Cincinnati hosts the New York Red Bulls in Eastern Conference semifinals

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New York Red Bulls (11-13-10, seventh in the Eastern Conference during the regular season) vs. FC Cincinnati (20-5-9, first in the Conference during the regular season)

Cincinnati; Sunday, 8 p.m. EDT

FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK MLS LINE: FC Cincinnati -112, New York +273; over/under is 2.5 goals

BOTTOM LINE: Cincinnati hosts the New York Red Bulls in the Eastern Conference semifinals.

Cincinnati is 14-4-8 against Eastern Conference opponents. Luciano Acosta paces the fourth-ranked scoring team in the Eastern Conference with 17. Cincinnati has scored 57 goals.

The Red Bulls are 11-11-5 against Eastern Conference teams. The Red Bulls are first in the Eastern Conference allowing just 39 goals.

Sunday’s game is the third time these teams match up this season. The Red Bulls won the last meeting 2-1.

TOP PERFORMERS: Acosta has scored 17 goals with 12 assists for Cincinnati. Aaron Boupendza has four goals over the past 10 games.

Elias Manoel has scored six goals with three assists for the Red Bulls. John Tolkin has three goals and four assists over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Cincinnati: 5-2-3, averaging 1.8 goals, 5.4 shots on goal and 4.6 corner kicks per game while allowing 1.1 goals per game.

Red Bulls: 5-3-2, averaging 1.8 goals, 4.3 shots on goal and 4.5 corner kicks per game while allowing 1.3 goals per game.

NOT EXPECTED TO PLAY: Cincinnati: London Aghedo (injured), Stiven Jimenez (injured), Santiago Arias (injured).

Red Bulls: Cory Burke (injured), Hassan Ndam (injured), Dante Vanzeir (injured), Lewis Morgan (injured).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.