FC Cincinnati hosts the San Jose Earthquakes on Saturday in a MLS inter-conference fixture. FC Cincinnati is seventh in the Eastern Conference table at 9-12-8 on 39 points with a goal difference of -1. Cincinnati battled on the road to a 1-1 draw with New York City FC on Wednesday. Cincinnati received an own goal from NYCFC in the 22nd minute but gave up an equalizer in the 41st and neither club would score following that.
FC Cincinnati extended its unbeaten run to nine consecutive matches after its draw on Wednesday with New York City FC. During that run, Cincinnati has three wins and six draws. Brandon Vazquez is the leading goal scorer for Cincinnati with 16 while Brenner has scored nine. Luciano Acosta is the leader in assists with 11 and Alvaro Barreal is second with five.
The San Jose Earthquakes are 13th in the Western Conference table at 7-9-12 on 30 points with a goal difference of -11. San Jose defeated the Vancouver Whitecaps 2-0 on Sunday. Jeremy Ebobisse scored in the fourth minute for San Jose and Jamiro Monteiro added a second goal for the Earthquakes in the 34th minute. JT Marcinkowski posted his third clean sheet in goal.
San Jose has won two of its last three matches in MLS play, but the Earthquakes have posted consecutive victories only once over the last 58 matches in the MLS. Jeremy Ebobisse is the leading goal scorer for San Jose with 15, while Cristian Espinosa have scored six. Espinoza is the leader in assists with 10, while Jamiro Monteiro has six.
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