(FREE) Cincinnati vs Nashville live 5 August 2023
Nashville has failed to score in five of its eleven road games in Major League Soccer this season. Nashville has lost three consecutive road games. Cincinnati, which is now in first place in the rankings, will undoubtedly strive to defeat the visitors once more and keep up its winning streak at home, which has already reached 14 triumphs. The visitors, on the other hand, will attempt to end the curse of losses and goalless games as they have failed to score in their past three away games, Even though they are in first five places, the hosts struggle to overcome anyone, especially at home.
Nashville FormNashville and its supporters are looking for a better outcome after a disappointing effort in their last game against Philadelphia Union in Major League Soccer play. Philadelphia Union's top scorer was Dániel Gazdag (40', 84'). In addition, Philadelphia Union player Julian Carranza (90+5') and Nashville players Daniel Lovitz (81') and Shaq Moore (90+5') were all dismissed from the game after receiving red cards. Things were not going well for Nashville recently, as the team failed to score in three of the team's last five away games. In these five away games, Nashville's team was only able to win a victory against FC Dallas and a draw with Toronto, while the rest were losses. The last of these losses came in front of the Chicago Fire, where they were defeated by a score of one to zero.
The embarrassing thing is that they only managed to score three goals away while giving up six, which makes their task challenging in front of their top rival. Nashville's previous five games have mostly been embarrassing, as the squad has only managed to score in one of those five games, a 2-0 victory over DC United. Even though they are positioned in the top five spots of the table, it lost all the other games without scoring a single goal. They must make up for the shortcomings in their recent performances in order to succeed in their upcoming battle. Head-to-HeadThe head-to-head record between Cincinnati and Nashville reveals that in five encounters between them, Cincinnati has won once while Nashville has won twice. Two games between Cincinnati and Nashville finished in a tie. The most recent encounter between Nashville and Cincinnati concluded in a 0-1 loss for Nashville.
Cincinnati FormCincinnati will be seeking to build on their 1-2 MLS victory over New York Red Bulls last time around. Cincinnati received an early goal from New York RB player Omir Fernandez in the twenty-eighth minute of the match, but it corrected the situation in the fatal minutes, scoring a goal from a penalty kick from player Luciano Acosta (80'), and player Obinna Nwobodo added the winning goal in the (90+3') minute. The fact that Cincinnati went undefeated in 11 home games is noteworthy, as evidenced by the fact that they won four of their most recent five home games and drew just once, against New England Revolution, in a game that concluded with a score of 2-2.
Team NewsManager Pat Noonan of Cincinnati is concerned about the fitness of some players, including Dominique Badji and Gerardo Valenzuela, who both have leg injuries. There is just one fitness issue that Nashville manager Gary Smith must deal with due to a mostly available group. Nick DePuy is unable to play in this game due to an Achilles tendon injury. Key PlayersMidfielder Luciano Acosta has 11 goals in 21 games for Cincinnati so far in the MLS 2023 season. In these 21 games, he scored 4 goals on the road and 7 of the 11 goals at home. He also provided assists on 5 goals. The forward Sergio Santos, who has four goals in 16 games thus far in the MLS 2023 season, is another key player for Cincinnati.
The fact that they were able to score 12 goals while only giving up 5 goals in return throughout their five home games makes them exceptional. Three of Cincinatti's previous five matches have concluded with both sides scoring, including two 2-2 draws against New England and Charlotte, and a 1-2 victory against New York RB. As for the remaining two matches, Cincinnati won one against Toronto by three goals for nothing and lost one against DC United by three goals for nothing as well. It appears that Cincinnati is fighting with determination in both home and away matches, as evidenced by their occupation of the top spot in the ranking table, and their victory in the latter in front of the visitors will strengthen their position and keep them at the top of the league.
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