Sunday , 16 August 2026

Charlotte FC vs FC Cincinnati, MLS 2025 REGULAR SEASON

MLS · 2025
Charlotte FC
2 – 0
Full Time
FC Cincinnati
Sat 15 Mar 2025 · 23:30 UTC Bank of America Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'
Y 0' Gilberto Flores
Y 76' Obinna Nwobodo
YR 83' Gilberto Flores

Overview

Match Preview

Charlotte FC vs FC Cincinnati — MLS at Bank of America Stadium.

Match Details

  • Referee Sergii Boiko (USA)
5 games this season 🟨 1.2/game ⚽ 9.4 goals/game

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Nashville SC 18 40
2 Internacional CF Miami 18 38
3 New England Revolution 18 30
4 Chicago Fire FC 17 29
5 New York City FC 18 26
6 FC Cincinnati 18 26
7 Charlotte FC 18 25
8 New York Red Bulls 18 25
9 D.C. United SC 18 23
10 Columbus Crew SC 18 20
11 Orlando City SC 18 20
12 Toronto FC 18 17
13 Philadelphia Union 18 16
14 Montreal Impact FC 18 16
15 Atlanta United FC 18 12
16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 17 34
17 Los Angeles FC 19 34
18 San Jose Earthquakes 18 33
19 Houston Dynamo 18 32
20 FC Dallas 18 27
21 Real Salt Lake 17 27
22 St. Louis City 18 26
23 Portland Timbers 18 24
24 Seattle Sounders FC 17 24
25 Minnesota United FC 18 24
26 Colorado Rapids SC 18 22
27 Los Angeles Galaxy 19 22
28 San Diego FC 18 21
29 Austin FC 18 17
30 Sporting Kansas City 18 14

Head-to-Head

4
3
2
Charlotte FC 9 games · Avg 2.2 goals FC Cincinnati
Last 5 meetings
2025-03-15 Charlotte FC 2–0 FC Cincinnati 2024-07-13 FC Cincinnati 1–3 Charlotte FC 2024-03-30 Charlotte FC 1–1 FC Cincinnati 2023-09-23 FC Cincinnati 3–0 Charlotte FC 2023-07-08 Charlotte FC 2–2 FC Cincinnati

Recent Form

Charlotte FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
15 Mar FC Cincinnati H 2–0 W
09 Mar Internacional CF Miami A 0–1 L
01 Mar Atlanta United FC H 2–0 W
23 Feb Seattle Sounders FC A 2–2 D
19 Oct D.C. United SC A 3–0 W
05 Oct Montreal Impact FC H 2–0 W
FC Cincinnati
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
15 Mar Charlotte FC A 0–2 L
09 Mar Toronto FC H 2–0 W
02 Mar Philadelphia Union A 1–4 L
23 Feb New York Red Bulls H 1–0 W
19 Oct Philadelphia Union A 2–1 W
05 Oct Orlando City SC H 1–3 L

Season Stats

Charlotte FC FC Cincinnati
#7 Position #6
25 Points 26
18 Played 18
7 / 4 / 7 W / D / L 7 / 5 / 6
29 Scored 45
27 Conceded 44
+2 GD +1
1.39 PPG 1.44
39% Win % 39%

Key Stats

33% Both Teams to Score
H2H (9 games)
33% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
26% Clean Sheets
Charlotte FC this season
21% Clean Sheets
FC Cincinnati this season

Charlotte FC are 7th (25 pts). FC Cincinnati are 6th (26 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Charlotte FC
0-15
4/2
16-30
4/5
31-45
4/1
46-60
1/3
61-75
2/4
76+
4/4
■ Scored ■ Conceded
FC Cincinnati
0-15
3/2
16-30
4/7
31-45
9/5
46-60
4/7
61-75
2/1
76+
11/3
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Charlotte FC
Pep Biel 8 G 5 A
Idan Gorno 4 G 1 A
FC Cincinnati
Evander 10 G 4 A
Kevin Denkey 10 G 1 A
Tom Barlow 5 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' What a night it is going to be! Charlotte FC welcome FC Cincinnati for this crunch clash at Bank of America Stadium.
  • 5' Both keepers have barely been tested. Charlotte FC and FC Cincinnati are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
  • 10' FC Cincinnati is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
  • 15' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
  • 20' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Charlotte FC and FC Cincinnati are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
  • 25' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
  • 30' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
  • 35' FC Cincinnati have won 361 goals from 248 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
  • 40' Pep Biel has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
  • 45' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
  • 50' Charlotte FC currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
  • 55' Lukas Engel has been relatively quiet despite scoring 3 goals in his last 2 appearances.
  • 60' Supporters expect more eagerness from Yuya Kubo, as he is very good at scoring at Bank of America Stadium with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
  • 65' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with FC Cincinnati winning 0% of all matches.
  • 70' It looks surprising Charlotte FC does not make any changes. Sergio Santos has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • 75' The travelling FC Cincinnati supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 80' FC Cincinnati looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker scoring 0 goals.
  • 85' With 0 assists to his name this season, Nathan Byrne is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Charlotte FC.
  • 90' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
  • Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 2-0.

Lineups

Charlotte FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Dean Smith

FC Cincinnati Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Pat Noonan

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Luciano Acosta 4
Karol Swiderski 4
Aaron Boupendza 2
Liel Abada 2
Alvaro Barreal 2
Djibril Diani 1
Iuri Tavares 1
Kerwin Vargas 1

Head to Head

2025-03-15 Charlotte FC 2–0 FC Cincinnati 2024-07-13 FC Cincinnati 1–3 Charlotte FC 2024-03-30 Charlotte FC 1–1 FC Cincinnati 2023-09-23 FC Cincinnati 3–0 Charlotte FC 2023-07-08 Charlotte FC 2–2 FC Cincinnati

Charlotte FC Form

2025-03-15 Charlotte FC 2–0 FC Cincinnati W 2025-03-09 Internacional CF Miami 1–0 Charlotte FC L 2025-03-01 Charlotte FC 2–0 Atlanta United FC W 2025-02-23 Seattle Sounders FC 2–2 Charlotte FC D 2024-10-19 D.C. United SC 0–3 Charlotte FC W 2024-10-05 Charlotte FC 2–0 Montreal Impact FC W

FC Cincinnati Form

2025-03-15 Charlotte FC 2–0 FC Cincinnati L 2025-03-09 FC Cincinnati 2–0 Toronto FC W 2025-03-02 Philadelphia Union 4–1 FC Cincinnati L 2025-02-23 FC Cincinnati 1–0 New York Red Bulls W 2024-10-19 Philadelphia Union 1–2 FC Cincinnati W 2024-10-05 FC Cincinnati 1–3 Orlando City SC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
1 / 4
2.43 Charlotte FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.53 FC Cincinnati xG
I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 74% + Both teams to score 71%

Match Result

✓ Correct
Charlotte FC57% Draw21% FC Cincinnati22%
Actual: Charlotte FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong
Yes71% 0% No29%
Avg goals/match: 3.96
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 97%
3%
± 1.5 90%
10%
± 2.5 74%
26%
± 3.5 55%
45%
± 4.5 36%
64%

Double Chance

Charlotte FC or Draw
78%
Draw or FC Cincinnati
43%
Charlotte FC or FC Cincinnati
79%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
Charlotte FC43% Draw37% FC Cincinnati20%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
2 – 1
8.4%
1 – 1
7.9%
3 – 1
6.7%
2 – 2
6.3%
2 – 0
Actual
1 – 2
5.3%
3 – 2
5.1%
3 – 0
4.5%
1 – 0
4.3%
4 – 1
4.1%
2 – 3
3.2%
4 – 2
3.2%

Asian Handicap — Charlotte FC

Handicap Charlotte FC covers Push FC Cincinnati covers
-2.5 20% — 80%
-2 20% 17% 63%
-1.5 37% — 63%
-1 37% 20% 44%
-0.5 56% — 44%
+0.5 77% — 23%
+1 77% 12% 11%
+1.5 89% — 11%
+2 89% 7% 4%
+2.5 96% — 4%

Clean Sheet

Charlotte FC keeps clean sheet
23% ✗
FC Cincinnati keeps clean sheet
10% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.