MLS

FT Saturday, March 23, 2024
New York City FC WLLLW 0
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FC Cincinnati WLDLW 1
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TQL Stadium · 24,282 att.

Match Report

Acosta scores again to lift Cincinnati past NYCFC

Luciano Acosta scored his second MLS goal in as many games and third straight in all competitions to lift FC Cincinnati to a 1-0 victory over visiting New York City FC on Saturday night.

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
13
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
2
4
Corner Kicks
5
5
Saves
4
54.1
Possession
45.9
8
SHOTS
10
4
ON GOAL
6
0.5
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
440
Accurate Passes
351
537
Passes
452
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
2
11
Crosses
11
0.1
Cross %
0.2
37
Long Balls
66
11
Accurate Long Balls
24
0.3
Long Balls %
0.4
2
Blocked Shots
3
16
Effective Tackles
17
21
Tackles
22
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
13
Interceptions
15
16
Effective Clearances
7
16
Clearances
7

Head to Head

CIN leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

CIN · 3-4-1-2

  1. 18Roman CelentanoG
  2. 21Matt MiazgaCD
  3. 32Ian MurphyCD-L
  4. 14Kipp KellerCD-R
  5. 20Pavel BuchaCM-L
  6. 7Yuya KuboCM-R
  7. 10Luciano AcostaAM
  8. 23Luca OrellanoLM
  9. 91DeAndre YedlinRM
  10. 9Aaron-Salem BoupendzaCF-L
  11. 11Corey BairdCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 36Evan LouroSUB
  2. 17Sergio SantosSUB
  3. 26Malik PintoSUB
  4. 29Arquímides OrdóñezSUB
  5. 37Stiven JimenezSUB
  6. 15Bret HalseySUB
  7. 2Alvas PowellSUB
  8. 4Nick HagglundSUB
  9. 22Gerardo ValenzuelaSUB

NYC · 3-4-3

  1. 49Matt FreeseG
  2. 13Thiago MartinsCD
  3. 5Birk RisaCD-L
  4. 12Strahinja TanasijevicCD-R
  5. 6James SandsCM-L
  6. 8Andrés PereaCM-R
  7. 22Kevin O'TooleLM
  8. 21Andres JassonRM
  9. 10Santiago RodríguezF
  10. 17Hannes WolfCF-L
  11. 11Julián FernándezCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 26Agustin OjedaSUB
  2. 80Justin HaakSUB
  3. 1Luis BarrazaSUB
  4. 2Rio Hope-GundSUB
  5. 88Malachi JonesSUB
  6. 99Jacob ArroyaveSUB
  7. 38Andrew BaieraSUB
  8. 29Maxi CarrizoSUB
  9. 16Alonso MartínezSUB

Timeline

  1. 20' Luciano Acosta (FC Cincinnati) is shown the yellow card.
  2. 45'+5' Andrés Perea (New York City FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 52' Substitution, New York City FC. Justin Haak replaces Birk Risa because of an injury.
  4. 57' Goal! FC Cincinnati 1, New York City FC 0. Luciano Acosta (FC Cincinnati) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Corey Baird.
  5. 67' Substitution, New York City FC. Malachi Jones replaces Julián Fernández.
  6. 67' Substitution, New York City FC. Alonso Martínez replaces Hannes Wolf.
  7. 73' Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Nick Hagglund replaces Kipp Keller.
  8. 77' Substitution, New York City FC. Agustín Ojeda replaces Kevin O'Toole because of an injury.
  9. 82' Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Sergio Santos replaces Corey Baird.
  10. 88' Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Malik Pinto replaces Luca Orellano.
  11. 90'+6' Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Gerardo Valenzuela replaces Aaron Boupendza.

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