This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Orlando City at Exploria Stadium when the Leagues Cup tournament arrives in town and Houston Dynamo with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1500 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Orlando City form and stats
Orlando City have collected 19 points from their Major League Soccer home games so far after 5-4-3.
Orlando City are returning here after visiting Atlanta United and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Carlos and McGuire scored the goal(s). Carlos, defender, was given a rating of 7.84/10 in that game, top of the team. Carlos scored one goal and won 2 of 6 duels.
Heartbreak before that as Orlando lost 0-4 at Real Salt Lake's place.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Orlando City handle that role? We have found 16 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 9 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats.
Orlando City have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Exploria Stadium with 18 goals in 12 league matches.
Houston Dynamo form and stats
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Colorado Rapids in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 0-0. Defender Micael was the best team player with a rating of 7.71. Micael won 8 of 10 duels.
Preceding that, the 0-3 home loss versus Minnesota United.We have checked recent matches where Houston have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 21 games were 2 victories, 4 draws and 15 defeats.
The schedule is very tough for Houston Dynamo now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Leagues Cup game at Santos Laguna is waiting in only four days.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head data (for the former six meetings): Orlando City won two games, two matches ended with a draw and Houston Dynamo have two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / three.
Top Goalscorers
  D. McGuire 8 goals |   A. Bassi 8 goals |  F. Torres Pérez 7 goals |
Orlando City missing players
Houston Dynamo missing players
| Orlando City | Houston Dynamo | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Won | W | 3 | 12 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 6 | 8 | ||
| 34 | 18 | Scored | S | 11 | 35 | ||
| 30 | 13 | Conceded | C | 19 | 27 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 60% | ||
| 52% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 24% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 12% | ||
| 56% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 32% | ||
| 5 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.1 | 3.8 | ||
| 4.6 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 5.8 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 6 | ||
| 12.5 | 14.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.9 | 11.2 | ||
| 4.4 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.8 | ||
| 31% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 36% | ||
| 12.6 | 9.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.5 | 11.4 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 3.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Orlando City | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Houston Dynamo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Santos Laguna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Cincinnati | 23 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 39 | 25 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 51 |
| 2 | New England | 23 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 42 | 28 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 14 | 43 |
| 3 | Philadelphia Union | 23 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 39 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 13 | 40 |
| 4 | Nashville SC | 24 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 31 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 38 |
| 5 | Orlando City | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 34 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 37 |
| 6 | Columbus Crew | 23 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 45 | 33 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 12 | 36 |
| 7 | Atlanta United | 24 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 42 | 39 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 24 | 3 | 35 |
| 8 | Chicago Fire | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 31 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 32 |
| 9 | DC United | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 32 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 20 | -2 | 30 |
| 10 | Montreal Impact | 23 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 22 | 32 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 27 | -10 | 29 |
| 11 | New York RB | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 26 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 13 | -4 | 26 |
| 12 | New York City | 24 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 25 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 17 | -5 | 26 |
| 13 | Charlotte | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 30 | 40 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 23 | -10 | 26 |
| 14 | Toronto | 24 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 18 | 33 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 22 | -15 | 19 |
| 15 | Inter Miami | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 22 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 21 | -14 | 18 |
