New York City FC will be looking to climb back to the Eastern Conference summit when they travel to the TQL Stadium to face FC Cincinnati on Thursday. Showdown scheduled for June 30, 2022 02:30 EAT.
The hosts currently sit seventh on the Eastern Conference standings with 23 points from 16 matches played. They’ve recorded 7 wins, 2 draws and 7 losses. In their last 6 matches, they have managed to rack up 10 during that period while seeing the number of goals scored against them stand at 14.
FC Cincinatti will be looking for a repeat result of the 1-0 MLS victory vs Orlando City. In that game, FC Cincinatti had 46% possession, 14 shots with 9 of them on target and a goal scored by Brenner (65′). Orlando City got 7 shots with 2 on target.
Meanwhile, the visitors sit second on the Eastern Conference standings with 27 points from 15 matches played. They’ve recorded 8 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses. In their past six clashes, they recorded unsatisfactory return of just 4 and overall goal tally against them equal 5.
The Pigeons and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here following on a 2-1 defeat in their last game at the hands of Philadelphia Union in MLS action. In that game, New York City FC had 59% possession, 10 shots with 5 of them on target and a goal scored by Valentín Castellanos (89′). Philadelphia Union had 12 shots with 6 of them on target and goals scored by Mikael Uhre (9′) and Cory Burke (96′).
FC Cincinnati vs New York City FC Head to Head
These two teams have had 7 encounters since 2016; New York City FC has 6 wins while FC Cincinnati has only 1 win.
- Cincinnati 1-2 New York City 19/09/21
- New York City 5-0 Cincinnati 24/04/21
- New York City 4-0 Cincinnati 27/09/20
- New York City 2-1 Cincinnati 13/09/20
- Cincinnati 1-4 New York City 18/08/19
Home
- Cincinnati 1-0 Orlando
- Philadelphia 1-1 Cincinnati
- Montreal 4-3 Cincinnati
- Cincinnati 2-3 New England
- Chicago 1-2 Cincinnati
Away
- Philadelphia 2-1 New York City
- New York 3-0 New York City
- New York City 1-1 Colorado
- Minnesota 0-1 New York City
- New York City 1-0 New England
FC Cincinatti team news
Pat Noonan will have a fully fit squad ahead of this match.
New York City FC team news
Ronny Deila will have a fully fit squad ahead of this match.
Prediction and Odds
FC Cincinnati has a poor record against teams from New York and has a point to prove this week. New York City FC is the better team at the moment and should be able to win this game.
- New York City FC wins
- Both teams to score
- Goals over 2.5
