CF Montréal vs FC Cincinnati, 2023 Major League Soccer, Regular Season
· MLSLate PK gives FC Cincinnati 1-1 draw vs. CF Montreal
Luciano Acosta scored on a penalty in the seventh minute of second-half stoppage time to help FC Cincinnati secure a 1-1 draw against host CF Montreal on Wednesday.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 3': Corner, CF Montréal. Conceded by Ian Murphy.
- 3': Corner, CF Montréal. Conceded by Obinna Nwobodo.
- 4': Attempt blocked. Mason Toye (CF Montréal) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kwadwo Opoku with a cross.
- 8': Bryce Duke (CF Montréal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 8': Foul by Ian Murphy (FC Cincinnati).
- 9': Attempt missed. Nathan Saliba (CF Montréal) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ariel Lassiter following a set piece situation.
- 10': Offside, FC Cincinnati. Matt Miazga tries a through ball, but Luciano Acosta is caught offside.
- 12': Foul by Aaron Boupendza (FC Cincinnati).
- 12': Joel Waterman (CF Montréal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 14': Attempt missed. Junior Moreno (FC Cincinnati) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Brandon Vazquez.
- 14': Foul by Ian Murphy (FC Cincinnati).
- 14': Kwadwo Opoku (CF Montréal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 24': Corner, FC Cincinnati. Conceded by Joel Waterman.
- 26': Foul by Joel Waterman (CF Montréal).
- 26': Álvaro Barreal (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 31': Foul by George Campbell (CF Montréal).
- 31': Junior Moreno (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 33': Hand ball by Kwadwo Opoku (CF Montréal).
- 34': Offside, FC Cincinnati. Brandon Vazquez tries a through ball, but Santiago Arias is caught offside.
- 34': Victor Wanyama (CF Montréal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 37': Attempt missed. Bryce Duke (CF Montréal) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Kwadwo Opoku.
- 39': Foul by Junior Moreno (FC Cincinnati).
- 39': Kwadwo Opoku (CF Montréal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 40': Corner, FC Cincinnati. Conceded by Joel Waterman.
- 41': Attempt missed. Santiago Arias (FC Cincinnati) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Luciano Acosta with a cross following a corner.
- 42': Corner, FC Cincinnati. Conceded by Gabriele Corbo.
- 42': Attempt missed. Nick Hagglund (FC Cincinnati) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Álvaro Barreal with a cross following a corner.
- 44': Offside, FC Cincinnati. Obinna Nwobodo tries a through ball, but Aaron Boupendza is caught offside.
- 45': Foul by Ian Murphy (FC Cincinnati).
- 45': Kwadwo Opoku (CF Montréal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+1': Foul by Kwadwo Opoku (CF Montréal).
- 45'+1': Nick Hagglund (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+2': Attempt blocked. Mason Toye (CF Montréal) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Bryce Duke.
- 45'+2': First Half ends, CF Montréal 0, FC Cincinnati 0.
- 45': Second Half begins CF Montréal 0, FC Cincinnati 0.
- 45': Substitution, CF Montréal. Lassi Lappalainen replaces Bryce Duke.
- 47': Corner, CF Montréal. Conceded by Ian Murphy.
- 50': Hand ball by Mason Toye (CF Montréal).
- 50': Foul by Brandon Vazquez (FC Cincinnati).
- 50': Joel Waterman (CF Montréal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 53': Goal! CF Montréal 1, FC Cincinnati 0. Kwadwo Opoku (CF Montréal) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lassi Lappalainen.
- 56': Attempt missed. Álvaro Barreal (FC Cincinnati) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Obinna Nwobodo.
- 57': Offside, FC Cincinnati. Brandon Vazquez tries a through ball, but Aaron Boupendza is caught offside.
- 59': Attempt missed. Aaron Boupendza (FC Cincinnati) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Álvaro Barreal with a cross.
- 60': Attempt blocked. Luciano Acosta (FC Cincinnati) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Santiago Arias.
- 61': Attempt blocked. Santiago Arias (FC Cincinnati) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Obinna Nwobodo.
- 63': Foul by Ian Murphy (FC Cincinnati).
- 63': Kwadwo Opoku (CF Montréal) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 64': Attempt blocked. Brandon Vazquez (FC Cincinnati) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Santiago Arias.
- 64': Attempt saved. Brandon Vazquez (FC Cincinnati) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
- 65': Delay in match because of an injury Gabriele Corbo (CF Montréal).
- 65': Substitution, CF Montréal. Ahmed Hamdi replaces Ariel Lassiter.
- 66': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 66': Substitution, CF Montréal. Chinonso Offor replaces Mason Toye.
- 66': Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Dominique Badji replaces Aaron Boupendza.
- 66': Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Yuya Kubo replaces Brandon Vazquez.
- 68': Attempt saved. Yuya Kubo (FC Cincinnati) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Álvaro Barreal.
- 68': Attempt missed. Santiago Arias (FC Cincinnati) header from the centre of the box misses to the right.
- 69': Foul by Ahmed Hamdi (CF Montréal).
- 69': Junior Moreno (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 73': Corner, CF Montréal. Conceded by Nick Hagglund.
- 74': Corner, CF Montréal. Conceded by Nick Hagglund.
- 74': Foul by Ahmed Hamdi (CF Montréal).
- 74': Santiago Arias (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 78': Corner, FC Cincinnati. Conceded by Lassi Lappalainen.
- 78': Substitution, CF Montréal. Romell Quioto replaces Kwadwo Opoku.
- 79': Attempt saved. Luciano Acosta (FC Cincinnati) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Junior Moreno.
- 80': Offside, FC Cincinnati. Luciano Acosta tries a through ball, but Dominique Badji is caught offside.
- 80': Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Bret Halsey replaces Nick Hagglund.
- 82': Delay in match because of an injury Chinonso Offor (CF Montréal).
- 82': Substitution, CF Montréal. Samuel Piette replaces Victor Wanyama.
- 83': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 83': Foul by Romell Quioto (CF Montréal).
- 83': Junior Moreno (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 85': Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Sergio Santos replaces Junior Moreno.
- 87': Corner, FC Cincinnati. Conceded by Samuel Piette.
- 87': Corner, FC Cincinnati. Conceded by Chinonso Offor.
- 89': Corner, FC Cincinnati. Conceded by Lassi Lappalainen.
- 90': Attempt saved. Álvaro Barreal (FC Cincinnati) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Obinna Nwobodo.
- 90': Foul by Matt Miazga (FC Cincinnati).
- 90': Jonathan Sirois (CF Montréal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90': Matt Miazga (FC Cincinnati) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 90'+2': Foul by Chinonso Offor (CF Montréal).
- 90'+2': Santiago Arias (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+2': Chinonso Offor (CF Montréal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 90'+2': Santiago Arias (FC Cincinnati) is shown the yellow card.
- 90'+3': Offside, FC Cincinnati. Yuya Kubo tries a through ball, but Sergio Santos is caught offside.
- 90'+4': Offside, CF Montréal. Jonathan Sirois tries a through ball, but Chinonso Offor is caught offside.
- 90'+4': Penalty FC Cincinnati. Dominique Badji draws a foul in the penalty area.
- 90'+4': Penalty conceded by Jonathan Sirois (CF Montréal) after a foul in the penalty area.
- 90'+5': Jonathan Sirois (CF Montréal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 90'+6': Delay in match because of an injury Dominique Badji (FC Cincinnati).
- 90'+7': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 90'+7': Goal! CF Montréal 1, FC Cincinnati 1. Luciano Acosta (FC Cincinnati) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
- 90'+8': Second Half ends, CF Montréal 1, FC Cincinnati 1.
- 0': Match ends, CF Montréal 1, FC Cincinnati 1.
Statistics
 CIN |
MTL |
|
|---|---|---|
| 8 | Fouls | 10 |
| 2 | Yellow Cards | 3 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 6 | Offsides | 1 |
| 7 | Corner Kicks | 5 |
| 0 | Saves | 4 |
| 54 | Possession | 46 |
| 14 | SHOTS | 5 |
| 5 | ON GOAL | 1 |
| 0.4 | On Target % | 0.2 |
| 1 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 1 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 413 | Accurate Passes | 333 |
| 498 | Passes | 425 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 4 | Accurate Crosses | 1 |
| 15 | Crosses | 13 |
| 0.3 | Cross % | 0.1 |
| 46 | Long Balls | 48 |
| 20 | Accurate Long Balls | 17 |
| 0.4 | Long Balls % | 0.4 |
| 3 | Blocked Shots | 2 |
| 16 | Effective Tackles | 10 |
| 18 | Tackles | 14 |
| 0.9 | Tackle % | 0.7 |
| 10 | Interceptions | 11 |
| 11 | Effective Clearances | 21 |
| 11 | Clearances | 21 |
Game Information
Competition: MLS
Venue: Stade Saputo
Location: Montreal, Canada
Attendance: 13,603
Venue: Stade Saputo
Location: Montreal, Canada
Attendance: 13,603
MLS Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Inter Miami CF | 12 | +14 | 24 |
| 2 | FC Cincinnati | 11 | +4 | 21 |
| 3 | Toronto FC | 11 | 0 | 19 |
| 4 | New York Red Bulls | 11 | 0 | 17 |
Line-Ups
CF Montréal (3-4-1-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 40 | Jonathan Sirois (GK)  |
| 16 | Joel Waterman |
| 25 | Gabriele Corbo |
| 24 | George Campbell |
| 19 | Nathan Saliba |
| 2 | Victor Wanyama |
| 10 | Bryce Duke |
| 11 | Ariel Lassiter |
| 29 | Mathieu Choinière |
| 13 | Mason Toye |
| 90 | Kwadwo Opoku |
FC Cincinnati (3-4-1-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 18 | Roman Celentano (GK) |
| 21 | Matt Miazga |
| 32 | Ian Murphy |
| 4 | Nick Hagglund |
| 93 | Júnior Moreno |
| 5 | Obinna Nwobodo |
| 10 | Luciano Acosta |
| 31 | Álvaro Barreal |
| 13 | Santiago Arias |
| 9 | Aaron-Salem Boupendza |
| 19 | Brandon Vázquez |
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