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FC Cincinnati
FT
2–1
20 Aug 2026
New York City FC
MLS Thu 20 Aug, 00:30London TQL Stadium, Cincinnati, Ohio Fotis Bazakos

Timeline

  1. 11' Kenji Mboma Dem
  2. 21' Luighi Hanri assist Agustin Ojeda
  3. 33' Matt Miazga Yellow Card
  4. 36' Keaton Parks Yellow Card
  5. 50' Obinna Nwobodo Yellow Card
  6. 55' Luighi Hanri Yellow Card
  7. 60' Teenage Hadebe for Matt Miazga
  8. 60' Bryan Ramirez for Ender Echenique
  9. 64' Malachi Jones for Bénie Traoré
  10. 64' Seymour Reid for Luighi Hanri
  11. 72' Samuel Gidi for Obinna Nwobodo
  12. 72' Tom Barlow for Kévin Denkey
  13. 74' Nicolás Fernández Yellow Card
  14. 75' Jonathan Shore for Keaton Parks
  15. 75' Nico Cavallo for Kevin O'Toole
  16. 81' Talles Magno for Agustin Ojeda
  17. 82' Samuel Gidi Yellow Card
  18. 83' Tah Anunga for Kyle Smith
  19. 90'+1' Evander assist Gerardo Valenzuela

Match stats

55.8% Possession 44.2%
14 Shots 16
6 On target 8
10 Fouls 9
3 Yellow cards 3
0 Red cards 0
1 Offsides 0
7 Saves 4
484 Accurate passes 349

Lineups

FC Cincinnati 3-5-2
18 Celentano
24 Smith 21 Miazga 12 Robinson
66 Echenique 22 Valenzuela 5 Nwobodo 17 Dem 20 Bucha
10 Evander 9 Denkey
New York City FC 4-2-3-1
49 Freese
22 O'Toole 34 Gustavo 6 Sands 24 Gray
8 Perea 55 Parks
9 Traoré 7 Fernández 26 Ojeda
20 Hanri
FC Cincinnati 3-5-2
  1. 18 Roman Celentano G
  2. 21 Matt Miazga ▼ CD
  3. 24 Kyle Smith ▼ CD-L
  4. 12 Miles Robinson CD-R
  5. 22 Gerardo Valenzuela CM-L
  6. 17 Kenji Mboma Dem CM-R
  7. 5 Obinna Nwobodo ▼ AM
  8. 66 Ender Echenique ▼ LM
  9. 20 Pavel Bucha RM
  10. 10 Evander CF-L
  11. 9 Kévin Denkey ▼ CF-R

Came on

  1. 11 Samuel Gidi ▲ SUB
  2. 29 Bryan Ramirez ▲ SUB
  3. 16 Tom Barlow ▲ SUB
  4. 15 Teenage Hadebe ▲ SUB
  5. 27 Tah Anunga ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (4)
  1. 99 Ayoub Jabbari SUB
  2. 2 Alvas Powell SUB
  3. 4 Nick Hagglund SUB
  4. 13 Evan Louro SUB
New York City FC 4-2-3-1
  1. 49 Matt Freese G
  2. 34 Raul Gustavo CD-L
  3. 6 James Sands CD-R
  4. 22 Kevin O'Toole ▼ LB
  5. 24 Tayvon Gray RB
  6. 7 Nicolás Fernández AM
  7. 8 Andrés Perea LM
  8. 55 Keaton Parks ▼ RM
  9. 20 Luighi Hanri ▼ F
  10. 9 Bénie Traoré ▼ AM-L
  11. 26 Agustin Ojeda ▼ AM-R

Came on

  1. 11 Talles Magno ▲ SUB
  2. 2 Nico Cavallo ▲ SUB
  3. 32 Jonathan Shore ▲ SUB
  4. 99 Seymour Reid ▲ SUB
  5. 88 Malachi Jones ▲ SUB
Unused substitutes (4)
  1. 23 Max Murray SUB
  2. 30 Tomas Romero SUB
  3. 15 Kevin Pierre SUB
  4. 35 Mitja Ilenic SUB

Commentary

  1. Match ends, FC Cincinnati 2, New York City FC 1.
  2. 90'+4' Second Half ends, FC Cincinnati 2, New York City FC 1.
  3. 90'+3' Attempt missed. Malachi Jones (New York City FC) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Tayvon Gray with a cross.
  4. 90'+1' Goal! FC Cincinnati 2, New York City FC 1. Evander (FC Cincinnati) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Gerardo Valenzuela.
  5. 90'+1' Fourth official has announced 2 minutes of added time.
  6. 90' Foul by Bryan Ramírez (FC Cincinnati).
  7. 90' Nicolás Fernández Mercau (New York City FC) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  8. 88' Corner, New York City FC. Conceded by Roman Celentano.
  9. 88' Attempt saved. Talles Magno (New York City FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Roman Celentano (FC Cincinnati).
  10. 87' Attempt saved. Jonathan Shore (New York City FC) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Roman Celentano (FC Cincinnati). Assisted by Andrés Perea.
  11. 87' Attempt saved. Talles Magno (New York City FC) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the bottom left corner by Roman Celentano (FC Cincinnati). Assisted by Nicolás Fernández Mercau.
  12. 85' Foul by Teenage Hadebe (FC Cincinnati).
88 earlier entries
  1. 85' Nicolás Fernández Mercau (New York City FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  2. 83' Attempt missed. Talles Magno (New York City FC) with an attempt from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Nicolás Fernández Mercau with a cross following a set piece situation.
  3. 83' Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Tah Brian Anunga replaces Kyle Smith.
  4. 82' Samuel Gidi (FC Cincinnati) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 82' Foul by Samuel Gidi (FC Cincinnati).
  6. 82' Talles Magno (New York City FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  7. 81' Substitution, New York City FC. Talles Magno replaces Agustín Ojeda.
  8. 79' Gerardo Valenzuela (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  9. 79' Foul by Jonathan Shore (New York City FC).
  10. 78' Teenage Hadebe (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  11. 78' Foul by Seymour Reid (New York City FC).
  12. 76' Attempt missed. Tom Barlow (FC Cincinnati) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Gerardo Valenzuela.
  13. 75' Substitution, New York City FC. Nico Cavallo replaces Kevin O'Toole.
  14. 75' Substitution, New York City FC. Jonathan Shore replaces Keaton Parks.
  15. 75' Attempt missed. Teenage Hadebe (FC Cincinnati) left footed shot from very close range misses to the left. Assisted by Evander with a cross following a set piece situation.
  16. 74' Nicolás Fernández Mercau (New York City FC) is shown the yellow card.
  17. 74' Gerardo Valenzuela (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  18. 74' Foul by Raul Gustavo (New York City FC).
  19. 72' Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Tom Barlow replaces Kévin Denkey.
  20. 72' Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Samuel Gidi replaces Obinna Nwobodo.
  21. 70' Attempt blocked. Kenji Mboma Dem (FC Cincinnati) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Pavel Bucha.
  22. 67' Attempt missed. Kenji Mboma Dem (FC Cincinnati) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right following a fast break.
  23. 67' Corner, New York City FC. Conceded by Teenage Hadebe.
  24. 67' Attempt blocked. Nicolás Fernández Mercau (New York City FC) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Malachi Jones.
  25. 65' Attempt blocked. Agustín Ojeda (New York City FC) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Nicolás Fernández Mercau.
  26. 64' Miles Robinson (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  27. 64' Foul by Andrés Perea (New York City FC).
  28. 64' Substitution, New York City FC. Seymour Reid replaces Luighi.
  29. 64' Substitution, New York City FC. Malachi Jones replaces Bénie Traoré.
  30. 60' Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Bryan Ramírez replaces Ender Echenique.
  31. 60' Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Teenage Hadebe replaces Matt Miazga.
  32. 60' Attempt missed. Evander (FC Cincinnati) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Pavel Bucha.
  33. 57' Attempt saved. Ender Echenique (FC Cincinnati) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Matt Freese (New York City FC). Assisted by Kenji Mboma Dem.
  34. 55' Luighi (New York City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  35. 55' Obinna Nwobodo (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  36. 55' Foul by Luighi (New York City FC).
  37. 52' Foul by Kyle Smith (FC Cincinnati).
  38. 52' Agustín Ojeda (New York City FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  39. 50' Obinna Nwobodo (FC Cincinnati) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  40. 50' Foul by Obinna Nwobodo (FC Cincinnati).
  41. 50' Nicolás Fernández Mercau (New York City FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  42. 50' Attempt saved. Luighi (New York City FC) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Roman Celentano (FC Cincinnati). Assisted by Nicolás Fernández Mercau with a through ball.
  43. 49' Foul by Kyle Smith (FC Cincinnati).
  44. 49' Nicolás Fernández Mercau (New York City FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  45. 47' Foul by Matt Miazga (FC Cincinnati).
  46. 47' Luighi (New York City FC) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  47. 46' Attempt saved. Luighi (New York City FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Roman Celentano (FC Cincinnati).
  48. 46' Attempt saved. Nicolás Fernández Mercau (New York City FC) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Roman Celentano (FC Cincinnati). Assisted by Luighi.
  49. 45' Second Half begins FC Cincinnati 1, New York City FC 1.
  50. 45'+5' First Half ends, FC Cincinnati 1, New York City FC 1.
  51. 45'+5' Attempt missed. Obinna Nwobodo (FC Cincinnati) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
  52. 45'+3' Attempt blocked. Nicolás Fernández Mercau (New York City FC) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Agustín Ojeda.
  53. 45'+2' Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time.
  54. 45'+1' Corner, New York City FC. Conceded by Matt Miazga.
  55. 45'+1' Attempt blocked. Nicolás Fernández Mercau (New York City FC) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Luighi.
  56. 44' Attempt saved. Bénie Traoré (New York City FC) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Roman Celentano (FC Cincinnati). Assisted by Luighi.
  57. 37' Attempt saved. Evander (FC Cincinnati) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Matt Freese (New York City FC).
  58. 36' Keaton Parks (New York City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  59. 36' Evander (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  60. 36' Foul by Keaton Parks (New York City FC).
  61. 36' Gerardo Valenzuela (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  62. 36' Foul by Keaton Parks (New York City FC).
  63. 34' Handball by Gerardo Valenzuela (FC Cincinnati).
  64. 33' Matt Miazga (FC Cincinnati) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  65. 30' VAR Decision: Card upgraded Matt Miazga (FC Cincinnati).
  66. 30' Luighi (New York City FC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  67. 30' Foul by Matt Miazga (FC Cincinnati).
  68. 29' Attempt missed. Evander (FC Cincinnati) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Gerardo Valenzuela.
  69. 28' Attempt missed. Keaton Parks (New York City FC) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Kevin O'Toole.
  70. 27' Attempt missed. James Sands (New York City FC) header from very close range is too high. Assisted by Nicolás Fernández Mercau with a cross following a corner.
  71. 26' Corner, New York City FC. Conceded by Ender Echenique.
  72. 25' Foul by Bénie Traoré (New York City FC).
  73. 25' Pavel Bucha (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  74. 23' Offside, FC Cincinnati. Matt Miazga is caught offside.
  75. 23' Foul by Tayvon Gray (New York City FC).
  76. 23' Gerardo Valenzuela (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  77. 21' Goal! FC Cincinnati 1, New York City FC 1. Luighi (New York City FC) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Agustín Ojeda.
  78. 18' Foul by Kévin Denkey (FC Cincinnati).
  79. 18' Keaton Parks (New York City FC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  80. 16' Corner, New York City FC. Conceded by Matt Miazga.
  81. 11' Goal! FC Cincinnati 1, New York City FC 0. Kenji Mboma Dem (FC Cincinnati) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal.Goal confirmed following VAR Review.
  82. 11' Attempt saved. Kenji Mboma Dem (FC Cincinnati) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Matt Freese (New York City FC). Assisted by Evander with a cross.
  83. 10' Corner, FC Cincinnati. Conceded by James Sands.
  84. 7' Attempt saved. Kyle Smith (FC Cincinnati) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Matt Freese (New York City FC).
  85. 7' Corner, FC Cincinnati. Conceded by Matt Freese.
  86. 6' Attempt missed. Evander (FC Cincinnati) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Kenji Mboma Dem.
  87. First Half begins.
  88. Lineups are announced and players are warming up.

Recent form

FC Cincinnati D L W W W

  • W San Jose Earthquakes 4-2 MLS
  • W Pachuca 3-1 Leagues Cup
  • W Pumas UNAM 2-0 Leagues Cup
  • L Atlas 2-1 Leagues Cup
  • D at Orlando City 1-1 MLS

New York City FC L L L W D

  • D Toronto FC 1-1 MLS
  • W Santos 2-0 Leagues Cup
  • L at Cruz Azul 2-1 Leagues Cup
  • L Necaxa 2-1 Leagues Cup
  • L Philadelphia Union 3-2 MLS

Head to head

NYC leads series 4-0-1

  • 23 Apr 2026 New York City FC 4–4 FC Cincinnati 2026 MLS
  • 24 Aug 2025 FC Cincinnati 0–1 New York City FC 2025 MLS
  • 4 May 2025 New York City FC 1–0 FC Cincinnati 2025 MLS
  • 9 Nov 2024 FC Cincinnati 0–0 New York City FC 2024 MLS
  • 2 Nov 2024 New York City FC 3–1 FC Cincinnati 2024 MLS