New England Revolution vs FC Cincinnati, MLS 2021 REGULAR SEASON

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New England Revolution

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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

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

New England Revolution 18 games · 30 pts (2026/26)
FC Cincinnati 18 games · 26 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	18	40
2	Internacional CF Miami	18	38
3	New England Revolution	18	30
4	Chicago Fire FC	17	29
5	New York City FC	18	26
6	FC Cincinnati	18	26
7	Charlotte FC	18	25
8	New York Red Bulls	18	25
9	D.C. United SC	18	23
10	Columbus Crew SC	18	20
11	Orlando City SC	18	20
12	Toronto FC	18	17
13	Philadelphia Union	18	16
14	Montreal Impact FC	18	16
15	Atlanta United FC	18	12
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	17	34
17	Los Angeles FC	19	34
18	San Jose Earthquakes	18	33
19	Houston Dynamo	18	32
20	FC Dallas	18	27
21	Real Salt Lake	17	27
22	St. Louis City	18	26
23	Portland Timbers	18	24
24	Seattle Sounders FC	17	24
25	Minnesota United FC	18	24
26	Colorado Rapids SC	18	22
27	Los Angeles Galaxy	19	22
28	San Diego FC	18	21
29	Austin FC	18	17
30	Sporting Kansas City	18	14

Head-to-Head

New England Revolution 13 games · Avg 3.1 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	#6
30	Points	26
18	Played	18
9 / 3 / 6	W / D / L	7 / 5 / 6
28	Scored	45
23	Conceded	44
+5	GD	+1
1.67	PPG	1.44
50%	Win %	39%

Key Stats

62% Both Teams to Score
H2H (13 games)

54% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

32% Clean Sheets
New England Revolution this season

21% Clean Sheets
FC Cincinnati this season

New England Revolution are 3rd (30 pts). FC Cincinnati are 6th (26 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

New England Revolution

0-15

3/–

16-30

1/2

31-45

3/3

46-60

4/2

61-75

2/–

76+

5/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

FC Cincinnati

0-15

3/2

16-30

4/7

31-45

9/5

46-60

4/7

61-75

2/1

76+

11/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

New England Revolution

Carles Gil

5 G

3 A

FC Cincinnati

Evander	10 G	4 A
Kevin Denkey	10 G	1 A
Tom Barlow	5 G

Events

Match Events

0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. New England Revolution is hosting FC Cincinnati for another epic battle.
5' FC Cincinnati fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
7' Magnificent from Tajon Buchanan! That is 19 goals in 284 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
12' New England Revolution currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
17' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering FC Cincinnati that had 248 games and scored 361 goals.
21' Emmanuel Boateng does the damage! The net is bulging and New England Revolution surge ahead!
26' Florian Valot is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for FC Cincinnati tonight.
31' It’s high time Bruce Arena made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
33' Clinical. Composed. Brilliant. Adam Buksa makes it 3-0.
38' It looks surprising New England Revolution does not make any changes. Yuya Kubo has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
43' The midfield battle is intense right now. Both New England Revolution and FC Cincinnati are fighting for every inch of the pitch.
46' Caleb Stanko gets the nod from FC Cincinnati. He replaces Gustavo Vallecilla and will look to change the dynamic.
51' Over 51 minutes have gone by without a meaningful attack. The supporters want more.
55' GOAL! Brenner da Silva scores on 55.
60' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 60 minutes.
61' Magnificent from Adam Buksa! That is 35 goals in 111 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
63' New England Revolution ring the changes. Scott Caldwell has done his job and it is now time for Maciel to step up.
68' Controversy at the stadium! Thomas McNamara argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
70' The whistle greets Brenner da Silva as he departs to be replaced by Brandon Vazquez.
73' Poor challenge from Tajon Buchanan. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Yellow card.
74' Teal Bunbury gets the nod from New England Revolution. He replaces Tajon Buchanan and will look to change the dynamic.
79' It is a cagey affair so far. New England Revolution in their trying to find a way past FC Cincinnati's compact .
82' A change in the FC Cincinnati ranks — Geoff Cameron exits the field as Kamohelo Mokotjo enters on 82.
87' It’s a booking for New England Revolution player. Andrew Farrell gets a Yellow card.
88' The New England Revolution bench stirs into life. Adam Buksa is withdrawn and Justin Rennicks gets his opportunity.
Game over. The scoreline of 4-1 tells the full story of an entertaining encounter.

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
Brandon Vazquez	2
Dom Badji	2
Gustavo Bou	2
Emmanuel Boateng	2
Brenner da Silva	2
Sebastian Lletget	1

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

2.53 New England Revolution xG

Expected Goals

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

1.35 FC Cincinnati xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 73% + Both teams to score 68%

Match Result

✓ Correct

New England Revolution63% Draw20% FC Cincinnati17%

Actual: New England Revolution win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes68% 0% No32%

Avg goals/match: 3.88

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	90%	10%
± 2.5	73%	27%
± 3.5	53%	47%
± 4.5	35%	65%

Double Chance

New England Revolution or Draw

82%

Draw or FC Cincinnati

37%

New England Revolution or FC Cincinnati

80%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

New England Revolution46% Draw36% FC Cincinnati18%

Actual: New England Revolution win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 1

8.7%

1 – 1

7.8%

3 – 1

7.2%

2 – 0

6.7%

2 – 2

5.8%

3 – 0

5.5%

1 – 0

4.9%

3 – 2

4.9%

1 – 2

4.7%

4 – 1

Actual

4 – 0

3.4%

0 – 0

3.2%

Asian Handicap — New England Revolution

Handicap	New England Revolution covers	Push	FC Cincinnati covers
-2.5	23%	—	77%
-2	23%	18%	59%
-1.5	41%	—	59%
-1	41%	20%	38%
-0.5	62%	—	38%
+0.5	81%	—	19%
+1	81%	11%	8%
+1.5	92%	—	8%
+2	92%	5%	3%
+2.5	97%	—	3%

Clean Sheet

New England Revolution keeps clean sheet

27% ✓

FC Cincinnati keeps clean sheet

9% ✓

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