FC Cincinnati has played expansion teams three times in club history, winning its only home match (vs Charlotte FC) and losing both road matches (at Inter Miami FC and Charlotte FC).
St. Louis City SC has lost consecutive matches following a run of five straight wins to open the season. Even with those defeats, St. Louis City SC’s 15 points through five matches is tied for the best start by an expansion team in league history, with Los Angeles Football Club in 2018.
FC Cincinnati has a league-high 17 points through 7 games (W5 D2 L0), not only the club’s best start to a season but its most points in any seven-match span in a season in club history. A win on Saturday would make FC Cincinnati the eighth team to record 20 points through eight matches of a season in MLS history and the first since Sporting Kansas City (21) in 2012.
St. Louis City SC’s high pressure has forced an MLS-high 79 turnovers within 40 meters of the opponent’s goal. St. Louis City SC has turned those high turnovers into shots 17 times, also the most in the league, with its three goals off high turnovers tied for the most in MLS (w/Los Angeles Football Club).
FC Cincinnati has kept five clean sheets in its last six matches, including keeping three in a row for the first time in club history. FC Cincinnati’s last three matches have all been 1-0 victories, the 11th team to do that in a single season, though no team has ever won four straight matches 1-0.
