FC Cincinnati vs New York City FC, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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Wed 19 Aug 2026 · 22:30 UTC TQL Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

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FC Cincinnati vs New York City FC — MLS at TQL Stadium.

FC Cincinnati 23 games · 31 pts (2026/26)
New York City FC 24 games · 29 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	24	53
2	Internacional CF Miami	24	44
3	New England Revolution	24	40
4	Chicago Fire FC	23	39
5	Charlotte FC	24	39
6	FC Cincinnati	23	31
7	Orlando City SC	24	31
8	Philadelphia Union	24	30
9	New York City FC	24	29
10	Toronto FC	24	29
11	D.C. United SC	23	28
12	New York Red Bulls	24	27
13	Columbus Crew SC	24	23
14	Atlanta United FC	24	22
15	Montreal Impact FC	24	21
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	23	46
17	Houston Dynamo	24	43
18	Los Angeles FC	25	40
19	FC Dallas	24	40
20	San Jose Earthquakes	24	38
21	St. Louis City	24	38
22	Portland Timbers	24	32
23	Colorado Rapids SC	24	32
24	San Diego FC	24	30
25	Real Salt Lake	23	29
26	Minnesota United FC	24	29
27	Los Angeles Galaxy	25	29
28	Seattle Sounders FC	22	27
29	Austin FC	24	26
30	Sporting Kansas City	23	15

Head-to-Head

FC Cincinnati 16 games · Avg 3.9 goals New York City FC

Last 5 meetings

2026-08-19 FC Cincinnati 2–1 New York City FC 2026-04-22 New York City FC 4–4 FC Cincinnati 2025-08-23 FC Cincinnati 0–1 New York City FC 2025-05-04 New York City FC 1–0 FC Cincinnati 2024-10-02 New York City FC 3–2 FC Cincinnati

Recent Form

FC Cincinnati

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
19 Aug	New York City FC	H	2–1	W
15 Aug	Orlando City SC	A	1–1	D
01 Aug	San Jose Earthquakes	H	4–2	W
25 Jul	Columbus Crew SC	A	1–2	L
22 Jul	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	H	4–3	W
23 May	Orlando City SC	H	6–2	W

New York City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
19 Aug	FC Cincinnati	A	1–2	L
16 Aug	Philadelphia Union	H	2–3	L
31 Jul	Toronto FC	H	1–1	D
25 Jul	Chicago Fire FC	H	3–1	W
22 Jul	Columbus Crew SC	A	2–1	W
24 May	Nashville SC	A	1–2	L

Season Stats

FC Cincinnati		New York City FC
#6	Position	#9
31	Points	29
23	Played	24
8 / 7 / 8	W / D / L	7 / 8 / 9
49	Scored	37
56	Conceded	33
-7	GD	+4
1.35	PPG	1.21
35%	Win %	29%

Key Stats

63% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)

75% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

17% Clean Sheets
FC Cincinnati this season

17% Clean Sheets
New York City FC this season

FC Cincinnati are 6th (31 pts). New York City FC are 9th (29 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

FC Cincinnati

0-15

3/2

16-30

5/7

31-45

9/8

46-60

4/9

61-75

2/2

76+

11/7

■ Scored ■ Conceded

New York City FC

0-15

5/1

16-30

4/4

31-45

4/5

46-60

3/3

61-75

3/5

76+

2/7

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

FC Cincinnati

Evander	13 G	7 A
Kevin Denkey	11 G	1 A
Tom Barlow	6 G	1 A

New York City FC

Nicolas Fernandez Marcau	14 G	3 A
Agustin Ojeda	5 G	5 A
Hannes Wolf	5 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' We are underway at TQL Stadium. The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
FC Cincinnati celebrates a vital win. Three points that could prove pivotal come season's end.

Lineups

FC Cincinnati Lineups

New York City FC Lineups

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Brenner da Silva	7
Heber	6
Valentin Castellanos	4
Luciano Acosta	4
Alexandru Mitrita	3
Gabriel Pereira	3
Jesus Medina	3
Nicolas Fernandez Marcau	2

Head to Head

FC Cincinnati Form

2026-08-19 FC Cincinnati 2–1 New York City FC W 2026-08-15 Orlando City SC 1–1 FC Cincinnati D 2026-08-01 FC Cincinnati 4–2 San Jose Earthquakes W 2026-07-25 Columbus Crew SC 2–1 FC Cincinnati L 2026-07-22 FC Cincinnati 4–3 Vancouver Whitecaps FC W 2026-05-23 FC Cincinnati 6–2 Orlando City SC W

New York City FC Form

2026-08-19 FC Cincinnati 2–1 New York City FC L 2026-08-16 New York City FC 2–3 Philadelphia Union L 2026-07-31 New York City FC 1–1 Toronto FC D 2026-07-25 New York City FC 3–1 Chicago Fire FC W 2026-07-22 Columbus Crew SC 1–2 New York City FC W 2026-05-24 Nashville SC 2–1 New York City FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

2.23 FC Cincinnati xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

2.02 New York City FC xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 78% + Both teams to score 77%

Match Result

✓ Correct

FC Cincinnati46% Draw22% New York City FC32%

Actual: FC Cincinnati win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes77% 0% No23%

Avg goals/match: 4.25

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	98%	2%
± 1.5	92%	8%
± 2.5	78%	22%
± 3.5	60%	40%
± 4.5	41%	59%

Double Chance

FC Cincinnati or Draw

68%

Draw or New York City FC

54%

FC Cincinnati or New York City FC

78%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

FC Cincinnati34% Draw37% New York City FC29%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

7.2%

2 – 1

Actual

2 – 2

6.9%

1 – 2

6.4%

3 – 1

5.1%

3 – 2

5.1%

2 – 3

4.6%

1 – 3

4.2%

2 – 0

3.7%

3 – 3

3.5%

0 – 2

3.1%

4 – 2

2.9%

Asian Handicap — FC Cincinnati

Handicap	FC Cincinnati covers	Push	New York City FC covers
-2.5	13%	—	87%
-2	13%	13%	74%
-1.5	26%	—	74%
-1	26%	18%	57%
-0.5	43%	—	57%
+0.5	64%	—	36%
+1	64%	16%	20%
+1.5	80%	—	20%
+2	80%	11%	9%
+2.5	91%	—	9%

Clean Sheet

FC Cincinnati keeps clean sheet

14% ✓

New York City FC keeps clean sheet

12% ✓

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