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Houston vs Cincinnati: match report

Houston Dynamo FC hosted FC Cincinnati at Shell Energy Stadium on Sunday 20 September 2026, in the MLS. Jair Marrufo is the referee, averaging 3.0 yellow cards a game against a league average of 4.2.

Result and scorers

Houston 2-2 Cincinnati. Goals: Guilherme Augusto 38' for Houston; Mateusz Bogusz 51' (pen) for Houston; Bryan Ramirez 73' for Cincinnati; Kévin Denkey 90'+7' (pen) for Cincinnati.

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Key moments (contains the result)
  • 38' Goal: Guilherme Augusto (Houston) 1-0
  • 51' Penalty: Mateusz Bogusz (Houston) 2-0
  • 73' Goal: Bryan Ramirez (Cincinnati) 2-1
  • 90'+7' Penalty: Kévin Denkey (Cincinnati) 2-2
Match stats (contains the result)
42.6%Possession57.4%
7Shots26
2Shots on target8
3Corners7
7Fouls13
0Offsides2
6Saves0
0Yellow cards0
0Red cards0

Line-ups

Houston 4-4-2

Coach: Ben Olsen

  1. 31 Jonathan Bond GK
  2. 36 Felipe Andrade DEF
  3. 3 Antônio Carlos DEF
  4. 5 Lucas Halter DEF
  5. 21 Franco Negri DEF
  6. 11 Lawrence Ennali DEF
  7. 6 Artur MID
  8. 16 Héctor Herrera MID
  9. 19 Mateusz Bogusz FWD
  10. 20 Guilherme Augusto FWD
  11. 30 Agustín Bouzat MID

Bench

  • 18 Diadie Samassékou MID
  • 24 Ibrahim Aliyu MID
  • 22 Matthew Arana MID
  • 23 Duncan McGuire FWD
  • 26 Blake Gillingham GK
  • 35 Logan Erb GK
  • 14 Duane Holmes MID
  • 37 Gilberto Rivera MID
  • 17 Nick Markanich FWD

Cincinnati 3-4-3

Coach: Pat Noonan

  1. 18 Roman Celentano GK
  2. 12 Miles Robinson DEF
  3. 4 Nick Hagglund DEF
  4. 11 Samuel Gidi MID
  5. 66 Ender Echenique MID
  6. 20 Pavel Bucha MID
  7. 5 Obinna Nwobodo MID
  8. 17 Kenji Mboma Dem MID
  9. 22 Gerardo Valenzuela MID
  10. 9 Kévin Denkey FWD
  11. 10 Evander Ferreira MID

Bench

  • 15 Teenage Lingani Hadebe DEF
  • 29 Bryan Ramírez MID
  • 16 Tom Barlow FWD
  • 24 Kyle Smith DEF
  • 99 Ayoub Jabbari FWD
  • 13 Evan Louro GK
  • 2 Alvas Elvis Powell DEF
  • 88 Andrei Chirilă DEF
  • 14 Kristian Fletcher FWD
Previous meetings
  • Sunday 26 February 2023: FC Cincinnati 2-1 Houston Dynamo FC
  • Sunday 4 July 2021: Houston Dynamo FC 1-1 FC Cincinnati
  • Saturday 6 July 2019: FC Cincinnati 3-2 Houston Dynamo FC