Club members at CenturyLink Field haven’t witnessed many wins this season, with Seattle Sounders lying uncomfortably in the 10th position. The opposing Cincinnati will attempt to guard their higher league place in this game.
- Seattle Sounders have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
This promises to be an engrossing game with lots of fun and excitement as both sides are well recovered since they last saw competitive action. Get this show on the road!
Seattle Sounders form and stats
Seattle Sounders have played 15 Major League Soccer games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 9-1-5 (wins-draws-losses). Hopes of three in a row are alive for Seattle Sounders after consecutive victories at their own ground.
Seattle Sounders are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 1-2 away versus Vancouver Whitecaps. Rusnák (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.23/10. Rusnák hit six key passes and had 58 successful passes (of 66 total).
Ahead of that match, Seattle Sounders won a home game hosting Austin (3-0).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 Sounders have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 15 games) they have won 7 times, drawn 2 and lost 6.
Observe: 9 of the latest 11 league games from this football club have had goals from both sides.
Seattle Sounders have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at CenturyLink Field with 26 goals in 15 league matches. On the other hand, Sounders have conceded 16 goals.
Cincinnati form and stats
The visitors are W5-D6-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Major League Soccer. In general it has been a productive period now for Cincinnati as they haven't lost any of their last ten games.
Cincinnati play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Real Salt Lake (placed 8th). Cincinnati goalie Celentano was high and low in the Real Salt Lake game, contributing seven saves towards the victory. Brenner, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.83. Brenner scored two goals and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.
That result followed a home victory 6-0 versus SJ Earthquakes.Cincinnati are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 5 wins, 3 draws and 7 defeats. From a total of 15 matches.
Sports betting statistic: Both teams have scored at least one goal in 12 of this club's last 15 league fixtures.
After this away game Cincinnati return home for a Major League Soccer game against Chicago Fire. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Cincinnati have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 15 league away games 21 goals have been scored. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Cincinnati have conceded 26 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
One of the stars has been Morris with 2 goals scored against Cincinnati in these 1 matches.
Top Goalscorers
  B. Vázquez Toledo 16 goals |  B. Souza da Silva 14 goals |   R. Ruidíaz Misitich 9 goals |
Seattle Sounders missing players
Cincinnati missing players
| Seattle Sounders | Cincinnati | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 31 | 15 | 5 | Played | P | 0 | 15 | 31 |
| 12 | 9 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 11 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 6 | 12 |
| 16 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 44 | 26 | 11 | Scored | S | 0 | 21 | 56 |
| 42 | 16 | 8 | Conceded | C | 0 | 26 | 50 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 93% | 97% |
| 74% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 87% | 87% |
| 61% | 73% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 53% | 58% |
| 19% | 20% | 60% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 27% | 42% |
| 13% | 7% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | 23% |
| 55% | 53% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 68% |
| 19% | 27% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 13% | 19% |
| 26% | 20% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 27% | 16% |
| 5 | 5.6 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.3 | 4.6 |
| 5.4 | 4.5 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6.4 | 5.5 |
| 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 12.3 | 14.1 | 14.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 10.5 | 12.9 |
| 4.1 | 4.7 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.5 | 5.2 |
| 34% | 37% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 40% | 35% |
| 12.8 | 9.7 | 10.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 15.5 | 13.7 |
| 4.5 | 3.2 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 5.7 | 4.8 |
- Seattle Sounders have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Seattle Sounders haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Los Angeles FC | 32 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 64 | 36 | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 39 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 22 | 28 | 64 |
| 2 | Austin | 32 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 64 | 46 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 41 | 22 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 24 | 18 | 55 |
| 3 | Dallas | 32 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 46 | 35 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 11 | 50 |
| 4 | Nashville SC | 32 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 50 | 39 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 29 | 19 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 11 | 47 |
| 5 | Portland Timbers | 32 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 51 | 48 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 27 | 17 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 24 | 31 | 3 | 46 |
| 6 | Minnesota United | 32 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 46 | 49 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 29 | -3 | 45 |
| 7 | LA Galaxy | 31 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 51 | 47 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 34 | 24 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 4 | 43 |
| 8 | Real Salt Lake | 32 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 39 | 43 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 29 | -4 | 43 |
| 9 | Vancouver Whitecaps | 32 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 38 | 55 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 35 | -17 | 40 |
| 10 | Seattle Sounders | 31 | 12 | 3 | 16 | 44 | 42 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 18 | 26 | 2 | 39 |
| 11 | Colorado Rapids | 32 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 44 | 56 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 28 | 15 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 41 | -12 | 39 |
| 12 | Sporting KC | 32 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 40 | 52 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 35 | -12 | 37 |
| 13 | Houston Dynamo | 32 | 9 | 6 | 17 | 40 | 52 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 17 | 33 | -12 | 33 |
| 14 | SJ Earthquakes | 31 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 46 | 64 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 27 | 24 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 40 | -18 | 31 |
