A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The home fans are optimistic that the difference between 2nd and 11th place in the table will show on the pitch.
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 Philadelphia Union and Cincinnati.
Philadelphia Union form and stats
3 victories, 0 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Philadelphia Union have to build on here at Talen Energy Stadium. It’s been three wins in a row for Philadelphia Union here at Talen Energy Stadium, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.Philadelphia Union drew their last game, 1-1 away at Vancouver Whitecaps. Ahead of that match, Philadelphia Union won a home game hosting Montreal Impact (3-0).
The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Philadelphia Union matches with similar probabilities have ended with 4 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats (from seven games).
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Philadelphia Union, as the Major League Soccer home game vs New England is only three days away.
Goals decide football matches and Philadelphia Union are scoring many of them at home; 9 on target from 4 matches. Philadelphia Union have conceded 4 in these home matches.
Cincinnati form and stats
1-1-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Cincinnati in their matches away. Three has not been a lucky number for Cincinnati as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Sporting KC match. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Cincinnati are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.Cincinnati play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-1 to New York RB. Preceding that, the 0-3 home loss versus Real Salt Lake.
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 two games. Results were 0 away wins, 0 draws and 2 home wins.
The schedule is very tough for Cincinnati now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Major League Soccer game at SJ Earthquakes is waiting in only three days.
The visitors have scored 4 goals from 5 away games, an average of less than one per game. Cincinnati have conceded 8 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Cincinnati - Philadelphia Union 0-2 earlier this season. As for the last one game between these two teams, there's 1 Philadelphia Union victory, 0 draws and 0 Cincinnati wins.Top Goalscorers
  D. Accam 3 goals / 1 assists |  M. Fabián 2 goals |  A. Bedoya 2 goals |
Philadelphia Union missing players
Cincinnati missing players
| Philadelphia Union | Cincinnati | |||||
| Total | Home | Home vs | Statistic | Away vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Played | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Won | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Lost | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 13 | 9 | 0 | Scored | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 10 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | 0 | 8 | 14 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | 0% | 80% | 89% |
| 44% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | 0% | 20% | 33% |
| 11% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | 0% | 20% | 11% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 11% |
| 44% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | 0% | 40% | 33% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | 0% | 20% | 22% |
| 22% | 0% | 0% | Failed To Score | 0% | 40% | 44% |
| 4.4 | 3.8 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 4.7 | 3.8 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | 0 | 5.4 | 5.6 |
| 1.3 | 1.2 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | 0 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Neither of the teams have played a single 0-0 game.
- Philadelphia Union is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.
| 30-03-19 | | Cincinnati | 0 - 2 | Philadelphia Union |
| 06-04-19 | | Philadelphia Union | 2 - 1 | Dallas |
| 14-04-19 | | LA Galaxy | 2 - 0 | Philadelphia Union |
| 20-04-19 | | Philadelphia Union | 3 - 0 | Montreal Impact |
| 27-04-19 | | Vancouver Whitecaps | 1 - 1 | Philadelphia Union |
| 01-05-19 | | Philadelphia Union | 23:30 | Cincinnati |
| 04-05-19 | | Philadelphia Union | 23:30 | New England |
| 11-05-19 | | Toronto | 19:00 | Philadelphia Union |
| 18-05-19 | | Philadelphia Union | 23:30 | Seattle Sounders |
| 25-05-19 | | Philadelphia Union | 23:30 | Portland Timbers |
| 30-03-19 | | Cincinnati | 0 - 2 | Philadelphia Union |
| 07-04-19 | | Cincinnati | 1 - 1 | Sporting KC |
| 14-04-19 | | Los Angeles FC | 2 - 0 | Cincinnati |
| 19-04-19 | | Cincinnati | 0 - 3 | Real Salt Lake |
| 27-04-19 | | New York RB | 1 - 0 | Cincinnati |
| 01-05-19 | | Philadelphia Union | 23:30 | Cincinnati |
| 05-05-19 | | SJ Earthquakes | 02:00 | Cincinnati |
| 11-05-19 | | Cincinnati | 17:00 | Montreal Impact |
| 19-05-19 | | Orlando City | 19:00 | Cincinnati |
| 25-05-19 | | Cincinnati | 23:30 | New York RB |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | DC United | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 |
| 2 | Philadelphia Union | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 14 |
| 3 | Montreal Impact | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 14 | -3 | 14 |
| 4 | Toronto | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | Columbus Crew | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -3 | 13 |
| 6 | New York City | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | -1 | 12 |
| 7 | Orlando City | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -1 | 12 |
| 8 | Chicago Fire | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
| 9 | New York RB | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| 10 | Atlanta United | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 8 |
| 11 | Cincinnati | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -6 | 8 |
| 12 | New England | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -9 | 8 |
