CINCINNATI. Cincinnati conquers Philadelphia Union 3-1. Cincinnati was just to good to grab a decisive 3-0 lead with B. Vazquez (50′), Brenner (55′) and A. Barreal (71′). Philadelphia Union reduced the distance with a goal (77′) by P. Aaronson, but there was not much to do for them.

The match was played at the Nippert Stadium stadium in Cincinnati on Saturday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. In front of 23,443 spectators.​ The referee was Drew Fischer with the support of Lyes Arfa and Katie Nesbitt. The 4th official was Mathew Corrigan. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was hot at 25.9 degrees Celsius or 78.69 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 100%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

The ball possession was not so different. Cincinnati was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. Philadelphia Union that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Philadelphia Union was more pushing with 42 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 2 were on target. Anyway, Cincinnati was able to find the solution to win this contest.​

Cincinnati shot 14 times, 8 on target, 6 off target. On the opposite side, Philadelphia Union shot 16 times, 2 on target, 14 off target.

Cards

Cincinnati received 3 yellow cards (G. Cameron, L. Acosta and N. Hagglund). On the opposite side, Philadelphia Union didn’t receive any yellow card.

Standings

Next matches

In the next match in the Major League Soccer, Cincinnati will play away with DC United on the 8th of October with a 4-0 head to head statistic in favor of DC United (4 draws).

Philadelphia Union will host Toronto on the 8th of October with a 13-10 head to head record in favor of Toronto (7 draws).

Cincinnati – Formation

Cincinnati started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).

The manager Pat Noonan decided to play with the following team: Roman Celentano (6.4), Alvas Powell (6.5), Nick Hagglund (7.0), Geoff Cameron (6.2), Ian Murphy (6.8), Álvaro Barreal (9.1), Obinna Nwobodo (6.7), Luciano Acosta (7.1), Júnior Moreno (7.0), Brandon Vazquez (7.1) and Brenner (7.4).

The home team had on the bench: Allan Cruz, Tyler Blackett (6.4), John Nelson (6.2), Alec Kann, Yuya Kubo (6.5), Raymon Gaddis (6.6), Haris Medunjanin (6.4), Arquimides Ordonez and Dominique Badji.

Substitutions

Cincinnati made 5 changes: I. Murphy for T. Blackett (46′), A. Powell for R. Gaddis (67′), J. Moreno for Y. Kubo (76′), A. Barreal for J. Nelson (76′) and L. Acosta for H. Medunjanin (85′).

Best player: Álvaro Barreal​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Cincinnati was Álvaro Barreal.

His rating is (9.1) with 1 goal, 41 passes (80% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 8. He performed 4 crosses.

Philadelphia Union – Formation

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

Jim Curtin played with: Andre Blake (6.6), Olivier Mbaizo (7.3), Jakob Glesnes (6.7), Jack Elliott (6.2), Kai Wagner (7.4), Alejandro Bedoya (6.8), José Martínez (6.9), Leon Flach (7.0), Dániel Gazdag (6.5), Mikael Uhre (6.8) and Julián Carranza (6.3).

These were the players on the bench: Paxten Aaronson (7.0), Chris Donovan, Quinn Sullivan, Cory Burke (7.0), Nathan Harriel, Matthew Real, Jack McGlynn (6.9), Matthew Freese and Brandan Craig.

Substitutions

Philadelphia Union made 3 changes: L. Flach for J. McGlynn (59′), J. Carranza for C. Burke (59′) and M. Uhre for P. Aaronson (74′).

Best player: Kai Wagner​

The player that probably impressed the most for Philadelphia Union was Kai Wagner.

His rating is (7.4) with 53 passes (83% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 3. He performed 10 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Orlando City – New England – 0-3
• Montreal Impact – Inter Miami – 2-2
• DC United – New York RB – 0-0
• Charlotte – Chicago Fire – 2-3
• Atlanta United – Seattle Sounders – 2-1
• Vancouver Whitecaps – Houston Dynamo – 2-1
• Cincinnati – Philadelphia Union – 3-1
• Columbus Crew – New York City – 3-2