On Monday 28th October 2024, FC Cincinnati host New York City in the first leg of their MLS Eastern Conference Playoff battle.
The first round of the MLS Playoff takes place this Monday as FC Cincinnati takes on New York City FC. A lot is at stake in this game so it is sure to be a close run fixture.
FC Cincinnati Predicted Lineup - Roman Celentaro; Teenage Hadebe, Miles Robinson, Chidozie Awaziem; Luca Orellano, Pavel Bucha, Obinna Nwobodo, DeAndre Yedlin; Luciano Acosta; Nicholas Gioacchini, Yuya Kubo
Cincinnati finished the Eastern Conference in third place having picked up 59 points in 34 games.
They scored an impressive 58 goals - the fifth most in the conference. They have also conceded 48 goals. This is the third least in the league.
New York City FC Predicted Lineup - Matt Freese; Kevin O’Toole, Birk Risa, Thiago Martins, Tayvon Gray; Keaton Parks, James Sands; Santiago Rodriguez, Maximiliano Moralez, Hannes Wolf; Alonso Martinez
New York City FC on the other hand finished 6th in the division. They picked up 50 points in 34 matches.
They have had a very similar scoring and conceding record to FC Cincinnati. They have scored 54 goals and conceded 49.
These two teams have faced one another twelve times in their histories.
New York City FC hold the advantage and have won seven of those games to FC Cincinnati’s three wins. There have also been two draws.
2nd October 2024 - New York City FC 3-2 FC Cincinnati - MLS
23rd March 2024 - FC Cincinnati 1-0 New York City FC - MLS
26th August 2023 - FC Cincinnati 3-0 New York City FC - MLS
31st May 2023 - New York City FC 1-3 FC Cincinnati - MLS
7th September 2022 - New York City FC 1-1 FC Cincinnati - MLS
This will be a very close fixture. As it so often is between these two teams. However we can’t help but feel that New York City FC hold a slight advantage especially when it comes to head to heads.
However, this will be a close and goal rich game. Expect plenty of goals between these two teams with both eager for victory.
That being said our team of professional tipping experts are backing odds of 17/4 for a New York City FC Win and Both Teams To Score in this game. These odds mean that £10 has the potential to return up to £52.50 making it our best value pick.
(Odds subject to change)
FC Cincinnati 2-3 New York City FC
This will be a close game between two teams that will be eager to win and score a lot of goals. New York City probably has a slight edge though and will come away with a victory.
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