Wednesday , 30 September 2026

FC Cincinnati vs D.C. United SC, MLS 2023 REGULAR SEASON

MLS · 2023
FC Cincinnati
2 – 1
Full Time
D.C. United SC
Sat 6 May 2023 · 23:30 UTC TQL Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'
Luciano Acosta 59' 1–0
Alvaro Barreal 73' 2–0
2–1 90' Taxiarchis Fountas
Y 21' Jacob Greene
Luciano Acosta 39' Y
Y 60' Christian Benteke
Yerson Mosquera 70' Y
Brenner da Silva 90' Y
Yuya Kubo 90' Y
Roman Celentano 90' Y
Y 90' Lewis O'Brien

Overview

Match Preview

FC Cincinnati vs D.C. United SC — MLS at TQL Stadium.

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Nashville SC 27 60
2 Internacional CF Miami 27 46
3 New England Revolution 27 46
4 Charlotte FC 27 43
5 Chicago Fire FC 26 42
6 Philadelphia Union 27 39
7 Orlando City SC 27 34
8 New York City FC 27 33
9 FC Cincinnati 26 33
10 New York Red Bulls 26 33
11 D.C. United SC 26 30
12 Columbus Crew SC 27 29
13 Toronto FC 27 29
14 Atlanta United FC 27 27
15 Montreal Impact FC 27 24
16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 26 50
17 FC Dallas 27 47
18 San Jose Earthquakes 27 45
19 St. Louis City 26 44
20 Houston Dynamo 27 44
21 Los Angeles FC 28 41
22 Colorado Rapids SC 27 36
23 Los Angeles Galaxy 28 36
24 Seattle Sounders FC 26 35
25 San Diego FC 27 32
26 Portland Timbers 27 32
27 Real Salt Lake 27 32
28 Austin FC 27 31
29 Minnesota United FC 27 29
30 Sporting Kansas City 26 21

Head-to-Head

4
4
6
FC Cincinnati 14 games · Avg 2.6 goals D.C. United SC
Last 5 meetings
2023-05-06 FC Cincinnati 2–1 D.C. United SC 2022-10-09 D.C. United SC 2–5 FC Cincinnati 2022-03-05 FC Cincinnati 0–1 D.C. United SC 2021-09-25 D.C. United SC 4–2 FC Cincinnati 2021-07-31 FC Cincinnati 0–0 D.C. United SC

Recent Form

FC Cincinnati
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
06 May D.C. United SC H 2–1 W
29 Apr New England Revolution A 1–1 D
22 Apr Portland Timbers H 2–1 W
16 Apr St. Louis City A 1–5 L
08 Apr Philadelphia Union H 1–0 W
01 Apr Internacional CF Miami H 1–0 W
D.C. United SC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
06 May FC Cincinnati A 1–2 L
29 Apr Charlotte FC H 3–0 W
22 Apr Orlando City SC A 3–1 W
15 Apr Montreal Impact FC A 1–0 W
08 Apr Columbus Crew SC H 0–2 L
02 Apr Chicago Fire FC A 0–0 D

Season Stats

FC Cincinnati D.C. United SC
#9 Position #11
33 Points 30
26 Played 26
8 / 9 / 9 W / D / L 6 / 12 / 8
55 Scored 34
64 Conceded 42
-9 GD -8
1.27 PPG 1.15
31% Win % 23%

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (14 games)
57% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
15% Clean Sheets
FC Cincinnati this season
31% Clean Sheets
D.C. United SC this season

FC Cincinnati are 9th (33 pts). D.C. United SC are 11th (30 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

FC Cincinnati
0-15
4/3
16-30
5/9
31-45
9/9
46-60
5/11
61-75
4/4
76+
13/7
■ Scored ■ Conceded
D.C. United SC
0-15
2/1
16-30
5/4
31-45
2/6
46-60
5/5
61-75
3/6
76+
8/6
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

FC Cincinnati
Kevin Denkey 14 G 1 A
Evander 13 G 7 A
Tom Barlow 7 G 2 A
Pavel Bucha 6 G 3 A
D.C. United SC
Tai Baribo 14 G
Louis Munteanu 6 G 2 A

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for FC Cincinnati to score. At the same time, D.C. United SC does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
  • 5' FC Cincinnati seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
  • 10' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
  • 15' Luciano Acosta is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for D.C. United SC tonight.
  • 20' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
  • 21' Jacob Greene catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 21.
  • 26' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. FC Cincinnati needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 31' Yerson Mosquera has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
  • 36' D.C. United SC come into this ranked 12 in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
  • 39' Luciano Acosta was booked on 39.
  • 44' D.C. United SC is showing some good football. However, D.C. United SC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
  • 49' The energy levels are beginning to show. Pat Noonan might look to freshen things up shortly.
  • 54' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both FC Cincinnati and D.C. United SC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
  • 59' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Luciano Acosta makes it 1-0.
  • 60' The referee calls foul for Christian Benteke. He receives a Yellow card.
  • 64' Cristian Dajome gets the nod from D.C. United SC. He replaces Ruan and will look to change the dynamic.
  • 65' The supporters are chanting for Brenner da Silva. He replaces Sergio Santos on 65 minute.
  • 70' The referee shows FC Cincinnati player a Yellow card on 70.
  • 73' Alvaro Barreal makes no mistake. The score reads 2-0 and FC Cincinnati are in front.
  • 78' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
  • 79' A change in the FC Cincinnati ranks — Alvaro Barreal exits the field as Raymon Gaddis enters on 79.
  • 84' D.C. United SC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
  • 87' FC Cincinnati ring the changes. Alvas Powell has done his job and it is now time for Ian Murphy to step up.
  • 88' A tactical swap from D.C. United SC — Theodore Ku-DiPietro on, Mateusz Klich off on 88 minutes.
  • 90' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Brenner da Silva.
  • 90' GOAL! Taxiarchis Fountas scores on 90.
  • It finishes all square. FC Cincinnati and D.C. United SC share the spoils 2-1.

Lineups

FC Cincinnati Lineups

3-4-1-2

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Pat Noonan

D.C. United SC Lineups

3-5-2

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Wayne Rooney

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Brenner da Silva 3
Brandon Vazquez 3
Luciano Acosta 3
Paul Arriola 3
Gabriel Pirani 2
Pavel Bucha 2
Lucas Rodriguez 2
Emmanuel Ledesma 1

Head to Head

2023-05-06 FC Cincinnati 2–1 D.C. United SC 2022-10-09 D.C. United SC 2–5 FC Cincinnati 2022-03-05 FC Cincinnati 0–1 D.C. United SC 2021-09-25 D.C. United SC 4–2 FC Cincinnati 2021-07-31 FC Cincinnati 0–0 D.C. United SC

FC Cincinnati Form

2023-05-06 FC Cincinnati 2–1 D.C. United SC W 2023-04-29 New England Revolution 1–1 FC Cincinnati D 2023-04-22 FC Cincinnati 2–1 Portland Timbers W 2023-04-16 St. Louis City 5–1 FC Cincinnati L 2023-04-08 FC Cincinnati 1–0 Philadelphia Union W 2023-04-01 FC Cincinnati 1–0 Internacional CF Miami W

D.C. United SC Form

2023-05-06 FC Cincinnati 2–1 D.C. United SC L 2023-04-29 D.C. United SC 3–0 Charlotte FC W 2023-04-22 Orlando City SC 1–3 D.C. United SC W 2023-04-15 Montreal Impact FC 0–1 D.C. United SC W 2023-04-08 D.C. United SC 0–2 Columbus Crew SC L 2023-04-02 Chicago Fire FC 0–0 D.C. United SC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
4 / 4
2 FC Cincinnati xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.6 D.C. United SC xG
I would bet for: Both teams to score 69% + Over 2.5 goals 68%

Match Result

✓ Correct
FC Cincinnati48% Draw23% D.C. United SC29%
Actual: FC Cincinnati win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes69% 0% No31%
Avg goals/match: 3.6
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 96%
4%
± 1.5 87%
13%
± 2.5 68%
32%
± 3.5 48%
52%
± 4.5 29%
71%

Double Chance

FC Cincinnati or Draw
72%
Draw or D.C. United SC
52%
FC Cincinnati or D.C. United SC
77%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct
FC Cincinnati35% Draw40% D.C. United SC25%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
9.6%
2 – 1
Actual
1 – 2
6.8%
2 – 2
6.7%
3 – 1
5.6%
2 – 0
5.5%
1 – 0
4.9%
3 – 2
4.5%
0 – 0
4.1%
0 – 1
3.8%
3 – 0
3.6%
1 – 3
3.6%

Asian Handicap — FC Cincinnati

Handicap FC Cincinnati covers Push D.C. United SC covers
-2.5 13% — 87%
-2 13% 14% 73%
-1.5 27% — 73%
-1 27% 19% 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

FC Cincinnati keeps clean sheet
21% ✓
D.C. United SC keeps clean sheet
14% ✓

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