FC Cincinnati vs Minnesota United FC, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
FC Cincinnati vs Minnesota United FC — MLS at Nippert Stadium.
- FC Cincinnati 15 games · 20 pts (2026/26)
- Minnesota United FC 15 games · 22 pts (2026/26)
Match Details
- Referee Peter Balciunas
- Referee C. Blanchard
- Referee Silviu Petrescu
- Referee Malik Badawi
- Referee
Standings
# 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 24 Oct Minnesota United FC H 0–1 L 18 Oct D.C. United SC H 1–2 L 14 Oct Columbus Crew SC H 2–1 W 11 Oct Toronto FC H 0–1 L 07 Oct Philadelphia Union A 0–3 L 04 Oct Minnesota United FC A 0–2 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 24 Oct FC Cincinnati A 1–0 W 19 Oct Houston Dynamo H 2–2 D 07 Oct Nashville SC A 0–0 D 04 Oct FC Cincinnati H 2–0 W 28 Sep Real Salt Lake H 0–0 D 23 Sep Columbus Crew SC A 1–2 L Season Stats
FC Cincinnati Minnesota United FC #7 Position #23 20 Points 22 15 Played 15 5 / 5 / 5 W / D / L 6 / 4 / 5 36 Scored 18 37 Conceded 22 -1 GD -4 1.33 PPG 1.47 33% Win % 40% Key Stats
33% Both Teams to Score
H2H (6 games)33% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history27% Clean Sheets
FC Cincinnati this season33% Clean Sheets
Minnesota United FC this seasonFC Cincinnati are 7th (20 pts). Minnesota United FC are 23rd (22 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
FC Cincinnati0-151/116-302/531-457/346-603/461-752/176+8/3■ Scored ■ ConcededMinnesota United FC0-151/416-302/231-452/–46-602/261-751/–76+1/–■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' Welcome to Nippert Stadium that hosts another battle between FC Cincinnati and Minnesota United FC.
- 5' Minnesota United FC 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' It’s high time Jaap Stam made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 15' Minnesota United FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 20' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 25' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 30' It looks surprising FC Cincinnati does not make any changes. Romain Metanire has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 35' 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 Chase Gasper suffering a number of foals already.
- 40' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Minnesota United FC winning 100% of all matches.
- 45' Minnesota United FC is showing some good football. However, Minnesota United FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 50' 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.
- 55' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 55 minutes.
- 58' The supporters are chanting for Jurgen Locadia. He replaces Alvaro Barreal on 58 minute.
- 63' Supporters expect more eagerness from Andrew Gutman, as he is very good at scoring at Nippert Stadium with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 66' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Osvaldo Alonso.
- 71' The travelling Minnesota United FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 76' Aaron Schoenfeld has so much to prove this time. He replaces Kei Kamara on 76 minute.
- 81' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Zico Bailey.
- 82' The referee shows Minnesota United FC player a Yellow card on 82.
- 87' 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.
- 90' Another change for FC Cincinnati made on 90 minute. Frankie Amaya leaves to be changed by Rashawn Dally.
- Full Time. Minnesota United FC beats FC Cincinnati
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Lineups
FC Cincinnati Lineups
Starting XI
- 15
- 36
- 11
- 6
- 14
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31
Alvaro Barreal ↓ Jurgen Locadia 58'
- 18
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24
Frankie Amaya ↓ Rashawn Dally 90'
- 96
- 3
- 16
Bench
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10
Jurgen Locadia ↑ 58'
- 47
- 2
- 20
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81
Rashawn Dally ↑ 90'
- 26
- 1
- 30
Coach Jaap StamMinnesota United FC Lineups
Starting XI
- 21
- 19
- 17
- 6
- 15
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13
Ethan Finlay ↓ Emanuel Reynoso 76'
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7
Kevin Molino ↓ Brent Kallman 90'
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16
Kei Kamara ↓ Aaron Schoenfeld 76'
- 8
- 77
- 97
Bench
- 30
- 5
- 94
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14
Brent Kallman ↑ 90'
- 4
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10
Emanuel Reynoso ↑ 76'
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12
Aaron Schoenfeld ↑ 76'
- 11
- 41
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Ike Opara 2 Kevin Molino 2 Aaron Schoenfeld 1 Brandon Vazquez 1 Kelvin Yeboah 1 Yuya Kubo 1 Angelo Rodriguez 1 Luca Orellano 1 Head to Head
FC Cincinnati Form
Minnesota United FC Form
2020-10-24 FC Cincinnati 0–1 Minnesota United FC W 2020-10-19 Minnesota United FC 2–2 Houston Dynamo D 2020-10-07 Nashville SC 0–0 Minnesota United FC D 2020-10-04 Minnesota United FC 2–0 FC Cincinnati W 2020-09-28 Minnesota United FC 0–0 Real Salt Lake D 2020-09-23 Columbus Crew SC 2–1 Minnesota United FC L -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 41.48 FC Cincinnati xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.84 Minnesota United FC xGI would bet for: Both teams to score 65% + Over 2.5 goals 63%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Minnesota United FC winBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 3.32Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✗ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 95% 5% ± 1.5 84% 16% ± 2.5 63% 37% ± 3.5 42% 58% ± 4.5 24% 76% Double Chance
FC Cincinnati or Draw 55%Draw or Minnesota United FC 70%FC Cincinnati or Minnesota United FC 75%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 10.7%1 – 2 8.7%2 – 1 7%2 – 2 6.4%0 – 2 6.1%0 – 1 Actual1 – 3 5.3%0 – 0 5.2%1 – 0 4.7%2 – 0 4%2 – 3 4%0 – 3 3.7%Asian Handicap — FC Cincinnati
Handicap FC Cincinnati covers Push Minnesota United FC covers -2.5 5% — 95% -2 5% 9% 86% -1.5 14% — 86% -1 14% 16% 70% -0.5 30% — 70% +0.5 55% — 45% +1 55% 20% 25% +1.5 75% — 25% +2 75% 14% 11% +2.5 89% — 11% Clean Sheet
FC Cincinnati keeps clean sheet 17% ✓Minnesota United FC keeps clean sheet 24% ✗Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.