21 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 9 | 47 |
| 4 | New York City | 29 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 50 | 37 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 13 | 45 |
| 5 | Orlando City | 28 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 35 | 40 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 20 | 26 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 14 | -5 | 42 |
| 6 | Columbus Crew | 28 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 37 | 31 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 40 |
| 7 | New England | 29 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 42 | 42 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 0 | 38 |
| 8 | Cincinnati | 28 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 47 | 48 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 29 | 24 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 24 | -1 | 38 |
| 9 | Inter Miami | 28 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 35 | 46 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 23 | -11 | 36 |
| 10 | Toronto | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 47 | 53 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 28 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 25 | -6 | 34 |
| 11 | Atlanta United | 29 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 41 | 48 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 28 | -7 | 33 |
| 12 | Chicago Fire | 29 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 28 | 38 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 26 | -10 | 32 |
| 13 | Charlotte | 29 | 10 | 2 | 17 | 34 | 46 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 21 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 32 | -12 | 32 |
| 14 | DC United | 29 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 32 | 59 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 26 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 14 | 33 | -27 | 26 |
