Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Cincinnati 2nd with 65 points, Austin 6th with 47, 18 apart. Austin ranked just 15th in the league on five-round form despite their 6th table position. Per game in the league, Cincinnati were scoring 1.53 and conceding 1.18, Austin 1.09 and 1.32, against a competition average of 1.5 goals per team per game.
The last-five ledger: Cincinnati 12/15, Austin 6/15.
TQL Stadium staged the fixture, a ground that holds 26,000. With 59 matches recorded and 2.1 yellow cards per game, T. Penso was the man in the middle. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Cincinnati led 1-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 2-1.
Goal scorers
Cincinnati: Evander (12'), Gerardo Valenzuela (76') · Austin: Brandon Vazquez (48')