Los Angeles FC vs FC Cincinnati, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Los Angeles FC vs FC Cincinnati — MLS .
- Los Angeles FC 15 games · 24 pts (2026/26)
- FC Cincinnati 15 games · 20 pts (2026/26)
Match Details
- Referee Drew Fischer
- Referee Chris Wattam
- Referee Timothy Ford
- Referee Edvin Jurisevic
- Referee Micheal Barwegen
14 games this season 🟨 2.9/game ⚽ 12.2 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
Last 5 meetingsRecent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 14 Apr FC Cincinnati H 2–0 W 06 Apr D.C. United SC A 4–0 W 30 Mar San Jose Earthquakes A 5–0 W 24 Mar Real Salt Lake H 2–1 W 17 Mar New York City FC A 2–2 D 10 Mar Portland Timbers H 4–1 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 14 Apr Los Angeles FC A 0–2 L 07 Apr Sporting Kansas City H 1–1 D 30 Mar Philadelphia Union H 0–2 L 24 Mar New England Revolution A 2–0 W 17 Mar Portland Timbers H 3–0 W 10 Mar Atlanta United FC A 1–1 D Season Stats
Los Angeles FC FC Cincinnati #20 Position #7 24 Points 20 15 Played 15 7 / 3 / 5 W / D / L 5 / 5 / 5 24 Scored 36 17 Conceded 37 +7 GD -1 1.60 PPG 1.33 47% Win % 33% Key Stats
67% Both Teams to Score
H2H (3 games)67% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history60% Clean Sheets
Los Angeles FC this season27% Clean Sheets
FC Cincinnati this seasonLos Angeles FC are 20th (24 pts). FC Cincinnati are 7th (20 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Los Angeles FC0-151/316-304/231-452/246-601/561-753/276+3/2■ Scored ■ ConcededFC Cincinnati0-151/116-302/531-457/346-603/461-752/176+8/3■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. Los Angeles FC is hosting FC Cincinnati for another epic battle.
- 5' Los Angeles FC is showing some good football. However, Los Angeles FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 10' Roland Lamah needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 15' Los Angeles FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 15.
- 20' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Los Angeles FC that had 263 games and scored 538 goals.
- 25' 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.
- 30' The referee calls foul for Kendall Waston. He receives a Yellow card.
- 32' Goal! Mark-Anthony Kaye scores his 19 goal in 263 matches.
- 36' The referee calls foul for Walker Zimmerman. He receives a Yellow card.
- 41' Supporters expect more eagerness from Spencer Richey, as he is very good at scoring at with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 46' It looks surprising Los Angeles FC does not make any changes. Victor Ulloa has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 51' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 56' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 61' The travelling FC Cincinnati supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 66' Another substitution for Los Angeles FC to replace Christian Ramirez by Joshua Perez on 66 minute.
- 71' 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 Caleb Stanko suffering a number of foals already.
- 76' Victor Ulloa has so much to prove this time. He replaces Caleb Stanko on 76 minute.
- 81' It’s high time Bob Bradley made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 83' It is a substitution in FC Cincinnati team. Kekuta Manneh is replaced by Frankie Amaya on 83 minute.
- 86' It is a substitution in Los Angeles FC team. Walker Zimmerman is replaced by Danilo Silva on 86 minute.
- 90' GOAL! Carlos Vela scores on 90. Assisted by Eduard Atuesta
- Full Time. Los Angeles FC beats FC Cincinnati
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Lineups
Los Angeles FC Lineups
Starting XI
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Walker Zimmerman ↓ Danilo Silva 86'
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- 9
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- 14
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Bench
- 12
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Danilo Silva ↑ 86'
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18
Joshua Perez ↑ 66'
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- 28
- 23
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Coach Bob BradleyFC Cincinnati Lineups
Starting XI
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33
Caleb Stanko ↓ Victor Ulloa 76'
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15
Allan Cruz ↓ Roland Lamah 66'
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- 11
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Kekuta Manneh ↓ Frankie Amaya 83'
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Bench
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Roland Lamah ↑ 66'
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Victor Ulloa ↑ 76'
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- 27
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Frankie Amaya ↑ 83'
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Luca Orellano 1 Carlos Vela 1 Mark-Anthony Kaye 1 Kellyn Acosta 1 Daniel Musovski 1 Luciano Acosta 1 Denis Bouanga 1 Esteban David Martinez 1 Head to Head
Los Angeles FC Form
FC Cincinnati Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 42.36 Los Angeles FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.01 FC Cincinnati xGI would bet for: Los Angeles FC to win 64% + Over 2.5 goals 64%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Los Angeles FC winBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 3.37Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✗ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 95% 5% ± 1.5 84% 16% ± 2.5 64% 36% ± 3.5 43% 57% ± 4.5 25% 75% Double Chance
Los Angeles FC or Draw 85%Draw or FC Cincinnati 36%Los Angeles FC or FC Cincinnati 80%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Los Angeles FC win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 122 – 0 Actual2 – 1 9.4%1 – 1 9%1 – 0 7.8%3 – 0 7.3%3 – 1 7.3%0 – 0 4.9%2 – 2 4.7%4 – 1 4.3%4 – 0 4.3%1 – 2 4%3 – 2 3.7%Asian Handicap — Los Angeles FC
Handicap Los Angeles FC covers Push FC Cincinnati covers -2.5 25% — 75% -2 25% 20% 56% -1.5 44% — 56% -1 44% 22% 34% -0.5 66% — 34% +0.5 86% — 14% +1 86% 9% 5% +1.5 95% — 5% +2 95% 4% 1% +2.5 99% — 1% Clean Sheet
Los Angeles FC keeps clean sheet 37% ✗FC Cincinnati keeps clean sheet 10% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.