FC Cincinnati - New York City FC

FC Cincinnati

Major League Soccer - MLS Season 2026 - Round 20

Thursday 20 August 2026 00:30

2 - 1

Finished

Referee: Fotis Bazakos

New York City FC

Result

Ball possession

56%

44%

Timeline

Kenji Mboma Dem

1-0

11'

21'

1-1

Luighi Hanri Sousa Santos

Card upgrade
Matt Miazga

VAR

30'

Matt Miazga

33'

36'

Keaton Alexander Parks

Obinna Nwobodo

50'

55'

Luighi Hanri Sousa Santos

Matt Miazga (out)
Teenage Lingani Hadebe (in)

60'

Ender Jesús Echenique Peña (out)
Bryan Josías Ramírez León (in)

60'

64'

Bénie Adama Traore (out)
Malachi Jones (in)

64'

Luighi Hanri Sousa Santos (out)
Seymour Garfield-Reid (in)

Obinna Nwobodo (out)
Samuel Mawuena Gidi (in)

72'

Ahoueke Steeve Kévin Denkey (out)
Tom Barlow (in)

72'

74'

Nicolás Ezequiel Fernández Mercau

75'

Kevin O'Toole (out)
Nico Cavallo (in)

75'

Keaton Alexander Parks (out)
Jonathan Shore (in)

81'

Agustin Ojeda (out)
Talles Magno Bacelar Martins (in)

Samuel Mawuena Gidi

82'

Kyle Smith (out)
Brian Anunga (in)

83'

Evander da Silva Ferreira

2-1

90'

Odds

1X2	10Bet	888Sport	Bet365	Betano	Betfair	BetVictor	Dafabet	Marathonbet	Pinnacle	SBO	Superbet	Unibet	William Hill
1 FC Cincinnati	1.97	1.95	1.95	1.98	1.95	1.95	2.02	1.94	1.97	1.99	2.02	1.93	1.95
X Draw	3.90	3.90	4.00	3.90	3.90	3.90	4.00	3.88	4.10	3.60	3.90	4.00	3.90
2 New York City FC	3.25	3.10	3.50	3.45	3.40	3.30	3.35	3.34	3.45	3.04	3.35	3.30	3.10

Previous confrontations (H2H)

6 FC Cincinnati

4 Draw

10 New York City FC

65% Over 2.5 goals

55% Both teams scored

3.6 Goals per match

5 | 5 Clean sheets

Biggest win: New York City FC 5-0 FC Cincinnati (2021)

Most goals: New York City FC 4-4 FC Cincinnati (2026)

Goals scored all matches

1.50

2.10

Goals in home matches

1.60

2.90

Goals in away matches

1.40

1.30

Above is calculated based on the below matches

2026-04-23 Thursday 00:30

Draw 🤔

New York City FC

FC Cincinnati 3 P

2025-08-24 Sunday 00:30

Won 😎

FC Cincinnati

New York City FC 3

2025-05-04 Sunday 20:00

Won 😀

New York City FC 3

FC Cincinnati 2

2024-11-09 Saturday 21:00

Draw 🤔

FC Cincinnati 3 P5

(5) 0

New York City FC 3 P6

(6) 0

2024-11-02 Saturday 21:00

Won 😎

New York City FC 2 P

FC Cincinnati 3

2024-10-28 Monday 22:45

Won 😀

FC Cincinnati 2

New York City FC 2

2024-10-03 Thursday 00:30

Won 😀

New York City FC 5 P

FC Cincinnati P

2024-08-06 Tuesday 01:00

Won 😎

FC Cincinnati

New York City FC 2

2024-03-23 Saturday 23:30

Won 😀

FC Cincinnati

New York City FC

2023-08-27 Sunday 00:30

Walkover 🔥

FC Cincinnati 2

New York City FC 2

2023-06-01 Thursday 00:30

Won 😎

New York City FC 7

FC Cincinnati 4 P

2023-05-11 Thursday 00:00

Won 😀

FC Cincinnati 3

New York City FC 2

2022-09-08 Thursday 01:00

Draw 🤔

New York City FC 3

FC Cincinnati

2022-06-30 Thursday 00:30

Draw 🤔

FC Cincinnati 3

New York City FC 2

2021-09-19 Sunday 00:30

Won 😎

FC Cincinnati 2 2

New York City FC 5 P

2021-04-24 Saturday 18:00

Walkover 🔥

New York City FC 2

FC Cincinnati 2

2020-09-27 Sunday 00:00

Walkover 🔥

New York City FC 3

FC Cincinnati 2

2020-09-13 Sunday 00:00

Won 😀

New York City FC 2

FC Cincinnati 2

2019-08-18 Sunday 00:30

Walkover 🔥

FC Cincinnati

New York City FC

2019-06-07 Friday 00:00

Walkover 🔥

New York City FC 2

FC Cincinnati 4

Stats

FC Cincinnati

New York City FC

Shots on goal

Shots off goal

Total shots

Blocked shots

Shots inside box

Shots outside box

Fouls

Corners

Yellow cards

Goalkeeper saved

550

Total passes

421

484

Passes success

349

88%

Passes %

83%

1.19

Expected goals (xG)

1.67

-0.53

Goals prevented

-0.53

Stadion

Stadion name

Nippert Stadium

Capacity

40000

Address

2700 Bearcats Way
Cincinnati, Ohio

table 2026

Western Conference

Team	Pts
Vancouver Whitecaps	49
Houston Dynamo	44
St. Louis City	44
FC Dallas	44
San Jose Earthquakes	42
Los Angeles FC	41
Colorado Rapids	36
Los Angeles Galaxy	33
Portland Timbers	32
San Diego	30
Austin	30
Real Salt Lake	29
Seattle Sounders	29
Minnesota United FC	29
Sporting Kansas City	18

Eastern Conference

Team	Pts
Nashville SC	57
New England Revolution	46
Inter Miami	45
Charlotte	43
Chicago Fire	39
Philadelphia Union	36
Orlando City SC	34
New York Red Bulls	33
FC Cincinnati	33
New York City FC	32
DC United	29
Toronto FC	29
Columbus Crew	26
Atlanta United FC	26
CF Montréal	21

Complete table

Line-ups

FC Cincinnati — Formation: 3-5-2

Coach: Pat Noonan

Roman Celentano

Miles Robinson

Matt Miazga

Kyle Smith

Pavel Bucha

Kenji Mboma Dem

Obinna Nwobodo

Gerardo Valenzuela

Ender Jesús Echenique Peña

Ahoueke Steeve Kévin Denkey

Evander da Silva Ferreira

Luighi Hanri Sousa Santos

Bénie Adama Traore

Nicolás Ezequiel Fernández Mercau

Agustin Ojeda

Andrés Felipe Perea Castañeda

Keaton Alexander Parks

Kevin O'Toole

Raul Gustavo Pereira Bicalho

James Sands

Tayvon Gray

Matthew Freese

New York City FC — Formation: 4-2-3-1 Logo New York City FC

Coach: Pascal Jansen

FC Cincinnati — Formation: 3-5-2

Coach: Pat Noonan

New York City FC — Formation: 4-2-3-1 Logo New York City FC

Coach: Pascal Jansen

Roman Celentano

Miles Robinson

Matt Miazga

Kyle Smith

Pavel Bucha

Kenji Mboma Dem

Obinna Nwobodo

Gerardo Valenzuela

Ender Jesús Echenique Peña

Ahoueke Steeve Kévin Denkey

Evander da Silva Ferreira

Luighi Hanri Sousa Santos

Bénie Adama Traore

Nicolás Ezequiel Fernández Mercau

Agustin Ojeda

Andrés Felipe Perea Castañeda

Keaton Alexander Parks

Kevin O'Toole

Raul Gustavo Pereira Bicalho

James Sands

Tayvon Gray

Matthew Freese

Substitutes

Substitutes FC Cincinnati

Name	Age	Position
Evan Louro	30	Goalkeeper
Nick Hagglund	34	Defender
Teenage Lingani Hadebe	31	Defender
Alvas Elvis Powell	32	Defender
Brian Anunga	30	Midfielder
Samuel Mawuena Gidi	22	Midfielder
Bryan Josías Ramírez León	26	Midfielder
Ayoub Jabbari	26	Attacker
Tom Barlow	31	Attacker

Substitutes New York City FC

Name	Age	Position
Tomas Lían Romero Keubler	25	Goalkeeper
Maxwell Murray	24	Defender
Nico Cavallo	24	Defender
Mitja Ilenčič	21	Defender
Jonathan Shore	19	Midfielder
Malachi Jones	22	Attacker
Talles Magno Bacelar Martins	24	Attacker
Seymour Garfield-Reid	18	Attacker

Player stats

#	Name	FN rating	Min	Pos	G	A	Sh	SoT	Pas	KP	Pas+	Tkl	Blk	Int	Du	Du+	Dri	Dri+	Foul	Foul+	🟨	Off	Sav	GC	PenSv
18	Roman Celentano	8.5	90	Goalkeeper	-	0	-	-	22	-	17	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	0	-	7	1	0
10	Evander da Silva Ferreira ©️	8.3	90	Attacker	1	0	5	2	48	2	40	-	-	-	5	3	3	2	-	1	0	-	-	0	-
17	Kenji Mboma Dem	7.6	90	Midfielder	1	0	3	2	40	2	37	2	-	-	10	5	2	2	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
22	Gerardo Valenzuela	7.3	90	Midfielder	-	1	-	-	69	3	64	1	-	-	7	5	-	-	1	4	0	-	-	0	-
7	Nicolás Ezequiel Fernández Mercau	7.3	90	Midfielder	-	0	1	1	44	6	36	1	-	-	10	5	-	-	-	4	1	-	-	0	-
20	Luighi Hanri Sousa Santos	7.3	64	Attacker	1	0	3	3	16	3	9	1	-	-	9	4	1	1	1	2	1	-	-	0	-
12	Miles Robinson	7.2	90	Defender	-	0	-	-	66	-	58	2	1	1	8	5	1	-	-	1	0	-	-	0	-
55	Keaton Alexander Parks	7.2	75	Midfielder	-	0	1	-	44	-	39	1	-	-	9	7	1	1	2	1	1	-	-	0	-
11	Samuel Mawuena Gidi (sub)	7.0	18	Midfielder	-	0	-	-	15	-	15	2	-	-	6	4	2	1	1	-	1	-	-	0	-
26	Agustin Ojeda	7.0	81	Midfielder	-	1	-	-	24	2	21	-	-	1	4	2	1	-	-	1	0	-	-	0	-
24	Kyle Smith	6.9	83	Defender	-	0	1	1	73	-	65	1	-	-	7	3	-	-	2	-	0	-	-	0	-
11	Talles Magno Bacelar Martins (sub)	6.9	9	Attacker	-	0	3	2	7	-	6	1	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	1	0	-	-	0	-
5	Obinna Nwobodo	6.7	72	Midfielder	-	0	1	-	45	-	41	1	-	2	5	2	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	0	-
66	Ender Jesús Echenique Peña	6.7	60	Midfielder	-	0	1	1	22	-	19	1	-	1	3	1	2	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
27	Brian Anunga (sub)	6.7	11	Midfielder	-	0	-	-	6	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
34	Raul Gustavo Pereira Bicalho	6.7	90	Defender	-	0	-	-	59	-	49	1	-	2	2	1	-	-	1	-	0	-	-	0	-
21	Matt Miazga	6.6	60	Defender	-	0	-	-	36	-	33	2	1	1	5	2	-	-	2	-	1	1	-	0	-
20	Pavel Bucha	6.6	90	Midfielder	-	0	-	-	50	3	40	1	-	-	5	4	1	1	-	1	0	-	-	0	-
15	Teenage Lingani Hadebe (sub)	6.5	30	Defender	-	0	1	-	28	-	25	-	1	-	4	1	-	-	1	1	0	-	-	0	-
16	Tom Barlow (sub)	6.5	18	Attacker	-	0	1	-	3	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
6	James Sands	6.5	90	Defender	-	0	1	-	64	-	56	1	-	2	2	2	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
8	Andrés Felipe Perea Castañeda	6.5	90	Midfielder	-	0	-	-	36	1	31	1	-	-	8	3	1	1	1	-	0	-	-	0	-
99	Seymour Garfield-Reid (sub)	6.5	26	Attacker	-	0	-	-	4	-	2	-	-	-	4	1	-	-	1	-	0	-	-	0	-
29	Bryan Josías Ramírez León (sub)	6.3	30	Defender	-	0	-	-	16	-	15	2	-	1	6	2	1	-	1	-	0	-	-	0	-
49	Matthew Freese ©️	6.3	90	Goalkeeper	-	0	-	-	19	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	4	2	0
24	Tayvon Gray	6.3	90	Defender	-	0	-	-	36	1	31	4	-	1	7	5	-	-	1	-	0	-	-	0	-
9	Bénie Adama Traore	6.3	64	Midfielder	-	0	1	1	14	-	11	1	-	-	6	1	1	-	1	-	0	-	-	0	-
32	Jonathan Shore (sub)	6.3	15	Midfielder	-	0	1	1	6	-	3	-	-	-	4	2	1	1	1	-	0	-	-	0	-
9	Ahoueke Steeve Kévin Denkey	6.2	72	Attacker	-	0	-	-	11	-	8	-	-	-	5	1	-	-	1	-	0	-	-	0	-
22	Kevin O'Toole	6.2	75	Defender	-	0	-	-	35	1	30	-	1	-	2	-	1	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
88	Malachi Jones (sub)	6.2	26	Attacker	-	0	1	-	6	1	6	1	-	-	7	2	2	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
2	Nico Cavallo (sub)	6.2	15	Defender	-	0	-	-	7	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
13	Evan Louro (sub)	-	-	Goalkeeper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
4	Nick Hagglund (sub)	-	-	Defender	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
2	Alvas Elvis Powell (sub)	-	-	Defender	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
99	Ayoub Jabbari (sub)	-	-	Attacker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
30	Tomas Lían Romero Keubler (sub)	-	-	Goalkeeper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
23	Maxwell Murray (sub)	-	-	Defender	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-
35	Mitja Ilenčič (sub)	-	-	Defender	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	-