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 28 games · 36 pts (2026/26)
New York City FC 29 games · 33 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	29	66
2	Internacional CF Miami	29	52
3	New England Revolution	29	49
4	Chicago Fire FC	29	48
5	Charlotte FC	29	46
6	Philadelphia Union	29	45
7	Orlando City SC	29	38
8	FC Cincinnati	28	36
9	New York Red Bulls	29	36
10	New York City FC	29	33
11	Toronto FC	29	33
12	D.C. United SC	28	33
13	Columbus Crew SC	29	32
14	Atlanta United FC	29	30
15	Montreal Impact FC	29	24
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	29	52
17	St. Louis City	29	51
18	FC Dallas	29	50
19	San Jose Earthquakes	29	47
20	Houston Dynamo	29	46
21	Los Angeles FC	30	45
22	Seattle Sounders FC	29	41
23	Los Angeles Galaxy	30	39
24	Colorado Rapids SC	29	38
25	San Diego FC	29	33
26	Portland Timbers	29	33
27	Real Salt Lake	29	33
28	Minnesota United FC	29	31
29	Austin FC	29	31
30	Sporting Kansas City	29	22

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
#8	Position	#10
36	Points	33
28	Played	29
9 / 9 / 10	W / D / L	8 / 9 / 12
60	Scored	42
68	Conceded	40
-8	GD	+2
1.29	PPG	1.14
32%	Win %	28%

Key Stats

63% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)

75% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

14% Clean Sheets
FC Cincinnati this season

17% Clean Sheets
New York City FC this season

FC Cincinnati are 8th (36 pts). New York City FC are 10th (33 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

FC Cincinnati

0-15

5/3

16-30

5/10

31-45

9/10

46-60

6/12

61-75

5/5

76+

15/7

■ Scored ■ Conceded

New York City FC

0-15

5/2

16-30

5/5

31-45

5/6

46-60

4/5

61-75

4/6

76+

2/8

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

FC Cincinnati

Kevin Denkey	17 G	1 A
Evander	13 G	7 A
Tom Barlow	9 G	3 A
Pavel Bucha	6 G	3 A

New York City FC

Nicolas Fernandez Marcau	15 G	4 A
Agustin Ojeda	5 G	5 A
Hannes Wolf	5 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' The wait is over. FC Cincinnati get us underway at TQL Stadium.
The final whistle goes. A composed, disciplined performance from FC Cincinnati to claim maximum points.

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
Jesus Medina	3
Alexandru Mitrita	3
Gabriel Pereira	3
Brandon Vazquez	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

2.22 FC Cincinnati xG

Expected Goals

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

1.93 New York City FC xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 77% + Both teams to score 76%

Match Result

✓ Correct

FC Cincinnati47% Draw22% New York City FC31%

Actual: FC Cincinnati win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes76% 0% No24%

Avg goals/match: 4.15

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	92%	8%
± 2.5	77%	23%
± 3.5	59%	41%
± 4.5	40%	60%

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% Draw37% New York City FC28%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

7.5%

2 – 1

Actual

2 – 2

6.9%

1 – 2

6.4%

3 – 1

5.3%

3 – 2

5.1%

2 – 3

4.4%

1 – 3

4.1%

2 – 0

3 – 3

3.3%

1 – 0

3.1%

0 – 2

3.1%

Asian Handicap — FC Cincinnati

Handicap	FC Cincinnati covers	Push	New York City FC covers
-2.5	13%	—	87%
-2	13%	13%	73%
-1.5	27%	—	73%
-1	27%	18%	56%
-0.5	44%	—	56%
+0.5	66%	—	34%
+1	66%	16%	18%
+1.5	82%	—	18%
+2	82%	10%	8%
+2.5	92%	—	8%

Clean Sheet

FC Cincinnati keeps clean sheet

15% ✓

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.