Pat Noonan believes being able to win in different ways has been the key to FC Cincinnati’s fine run of form, as the Orange and Blue look to make it eight straight victories against Nashville SC on Wednesday.

Cincinnati have won their last seven league games to surge up the Eastern Conference standings, and they currently sit just one point adrift of leaders Inter Miami with a game in hand.

They overcame fellow high-fliers Toronto FC by a 4-3 scoreline in a thriller last time out, and Noonan has praised his players for being adaptable in the face of different challenges.

“It’s hard to win in this league and it’s hard to win consecutively like we’ve done,” Noonan said.

“I think what we’re able to do is adapt in games and win in different ways. When we need to have the quality with the ball and score goals, we were able to do that.

“We’ve seen the one-goal wins, and finally being able to win a game by two goals last week against St. Louis City. So we can win in different ways, which is important.”

Nashville, meanwhile, are still awaiting their first win under interim coach Rumba Munthali, having played out back-to-back draws with Atlanta United (1-1) and CF Montreal (0-0) since they fired Gary Smith.

“It’s been good, it’s been positive,” Munthali said of the team’s work on the training ground.

“The guys have done the work that was asked of