MLS

FC Cincinnati vs Inter Miami CF, 2024 MLS, Regular Season

· MLS
FC Cincinnati
  • 10': Yuya Kubo
  • 36': Luciano Acosta
  • 38': Pavel Bucha
  • 45'+4': Yamil Asad
  • 57': Yuya Kubo
  • 72': Gerardo Valenzuela
FT
6 - 1
Inter Miami CF
  • 21': Serhiy Kryvtsov
  • Red Card 62': Sergio Busquets

FC Cincinnati's stars come out in rout of Inter Miami

Yuya Kubo scored twice, while Luciano Acosta had a goal with two credited assists, as FC Cincinnati used their four-goal first half to rout visiting Inter Miami 6-1 on Saturday and vault them into first place in the Supporters' Shield standings.

Match Commentary

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 2': Benjamín Cremaschi (Inter Miami CF) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 2': Foul by DeAndre Yedlin (FC Cincinnati).
  • 3': Corner, Inter Miami CF. Conceded by Alvas Powell.
  • 3': Attempt saved. Serhii Kryvtsov (Inter Miami CF) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Julian Gressel with a cross.
  • 3': Corner, Inter Miami CF. Conceded by Roman Celentano.
  • 6': Attempt saved. Luca Orellano (FC Cincinnati) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Luciano Acosta with a through ball.
  • 6': Corner, FC Cincinnati. Conceded by Drake Callender.
  • 6': Corner, FC Cincinnati. Conceded by Franco Negri.
  • 8': Attempt missed. Yamil Asad (FC Cincinnati) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Luciano Acosta.
  • 9': Corner, Inter Miami CF. Conceded by Alvas Powell.
  • 10': Attempt missed. Marcelo Weigandt (Inter Miami CF) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Julian Gressel with a cross following a corner.
  • 10': Goal! FC Cincinnati 1, Inter Miami CF 0. Yuya Kubo (FC Cincinnati) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Luca Orellano.
  • 12': Benjamín Cremaschi (Inter Miami CF) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 12': Foul by Obinna Nwobodo (FC Cincinnati).
  • 14': Alvas Powell (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 14': Foul by Federico Redondo (Inter Miami CF).
  • 15': Foul by Serhii Kryvtsov (Inter Miami CF).
  • 15': Yuya Kubo (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 15': Attempt saved. Luciano Acosta (FC Cincinnati) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Luca Orellano.
  • 16': Attempt missed. Luca Orellano (FC Cincinnati) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
  • 17': Attempt saved. Julian Gressel (Inter Miami CF) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Franco Negri.
  • 18': Attempt saved. Robert Taylor (Inter Miami CF) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Franco Negri.
  • 18': Corner, Inter Miami CF. Conceded by Roman Celentano.
  • 19': Attempt missed. Leonardo Campana (Inter Miami CF) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Benjamín Cremaschi.
  • 20': Foul by Yamil Asad (FC Cincinnati).
  • 20': Marcelo Weigandt (Inter Miami CF) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 20': Corner, Inter Miami CF. Conceded by Pavel Bucha.
  • 21': Goal! FC Cincinnati 1, Inter Miami CF 1. Serhii Kryvtsov (Inter Miami CF) header from very close range to the top left corner. Assisted by Julian Gressel with a cross following a corner.
  • 22': Foul by Luciano Acosta (FC Cincinnati).
  • 22': Marcelo Weigandt (Inter Miami CF) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 26': Corner, FC Cincinnati. Conceded by Yannick Bright.
  • 26': Offside, FC Cincinnati. Luciano Acosta is caught offside.
  • 30': Attempt missed. Robert Taylor (Inter Miami CF) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Julian Gressel with a cross.
  • 36': Goal! FC Cincinnati 2, Inter Miami CF 1. Luciano Acosta (FC Cincinnati) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Obinna Nwobodo.
  • 38': Attempt blocked. Yamil Asad (FC Cincinnati) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Luciano Acosta.
  • 38': Corner, FC Cincinnati. Conceded by Serhii Kryvtsov.
  • 38': Goal! FC Cincinnati 3, Inter Miami CF 1. Pavel Bucha (FC Cincinnati) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Luciano Acosta with a cross following a corner.
  • 44': Hand ball by Luciano Acosta (FC Cincinnati).
  • 45': Attempt saved. Luca Orellano (FC Cincinnati) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Luciano Acosta.
  • 45': Corner, FC Cincinnati. Conceded by Drake Callender.
  • 45'+4': Goal! FC Cincinnati 4, Inter Miami CF 1. Yamil Asad (FC Cincinnati) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the centre of the goal.
  • 45'+5': First Half ends, FC Cincinnati 4, Inter Miami CF 1.
  • 45': Second Half begins FC Cincinnati 4, Inter Miami CF 1.
  • 46': Hand ball by Benjamín Cremaschi (Inter Miami CF).
  • 47': Foul by Julian Gressel (Inter Miami CF).
  • 47': Yamil Asad (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 48': Alvas Powell (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 48': Foul by Leonardo Campana (Inter Miami CF).
  • 50': Foul by Yannick Bright (Inter Miami CF).
  • 50': Luciano Acosta (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 53': Alvas Powell (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 53': Foul by Benjamín Cremaschi (Inter Miami CF).
  • 53': Benjamín Cremaschi (Inter Miami CF) is shown the yellow card.
  • 54': Foul by Luciano Acosta (FC Cincinnati).
  • 54': Sergio Busquets (Inter Miami CF) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 55': Federico Redondo (Inter Miami CF) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 55': Foul by Obinna Nwobodo (FC Cincinnati).
  • 55': Obinna Nwobodo (FC Cincinnati) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 56': Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Sergio Santos replaces Alvas Powell.
  • 57': Goal! FC Cincinnati 5, Inter Miami CF 1. Yuya Kubo (FC Cincinnati) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Luca Orellano.
  • 59': Foul by Marcelo Weigandt (Inter Miami CF).
  • 59': Yamil Asad (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 59': Marcelo Weigandt (Inter Miami CF) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 61': Foul by Serhii Kryvtsov (Inter Miami CF).
  • 61': Luciano Acosta (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 61': Serhii Kryvtsov (Inter Miami CF) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 62': DeAndre Yedlin (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 62': Foul by Leonardo Campana (Inter Miami CF).
  • 62': Sergio Busquets (Inter Miami CF) is shown the yellow card.
  • 62': Second yellow card to Sergio Busquets (Inter Miami CF).
  • 65': Attempt missed. Yamil Asad (FC Cincinnati) right footed shot from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by Luciano Acosta.
  • 66': Substitution, Inter Miami CF. Noah Allen replaces Federico Redondo.
  • 66': Substitution, Inter Miami CF. David Ruíz replaces Robert Taylor.
  • 66': Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Gerardo Valenzuela replaces Luca Orellano.
  • 66': Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Bret Halsey replaces Yuya Kubo.
  • 68': Foul by Yamil Asad (FC Cincinnati).
  • 68': Julian Gressel (Inter Miami CF) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 70': Offside, FC Cincinnati. Sergio Santos is caught offside.
  • 70': Attempt blocked. Obinna Nwobodo (FC Cincinnati) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Sergio Santos.
  • 70': Corner, FC Cincinnati. Conceded by Serhii Kryvtsov.
  • 71': Corner, FC Cincinnati. Conceded by Marcelo Weigandt.
  • 72': Goal! FC Cincinnati 6, Inter Miami CF 1. Gerardo Valenzuela (FC Cincinnati) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Yamil Asad following a corner.
  • 73': Foul by Sergio Santos (FC Cincinnati).
  • 73': Serhii Kryvtsov (Inter Miami CF) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 75': Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Kipp Keller replaces Yamil Asad because of an injury.
  • 75': Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Kevin Kelsy replaces Pavel Bucha.
  • 76': Attempt saved. Bret Halsey (FC Cincinnati) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Kevin Kelsy.
  • 77': Foul by David Ruíz (Inter Miami CF).
  • 77': Gerardo Valenzuela (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 78': Substitution, Inter Miami CF. Ian Fray replaces Benjamín Cremaschi.
  • 81': Foul by David Ruíz (Inter Miami CF).
  • 81': Luciano Acosta (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 82': Foul by Kevin Kelsy (FC Cincinnati).
  • 82': Noah Allen (Inter Miami CF) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 85': Foul by Leonardo Campana (Inter Miami CF).
  • 85': Kevin Kelsy (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 86': Foul by David Ruíz (Inter Miami CF).
  • 86': Kevin Kelsy (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 88': Foul by Sergio Santos (FC Cincinnati).
  • 88': Ian Fray (Inter Miami CF) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 89': Foul by Sergio Santos (FC Cincinnati).
  • 89': Ian Fray (Inter Miami CF) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 90': Sergio Santos (FC Cincinnati) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90': Attempt missed. David Ruíz (Inter Miami CF) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box misses to the right. Assisted by Ian Fray with a headed pass following a set piece situation.
  • 90'+1': Attempt blocked. Serhii Kryvtsov (Inter Miami CF) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Noah Allen with a headed pass.
  • 90'+3': Foul by Kevin Kelsy (FC Cincinnati).
  • 90'+3': Serhii Kryvtsov (Inter Miami CF) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+3': Attempt missed. Yannick Bright (Inter Miami CF) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right.
  • 90'+3': Second Half ends, FC Cincinnati 6, Inter Miami CF 1.
  • 0': Match ends, FC Cincinnati 6, Inter Miami CF 1.

Statistics

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14 Fouls 13
3 Yellow Cards 2
1 Red Cards 0
0 Offsides 2
5 Corner Kicks 7
4 Saves 3
46.7 Possession 53.3
10 SHOTS 15
4 ON GOAL 10
0.4 On Target % 0.7
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
406 Accurate Passes 489
470 Passes 555
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.9
6 Accurate Crosses 3
17 Crosses 6
0.4 Cross % 0.5
31 Long Balls 30
15 Accurate Long Balls 17
0.5 Long Balls % 0.6
1 Blocked Shots 2
16 Effective Tackles 4
24 Tackles 7
0.7 Tackle % 0.6
6 Interceptions 8
10 Effective Clearances 12
10 Clearances 12

Game Information

Competition: MLS

Venue: TQL Stadium
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Attendance: 25,513

MLS Standings

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Philadelphia Union 1 +2 3
2 Columbus Crew 1 +2 3
3 Atlanta United FC 1 +1 3
4 FC Cincinnati 1 +1 3
Full Standings

Line-Ups

CIN FC Cincinnati (3-4-2-1)

No. Name
18 Roman Celentano (GK)
12 Miles Robinson
32 Ian Murphy
2 Alvas Powell
20 Pavel Bucha
5 Obinna Nwobodo
27 Yamil Asad
91 DeAndre Yedlin
7 Yuya Kubo
10 Luciano Acosta
23 Luca Orellano
FC Cincinnati Substitutes:
Alec Kann, Aaron-Salem Boupendza, Corey Baird, Bret Halsey, Sergio Santos, Kipp Keller, Gerardo Valenzuela, Kevin Kelsy, Isaiah Foster.

MIA Inter Miami CF (4-3-3)

No. Name
1 Drake Callender (GK)
5 Sergio Busquets Yellow Card
27 Serhiy Kryvtsov
33 Franco Negri
57 Marcelo Weigandt Yellow Card
42 Yannick Bright
30 Benjamin Cremaschi Yellow Card
55 Federico Redondo
8 Leonardo Campana
16 Robert Taylor
24 Julian Gressel
Inter Miami CF Substitutes:
Ryan Sailor, Leonardo Afonso, Noah Allen, Carlos Dos Santos, Shanyder Borgelin, Tomás Avilés, David Ruiz, Ian Fray, Lawson Sunderland.

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