TORONTO. Cincinnati overcame Toronto.

The match was played at the BMO Field stadium in Toronto on Sunday and it started at 10:30 am local time. The referee was Nima Saghafi with the assistance of Jeremy Kieso and Jeffrey Swartzel. The 4th official was Fabrizio Stasolla. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was pleasant at 23.25 degrees Celsius or 73.85 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 73%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Cincinnati was in firm control of the ball 55% while Toronto was struggling with a 45% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Cincinnati had a more offensive attitude with 77 dangerous attacks and 25 shots of which 13 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Cincinnati won the match.​

Toronto shot 12 times, 7 on target, 3 off target. Regarding the opposition, Cincinnati shot 25 times, 13 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

Toronto received 2 yellow cards (Themi Antonoglou and Prince Osei Owusu). Talking about the opposition, Cincinnati didn’t receive any yellow card.

Standings

After playing this match, Toronto will stay with 22 points to sit in the 15th place. Talking about the opposition, Cincinnati will have 65 points to remain in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Major League Soccer, Toronto will host Orlando City on the 21st of October with a 8-7 head to head record in favor of Toronto (3 draws).

Cincinnati will host Atlanta United on the 21st of October with a 5-2 head to head statistic in favor of Atlanta United (4 draws).

Toronto – Formation

Toronto started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

The manager Terry Dunfield decided to play with the following team: Luka Gavran (8.1), Sigurd Rosted (6.4), Michael Bradley (7.0), Aimé Mabika (7.1), Kobe Franklin (7.3), Alonso Coello (7.1), Jonathan Osorio (8.4), Themi Antonoglou (6.4), Federico Bernardeschi (7.9), Deandre Kerr (6.4) and Latif Blessing (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Cristián Gutiérrez (6.7), Franco Ibarra (7.0), Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty (6.4), Víctor Vázquez (6.4), Cassius Mailula, Prince Osei Owusu (6.6), Shane O’Neill, Tomás Romero and Hugo Mbongue (6.6).

Toronto could not rely on the presence of Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty (injured), Víctor Vázquez (injured) and Prince Osei Owusu (injured).

Substitutions

Toronto made 6 changes: Deandre Kerr for Hugo Mbongue (9′), Latif Blessing for Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty (60′), Alonso Coello for Franco Ibarra (69′), Michael Bradley for Víctor Vázquez (77′), Hugo Mbongue for Prince Osei Owusu (77′) and Themi Antonoglou for Cristián Gutiérrez (77′).

Best player: Jonathan Osorio​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Toronto was Jonathan Osorio.

His rating is (8.4) with 2 goals, 36 passes (81% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 8.

Cincinnati – Formation

Cincinnati started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

Pat Noonan played with: Roman Celentano (5.4), Yerson Mosquera (7.7), Matthew Miazga (7.0), Ian Murphy (6.3), Santiago Arias (6.7), Obinna Nwobodo (7.7), Júnior Moreno (7.5), Álvaro Barreal (7.5), Luciano Acosta (8.5), Brandon Vazquez (8.1) and Aaron-Salem Boupendza (8.2).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Alec Kann, Alvas Powell, Nick Hagglund, Yuya Kubo (6.4), Marco Angulo, Dominique Badji (7.0), Malik Pinto, Raymon Gaddis (6.4) and Bret Halsey.

Substitutions

Cincinnati made 3 changes: Aaron-Salem Boupendza for Dominique Badji (82′), Álvaro Barreal for Raymon Gaddis (85′) and Júnior Moreno for Yuya Kubo (89′).

Best player: Luciano Acosta​

The player that probably impressed the most for Cincinnati was Luciano Acosta even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (8.5) with 51 passes (73% accurate) and 10 key passes. He performed 5 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Major League Soccer.​

• Toronto – Cincinnati – 2-3
• Orlando City – CF Montréal – 3-0
• New York RB – Chicago Fire – 0-1
• New England – Charlotte – 2-1
• Columbus Crew – Philadelphia Union – 1-1