New York Red Bulls vs FC Cincinnati Preview & Picks
New York Red Bulls and FC Cincinnati look likely to play out a draw across 90 minutes on Saturday.
Neither side is in the best form of late, although bot sides come into this match on the back of a win.
- New York Red Bulls have won their last two home games
- The home side have only lost two of their last six home games (W3, D1)
- FC Cincinnati have only lost one of their last 10 games (W4, D5)
- The away side have avoided defeat in their last five games on the road (W2, D3)
Head To Head
- The teams battled to two 1-1 draws in their MLS campaign in 2022
- Four of the last six matches have seen one team failing to score
New York Red Bulls staggered into the MLS Playoffs on the back of just two wins in five games.
Victory over Charlotte in their last match brought a two-game losing run to an end, with a 2-1 loss to Columbus Crew and a 2-0 defeat at the hands of New York City seeing the Red Bulls finish in fourth in the Eastern Conference.
The home side have really struggled for consistency in their last 10. At home, they have three wins in six, while they have taken all three points in two of their last four away games.
FC Cincinnati have been very inconsistent in their last three games, winning once, drawing once and losing once.
However, if you were to expand that same spotlight across their last 10 games then you would see that the side have only lost one of their last 10. There have been too many draws (five in total), but they have at least managed to take points from nine of their last 10 games.
On the road, FC Cincinnati have avoided defeat in their last six in a row. Two wins and four draws shows they are a side that set up to be tough to beat when they play away from home, but could this be a recipe for disaster in a playoff match?