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 22 games · 31 pts (2026/26)
New York City FC 22 games · 28 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	22	52
2	Internacional CF Miami	22	42
3	Chicago Fire FC	21	37
4	New England Revolution	22	37
5	Charlotte FC	22	35
6	FC Cincinnati	22	31
7	New York City FC	22	28
8	New York Red Bulls	22	26
9	Toronto FC	22	25
10	D.C. United SC	22	25
11	Orlando City SC	22	25
12	Philadelphia Union	22	24
13	Atlanta United FC	22	21
14	Montreal Impact FC	22	21
15	Columbus Crew SC	22	20
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	21	43
17	Houston Dynamo	22	39
18	Los Angeles FC	23	36
19	San Jose Earthquakes	22	34
20	FC Dallas	22	34
21	St. Louis City	22	34
22	Colorado Rapids SC	22	31
23	San Diego FC	22	30
24	Minnesota United FC	22	29
25	Real Salt Lake	21	28
26	Portland Timbers	22	28
27	Seattle Sounders FC	21	26
28	Los Angeles Galaxy	23	26
29	Austin FC	22	24
30	Sporting Kansas City	22	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	#7
31	Points	28
22	Played	22
8 / 7 / 7	W / D / L	7 / 7 / 8
49	Scored	36
51	Conceded	31
-2	GD	+5
1.41	PPG	1.27
36%	Win %	32%

Key Stats

63% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)

75% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

18% Clean Sheets
FC Cincinnati this season

14% Clean Sheets
New York City FC this season

FC Cincinnati are 6th (31 pts). New York City FC are 7th (28 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

FC Cincinnati

0-15

3/2

16-30

5/7

31-45

9/6

46-60

4/8

61-75

2/1

76+

11/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

New York City FC

0-15

5/–

16-30

4/4

31-45

4/5

46-60

3/3

61-75

2/5

76+

2/6

■ 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

2.31 FC Cincinnati xG

Expected Goals

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

2.04 New York City FC xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 79% + Both teams to score 77%

Match Result

✓ Correct

FC Cincinnati47% Draw22% New York City FC31%

Actual: FC Cincinnati win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes77% 0% No23%

Avg goals/match: 4.35

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	98%	2%
± 1.5	93%	7%
± 2.5	79%	21%
± 3.5	62%	38%
± 4.5	43%	57%

Double Chance

FC Cincinnati or Draw

69%

Draw or New York City FC

53%

FC Cincinnati or New York City FC

78%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

FC Cincinnati35% Draw36% New York City FC29%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 1

Actual

1 – 1

6.9%

2 – 2

6.9%

1 – 2

6.1%

3 – 2

5.2%

3 – 1

5.2%

2 – 3

4.6%

1 – 3

4.1%

2 – 0

3.6%

3 – 3

3.6%

4 – 2

3.1%

4 – 1

Asian Handicap — FC Cincinnati

Handicap	FC Cincinnati covers	Push	New York City FC covers
-2.5	14%	—	86%
-2	14%	13%	73%
-1.5	27%	—	73%
-1	27%	18%	56%
-0.5	44%	—	56%
+0.5	65%	—	35%
+1	65%	16%	19%
+1.5	81%	—	19%
+2	81%	10%	9%
+2.5	91%	—	9%

Clean Sheet

FC Cincinnati keeps clean sheet

14% ✓

New York City FC keeps clean sheet

11% ✓

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