New York City and Cincinnati will take on on Wednesday the 7th of September at 8:00 pm in the 36th week of the Major League Soccer. The match will take place in Bronx at the Citi Field. The encounter will be officiated by Ted Unkel.
New York City is in the 4th place in the standings with 45 points. It comes from a 3-0 loss against New England in its last match in the Major League Soccer. So far, it has won 13 times, draw 6 times, and lost 10 times.
Cincinnati sits in the 8th place in the table with 38 points. It comes from a 2-0 win against Charlotte in its last match in the Major League Soccer. As of now, it has won 9 times, draw 10 times, and lost 8 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
New York City
New York City has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (27 times or 93.10%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (27 times), 4-3-2-1 (once) and 3-5-2 (once).
Nick Cushing is expected to play against Cincinnati with the following players: S. Johnson, M. Amundsen, M. Chanot, T. Gray, N. Acevedo Tabárez, M. Moralez, S. Rodríguez Molina, A. Morales, T. de Andrade, V. Castellanos Giménez and T. Bacelar Martins.
Assuming that this will be the line-up, the projected average age of New York City would be 26.18.
Nick Cushing will probably not be able to employ A. Callens Asín, T. Martins Bueno, A. Tinnerholm and K. Alexander Parks because of injury.
T. Rocha will definitely miss the match.
Cincinnati
Cincinnati has mostly adopted the 3-4-1-2 line-up most used during the season (15 times or 55.56%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-1-2 (15 times), 4-2-3-1 (6 times), 5-3-2 (5 times) and 4-3-1-2 (once).
Pat Noonan is expected to play against New York City with the following players: R. Celentano, Á. Barreal, G. Cameron, N. Hagglund, R. Matarrita Ulate, J. Nelson, A. Cruz Leal, H. Robledo, Y. Kubo, B. Souza da Silva and B. Vázquez Toledo.
Granting that this will be the line-up, the average age of Cincinnati would be 25.82.
Pat Noonan will probably not be able to employ O. Nwobodo because of injury.
B. Sunderland and K. Vermeer will definitely miss the match.
Pat Noonan will not be able to have the presence of L. Acosta who is suspended.
