FC Cincinnati vs Burnley - prediction, team news, lineups

Championship outfit Burnley volition footwear disconnected their preparations for the 2026-27 run with a affable against MLS outfit FC Cincinnati connected Friday.

Burnley are gathering towards the commencement of their 2026-27 season, which kicks disconnected successful the EFL Cup connected August 8, while FC Cincinnati volition resume their MLS run connected July 23.

Match preview

Burnley finished 19th successful the Premier League past season, with 22 points from 38 matches seeing them relegated from the apical flight, with the Clarets truthful preparing for a run backmost successful the 2nd tier of English football.

Nicky Hayden is the club's fig 1 managerial target, and the anticipation is that the 45-year-old, who is presently successful complaint of Genk, volition soon beryllium confirmed successful the position.

Burnley person announced the signing of Florentino Luis this summertime connected a imperishable ground from Benfica, with the 26-year-old arriving aft a palmy indebtedness spell.

The Clarets are expected to implicit much concern earlier the extremity of the transportation window, and their pre-season volition spot them instrumentality connected Columbus Crew, Real Salt Lake, Ajax and Espanyol up of their run opener against Notts County successful the EFL Cup connected August 8.

Burnley volition past statesman their 2026-27 Championship run against West Ham United connected August 16, which is shaping up to beryllium a fascinating clash.

FC Cincinnati, meanwhile, volition resume their 2026 MLS run against Vancouver Whitecaps connected July 23, truthful this lucifer volition enactment arsenic invaluable preparation.

A six-week interruption from May 25 until July 16 was confirmed owed to the World Cup, but the run volition soon resume, and FC Cincinnati inhabit seventh successful the Eastern Conference table, having picked up 20 points from their 15 league matches.

The Orange and Blues, who made the 2025 Conference semi-finals, person won five, drawn 5 and mislaid 5 of their league games during the existent season.

Pat Noonan's squad were past successful competitory enactment connected May 23, signaling a 6-2 triumph implicit Orlando City, and they person lone mislaid erstwhile since the commencement of April.

This lucifer volition truthful beryllium incredibly invaluable for some teams, with FC Cincinnati taking connected high-quality absorption up of their instrumentality to competitory action.

Team News

FC Cincinnati volition beryllium without the services of Miles Robinson, with the 29-year-old portion of the USA squad astatine the 2026 World Cup.

The MLS outfit volition beryllium missing Alvas Powell, Teenage Hadebe and Kristian Fletcher done wounded but are different successful beardown signifier for the clash with Burnley.

Kevin Denkey had been enjoying an fantabulous play for FC Cincinnati earlier the break, scoring 13 times successful 17 appearances, and the 25-year-old is acceptable to diagnostic successful the last 3rd of the tract for the clash with the Championship outfit.

As for Burnley, Hannibal Mejbri, Zeki Amdouni, Lyle Foster and Hjalmar Ekdal volition each beryllium absent owed to their engagement for their countries astatine the 2026 World Cup.

There volition beryllium opportunities for a fig of younger players to marque their mark, portion Florentino should marque his authoritative debut for the Championship nine successful this match, having arrived connected a imperishable basis.

Armando Broja could pb the enactment for Burnley, portion it remains to beryllium seen whether Zian Flemming is progressive amid the speculation surrounding his future.

FC Cincinnati imaginable starting lineup:

Celentano; Gidi, Miazga, Smith; Bucha, Valenzuela, Nwobodo, Ramirez; Mboma, Denkey, Evander

Burnley imaginable starting lineup:

Weiss; Sonne, Humphreys, Worrall, Pires; Florentino, Ramsey; Edwards, Tresor, Larsen; Broja

We say: FC Cincinnati 2-2 Burnley

This volition beryllium a invaluable lucifer for some sides, for antithetic reasons. We are expecting it to beryllium unfastened and entertaining, with the spoils perchance being shared successful a 2-2 draw.

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