New York Red Bulls vs FC Cincinnati, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
New York Red Bulls vs FC Cincinnati — MLS at Red Bull Arena.
- New York Red Bulls 15 games · 22 pts (2026/26)
- FC Cincinnati 15 games · 20 pts (2026/26)
Match Details
- Referee Victor Rivas
- Assistant 1 Corey Rockwell
- Assistant 2
9 games this season 🟨 3.1/game ⚽ 11.4 goals/game 🟥 2 totalStandings
# 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 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 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 #5 Position #7 22 Points 20 15 Played 15 6 / 4 / 5 W / D / L 5 / 5 / 5 25 Scored 36 32 Conceded 37 -7 GD -1 1.47 PPG 1.33 40% Win % 33% Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (18 games)39% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history20% Clean Sheets
New York Red Bulls this season27% Clean Sheets
FC Cincinnati this seasonNew York Red Bulls are 5th (22 pts). FC Cincinnati are 7th (20 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
New York Red Bulls0-155/116-301/131-453/546-603/561-751/276+3/2■ Scored ■ ConcededFC Cincinnati0-151/116-302/531-457/346-603/461-752/176+8/3■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' In just a few seconds Red Bull Arena will turn into a battlefield for New York Red Bulls and FC Cincinnati.
- 5' It looks like no one’s ball. New York Red Bulls is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 10' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering FC Cincinnati that had 245 games and scored 352 goals.
- 12' Goal! Julian Hall scores his 6 goal in 283 matches.
- 17' What an equalizer from Pavel Bucha!
- 22' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with FC Cincinnati winning 50% of all matches.
- 27' New York Red Bulls is showing some good football. However, New York Red Bulls are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 32' It’s high time Pat Noonan made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 37' The referee calls foul for Bryan Ramirez. He receives a card.
- 42' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 47' The travelling FC Cincinnati supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 48' Sensational shot from Emil Forsberg. New York Red Bulls is back in the lead.
- 53' 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.
- 57' New York Red Bulls receives a card for a hard tackle on 57.
- 62' FC Cincinnati started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 62.
- 65' What an equalizer from Kyle Smith!
- 67' Brian Anunga is replacing Samuel Gidi for the FC Cincinnati side.
- 70' It is a substitution in New York Red Bulls team. Cade Cowell is replaced by Tanner Rosborough on 70 minute.
- 72' Kyle Smith with the second goal in the match!
- 75' Time for substitution for FC Cincinnati. Nick Hagglund is replaced by Teenage Hadebe.
- 80' The referee shows FC Cincinnati player a card on 80.
- 80' The whistle greets Adri Mehmeti as he departs to be replaced by Nehuen Benedetti.
- 83' It’s a booking for New York Red Bulls player. Omar Valencia gets a card.
- 84' Ayoub Jabbari is replacing Matt Miazga for the FC Cincinnati side.
- 86' Another change for New York Red Bulls made on 86 minute. Emil Forsberg leaves to be changed by Maxim Choupo-Moting.
- 90' FC Cincinnati player sees a card in front of him.
- Full Time. New York Red Bulls beats FC Cincinnati
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Lineups
New York Red Bulls Lineups
4-3-3Starting XI
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- 10
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Cade Cowell ↓ Tanner Rosborough 70'
- 12
- 6
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- 48
- 16
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11
Jorge Ruvalcaba ↓ Mohammed Sofo 80'
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15
Adri Mehmeti ↓ Nehuen Benedetti 80'
- 56
Bench
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13
Maxim Choupo-Moting ↑ 86'
- 26
- 77
- 20
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5
Omar Valencia ↑ 70'
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37
Mohammed Sofo ↑ 80'
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66
Tanner Rosborough ↑ 70'
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39
Nehuen Benedetti ↑ 80'
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Coach Michael BradleyFC Cincinnati Lineups
4-4-2Starting XI
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21
Matt Miazga ↓ Ayoub Jabbari 84'
- 13
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4
Nick Hagglund ↓ Teenage Hadebe 75'
- 20
- 9
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24
Kyle Smith ↓ Alvas Powell 75'
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16
Tom Barlow ↓ Kenji Mboma 75'
- 66
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11
Samuel Gidi ↓ Brian Anunga 67'
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Bench
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Alvas Powell ↑ 75'
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15
Teenage Hadebe ↑ 75'
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Brian Anunga ↑ 67'
- 93
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99
Ayoub Jabbari ↑ 84'
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Kenji Mboma ↑ 75'
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Kevin Denkey 4 Lewis Morgan 3 Luciano Acosta 2 Matt Miazga 2 Kyle Duncan 2 Florian Valot 2 Yuya Kubo 2 Frankie Amaya 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 WFC Cincinnati Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 42.76 New York Red Bulls xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo2.21 FC Cincinnati xGI would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 86% + Both teams to score 82%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: New York Red Bulls winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 4.97Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 99% 1% ± 1.5 96% 4% ± 2.5 86% 14% ± 3.5 71% 29% ± 4.5 54% 46% Double Chance
New York Red Bulls or Draw 72%Draw or FC Cincinnati 48%New York Red Bulls or FC Cincinnati 80%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 122 – 2 6.3%2 – 1 5.9%3 – 2 5.7%3 – 1 5.3%1 – 1 4.9%1 – 2 4.7%2 – 3 4.6%3 – 3 4.2%4 – 2 Actual4 – 1 3.6%1 – 3 3.4%4 – 3 2.9%Asian Handicap — New York Red Bulls
Handicap New York Red Bulls covers Push FC Cincinnati covers -2.5 18% — 82% -2 18% 14% 68% -1.5 32% — 68% -1 32% 17% 50% -0.5 50% — 50% +0.5 68% — 32% +1 68% 14% 18% +1.5 82% — 18% +2 82% 9% 8% +2.5 92% — 8% Clean Sheet
New York Red Bulls keeps clean sheet 12% ✓FC Cincinnati keeps clean sheet 7% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.