Wednesday , 30 September 2026

FC Cincinnati vs D.C. United SC, MLS 2025 REGULAR SEASON

MLS · 2025
FC Cincinnati
1 – 2
Full Time
D.C. United SC
Sat 31 May 2025 · 23:30 UTC TQL Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'
Y 44' Matti Peltola
Matt Miazga 45' Y
Y 45' Jacob Murrell
Y 69' Brandon Servania
Y 90' Rida Zouhir
Y 90' Dom Badji

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
2025-05-31 FC Cincinnati 1–2 D.C. United SC 2025-04-12 D.C. United SC 0–1 FC Cincinnati 2024-07-03 D.C. United SC 2–3 FC Cincinnati 2024-03-10 FC Cincinnati 0–0 D.C. United SC 2023-06-24 D.C. United SC 3–0 FC Cincinnati

Recent Form

FC Cincinnati
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
31 May D.C. United SC H 1–2 L
28 May FC Dallas H 3–3 D
25 May Atlanta United FC A 2–4 L
17 May Columbus Crew SC A 1–1 D
14 May Toronto FC A 1–0 W
10 May Austin FC H 2–1 W
D.C. United SC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
31 May FC Cincinnati A 2–1 W
28 May New England Revolution H 1–1 D
24 May New York Red Bulls H 0–2 L
18 May Nashville SC A 0–0 D
14 May New York City FC H 0–0 D
10 May Toronto FC A 0–2 L

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' FC Cincinnati have kicked off against D.C. United SC. Both sides are eager to make an early statement.
  • 2' Gabriel Pirani does the damage! The net is bulging and D.C. United SC surge ahead!
  • 7' The home supporters are growing impatient. FC Cincinnati must find a spark to ignite this game.
  • 12' The 33-year-old Dom Badji has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
  • 15' Kevin Denkey does the damage! The net is bulging and FC Cincinnati surge ahead!
  • 19' Connor Antley has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 19 minutes.
  • 24' Supporters expect more eagerness from Aaron Herrera, as he is very good at scoring at TQL Stadium with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
  • 29' Neither side is committing men forward. This has all the hallmarks of a tense, tactical contest.
  • 34' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
  • 39' FC Cincinnati have won 363 goals from 252 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
  • 44' The referee has no hesitation. Matti Peltola is booked for D.C. United SC — card on 44.
  • 45' Matt Miazga picks up a card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
  • 46' The FC Cincinnati manager makes a substitution. Gerardo Valenzuela departs to be replaced by Kei Kamara.
  • 51' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 56' FC Cincinnati are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
  • 60' The supporters are chanting for Brandon Servania. He replaces Matti Peltola on 60 minute.
  • 65' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. D.C. United SC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 68' The FC Cincinnati bench stirs into life. Matt Miazga is withdrawn and Brad Smith gets his opportunity.
  • 69' Brandon Servania was booked on 69.
  • 74' With 0 assists to his name this season, Teenage Hadebe is clearly more than just a goal scorer for FC Cincinnati.
  • 79' D.C. United SC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 79.
  • 84' Another substitution for FC Cincinnati to replace Kevin Denkey by Sergio Santos on 84 minute.
  • 85' D.C. United SC ring the changes. Boris Enow Takang has done his job and it is now time for Rida Zouhir to step up.
  • 90' The referee reaches into his pocket. Out comes the card for Rida Zouhir.
  • The referee blows the final whistle. Sensational lose for FC Cincinnati.

Lineups

FC Cincinnati Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Pat Noonan

D.C. United SC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Troy Lesesne

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

2025-05-31 FC Cincinnati 1–2 D.C. United SC 2025-04-12 D.C. United SC 0–1 FC Cincinnati 2024-07-03 D.C. United SC 2–3 FC Cincinnati 2024-03-10 FC Cincinnati 0–0 D.C. United SC 2023-06-24 D.C. United SC 3–0 FC Cincinnati

FC Cincinnati Form

2025-05-31 FC Cincinnati 1–2 D.C. United SC L 2025-05-28 FC Cincinnati 3–3 FC Dallas D 2025-05-25 Atlanta United FC 4–2 FC Cincinnati L 2025-05-17 Columbus Crew SC 1–1 FC Cincinnati D 2025-05-14 Toronto FC 0–1 FC Cincinnati W 2025-05-10 FC Cincinnati 2–1 Austin FC W

D.C. United SC Form

2025-05-31 FC Cincinnati 1–2 D.C. United SC W 2025-05-28 D.C. United SC 1–1 New England Revolution D 2025-05-24 D.C. United SC 0–2 New York Red Bulls L 2025-05-18 Nashville SC 0–0 D.C. United SC D 2025-05-14 D.C. United SC 0–0 New York City FC D 2025-05-10 Toronto FC 2–0 D.C. United SC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
1.88 FC Cincinnati xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.74 D.C. United SC xG
I would bet for: FC Cincinnati or D.C. United SC 75% + Both teams to score 69%

Match Result

✗ Wrong
FC Cincinnati41% Draw25% D.C. United SC34%
Actual: D.C. United SC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes69% 0% No31%
Avg goals/match: 3.62
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 96%
4%
± 1.5 87%
13%
± 2.5 69%
31%
± 3.5 48%
52%
± 4.5 30%
70%

Double Chance

FC Cincinnati or Draw
66%
Draw or D.C. United SC
59%
FC Cincinnati or D.C. United SC
75%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
FC Cincinnati32% Draw40% D.C. United SC28%
Actual: D.C. United SC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
1 – 1
9.6%
2 – 1
8%
1 – 2
Actual
2 – 2
6.8%
3 – 1
5%
2 – 0
4.8%
1 – 0
4.5%
3 – 2
4.3%
1 – 3
4.2%
0 – 2
4.1%
0 – 1
4.1%
0 – 0
4%

Asian Handicap — FC Cincinnati

Handicap FC Cincinnati covers Push D.C. United SC covers
-2.5 10% — 90%
-2 10% 12% 77%
-1.5 23% — 77%
-1 23% 18% 59%
-0.5 41% — 59%
+0.5 65% — 35%
+1 65% 17% 18%
+1.5 82% — 18%
+2 82% 11% 8%
+2.5 92% — 8%

Clean Sheet

FC Cincinnati keeps clean sheet
18% ✓
D.C. United SC keeps clean sheet
16% ✓

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