San Diego FC vs FC Cincinnati, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
San Diego FC vs FC Cincinnati — MLS at Snapdragon Stadium.
- San Diego FC 15 games · 17 pts (2026/26)
- FC Cincinnati 15 games · 20 pts (2026/26)
Standings
# 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
Last 5 meetingsRecent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 17 May FC Cincinnati H 3–3 D 14 May Austin FC H 5–0 W 10 May Seattle Sounders FC A 1–1 D 03 May Los Angeles FC H 2–2 D 26 Apr Portland Timbers H 1–2 L 23 Apr Houston Dynamo A 0–1 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 17 May San Diego FC A 3–3 D 13 May Internacional CF Miami H 0–0 D 09 May Charlotte FC A 0–0 D 03 May Chicago Fire FC A 3–2 W 25 Apr New York Red Bulls H 2–0 W 22 Apr New York City FC A 4–4 D Season Stats
San Diego FC FC Cincinnati #25 Position #7 17 Points 20 15 Played 15 4 / 5 / 6 W / D / L 5 / 5 / 5 30 Scored 36 27 Conceded 37 +3 GD -1 1.13 PPG 1.33 27% Win % 33% Key Stats
100% Both Teams to Score
H2H (1 games)100% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history27% Clean Sheets
San Diego FC this season27% Clean Sheets
FC Cincinnati this seasonSan Diego FC are 25th (17 pts). FC Cincinnati are 7th (20 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
San Diego FC0-154/516-302/231-452/746-602/161-753/276+4/5■ Scored ■ ConcededFC Cincinnati0-151/116-302/531-457/346-603/461-752/176+8/3■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The match kicks off with home fans waiting with anticipation for San Diego FC to score. At the same time, FC Cincinnati does not seem to pull back! Let’s get it on!
- 5' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering FC Cincinnati that had 244 games and scored 346 goals.
- 10' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with FC Cincinnati winning 0% of all matches.
- 11' FC Cincinnati is taking the lead after the goal scored by Kenji Mboma on 11.
- 16' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Matt Miazga made 425 appearances and scored 6 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 21' Supporters expect more eagerness from Samuel Gidi, as he is very good at scoring at Snapdragon Stadium with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 24' FC Cincinnati player sees a card in front of him.
- 29' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 29 minutes.
- 32' Goal! Marcus Ingvartsen scores his 43 goal in 316 matches.
- 37' FC Cincinnati looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Tom Barlow scoring 2 goals.
- 42' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 47' Onni Valakari has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 0 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 50' Goal! Tom Barlow scores his 23 goal in 281 matches.
- 54' The referee calls foul for David Vazquez. He receives a card.
- 59' The travelling FC Cincinnati supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 64' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 66' Goal! Amahl Pellegrino scores his 18 goal in 61 matches.
- 71' San Diego FC is showing some good football. However, San Diego FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 76' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 81' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 86' FC Cincinnati 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.
- 88' It’s a booking for FC Cincinnati player. Obinna Nwobodo gets a card.
- 90' The referee shows FC Cincinnati player a card on 90.
- The final whistle. It looks like we are having a draw.
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Lineups
San Diego FC Lineups
4-3-3Starting XI
- 20
- 7
- 10
- 8
- 97
- 90
- 5
- 27
- 19
- 18
- 26
Bench
- 9
- 77
- 1
- 70
- 33
- 25
- 29
- 15
- 14
Coach Mikey VarasFC Cincinnati Lineups
3-5-2Starting XI
- 10
- 21
- 4
- 12
- 20
- 9
- 27
- 18
- 22
- 17
- 11
Bench
- 13
- 5
- 24
- 16
- 99
- 3
- 66
- 29
- 55
Coach Pat Noonan -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Tom Barlow 2 Marcus Ingvartsen 2 Kenji Mboma 1 Amahl Pellegrino 1 Head to Head
San Diego FC Form
FC Cincinnati Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 43.15 San Diego FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo2.52 FC Cincinnati xGI would bet for: Over 2.5 goals 91% + Both teams to score 87%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 5.67Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 99% 1% ± 1.5 97% 3% ± 2.5 91% 9% ± 3.5 80% 20% ± 4.5 65% 35% Double Chance
San Diego FC or Draw 68%Draw or FC Cincinnati 53%San Diego FC or FC Cincinnati 79%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 123 – 2 5.5%2 – 2 5.4%3 – 3 Actual3 – 1 4.5%2 – 1 4.5%2 – 3 4.5%4 – 2 4.3%1 – 2 3.6%4 – 3 3.6%4 – 1 3.5%1 – 1 3.3%1 – 3 3%Asian Handicap — San Diego FC
Handicap San Diego FC covers Push FC Cincinnati covers -2.5 20% — 80% -2 20% 14% 66% -1.5 34% — 66% -1 34% 17% 49% -0.5 51% — 49% +0.5 68% — 32% +1 68% 13% 18% +1.5 82% — 18% +2 82% 9% 9% +2.5 91% — 9% Clean Sheet
San Diego FC keeps clean sheet 9% ✓FC Cincinnati keeps clean sheet 5% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.