FC Cincinnati vs New England Revolution — Tips & Analysis

FC Cincinnati -0.5: New England arrive in poor shape, and that is the clearest reason we are with Cincinnati. They have lost their last two games 0-3, at home to Seattle and away at Real Salt Lake. M. Fofana, J. Harrison and A. Yusuf are all out and L. Campana is a doubt, so their attack is short of bodies. Cincinnati are strong at TQL Stadium. Across their last ten home games they have won 6, tied 2 and lost 2, and they score close to 3 goals a game there. They do leave the back door open, letting in 2 a game at home, so they rarely keep it clean. New England are not a bad team. They have won 8 of their last 18 and score more than a goal a game. This should be a stretched, open game. Cincinnati's games bring more than 4 goals on average, and 16 of their last 19 had 3 or more. The last 17 meetings between these two have averaged more than 3 goals. A 2-1 home win is the likeliest finish, and that is the result we want. Now the honest part. Evander is out for Cincinnati and Nwobodo and M. Robinson are doubts, which takes a lot of the creativity out of this team. New England also sit 4th to Cincinnati's 9th, so we are backing the lower placed side. We still lean to the home team on the night.