Charlotte FC vs FC Cincinnati, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Charlotte FC vs FC Cincinnati — MLS at Bank of America Stadium.
- Charlotte FC 15 games · 21 pts (2026/26)
- FC Cincinnati 15 games · 20 pts (2026/26)
Match Details
- Referee Ismail Elfath
- Assistant 1 Corey Parker
- Assistant 2 Kyle Atkins
8 games this season 🟨 1.5/game ⚽ 5.3 goals/gameStandings
# Team P Pts 1 Nashville SC 14 33 2 Internacional CF Miami 15 31 3 Chicago Fire FC 14 26 4 New England Revolution 14 25 5 New York Red Bulls 15 22 6 Charlotte FC 15 21 7 FC Cincinnati 15 20 8 New York City FC 15 19 9 D.C. United SC 15 18 10 Columbus Crew SC 15 16 11 Toronto FC 14 14 12 Montreal Impact FC 14 14 13 Orlando City SC 15 14 14 Atlanta United FC 14 11 15 Philadelphia Union 15 7 16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 14 32 17 San Jose Earthquakes 15 32 18 Real Salt Lake 14 26 19 FC Dallas 15 25 20 Los Angeles FC 15 24 21 Seattle Sounders FC 13 24 22 Houston Dynamo 14 22 23 Minnesota United FC 15 22 24 Los Angeles Galaxy 15 20 25 San Diego FC 15 17 26 Colorado Rapids SC 15 16 27 St. Louis City 14 16 28 Portland Timbers 14 14 29 Austin FC 15 14 30 Sporting Kansas City 14 11 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 09 May FC Cincinnati H 0–0 D 02 May New England Revolution A 0–0 D 26 Apr Nashville SC A 2–4 L 22 Apr Orlando City SC A 1–4 L 18 Apr New York City FC A 2–1 W 11 Apr Nashville SC H 1–2 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 09 May Charlotte FC A 0–0 D 03 May Chicago Fire FC A 3–2 W 25 Apr New York Red Bulls H 2–0 W 22 Apr New York City FC A 4–4 D 18 Apr Chicago Fire FC H 3–3 D 11 Apr Toronto FC A 1–1 D Season Stats
Charlotte FC FC Cincinnati #6 Position #7 21 Points 20 15 Played 15 6 / 3 / 6 W / D / L 5 / 5 / 5 24 Scored 36 23 Conceded 37 +1 GD -1 1.40 PPG 1.33 40% Win % 33% Key Stats
33% Both Teams to Score
H2H (9 games)33% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history27% Clean Sheets
Charlotte FC this season27% Clean Sheets
FC Cincinnati this seasonCharlotte FC are 6th (21 pts). FC Cincinnati are 7th (20 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Charlotte FC0-15–/216-302/431-453/–46-601/261-751/376+4/3■ Scored ■ ConcededFC Cincinnati0-151/116-302/531-457/346-603/461-752/176+8/3■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' In just a few seconds Bank of America Stadium will turn into a battlefield for Charlotte FC and FC Cincinnati.
- 5' FC Cincinnati is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 10' Kevin Denkey needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
- 15' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 15 minutes.
- 20' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 25' Tim Ream has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 39 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 30' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 35' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Samuel Gidi made 242 appearances and scored 0 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 40' FC Cincinnati looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker scoring 0 goals.
- 45' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Charlotte FC that had 148 games and scored 218 goals.
- 50' It looks surprising Charlotte FC does not make any changes. Kenji Mboma has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 55' It’s high time Dean Smith made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 60' It looks like no one’s ball. Charlotte FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 65' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Kerwin Vargas suffering a number of foals already.
- 70' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 75' FC Cincinnati started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 75.
- 80' Charlotte FC is showing some good football. However, Charlotte FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 85' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Charlotte FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 90' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- The final whistle. It looks like we are having a draw.
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Lineups
Charlotte FC Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 10
- 8
- 3
- 14
- 23
- 28
- 1
- 18
- 16
- 9
- 44
Bench
- 17
- 21
- 13
- 7
- 11
- 4
- 25
- 37
- 48
Coach Dean SmithFC Cincinnati Lineups
3-1-4-2Starting XI
- 10
- 21
- 4
- 20
- 9
- 18
- 22
- 17
- 11
- 29
- 88
Bench
- 13
- 12
- 5
- 16
- 27
- 37
- 3
- 66
- 55
Coach Pat Noonan -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Karol Swiderski 4 Luciano Acosta 4 Alvaro Barreal 2 Aaron Boupendza 2 Liel Abada 2 Wilfried Zaha 1 Nick Hagglund 1 Djibril Diani 1 Head to Head
Charlotte FC Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy0 / 31.96 Charlotte FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.55 FC Cincinnati xGI would bet for: Both teams to score 68% + Over 2.5 goals 67%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 3.51Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✗ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 96% 4% ± 1.5 86% 14% ± 2.5 67% 33% ± 3.5 46% 54% ± 4.5 28% 72% Double Chance
Charlotte FC or Draw 71%Draw or FC Cincinnati 54%Charlotte FC or FC Cincinnati 76%Half-Time Result
Correct Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 9.9%2 – 1 8.6%1 – 2 6.8%2 – 2 6.6%2 – 0 5.7%3 – 1 5.6%1 – 0 5.2%0 – 0 Actual3 – 2 4.3%0 – 1 4%3 – 0 3.7%0 – 2 3.6%Asian Handicap — Charlotte FC
Handicap Charlotte FC covers Push FC Cincinnati covers -2.5 13% — 87% -2 13% 14% 73% -1.5 27% — 73% -1 27% 20% 54% -0.5 46% — 54% +0.5 70% — 30% +1 70% 15% 15% +1.5 85% — 15% +2 85% 9% 6% +2.5 94% — 6% Clean Sheet
Charlotte FC keeps clean sheet 22% ✗FC Cincinnati keeps clean sheet 15% ✗Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.