New York City FC vs FC Cincinnati, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2026

New York City FC

4 – 0

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FC Cincinnati

Sat 26 Sep 2020 · 23:00 UTC Red Bull Arena HT 45+2' · FT 45+3'

Alexander Callens 34' Y

Ronald Matarrita 61' Y

Y 64' Kendall Waston

Y 71' Haris Medunjanin

Valentin Castellanos 78' Y

Overview

Match Preview

New York City FC vs FC Cincinnati — MLS at Red Bull Arena.

New York City FC 34 games · 42 pts (2026/26)
FC Cincinnati 34 games · 46 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Armando Villarreal
Referee David Gantar
Referee Diego Blas
Referee Gjovalin Bori
Referee

20 games this season 🟨 2.8/game ⚽ 11.0 goals/game

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 York City FC 16 games · Avg 3.9 goals FC Cincinnati

Last 5 meetings

2020-09-26 New York City FC 4–0 FC Cincinnati 2020-09-12 New York City FC 2–1 FC Cincinnati 2019-08-17 FC Cincinnati 1–4 New York City FC 2019-06-06 New York City FC 5–2 FC Cincinnati

Recent Form

New York City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
26 Sep	FC Cincinnati	H	4–0	W
23 Sep	Toronto FC	H	0–1	L
19 Sep	New England Revolution	A	0–0	D
12 Sep	FC Cincinnati	H	2–1	W
06 Sep	D.C. United SC	A	0–0	D
03 Sep	New England Revolution	A	2–0	W

FC Cincinnati

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
26 Sep	New York City FC	A	0–4	L
23 Sep	Philadelphia Union	H	0–0	D
19 Sep	New York Red Bulls	A	1–0	W
12 Sep	New York City FC	A	1–2	L
06 Sep	Columbus Crew SC	A	0–3	L
02 Sep	Chicago Fire FC	H	0–0	D

Season Stats

New York City FC		FC Cincinnati
#10	Position	#8
42	Points	46
34	Played	34
10 / 12 / 12	W / D / L	12 / 10 / 12
49	Scored	67
45	Conceded	75
+4	GD	-8
1.24	PPG	1.35
29%	Win %	35%

Key Stats

63% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)

75% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

18% Clean Sheets
New York City FC this season

18% Clean Sheets
FC Cincinnati this season

New York City FC are 10th (42 pts). FC Cincinnati are 8th (46 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

New York City FC

0-15

5/2

16-30

6/5

31-45

6/8

46-60

5/6

61-75

5/6

76+

5/10

■ 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 York City FC

Nicolas Fernandez Marcau	16 G	6 A
Agustin Ojeda	5 G	5 A
Hannes Wolf	5 G	1 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' The game is set. New York City FC kicks off things out of here…
1' The Romania Alexandru Mitrita breaks the deadlock on 1 minutes. 1-0!
6' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
11' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
16' Supporters expect more eagerness from Yuya Kubo, as he is very good at scoring at Red Bull Arena with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
21' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. New York City FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
25' Anton Tinnerholm makes no mistake. The score reads 2-0 and New York City FC are in front.
30' Haris Medunjanin has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
34' It’s a booking for New York City FC player. Alexander Callens gets a Yellow card.
39' New York City FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Jesus Medina is hanging Alexander Ring on the field on 39 minute.
43' The deadlock is broken! Alexandru Mitrita gets on the scoresheet on 43 minutes.
46' FC Cincinnati ring the changes. Tom Pettersson has done his job and it is now time for Mathieu Deplagne to step up.
51' New York City FC is showing some good football. However, New York City FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
55' Time for substitution for FC Cincinnati. Andrew Gutman is replaced by Greg Garza.
57' Time for substitution for FC Cincinnati. Frankie Amaya is replaced by Caleb Stanko.
61' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Ronald Matarrita.
64' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Kendall Waston.
69' FC Cincinnati have won 381 goals from 264 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
71' It’s a booking for FC Cincinnati player. Haris Medunjanin gets a Yellow card.
71' The FC Cincinnati bench stirs into life. Allan Cruz is withdrawn and Yuya Kubo gets his opportunity.
76' The home supporters are growing impatient. New York City FC must find a spark to ignite this game.
77' The crowd applauds Ronald Matarrita as he leaves the pitch. Gudmundur THorarinsson steps in for New York City FC.
78' A meaty challenge results in booking for Valentin Castellanos on 78.
83' Maxime Chanot has been relatively quiet despite scoring 5 goals in his last 305 appearances.
86' New York City FC make a change. Keaton Parks trudges off to be replaced by Nicolas Acevedo on 86 minutes.
88' A goal from the Paraguay international Jesus Medina! He fires home on 88 to make it 4-0!
4-0 the final result. FC Cincinnati will be bitterly disappointed.

Lineups

New York City FC Lineups

Starting XI

3
Anton Tinnerholm
11
Valentin Castellanos
22
Ronald Matarrita ↓ Gudmundur THorarinsson 77'
29
Ismael Tajouri ↓ Gary Mackay-Steven 77'
4
Maxime Chanot
8
Alexander Ring C ↓ Jesus Medina 39'
6
Alexander Callens
1
Sean Johnson
16
James Sands
28
Alexandru Mitrita ↓ Tony Rocha 86'
55
Keaton Parks ↓ Nicolas Acevedo 86'

Bench

Coach Ronny Deila

FC Cincinnati Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

17
Mathieu Deplagne ↑ 46'
33
Caleb Stanko ↑ 57'
7
Yuya Kubo ↑ 71'
4
Greg Garza ↑ 55'
1
Bobby Edwards
16
Zico Bailey

Coach Jaap Stam

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Brenner da Silva	7
Heber	6
Valentin Castellanos	4
Luciano Acosta	4
Jesus Medina	3
Alexandru Mitrita	3
Gabriel Pereira	3
Brandon Vazquez	2

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

2.59 New York City FC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.14 FC Cincinnati xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 71% + New York City FC to win 66%

Match Result

✓ Correct

New York City FC66% Draw19% FC Cincinnati15%

Actual: New York City FC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes63% 0% No37%

Avg goals/match: 3.73

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	88%	12%
± 2.5	71%	29%
± 3.5	50%	50%
± 4.5	32%	68%

Double Chance

New York City FC or Draw

85%

Draw or FC Cincinnati

34%

New York City FC or FC Cincinnati

81%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

New York City FC50% Draw36% FC Cincinnati14%

Actual: New York City FC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 1

8.9%

2 – 0

8.1%

1 – 1

7.9%

3 – 1

7.6%

3 – 0

6.8%

1 – 0

5.9%

2 – 2

4 – 1

4 – 0

Actual

3 – 2

4.4%

1 – 2

0 – 0

3.6%

Asian Handicap — New York City FC

Handicap	New York City FC covers	Push	FC Cincinnati covers
-2.5	27%	—	73%
-2	27%	19%	53%
-1.5	47%	—	53%
-1	47%	21%	33%
-0.5	67%	—	33%
+0.5	86%	—	14%
+1	86%	9%	6%
+1.5	94%	—	6%
+2	94%	4%	2%
+2.5	98%	—	2%

Clean Sheet

New York City FC keeps clean sheet

33% ✗

FC Cincinnati keeps clean sheet

8% ✓

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

New York City FC vs FC Cincinnati, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

Overview

Match Preview

Match Details

Standings

Head-to-Head

Recent Form

Season Stats

Key Stats

Goal Timing (This Season)

Top Scorers (This Season)

Events

Match Events

Lineups

New York City FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

FC Cincinnati Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Head to Head

New York City FC Form

FC Cincinnati Form

Predictions

Match Result

Both Teams to Score

Over / Under Goals

Double Chance

Half-Time Result

Correct Score

Asian Handicap — New York City FC

Clean Sheet