National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Cincinnati or New York City that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Cincinnati nor New York City as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Cincinnati form and stats
Cincinnati was eliminated in the round of 32 last season in the US Open Cup.Cincinnati's last game was hosting DC United and winning 2-1. The attacking player Acosta was named "man of the match" for Cincinnati with the rating of 8.04/10. Acosta scored one goal, served one assist and hit two key passes.
A 1-1 draw away in the Major League Soccer before that, with New England the opponent.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Cincinnati have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 12 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 6 and lost 3.
Cincinnati have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and two practice matches played. These training games have ended with 0 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Cincinnati scored {4 goals} and let in {9 goals} during these two games.
New York City form and stats
York's mission in US Open Cup last season failed in the quarter-finals.New York City play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 2-3 to Charlotte. Defender Cufré was the best team player with a rating of 7.42. Cufré hit two key passes and won 6 of 10 duels.
Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Toronto's place.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by New York City in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for New York City, 2 draws and 9 defeats.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Major League Soccer trip to New York RB.
It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. York have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 1 win, 3 draws and 2 defeats from six fixtures.
Head 2 Head
New York City have won or drawn the last 8 games (6-2-0) versus Cincinnati.Top Goalscorers
  S. Santos Gomes 4 goals |   S. Rodríguez Molina 4 goals |  T. Bacelar Martins 3 goals |
Cincinnati missing players
New York City missing players
| Cincinnati | New York City | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 9 | Won | W | 2 | 10 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 6 | 8 | ||
| 44 | 22 | Scored | S | 11 | 36 | ||
| 34 | 8 | Conceded | C | 16 | 30 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 72% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 76% | ||
| 52% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 12% | ||
| 64% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 60% | ||
| 32% | 55% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 16% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 24% | ||
| 3.8 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.2 | ||
| 4.8 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.5 | ||
| 2 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 11.2 | 12.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.2 | 11.1 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.9 | ||
| 40% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 38% | ||
| 13 | 12.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.9 | 9.6 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.5 | ||
