Major League Soccer preview and numbers: New York RB - Cincinnati at Red Bull Arena, Harrison

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sat 20.August
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Red Bull Arena, Harrison (26765 seats)

Major League Soccer: New York RB host Cincinnati in what promises to be an intriguing football fixture. Tipsway gives you all you should know!

Insights:
  • New York RB have the most matches under the total-line (13) in Major League Soccer
  • Cincinnati have the most conceded goals in the first half (26) in Major League Soccer

There haven't been much to rest for the home team, as they were involved in a Major League Soccer game only three days back. That game was an away game at Atlanta United, so at least York are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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New York RB form and stats

New York RB have collected 13 points from their Major League Soccer home games so far after 3-4-5. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for New York RB, their manager Struber and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.

New York RB enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Atlanta United's place. The match ended 2-1 with Morgan and Tolkin scoring. At last, a league win after three games without one. Tolkin was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.43 out of 10. The defender Tolkin scored one goal and won 3 of 5 duels.

Preceding that match was the home game against Orlando City that was lost 0-1.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from New York RB's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 6 games, won 1 match, drawn 2 and lost 3.

A decent goal production from York in their home games so far, with 18 goals from 12 league matches. 17 goals have been conceded.

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Cincinnati form and stats

4 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Cincinnati playing as the away team in the Major League Soccer this season.

Cincinnati's last game was the home draw against Atlanta United (2-2). Vazquez has bagged at least one goal for this side four matches in a row. The efficiency! Cameron, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.45. Cameron served one assist, hit one key pass and won 2 of 4 duels.

Prior to that match, a home win 3-1 against Philadelphia Union.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Cincinnati playing away, we found 9 games. Results were 3 away wins, 3 draws and 3 home wins.

Betting fact: Both sides have scored at least once in 12 of this club's latest 14 league fixtures.

Cincinnati have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 12 league away games 17 goals have been scored. Cincinnati have conceded 23 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Cincinnati - New York RB 1-1 was the product when these contenders previously did battle, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last nine meetings: five - two - two (New York RB wins - draws - Cincinnati wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

CincinnatiB. Vázquez Toledo
B. Vázquez Toledo
15 goals
YorkL. Morgan
L. Morgan
11 goals
CincinnatiB. Souza da Silva
B. Souza da Silva
9 goals

New York RB missing players

Cincinnati missing players

New York RB Cincinnati
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
26 12 2 Played P 2 12 25
11 3 0 Won W 0 4 8
7 4 1 Drew D 1 4 9
8 5 1 Lost L 1 4 8
40 18 1 Scored S 4 17 42
32 17 2 Conceded C 5 23 45
92% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 96%
73% 67% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 84%
42% 42% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 58% 60%
23% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 33% 44%
19% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 25% 24%
54% 58% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 58% 68%
23% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 16%
31% 33% 50% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 20%
 
5.5 6 5 Corners for (avg) C F 7.5 4.8 4.9
3.8 2.3 3 Corners against (avg) C A 4 6.4 5.4
2.6 2.2 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.5 2.4
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
14 15.1 13.5 Shots (avg) S ( 14.5 11.8 13.4
4.8 4.5 1.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.5 3.8 5.4
32% 33% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 38% 31%
 
9.5 8.3 5 Shots against (avg) S A 11 15 13.5
3.4 3.1 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 5.7 4.8
Key stats in Major League Soccer this season:
  • Cincinnati have the most conceded goals in the first half (26) in Major League Soccer
  • New York RB have the fewest points (13) at home in Major League Soccer
  • New York RB have the most matches under the total-line (13) in Major League Soccer
  • New York RB have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.

  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 26 13 9 4 45 20 13 8 5 0 30 7 13 5 4 4 15 13 25 48
2 Montreal Impact 25 13 4 8 43 41 12 6 2 4 20 16 13 7 2 4 23 25 2 43
3 New York City 25 12 6 7 46 30 13 8 3 2 31 15 12 4 3 5 15 15 16 42
4 New York RB 26 11 7 8 40 32 12 3 4 5 18 17 14 8 3 3 22 15 8 40
5 Columbus Crew 24 8 10 6 32 27 12 5 3 4 16 11 12 3 7 2 16 16 5 34
6 New England 25 8 10 7 38 36 12 5 5 2 16 12 13 3 5 5 22 24 2 34
7 Cincinnati 25 8 9 8 42 45 13 4 5 4 25 22 12 4 4 4 17 23 -3 33
8 Orlando City 25 9 6 10 28 36 12 5 0 7 15 23 13 4 6 3 13 13 -8 33
9 Inter Miami 25 9 6 10 32 41 13 7 3 3 25 22 12 2 3 7 7 19 -9 33
10 Charlotte 26 10 2 14 33 40 12 8 0 4 20 10 14 2 2 10 13 30 -7 32
11 Toronto 26 8 6 12 39 45 14 7 2 5 25 22 12 1 4 7 14 23 -6 30
12 Chicago Fire 25 8 6 11 28 34 12 5 4 3 12 8 13 3 2 8 16 26 -6 30
13 Atlanta United 25 7 8 10 34 38 13 6 4 3 23 18 12 1 4 7 11 20 -4 29
14 DC United 25 6 4 15 28 49 13 4 3 6 18 20 12 2 1 9 10 29 -21 22

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Major League Soccer (often known simply as MLS) is the top level of football (soccer) in the United States and Canada. MLS has 24 teams divided into two conferences, Eastern and Western. Each team play 34 fixtures to decide a league table champion. The top fourteen teams then compete in playoff to crown a MLS Cup champion.