New York Red Bulls vs FC Cincinnati, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2026

New York Red Bulls

4 – 2

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FC Cincinnati

Sat 4 Apr 2026 · 23:30 UTC Red Bull Arena 20,867 HT 45' · FT 45'

Julian Hall 12' 1–0

1–1 17' Pavel Bucha

Emil Forsberg 48' 2–1

Kyle Smith og 65' 3–1

3–2 72' Kyle Smith

Mohammed Sofo 90+3' 4–2

Y 37' Bryan Ramirez

Ronald Donkor 57' Y

Y 80' Matt Miazga

Omar Valencia 83' Y

R 90' Alvas Powell

Overview

Match Preview

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

New York Red Bulls 23 games · 27 pts (2026/26)
FC Cincinnati 22 games · 31 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Victor Rivas
Assistant 1 Corey Rockwell
Assistant 2

12 games this season 🟨 3.2/game ⚽ 10.8 goals/game 🟥 2 total

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	23	53
2	Internacional CF Miami	23	43
3	Chicago Fire FC	22	38
4	New England Revolution	23	37
5	Charlotte FC	23	36
6	FC Cincinnati	22	31
7	New York City FC	23	29
8	Orlando City SC	23	28
9	Philadelphia Union	23	27
10	New York Red Bulls	23	27
11	Toronto FC	23	26
12	D.C. United SC	22	25
13	Columbus Crew SC	23	23
14	Atlanta United FC	23	22
15	Montreal Impact FC	23	21
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	22	43
17	Houston Dynamo	23	40
18	Los Angeles FC	24	37
19	FC Dallas	23	37
20	St. Louis City	23	37
21	San Jose Earthquakes	23	35
22	Portland Timbers	23	31
23	Colorado Rapids SC	23	31
24	San Diego FC	23	30
25	Real Salt Lake	22	29
26	Minnesota United FC	23	29
27	Los Angeles Galaxy	24	29
28	Seattle Sounders FC	22	27
29	Austin FC	23	25
30	Sporting Kansas City	23	15

Head-to-Head

New York Red Bulls 18 games · Avg 2.3 goals FC Cincinnati

Last 5 meetings

2026-04-04 New York Red Bulls 4–2 FC Cincinnati 2025-10-04 New York Red Bulls 0–1 FC Cincinnati 2025-02-23 FC Cincinnati 1–0 New York Red Bulls 2024-07-20 New York Red Bulls 3–1 FC Cincinnati 2024-04-06 FC Cincinnati 1–2 New York Red Bulls

Recent Form

New York Red Bulls

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
04 Apr	FC Cincinnati	H	4–2	W
21 Mar	Charlotte FC	A	1–6	L
14 Mar	Toronto FC	A	1–1	D
08 Mar	Montreal Impact FC	H	0–3	L
28 Feb	New England Revolution	H	1–0	W
22 Feb	Orlando City SC	A	2–1	W

FC Cincinnati

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
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
08 Mar	Toronto FC	H	0–1	L
28 Feb	Minnesota United FC	A	0–1	L
21 Feb	Atlanta United FC	H	2–0	W

Season Stats

New York Red Bulls		FC Cincinnati
#10	Position	#6
27	Points	31
23	Played	22
7 / 6 / 10	W / D / L	8 / 7 / 7
32	Scored	49
46	Conceded	51
-14	GD	-2
1.17	PPG	1.41
30%	Win %	36%

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)

39% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

17% Clean Sheets
New York Red Bulls this season

18% Clean Sheets
FC Cincinnati this season

New York Red Bulls are 10th (27 pts). FC Cincinnati are 6th (31 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

New York Red Bulls

0-15

6/4

16-30

2/2

31-45

5/6

46-60

4/8

61-75

2/6

76+

4/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

FC Cincinnati

0-15

3/2

16-30

5/7

31-45

9/6

46-60

4/8

61-75

2/1

76+

11/6

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

New York Red Bulls

Julian Hall	9 G	2 A
Jorge Ruvalcaba	7 G

FC Cincinnati

Evander	13 G	7 A
Kevin Denkey	11 G	1 A
Tom Barlow	6 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' KICK OFF: New York Red Bulls gets underway.
5' FC Cincinnati looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Kevin Denkey scoring 2 goals.
10' Evander, a Brazil , has 0 bookings this season and will need to keep his discipline tonight.
12' Magnificent from Julian Hall! That is 6 goals in 288 appearances — and it could not have come at a better time.
17' Assisted by Kevin Denkey with the perfectly-timed delivery and Pavel Bucha makes no mistake. 1-1!
22' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
27' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. New York Red Bulls needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
32' Kyle Smith needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 30 Yellow cards this season.
37' A moment of madness from Bryan Ramirez on 37 minutes earns him a card. FC Cincinnati will be frustrated.
42' New York Red Bulls 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.
47' New York Red Bulls are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined FC Cincinnati backline.
48' GOAL! Emil Forsberg scores on 48.
53' Teenage Hadebe has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
57' Ronald Donkor is having his name booked by the referee on 57.
62' FC Cincinnati is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
65' GOAL! Kyle Smith fires home to make it 2-2!
67' A tactical swap from FC Cincinnati — Brian Anunga on, Samuel Gidi off on 67 minutes.
70' Another substitution for New York Red Bulls to replace Cade Cowell by Tanner Rosborough on 70 minute.
72' Kyle Smith with the second goal in the match!
75' Fresh legs for FC Cincinnati! Teenage Hadebe comes on to replace Nick Hagglund.
80' Matt Miazga is having his name booked by the referee on 80.
80' The whistle greets Adri Mehmeti as he departs to be replaced by Nehuen Benedetti.
83' Omar Valencia is having his name booked by the referee on 83.
84' A change in the FC Cincinnati ranks — Matt Miazga exits the field as Ayoub Jabbari enters on 84.
86' Maxim Choupo-Moting is replacing Emil Forsberg for the New York Red Bulls side.
90' The referee has no hesitation. Alvas Powell is booked for FC Cincinnati — card on 90.
Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 4-2.

Lineups

New York Red Bulls Lineups

4-3-3

Starting XI

34
Ethan Horvath
10
Emil Forsberg ↓ Maxim Choupo-Moting 86'
7
Cade Cowell ↓ Tanner Rosborough 70'
12
Dylan Nealis
6
Robert Voloder
3
Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty
48
Ronald Donkor
16
Julian Hall
11
Jorge Ruvalcaba ↓ Mohammed Sofo 80'
15
Adri Mehmeti ↓ Nehuen Benedetti 80'
56
Matthew Dos Santos ↓ Omar Valencia 70'

Bench

Coach Michael Bradley

FC Cincinnati Lineups

4-4-2

Starting XI

Bench

2
Alvas Powell ↑ 75'
5
Obinna Nwobodo
15
Teenage Hadebe ↑ 75'
27
Brian Anunga ↑ 67'
93
Fabian Mrozek
99
Ayoub Jabbari ↑ 84'
17
Kenji Mboma ↑ 75'
3
Gilberto Flores
88
Andrei Chirila

Coach Pat Noonan

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Kevin Denkey	4
Lewis Morgan	3
Florian Valot	2
Yuya Kubo	2
Frankie Amaya	2
Kaku	2
Omir Fernandez	2
Luciano Acosta	2

Head to Head

New York Red Bulls Form

2026-04-04 New York Red Bulls 4–2 FC Cincinnati W 2026-03-21 Charlotte FC 6–1 New York Red Bulls L 2026-03-14 Toronto FC 1–1 New York Red Bulls D 2026-03-08 New York Red Bulls 0–3 Montreal Impact FC L 2026-02-28 New York Red Bulls 1–0 New England Revolution W 2026-02-22 Orlando City SC 1–2 New York Red Bulls W

FC Cincinnati Form

2026-04-04 New York Red Bulls 4–2 FC Cincinnati L 2026-03-22 FC Cincinnati 4–3 Montreal Impact FC W 2026-03-15 New England Revolution 6–1 FC Cincinnati L 2026-03-08 FC Cincinnati 0–1 Toronto FC L 2026-02-28 Minnesota United FC 1–0 FC Cincinnati L 2026-02-21 FC Cincinnati 2–0 Atlanta United FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

2.48 New York Red Bulls xG

Expected Goals

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

2.05 FC Cincinnati xG

I would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 82% + Both teams to score 79%

Match Result

✓ Correct

New York Red Bulls50% Draw21% FC Cincinnati29%

Actual: New York Red Bulls win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes79% 0% No21%

Avg goals/match: 4.53

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	98%	2%
± 1.5	94%	6%
± 2.5	82%	18%
± 3.5	65%	35%
± 4.5	47%	53%

Double Chance

New York Red Bulls or Draw

71%

Draw or FC Cincinnati

50%

New York Red Bulls or FC Cincinnati

79%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

New York Red Bulls37% Draw35% FC Cincinnati28%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

2 – 1

6.7%

2 – 2

6.7%

1 – 1

6.2%

1 – 2

5.6%

3 – 2

5.5%

3 – 1

5.4%

2 – 3

4.5%

1 – 3

3.8%

3 – 3

3.8%

2 – 0

3.5%

4 – 2

Actual

4 – 1

3.4%

Asian Handicap — New York Red Bulls

Handicap	New York Red Bulls covers	Push	FC Cincinnati covers
-2.5	16%	—	84%
-2	16%	14%	70%
-1.5	30%	—	70%
-1	30%	18%	53%
-0.5	47%	—	53%
+0.5	68%	—	32%
+1	68%	15%	18%
+1.5	82%	—	18%
+2	82%	10%	8%
+2.5	92%	—	8%

Clean Sheet

New York Red Bulls keeps clean sheet

14% ✓

FC Cincinnati keeps clean sheet

9% ✓

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