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New York City FC caput manager Pascal Jansen hopes his broadside tin find their bushed erstwhile they big FC Cincinnati up of an action-packed period successful MLS.
Jansen’s broadside are clinging onto the last play-off presumption successful the Eastern Conference standings aft a 1-0 triumph implicit Toronto FC past clip out.
New York volition play 7 league games crossed May, and Jansen acknowledged a important agelong that could beryllium decisive for their post-season hopes.
“It’s an breathtaking period ahead, and this is what you unrecorded for arsenic a subordinate – getting the accidental to play arsenic galore games arsenic possible,” Jansen said.
“Rotating players is ever successful the backmost of my mind, but we instrumentality it 1 crippled astatine a time.
“First, it’s Cincinnati. Once that’s done, we determination connected to the adjacent one. That’s the bushed we’ll keep, particularly during a period similar this.”
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Jansen pinpointed the threats Cincinnati, who pb the Eastern Conference aft their 2-1 triumph implicit Sporting Kansas City, volition airs up of the gathering astatine Citi Field.
“It’s astir focusing connected our ain qualities and principles, particularly erstwhile we’re successful possession,” Jansen added.
“Out of possession, we request discipline. We’ve analysed Cincinnati closely, and we cognize they person talented players – Evander being 1 of them.”
“Understanding his tendencies from erstwhile matches helps america prepare. It’s particularly important during transitions oregon erstwhile we’re defending without the ball.”
The visitors volition beryllium a pugnacious situation fixed they are erstwhile again successful the hunt for the Supporters’ Shield, conscionable a constituent down the Vancouver Whitecaps for archetypal overall.
PLAYERS TO WATCH
New York City FC – Alonso Martinez
Alonso Martinez scored the victor against Toronto connected Saturday, keeping up his good signifier this MLS campaign.
Martinez has six goals this season, becoming the 3rd subordinate to people astatine slightest six times for the Pigeons successful the archetypal 10 matches of a play (David Villa successful 2016 and 2017, Valentin Castellanos successful 2022).
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FC Cincinnati – Evander
Evander has six goals for Cincinnati this term, starring the squad scoring charts with Kevin Denkey.
The Brazilian failed to find the nett successful his past outing, but managed 5 goals crossed his 3 games beforehand – and volition beryllium keen to rediscover that signifier here.
MATCH PREDICTION – DRAW
The Opta supercomputer backed New York arsenic the constrictive favourites crossed 10,000 pre-match simulations, however, a gully could beryllium the astir apt effect here.
That is owed to some sides being successful signifier – Cincinnati person won 5 consecutive regular-season matches for the 3rd clip successful nine past (seven consecutive successful 2024, six consecutive successful 2023).
All 5 of those victories person been by one-goal margins, portion the lone squad successful MLS past to grounds six consecutive one-goal wins was D.C. United successful June-July 2006.
The Pigeons person won 5 of their past six regular-season location matches (L1), including signaling a 1-0 triumph implicit the Philadelphia Union successful their past location lucifer connected April 12.
New York person scored successful 23 of their past 24 location league matches dating backmost to precocious August 2023, though their head-to-head grounds with the visitors remains mixed.
These 2 sides met six times past campaign, with Cincinnati winning 3 times to NYCFC’s 2 (D1), though the Pigeons precocious successful the archetypal circular of the play-offs aft winning a shoot-out pursuing a third-leg draw.
OPTA WIN PROBABILITY
New York City FC triumph – 42%
Draw – 26.7%
FC Cincinnati triumph – 31.3%
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