Thursday , 2 July 2026

FC Cincinnati vs Philadelphia Union, MLS 2022 REGULAR SEASON

MLS · 2022
FC Cincinnati
3 – 1
Full Time
Philadelphia Union
Sat 6 Aug 2022 · 23:30 UTC TQL Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'
Geoff Cameron 34' Y
Luciano Acosta 53' Y
Luciano Acosta 55' Y
Nick Hagglund 66' Y

Overview

Match Preview

FC Cincinnati vs Philadelphia Union — MLS at TQL Stadium.

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

4
3
8
FC Cincinnati 15 games · Avg 2.7 goals Philadelphia Union
Last 5 meetings
2022-08-06 FC Cincinnati 3–1 Philadelphia Union 2022-06-18 Philadelphia Union 1–1 FC Cincinnati 2021-10-31 Philadelphia Union 2–0 FC Cincinnati 2021-10-10 FC Cincinnati 1–2 Philadelphia Union 2020-10-07 Philadelphia Union 3–0 FC Cincinnati

Recent Form

FC Cincinnati
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
06 Aug Philadelphia Union H 3–1 W
31 Jul Internacional CF Miami A 4–4 D
23 Jul Nashville SC H 1–1 D
17 Jul Columbus Crew SC A 0–2 L
14 Jul Vancouver Whitecaps FC H 2–2 D
09 Jul New York Red Bulls H 1–1 D
Philadelphia Union
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
06 Aug FC Cincinnati A 1–3 L
30 Jul Houston Dynamo H 6–0 W
23 Jul Orlando City SC A 1–0 W
16 Jul New England Revolution H 2–1 W
14 Jul Internacional CF Miami A 2–1 W
08 Jul D.C. United SC H 7–0 W

Season Stats

FC Cincinnati Philadelphia Union
#7 Position #15
20 Points 7
15 Played 15
5 / 5 / 5 W / D / L 1 / 4 / 10
36 Scored 18
37 Conceded 30
-1 GD -12
1.33 PPG 0.47
33% Win % 7%

Key Stats

47% Both Teams to Score
H2H (15 games)
47% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
27% Clean Sheets
FC Cincinnati this season
20% Clean Sheets
Philadelphia Union this season

FC Cincinnati are 7th (20 pts). Philadelphia Union are 15th (7 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

FC Cincinnati
0-15
1/1
16-30
2/5
31-45
7/3
46-60
3/4
61-75
2/1
76+
8/3
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Philadelphia Union
0-15
2/3
16-30
1/4
31-45
2/2
46-60
2/1
61-75
2/1
76+
2/2
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

  • 0' The wait is over. Philadelphia Union get us underway at TQL Stadium.
  • 5' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 5 minutes.
  • 10' FC Cincinnati 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.
  • 15' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
  • 20' The home supporters are growing impatient. FC Cincinnati must find a spark to ignite this game.
  • 25' The clock is ticking and both teams know a goal could change everything at this point.
  • 30' Philadelphia Union come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
  • 34' Geoff Cameron picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
  • 39' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
  • 44' Geoff Cameron is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for FC Cincinnati tonight.
  • 46' FC Cincinnati manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Tyler Blackett is hanging Ian Murphy on the field on 46 minute.
  • 50' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Brandon Vazquez makes no mistake. 1-0!
  • 53' FC Cincinnati player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
  • 55' The Brenner da Silva breaks the deadlock on 55 minutes. 2-0!
  • 55' Luciano Acosta catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 55.
  • 59' A change in the Philadelphia Union ranks — Julian Carranza exits the field as Cory Burke enters on 59.
  • 64' It’s high time Pat Noonan made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 66' Nick Hagglund picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
  • 67' The FC Cincinnati manager makes a substitution. Alvas Powell departs to be replaced by Raymon Gaddis.
  • 71' A stunning finish from Alvaro Barreal — that came from absolutely nowhere!
  • 74' Another substitution for Philadelphia Union to replace Mikael Uhre by Paxten Aaronson on 74 minute.
  • 76' The supporters are chanting for Yuya Kubo. He replaces Junior Moreno on 76 minute.
  • 77' with the perfectly-timed delivery and Paxten Aaronson makes no mistake. 3-1!
  • 82' has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 0 of the last 0 meetings.
  • 85' A change in the FC Cincinnati ranks — Luciano Acosta exits the field as Haris Medunjanin enters on 85.
  • 90' It looks surprising Philadelphia Union does not make any changes. Jose Andres Martinez has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
  • The final whistle goes. A composed, disciplined performance from FC Cincinnati to claim maximum points.

Lineups

FC Cincinnati Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Pat Noonan

Philadelphia Union Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Jim Curtin

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

PlayerGoals
Tai Baribo 5
Brandon Vazquez 4
Luciano Acosta 3
Paxten Aaronson 3
Alejandro Bedoya 2
Bruno Damiani 2
Brenner da Silva 1
Evander 1

Head to Head

2022-08-06 FC Cincinnati 3–1 Philadelphia Union 2022-06-18 Philadelphia Union 1–1 FC Cincinnati 2021-10-31 Philadelphia Union 2–0 FC Cincinnati 2021-10-10 FC Cincinnati 1–2 Philadelphia Union 2020-10-07 Philadelphia Union 3–0 FC Cincinnati

FC Cincinnati Form

2022-08-06 FC Cincinnati 3–1 Philadelphia Union W 2022-07-31 Internacional CF Miami 4–4 FC Cincinnati D 2022-07-23 FC Cincinnati 1–1 Nashville SC D 2022-07-17 Columbus Crew SC 2–0 FC Cincinnati L 2022-07-14 FC Cincinnati 2–2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC D 2022-07-09 FC Cincinnati 1–1 New York Red Bulls D

Philadelphia Union Form

2022-08-06 FC Cincinnati 3–1 Philadelphia Union L 2022-07-30 Philadelphia Union 6–0 Houston Dynamo W 2022-07-23 Orlando City SC 0–1 Philadelphia Union W 2022-07-16 Philadelphia Union 2–1 New England Revolution W 2022-07-14 Internacional CF Miami 1–2 Philadelphia Union W 2022-07-08 Philadelphia Union 7–0 D.C. United SC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
3 / 4
2.43 FC Cincinnati xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
1.61 Philadelphia Union xG
I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 75% + Both teams to score 72%

Match Result

✓ Correct
FC Cincinnati51% Draw23% Philadelphia Union26%
Actual: FC Cincinnati win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes72% 0% No28%
Avg goals/match: 4.04
Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 97%
3%
± 1.5 91%
9%
± 2.5 75%
25%
± 3.5 56%
44%
± 4.5 37%
63%

Double Chance

FC Cincinnati or Draw
74%
Draw or Philadelphia Union
49%
FC Cincinnati or Philadelphia Union
77%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
FC Cincinnati42% Draw37% Philadelphia Union21%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
2 – 1
8.2%
1 – 1
7.7%
3 – 1
Actual
2 – 2
6.4%
1 – 2
5.5%
2 – 0
5.3%
3 – 2
5.2%
3 – 0
4.2%
4 – 1
4%
1 – 0
3.9%
2 – 3
3.5%
4 – 2
3.2%

Asian Handicap — FC Cincinnati

Handicap FC Cincinnati covers Push Philadelphia Union covers
-2.5 19% — 81%
-2 19% 16% 65%
-1.5 35% — 65%
-1 35% 20% 45%
-0.5 55% — 45%
+0.5 75% — 25%
+1 75% 13% 12%
+1.5 88% — 12%
+2 88% 7% 5%
+2.5 95% — 5%

Clean Sheet

FC Cincinnati keeps clean sheet
21% ✓
Philadelphia Union keeps clean sheet
10% ✓

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