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Cincinnati
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Charlotte
Cincinnati vs Charlotte: match report
FC Cincinnati hosted Charlotte FC at TQL Stadium on Saturday 12 September 2026, in the MLS. Cincinnati are without 1 player (Obinna Nwobodo); Charlotte have no reported absences. Pierre-Luc Lauziere is the referee, averaging 4.0 yellow cards a game against a league average of 4.2.
Result and scorers
Cincinnati 3-3 Charlotte. Goals: Pavel Bucha 2' for Cincinnati; Liel Abada 7' for Charlotte; Pep Biel 17' (pen) for Charlotte; Kévin Denkey 51' for Cincinnati; Idan Toklomati 55' for Charlotte; Kévin Denkey 90'+1' for Cincinnati.
Key moments (contains the result)
- 2' Goal: Pavel Bucha (Cincinnati) 1-0
- 7' Goal: Liel Abada (Charlotte) 1-1
- 17' Penalty: Pep Biel (Charlotte) 1-2
- 51' Goal: Kévin Denkey (Cincinnati) 2-2
- 55' Goal: Idan Toklomati (Charlotte) 2-3
- 76' Yellow card: Samuel Gidi (Cincinnati)
- 81' Yellow card: Kenji Mboma Dem (Cincinnati)
- 83' Yellow card: Rodolfo Aloko (Charlotte)
- 90'+1' Goal: Kévin Denkey (Cincinnati) 3-3
Match stats (contains the result)
| 68.9% | Possession | 31.1% |
| 29 | Shots | 8 |
| 10 | Shots on target | 4 |
| 12 | Corners | 3 |
| 6 | Fouls | 10 |
| 0 | Offsides | 0 |
| 1 | Saves | 7 |
| 2 | Yellow cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
Line-ups
Cincinnati 3-5-2
Coach: Pat Noonan
- 18 Roman Celentano GK
- 12 Miles Robinson DEF
- 4 Nick Hagglund DEF
- 88 Andrei Chirilă DEF
- 66 Ender Echenique MID
- 20 Pavel Bucha MID
- 22 Gerardo Valenzuela MID
- 11 Samuel Gidi MID
- 17 Kenji Mboma Dem FWD
- 9 Kévin Denkey FWD
- 16 Tom Barlow FWD
Bench
- 29 Bryan Ramírez MID
- 15 Teenage Lingani Hadebe DEF
- 14 Kristian Fletcher FWD
- 24 Kyle Smith DEF
- 99 Ayoub Jabbari FWD
- 13 Evan Louro GK
- 2 Alvas Elvis Powell DEF
- 19 Ștefan Chirilă FWD
Charlotte 4-3-3
Coach: Dean Smith
- 1 Kristijan Kahlina GK
- 35 Will Cleary DEF
- 22 Henry Kessler DEF
- 3 Tim Ream DEF
- 14 Nathan Byrne DEF
- 28 Djibril Diani MID
- 16 Pep Biel MID
- 17 Luca de la Torre MID
- 11 Liel Abada FWD
- 9 Idan Toklomati FWD
- 10 Allan Saint-Maximin FWD
Bench
- 37 Rodolfo Aloko FWD
- 13 Brandt Bronico MID
- 44 Morrison Agyemang DEF
- 25 Tyger Smalls FWD
- 21 Tyler Miller GK
- 4 Andrew Privett DEF
- 39 Jack Neeley DEF
- 20 Baye Coulibaly MID
- 71 Nathan Richmond FWD
Injuries and suspensions
Cincinnati
- Obinna Nwobodo suspension, back Mid September 2026
Charlotte
No reported absences.
Previous meetings
- Saturday 9 May 2026: Charlotte FC 2-2 FC Cincinnati
- Sunday 10 August 2025: FC Cincinnati 0-1 Charlotte FC
- Saturday 15 March 2025: Charlotte FC 2-0 FC Cincinnati
- Saturday 13 July 2024: FC Cincinnati 1-3 Charlotte FC
- Saturday 30 March 2024: Charlotte FC 1-1 FC Cincinnati