New York City FC vs FC Cincinnati, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
New York City FC vs FC Cincinnati — MLS at Yankee Stadium.
- New York City FC 15 games · 19 pts (2026/26)
- FC Cincinnati 15 games · 20 pts (2026/26)
Match Details
- Referee Sergii Boiko (USA)
- Assistant 1 Lyes Arfa
- Assistant 2 Brian Dunn (USA)
5 games this season 🟨 1.2/game ⚽ 9.4 goals/gameStandings
# 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 22 Apr FC Cincinnati H 4–4 D 18 Apr Charlotte FC H 1–2 L 11 Apr Vancouver Whitecaps FC A 0–2 L 04 Apr St. Louis City H 1–1 D 22 Mar Internacional CF Miami H 2–3 L 14 Mar Colorado Rapids SC H 3–1 W Date Opponent H/A Score Result 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 15 Mar New England Revolution A 1–6 L Season Stats
New York City FC FC Cincinnati #8 Position #7 19 Points 20 15 Played 15 5 / 4 / 6 W / D / L 5 / 5 / 5 25 Scored 36 21 Conceded 37 +4 GD -1 1.27 PPG 1.33 33% Win % 33% Key Stats
60% Both Teams to Score
H2H (15 games)73% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history20% Clean Sheets
New York City FC this season27% Clean Sheets
FC Cincinnati this seasonNew York City FC are 8th (19 pts). FC Cincinnati are 7th (20 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
New York City FC0-152/–16-302/331-451/346-603/261-751/276+2/5■ Scored ■ ConcededFC Cincinnati0-151/116-302/531-457/346-603/461-752/176+8/3■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against New York City FC and FC Cincinnati has kicked off!
- Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 4-4.
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Lineups
New York City FC Lineups
4-2-3-1Starting XI
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17
Hannes Wolf ↓ Keaton Parks 72'
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Maxi Moralez ↓ Talles Magno 72'
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- 24
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26
Agustin Ojeda ↓ Jonathan Shore 84'
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Bench
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19
Strahinja Tanasijevic ↑ 90'
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55
Keaton Parks ↑ 72'
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Talles Magno ↑ 72'
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32
Jonathan Shore ↑ 84'
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- 99
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Arnau Farnos ↑ 84'
FC Cincinnati Lineups
3-4-1-2Starting XI
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Tom Barlow ↓ Ayoub Jabbari 83'
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15
Teenage Hadebe ↓ Alvas Powell 23'
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- 17
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Gilberto Flores ↓ Brian Anunga 60'
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Bench
- 13
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Alvas Powell ↑ 23'
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27
Brian Anunga ↑ 60'
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Gerardo Valenzuela ↑ 60'
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99
Ayoub Jabbari ↑ 83'
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Brenner da Silva 7 Heber 6 Valentin Castellanos 4 Luciano Acosta 4 Alexandru Mitrita 3 Gabriel Pereira 3 Jesus Medina 3 Nicolas Fernandez Marcau 2 Head to Head
New York City FC Form
2026-04-22 New York City FC 4–4 FC Cincinnati D 2026-04-18 New York City FC 1–2 Charlotte FC L 2026-04-11 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–0 New York City FC L 2026-04-04 New York City FC 1–1 St. Louis City D 2026-03-22 New York City FC 2–3 Internacional CF Miami L 2026-03-14 New York City FC 3–1 Colorado Rapids SC WFC Cincinnati Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 42.73 New York City FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo2.01 FC Cincinnati xGI would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 84% + Both teams to score 80%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 4.74Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 98% 2% ± 1.5 95% 5% ± 2.5 84% 16% ± 3.5 68% 32% ± 4.5 50% 50% Double Chance
New York City FC or Draw 72%Draw or FC Cincinnati 49%New York City FC or FC Cincinnati 79%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: New York City FC win at HTCorrect Score
✗ 4–4 not predicted4 – 4Actual2 – 1 6.5%2 – 2 6.4%3 – 1 5.8%3 – 2 5.7%1 – 1 5.5%1 – 2 4.9%2 – 3 4.2%4 – 1 3.9%4 – 2 3.9%3 – 3 3.8%2 – 0 3.5%1 – 3 3.2%Asian Handicap — New York City FC
Handicap New York City FC covers Push FC Cincinnati covers -2.5 19% — 81% -2 19% 15% 65% -1.5 35% — 65% -1 35% 18% 47% -0.5 53% — 47% +0.5 72% — 28% +1 72% 13% 15% +1.5 85% — 15% +2 85% 8% 7% +2.5 93% — 7% Clean Sheet
New York City FC keeps clean sheet 14% ✓FC Cincinnati keeps clean sheet 7% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.