FC Cincinnati vs New York Red Bulls, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
FC Cincinnati vs New York Red Bulls — MLS at TQL Stadium.
- FC Cincinnati 15 games · 20 pts (2026/26)
- New York Red Bulls 15 games · 22 pts (2026/26)
Match Details
- Referee Fotis Bazakos
7 games this season 🟨 2.4/game ⚽ 11.6 goals/game 🟥 1 totalStandings
# 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 25 Apr New York Red Bulls H 2–0 W 22 Apr New York City FC A 4–4 D 18 Apr Chicago Fire FC H 3–3 D 11 Apr Toronto FC A 1–1 D 04 Apr New York Red Bulls A 2–4 L 22 Mar Montreal Impact FC H 4–3 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 25 Apr FC Cincinnati A 0–2 L 22 Apr D.C. United SC H 4–4 D 18 Apr Montreal Impact FC A 1–4 L 11 Apr Internacional CF Miami A 2–2 D 04 Apr FC Cincinnati H 4–2 W 21 Mar Charlotte FC A 1–6 L Season Stats
FC Cincinnati New York Red Bulls #7 Position #5 20 Points 22 15 Played 15 5 / 5 / 5 W / D / L 6 / 4 / 5 36 Scored 25 37 Conceded 32 -1 GD -7 1.33 PPG 1.47 33% Win % 40% Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)39% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history27% Clean Sheets
FC Cincinnati this season20% Clean Sheets
New York Red Bulls this seasonFC Cincinnati are 7th (20 pts). New York Red Bulls are 5th (22 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
FC Cincinnati0-151/116-302/531-457/346-603/461-752/176+8/3■ Scored ■ ConcededNew York Red Bulls0-155/116-301/131-453/546-603/561-751/276+3/2■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' KICK OFF: New York Red Bulls gets underway.
- 5' FC Cincinnati is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 10' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 15' It looks like no one’s ball. New York Red Bulls is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 18' That looks like a foul for a card for Joyeux Masanka Bungi.
- 23' Rafael Mosquera needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
- 28' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Mohammed Sofo made 261 appearances and scored 6 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 31' That looks like a foul for a card for Bryan Ramirez.
- 36' New York Red Bulls 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.
- 40' FC Cincinnati is taking the lead after the goal scored by Kevin Denkey on 40.
- 45' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering New York Red Bulls that had 261 games and scored 378 goals.
- 46' The New York Red Bulls manager makes a substitution. Joyeux Masanka Bungi departs to be replaced by Matthew Dos Santos.
- 50' What a strike from Kevin Denkey! The score is 2-0.
- 55' New York Red Bulls is showing some good football. However, New York Red Bulls are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 60' 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 Joyeux Masanka Bungi suffering a number of foals already.
- 61' Another change for FC Cincinnati made on 61 minute. Kenji Mboma leaves to be changed by Tom Barlow.
- 62' Time for substitution for New York Red Bulls. Gustav Berggren is replaced by Emil Forsberg.
- 67' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with New York Red Bulls winning 50% of all matches.
- 72' New York Red Bulls looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker scoring 0 goals.
- 73' New York Red Bulls manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Rafael Mosquera is hanging Cade Cowell on the field on 73 minute.
- 78' New York Red Bulls player sees a card in front of him.
- 79' Ayoub Lajhar is replacing Bryan Ramirez for the FC Cincinnati side.
- 84' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 84 minutes.
- 85' The supporters are chanting for Nehuen Benedetti. He replaces Ronald Donkor on 85 minute.
- 89' Another change for FC Cincinnati made on 89 minute. Kyle Smith leaves to be changed by Gilberto Flores.
- Another three points for FC Cincinnati.
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Lineups
FC Cincinnati Lineups
Starting XI
- 10
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20
Pavel Bucha ↓ Ender Echenique 61'
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9
Kevin Denkey ↓ Ayoub Jabbari 79'
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24
Kyle Smith ↓ Gilberto Flores 89'
- 27
- 18
- 22
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17
Kenji Mboma ↓ Tom Barlow 61'
- 11
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29
Bryan Ramirez ↓ Ayoub Lajhar 79'
- 88
Bench
- 13
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16
Tom Barlow ↑ 61'
- 37
- 93
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99
Ayoub Jabbari ↑ 79'
- 19
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3
Gilberto Flores ↑ 89'
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66
Ender Echenique ↑ 61'
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55
Ayoub Lajhar ↑ 79'
New York Red Bulls Lineups
Starting XI
- 34
- 26
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4
Gustav Berggren ↓ Emil Forsberg 62'
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7
Cade Cowell ↓ Rafael Mosquera 73'
- 12
- 3
- 48
- 16
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37
Mohammed Sofo ↓ Jorge Ruvalcaba 62'
- 15
- 23
Bench
- 13
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10
Emil Forsberg ↑ 62'
- 77
- 6
- 20
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11
Jorge Ruvalcaba ↑ 62'
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39
Nehuen Benedetti ↑ 85'
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56
Matthew Dos Santos ↑ 46'
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79
Rafael Mosquera ↑ 73'
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Kevin Denkey 4 Lewis Morgan 3 Frankie Amaya 2 Alejandro Romero 2 Omir Fernandez 2 Luciano Acosta 2 Matt Miazga 2 Kyle Duncan 2 Head to Head
FC Cincinnati Form
New York Red Bulls Form
2026-04-25 FC Cincinnati 2–0 New York Red Bulls L 2026-04-22 New York Red Bulls 4–4 D.C. United SC D 2026-04-18 Montreal Impact FC 4–1 New York Red Bulls L 2026-04-11 Internacional CF Miami 2–2 New York Red Bulls D 2026-04-04 New York Red Bulls 4–2 FC Cincinnati W 2026-03-21 Charlotte FC 6–1 New York Red Bulls L -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 43.02 FC Cincinnati xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.88 New York Red Bulls xGI would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 85% + Both teams to score 80%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: FC Cincinnati winBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 4.9Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✗ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 99% 1% ± 1.5 95% 5% ± 2.5 85% 15% ± 3.5 70% 30% ± 4.5 53% 47% Double Chance
FC Cincinnati or Draw 78%Draw or New York Red Bulls 41%FC Cincinnati or New York Red Bulls 81%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: FC Cincinnati win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 122 – 1 6.4%3 – 1 6.3%2 – 2 5.9%3 – 2 5.8%1 – 1 4.9%4 – 1 4.7%4 – 2 4.4%1 – 2 4.1%2 – 3 3.6%2 – 0 Actual3 – 3 3.6%3 – 0 3.5%Asian Handicap — FC Cincinnati
Handicap FC Cincinnati covers Push New York Red Bulls covers -2.5 25% — 75% -2 25% 17% 59% -1.5 41% — 59% -1 41% 18% 40% -0.5 60% — 40% +0.5 77% — 23% +1 77% 11% 11% +1.5 89% — 11% +2 89% 7% 5% +2.5 95% — 5% Clean Sheet
FC Cincinnati keeps clean sheet 16% ✗New York Red Bulls keeps clean sheet 6% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.