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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Wed 15.June
Match begins: 23:30 (UTC)
Venue: Gillette Stadium (66829 seats)

Which team will go home victorious when Orlando City visit New England? In this game guide you'll get all the relevant information and data necessary to get smart.

Insights:
  • New England have the most dropped points from leading position (17) in Major League Soccer
  • Orlando City have the most clean sheets (4) away in Major League Soccer

Orlando City play their home games on grass, while this fixture takes place on artifical turf. Relevant statistics for Orlando City when featuring on artifical turf are 2 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats from seven matches. They have created 7 goals and conceded 8 times on these occasions.

Orlando City have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2000 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

The hosts England saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Major League Soccer. That game was an away game at Sporting KC, so at least New England are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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New England form and stats

When playing at home in the Major League Soccer, New England have managed 3 wins, 2 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 7 games.

A strong away win for New England against Sporting KC the last match, as Bou and Boateng were on target. The victory against Sporting KC came after Boateng's winning goal. The England manager Arena was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 73rd minute.

Before that, New England drew at home versus Philadelphia Union.

The match schedule is unforgiving for England as they have a new game in only four days, a Major League Soccer match thankfully also at home. Minnesota United are visiting.

New England are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 10 goals in 7 games. New England's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 8 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Orlando City form and stats

As the visiting team in Major League Soccer matches, Orlando City have produced an overall stat of 3-3-1 so far.

Home advantage was not enough for Orlando City in their previous game as they lost hosting Dallas, 1-3. Midfield player Mulraney was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.31/10. Mulraney hit one key pass.

After this away game Orlando return home for a Major League Soccer game against Houston Dynamo. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Orlando City have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 7 league away games 8 goals have been scored.

Head 2 Head

New England-Orlando City H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: New England four wins, Orlando City three wins, three draws. nine of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

New EnglandA. Buksa
A. Buksa
7 goals
Orlando CityE. Kara
E. Kara
4 goals
EnglandC. Gil de Pareja Vicent
C. Gil de Pareja Vicent
3 goals

New England missing players

Orlando City missing players

New England Orlando City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
14 7 2 Played P 0 7 14
5 3 2 Won W 0 3 6
4 2 0 Drew D 0 3 3
5 2 0 Lost L 0 1 5
24 10 4 Scored S 0 8 17
24 8 1 Conceded C 0 7 20
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 86% 93%
86% 71% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 57% 71%
71% 43% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 29% 50%
57% 29% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 29% 29%
29% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 14%
79% 57% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 43% 50%
14% 29% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 57% 43%
7% 14% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 14% 14%
 
6 6.4 7 Corners for (avg) C F 0 4 4.3
4.4 4.1 1.5 Corners against (avg) C A 0 6.7 5.1
2.3 1.9 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.9 2.5
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
13.1 13.6 16 Shots (avg) S ( 0 8.3 10
4.6 4.1 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3.3 3.8
37% 34% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 35% 32%
 
10.8 8.9 7.5 Shots against (avg) S A 0 15.6 13.2
4 4 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 4 4
Key stats in Major League Soccer this season:
  • New England have the most dropped points from leading position (17) in Major League Soccer
  • New England haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Orlando City have the most clean sheets (4) away in Major League Soccer

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 New York City 13 8 2 3 25 10 8 6 1 1 21 7 5 2 1 2 4 3 15 26
2 Philadelphia Union 14 6 7 1 19 10 7 3 4 0 8 3 7 3 3 1 11 7 9 25
3 New York RB 15 6 5 4 24 17 7 1 4 2 10 9 8 5 1 2 14 8 7 23
4 Montreal Impact 14 7 2 5 28 26 6 4 0 2 14 10 8 3 2 3 14 16 2 23
5 Orlando City 14 6 3 5 17 20 7 3 0 4 9 13 7 3 3 1 8 7 -3 21
6 New England 14 5 4 5 24 24 7 3 2 2 10 8 7 2 2 3 14 16 0 19
7 Charlotte 15 6 1 8 15 18 8 6 0 2 11 5 7 0 1 6 4 13 -3 19
8 Cincinnati 14 6 1 7 21 25 6 2 0 4 11 11 8 4 1 3 10 14 -4 19
9 Inter Miami 14 5 3 6 15 22 8 4 2 2 12 11 6 1 1 4 3 11 -7 18
10 Columbus Crew 13 4 4 5 17 16 6 3 0 3 9 6 7 1 4 2 8 10 1 16
11 Atlanta United 13 4 4 5 20 20 7 3 3 1 15 10 6 1 1 4 5 10 0 16
12 Toronto 14 4 3 7 21 27 7 4 0 3 11 12 7 0 3 4 10 15 -6 15
13 DC United 13 4 2 7 17 23 8 3 1 4 12 12 5 1 1 3 5 11 -6 14
14 Chicago Fire 14 2 5 7 13 20 6 1 3 2 5 5 8 1 2 5 8 15 -7 11

Read more about Major League Soccer

Major League Soccer (often known simply as MLS) is the top level of football (soccer) in the United States and Canada. MLS has 24 teams divided into two conferences, Eastern and Western. Each team play 34 fixtures to decide a league table champion. The top fourteen teams then compete in playoff to crown a MLS Cup champion.