FC Cincinnati vs Atlanta United FC, 2025 MLS, Regular Season
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2 - 2
2 - 2
Evander scores twice for Cincinnati in 2-2 draw with Atlanta
Evander scored twice for Cincinnati and Atlanta benefited from the opposition's own goal as the teams played to a 2-2 draw on Saturday.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 2': Foul by Matt Edwards (Atlanta United).
- 2': Sergio Santos (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 3': Foul by Yuya Kubo (FC Cincinnati).
- 3': Matt Edwards (Atlanta United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 4': Aleksey Miranchuk (Atlanta United) hits the bar with a left footed shot from outside the box.
- 4': Attempt blocked. Saba Lobjanidze (Atlanta United) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Will Reilly.
- 5': Foul by Evander (FC Cincinnati).
- 5': Will Reilly (Atlanta United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 6': Offside, Atlanta United. Saba Lobjanidze is caught offside.
- 7': Foul by Matt Edwards (Atlanta United).
- 7': Sergio Santos (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 7': Attempt saved. Nick Hagglund (FC Cincinnati) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Evander with a cross.
- 8': Derrick Williams (Atlanta United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 8': Foul by Sergio Santos (FC Cincinnati).
- 8': Foul by Alvas Powell (FC Cincinnati).
- 8': Xande Silva (Atlanta United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 9': Offside, Atlanta United. Aleksey Miranchuk is caught offside.
- 9': Lukas Engel (FC Cincinnati) is shown the yellow card.
- 10': Offside, Atlanta United. Emmanuel Latte Lath is caught offside.
- 11': Hand ball by Aleksey Miranchuk (Atlanta United).
- 12': Attempt blocked. Pavel Bucha (FC Cincinnati) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Luca Orellano.
- 12': Brooks Lennon (Atlanta United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 12': Foul by Yuya Kubo (FC Cincinnati).
- 13': Foul by Derrick Williams (Atlanta United).
- 13': Sergio Santos (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 16': Corner, FC Cincinnati. Conceded by Tristan Muyumba.
- 16': Hand ball by Xande Silva (Atlanta United).
- 18': Attempt missed. Tristan Muyumba (Atlanta United) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Xande Silva with a cross.
- 18': Attempt missed. Saba Lobjanidze (Atlanta United) right footed shot from very close range misses to the right. Assisted by Tristan Muyumba.
- 22': Foul by Sergio Santos (FC Cincinnati).
- 22': Will Reilly (Atlanta United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 23': Evander (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 23': Foul by Tristan Muyumba (Atlanta United).
- 25': Attempt blocked. Aleksey Miranchuk (Atlanta United) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 25': Corner, Atlanta United. Conceded by Nick Hagglund.
- 27': Foul by Yuya Kubo (FC Cincinnati).
- 27': Saba Lobjanidze (Atlanta United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 27': Yuya Kubo (FC Cincinnati) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 27': Will Reilly (Atlanta United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 28': Delay in match because of an injury Saba Lobjanidze (Atlanta United).
- 29': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 33': Evander (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 33': Foul by Will Reilly (Atlanta United).
- 35': Attempt blocked. Tristan Muyumba (Atlanta United) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Saba Lobjanidze.
- 35': Attempt saved. Emmanuel Latte Lath (Atlanta United) left footed shot from very close range is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Tristan Muyumba.
- 36': Foul by Matt Edwards (Atlanta United).
- 36': Sergio Santos (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 38': Delay in match because of an injury Tristan Muyumba (Atlanta United).
- 41': Substitution, Atlanta United. Cayman Togashi replaces Tristan Muyumba because of an injury.
- 41': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 43': Foul by Cayman Togashi (Atlanta United).
- 43': Luca Orellano (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 43': Attempt blocked. Evander (FC Cincinnati) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Yuya Kubo.
- 43': Emmanuel Latte Lath (Atlanta United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 43': Foul by Nick Hagglund (FC Cincinnati).
- 44': Foul by Derrick Williams (Atlanta United).
- 44': Sergio Santos (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45': Foul by Derrick Williams (Atlanta United).
- 45': Luca Orellano (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45': Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
- 45'+1': Attempt saved. Evander (FC Cincinnati) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Pavel Bucha.
- 45'+2': Corner, Atlanta United. Conceded by Nick Hagglund.
- 45'+4': Attempt blocked. Xande Silva (Atlanta United) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Will Reilly.
- 45'+4': Attempt missed. Cayman Togashi (Atlanta United) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Saba Lobjanidze with a cross.
- 45'+5': First Half ends, FC Cincinnati 0, Atlanta United 0.
- 45': Second Half begins FC Cincinnati 0, Atlanta United 0.
- 45': Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Corey Baird replaces Nick Hagglund.
- 46': Foul by Cayman Togashi (Atlanta United).
- 46': Obinna Nwobodo (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 48': Attempt blocked. Yuya Kubo (FC Cincinnati) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Evander.
- 48': Offside, FC Cincinnati. Evander is caught offside.
- 50': Goal! FC Cincinnati 0, Atlanta United 1. Emmanuel Latte Lath (Atlanta United) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Saba Lobjanidze.
- 52': Evander (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 52': Foul by Xande Silva (Atlanta United).
- 53': Attempt saved. Evander (FC Cincinnati) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
- 54': Attempt saved. Luca Orellano (FC Cincinnati) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 56': Foul by DeAndre Yedlin (FC Cincinnati).
- 56': Will Reilly (Atlanta United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 57': Attempt saved. Saba Lobjanidze (Atlanta United) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Aleksey Miranchuk.
- 58': Attempt saved. Saba Lobjanidze (Atlanta United) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Brooks Lennon.
- 59': Corey Baird (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 59': Foul by Xande Silva (Atlanta United).
- 59': DeAndre Yedlin (FC Cincinnati) is shown the yellow card.
- 60': Attempt blocked. Evander (FC Cincinnati) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by DeAndre Yedlin.
- 60': Corner, FC Cincinnati. Conceded by Will Reilly.
- 61': Foul by Obinna Nwobodo (FC Cincinnati).
- 61': Xande Silva (Atlanta United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 61': Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Brad Smith replaces Sergio Santos.
- 64': Attempt missed. Luca Orellano (FC Cincinnati) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by DeAndre Yedlin.
- 69': Evander (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 69': Foul by Matt Edwards (Atlanta United).
- 69': Matt Edwards (Atlanta United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 70': Goal! FC Cincinnati 1, Atlanta United 1. Evander (FC Cincinnati) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
- 71': Substitution, Atlanta United. Ronald Hernández replaces Xande Silva.
- 72': Foul by Obinna Nwobodo (FC Cincinnati).
- 72': Will Reilly (Atlanta United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 74': Attempt blocked. Yuya Kubo (FC Cincinnati) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Pavel Bucha.
- 75': Goal! FC Cincinnati 2, Atlanta United 1. Evander (FC Cincinnati) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Pavel Bucha.
- 78': Cayman Togashi (Atlanta United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 78': Foul by Pavel Bucha (FC Cincinnati).
- 79': Delay in match because of an injury Yuya Kubo (FC Cincinnati).
- 80': Substitution, Atlanta United. Mateusz Klich replaces Matt Edwards.
- 80': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 81': Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Tah Brian Anunga replaces Yuya Kubo because of an injury.
- 86': Corey Baird (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 86': Foul by Pedro Amador (Atlanta United).
- 88': Own Goal by Alvas Powell, FC Cincinnati. FC Cincinnati 2, Atlanta United 2.
- 90': Brooks Lennon (Atlanta United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90': Foul by Evander (FC Cincinnati).
- 90': Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Gerardo Valenzuela replaces Obinna Nwobodo.
- 90'+1': Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time.
- 90'+1': Foul by Emmanuel Latte Lath (Atlanta United).
- 90'+1': Pavel Bucha (FC Cincinnati) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+1': Emmanuel Latte Lath (Atlanta United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 90'+4': Foul by Evander (FC Cincinnati).
- 90'+4': Will Reilly (Atlanta United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+5': Attempt missed. Gerardo Valenzuela (FC Cincinnati) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Pavel Bucha.
- 90'+6': Second Half ends, FC Cincinnati 2, Atlanta United 2.
- 0': Match ends, FC Cincinnati 2, Atlanta United 2.
Statistics
 ATL |
CIN |
|
|---|---|---|
| 17 | Fouls | 14 |
| 3 | Yellow Cards | 3 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 3 | Offsides | 1 |
| 2 | Corner Kicks | 2 |
| 4 | Saves | 3 |
| 44.9 | Possession | 55.1 |
| 12 | SHOTS | 13 |
| 5 | ON GOAL | 6 |
| 0.4 | On Target % | 0.5 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 362 | Accurate Passes | 459 |
| 450 | Passes | 545 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 2 | Accurate Crosses | 1 |
| 10 | Crosses | 11 |
| 0.2 | Cross % | 0.1 |
| 65 | Long Balls | 42 |
| 24 | Accurate Long Balls | 17 |
| 0.4 | Long Balls % | 0.4 |
| 3 | Blocked Shots | 5 |
| 10 | Effective Tackles | 9 |
| 19 | Tackles | 15 |
| 0.5 | Tackle % | 0.6 |
| 13 | Interceptions | 4 |
| 14 | Effective Clearances | 26 |
| 14 | Clearances | 26 |
Game Information
Competition: MLS
Venue: TQL Stadium
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Attendance: 23,120
Venue: TQL Stadium
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Attendance: 23,120
MLS Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charlotte FC | 9 | +9 | 19 |
| 2 | FC Cincinnati | 9 | +2 | 19 |
| 3 | Inter Miami CF | 8 | +7 | 18 |
| 4 | Columbus Crew | 9 | +5 | 18 |
Line-Ups
FC Cincinnati (3-4-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 18 | Roman Celentano (GK) |
| 4 | Nick Hagglund |
| 29 | Lukas Engel  |
| 2 | Alvas Powell |
| 5 | Obinna Nwobodo |
| 20 | Pavel Bucha |
| 7 | Yuya Kubo |
| 91 | DeAndre Yedlin |
| 17 | Sergio Santos |
| 10 | Evander |
| 23 | Luca Orellano |
Atlanta United FC (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Brad Guzan (GK) |
| 3 | Derrick Williams |
| 47 | Matt Edwards |
| 18 | Pedro Amador |
| 11 | Brooks Lennon |
| 59 | Alexey Miranchuk |
| 8 | Tristan Muyumba |
| 28 | Will Reilly |
| 19 | Emmanuel Latte Lath |
| 45 | Xande Silva |
| 9 | Saba Lobjanidze |
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