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Major League Soccer · Matchweek 18

FC Cincinnati

FCC

4–2Full time

San Jose Earthquakes

SAN

How they playPossession, press, how they create

Nothing in the numbers separates these two by much — which is itself worth knowing, and more common than most previews admit.

44%Possession46%
40%Territory36%
18%From set plays28%
0.10Chance quality0.14
5.0%Directness4.7%

Averages over the matches this snapshot has detail for — 3 for Cincinnati, 3 for San Jose. Too few to lean on heavily.

Players to watchMost goal involvement per 90

Goal involvements per 90, among players with at least 45% of the most-used player’s minutes. Drawn from the last 40 of 495 matches, not the full season.