Cincinnati edges Philadelphia 1-0 behind Celentano clean sheet

Cincinnati beat Philadelphia 1-0 at TQL Stadium. Ayoub Jabbari scored the only goal in the 70th minute, and Roman Celentano made sure it held up.

Celentano was the player of the game with a Chirp Rating of 8.9. He made 6 saves and kept a clean sheet. The first half ended 0-0, and the second half stayed scoreless until Jabbari finished from very close range into the bottom right corner. That put FC Cincinnati up 1-0, and Philadelphia never found an equalizer.

Philadelphia fell to 13-8-12. Bruno Damiani led the Union with 3 shots, Kai Wagner completed 40 accurate passes and Jovan Lukic made 12 defensive interventions. Cincinnati improved to 12-10-11. Teenage Hadebe led the home side with 52 accurate passes, Nick Hagglund had 18 defensive interventions and Evander took 2 shots.

Chirp's Sim gave Philadelphia a 40% chance over 10,000 simulations before the game.