In the Eastern Conference of the MLS, 12th placed Charlotte FC hosts eighth in the table Cincinnati.
Charlotte managed to get their first win of the MLS season last time out as they thumped New England 3-1 last time out as Karol Swiderski scored a brace, whilst Ben Bender also got on the scoresheet. Prior to this, Charlotte had been narrowly beaten 2-1 by Atlanta United and 1-0 by LA Galaxy.
On the other hand, Cincinnati have won back to back games 3-1 against Inter Miami as well as Orlando City 2-1 to end a three-game winless run which saw them defeated 1-0 at home to DC United, after being thrashed 5-0 away at Austin. In their opening game of the MLS season, Cincinnati were beaten 2-1 by Atlanta.