New England Revolution vs FC Cincinnati, MLS 2021 REGULAR SEASON

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FC Cincinnati

Sun 22 Aug 2021 · 00:00 UTC Gillette Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Thomas McNamara 68' Y

Tajon Buchanan 73' Y

Andrew Farrell 87' Y

Overview

Match Preview

New England Revolution vs FC Cincinnati — MLS at Gillette Stadium.

New England Revolution 34 games · 58 pts (2026/26)
FC Cincinnati 34 games · 46 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	34	77
2	Internacional CF Miami	34	60
3	New England Revolution	34	58
4	Chicago Fire FC	34	55
5	Charlotte FC	34	54
6	Philadelphia Union	34	50
7	Columbus Crew SC	34	47
8	FC Cincinnati	34	46
9	Orlando City SC	34	46
10	New York City FC	34	42
11	New York Red Bulls	34	42
12	Toronto FC	34	39
13	Atlanta United FC	34	33
14	D.C. United SC	34	33
15	Montreal Impact FC	34	26
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	34	64
17	FC Dallas	34	58
18	St. Louis City	34	54
19	San Jose Earthquakes	34	52
20	Houston Dynamo	34	51
21	Los Angeles FC	34	47
22	Portland Timbers	34	46
23	Seattle Sounders FC	34	46
24	Real Salt Lake	34	45
25	Minnesota United FC	34	44
26	Los Angeles Galaxy	34	44
27	Colorado Rapids SC	34	43
28	San Diego FC	34	38
29	Austin FC	34	34
30	Sporting Kansas City	34	26

Head-to-Head

New England Revolution 14 games · Avg 3.2 goals FC Cincinnati

Last 5 meetings

2021-08-22 New England Revolution 4–1 FC Cincinnati 2021-05-29 FC Cincinnati 0–1 New England Revolution 2019-07-21 FC Cincinnati 0–2 New England Revolution 2019-03-24 New England Revolution 0–2 FC Cincinnati

Recent Form

New England Revolution

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
22 Aug	FC Cincinnati	H	4–1	W
18 Aug	D.C. United SC	H	3–2	W
15 Aug	Toronto FC	A	2–1	W
08 Aug	Philadelphia Union	H	2–1	W
04 Aug	Nashville SC	H	0–0	D
31 Jul	New York Red Bulls	A	3–2	W

FC Cincinnati

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
22 Aug	New England Revolution	A	1–4	L
18 Aug	Montreal Impact FC	H	0–0	D
07 Aug	Orlando City SC	H	1–1	D
05 Aug	New York Red Bulls	A	0–0	D
31 Jul	D.C. United SC	H	0–0	D
25 Jul	Nashville SC	A	0–3	L

Season Stats

New England Revolution		FC Cincinnati
#3	Position	#8
58	Points	46
34	Played	34
18 / 4 / 12	W / D / L	12 / 10 / 12
55	Scored	67
47	Conceded	75
+8	GD	-8
1.71	PPG	1.35
53%	Win %	35%

Key Stats

64% Both Teams to Score
H2H (14 games)

57% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

24% Clean Sheets
New England Revolution this season

18% Clean Sheets
FC Cincinnati this season

New England Revolution are 3rd (58 pts). FC Cincinnati are 8th (46 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

New England Revolution

0-15

5/5

16-30

4/2

31-45

9/6

46-60

9/3

61-75

2/8

76+

12/7

■ Scored ■ Conceded

FC Cincinnati

0-15

6/3

16-30

5/11

31-45

10/11

46-60

8/13

61-75

6/7

76+

17/9

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

New England Revolution

Carles Gil	13 G	7 A
Dor Turgeman	12 G	7 A
Peyton Miller	7 G	7 A

FC Cincinnati

Kevin Denkey	17 G	2 A
Evander	14 G	13 A
Tom Barlow	10 G	4 A
Pavel Bucha	6 G	3 A

Events

Match Events

0' Here we go! The referee blows the whistle and New England Revolution launch into their encounter with FC Cincinnati.
5' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
7' The deadlock is broken! Tajon Buchanan gets on the scoresheet on 7 minutes.
12' The travelling FC Cincinnati supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
17' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Jaap Stam will be considering his options from the bench.
21' GOAL! Emmanuel Boateng fires home to make it 2-0!
26' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
31' will be watching from the dugout nervously. His New England Revolution side need to improve if they are to claim all three points.
33' Adam Buksa makes no mistake. The score reads 3-0 and New England Revolution are in front.
38' FC Cincinnati come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
43' Bosnia-Herzegovina international Haris Medunjanin has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
46' Caleb Stanko is replacing Gustavo Vallecilla for the FC Cincinnati side.
51' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
55' Brenner da Silva does the damage! The net is bulging and FC Cincinnati surge ahead!
60' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with New England Revolution winning 100% of all matches.
61' Adam Buksa does the damage! The net is bulging and New England Revolution surge ahead!
63' The crowd applauds Scott Caldwell as he leaves the pitch. Maciel steps in for New England Revolution.
68' Poor challenge from Thomas McNamara. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
70' The supporters are chanting for Brandon Vazquez. He replaces Brenner da Silva on 70 minute.
73' Tajon Buchanan was booked on 73.
74' Fresh legs for New England Revolution! Teal Bunbury comes on to replace Tajon Buchanan.
79' It looks surprising FC Cincinnati does not make any changes. Alvaro Barreal has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
82' Geoff Cameron makes way for Kamohelo Mokotjo at the 82 minute mark. A tactical switch from FC Cincinnati.
87' The referee calls foul for Andrew Farrell. He receives a Yellow card.
88' Justin Rennicks has so much to prove this time. He replaces Adam Buksa on 88 minute.
Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 4-1.

Lineups

New England Revolution Lineups

Starting XI

7
Gustavo Bou
2
Andrew Farrell
6
Scott Caldwell ↓ Maciel 63'
30
Matt Turner
26
Thomas McNamara ↓ Wilfrid Kaptoum 74'
9
Adam Buksa ↓ Justin Rennicks 88'
24
DeJuan Jones
17
Tajon Buchanan ↓ Teal Bunbury 74'
4
Henry Kessler
32
Christian Mafla
11
Emmanuel Boateng ↓ Damian Rivera 63'

Bench

Coach Bruce Arena

FC Cincinnati Lineups

Starting XI

12
Geoff Cameron ↓ Kamohelo Mokotjo 82'
7
Yuya Kubo
64
Florian Valot
6
Haris Medunjanin
14
Nick Hagglund
11
Luciano Acosta ↓ Isaac Atanga 70'
18
Ronald Matarrita
31
Alvaro Barreal
22
Przemyslaw Tyton
9
Brenner da Silva ↓ Brandon Vazquez 70'
5
Gustavo Vallecilla ↓ Caleb Stanko 46'

Bench

Coach Jaap Stam

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Adam Buksa	4
Giacomo Vrioni	3
Dom Badji	2
Dor Turgeman	2
Emmanuel Boateng	2
Brenner da Silva	2
Kevin Denkey	2
Brandon Vazquez	2

Head to Head

New England Revolution Form

2021-08-22 New England Revolution 4–1 FC Cincinnati W 2021-08-18 New England Revolution 3–2 D.C. United SC W 2021-08-15 Toronto FC 1–2 New England Revolution W 2021-08-08 New England Revolution 2–1 Philadelphia Union W 2021-08-04 New England Revolution 0–0 Nashville SC D 2021-07-31 New York Red Bulls 2–3 New England Revolution W

FC Cincinnati Form

2021-08-22 New England Revolution 4–1 FC Cincinnati L 2021-08-18 FC Cincinnati 0–0 Montreal Impact FC D 2021-08-07 FC Cincinnati 1–1 Orlando City SC D 2021-08-05 New York Red Bulls 0–0 FC Cincinnati D 2021-07-31 FC Cincinnati 0–0 D.C. United SC D 2021-07-25 Nashville SC 3–0 FC Cincinnati L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

4 / 4

2.44 New England Revolution xG

Expected Goals

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

1.21 FC Cincinnati xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 69% + New England Revolution to win 64%

Match Result

✓ Correct

New England Revolution64% Draw20% FC Cincinnati16%

Actual: New England Revolution win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes64% 0% No36%

Avg goals/match: 3.65

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	87%	13%
± 2.5	69%	31%
± 3.5	49%	51%
± 4.5	30%	70%

Double Chance

New England Revolution or Draw

84%

Draw or FC Cincinnati

36%

New England Revolution or FC Cincinnati

80%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

New England Revolution47% Draw37% FC Cincinnati16%

Actual: New England Revolution win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 1

9.1%

1 – 1

8.5%

2 – 0

7.8%

3 – 1

7.3%

3 – 0

6.2%

1 – 0

2 – 2

5.4%

1 – 2

4.5%

4 – 1

Actual

3 – 2

4.4%

0 – 0

3.9%

4 – 0

3.7%

Asian Handicap — New England Revolution

Handicap	New England Revolution covers	Push	FC Cincinnati covers
-2.5	24%	—	76%
-2	24%	19%	58%
-1.5	42%	—	58%
-1	42%	21%	37%
-0.5	63%	—	37%
+0.5	83%	—	17%
+1	83%	10%	7%
+1.5	93%	—	7%
+2	93%	5%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

New England Revolution keeps clean sheet

31% ✓

FC Cincinnati keeps clean sheet

10% ✓

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