This pair of contenders are revelling in a fine season so far and matches like today could be influential. Get ready for New England - Orlando City!
- New England have the most scored goals (51) in Major League Soccer
- Orlando City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
New England have less rest than Orlando City in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Major League Soccer game only three days ago. That game was an away game at Chicago Fire, so at least England are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
England's stadium, Gillette Stadium, has a artifical turf surface. Orlando City have grass on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for Orlando City when playing on artifical turf; 1 win, 3 draws and 3 losses from seven matches. They have scored 6 goals in these games and conceded 11.
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.
New England form and stats
32 points is a decent return from 13 Major League Soccer games here at Gillette Stadium for New England. The data says 10 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss.
A good away victory last time out for New England, who won 3-2 against Chicago Fire (placed 12th). Matt Turner loved the game against Chicago Fire. With a stunning seven saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 3-2 victory. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of B. Arena when Carles Gil scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 46th minute. Some amazing scenes last match, when Carles Gil scored the winning goal one minutes into stoppage time. Midfield player Carles Gil got a match rating of 8.34 in that game, the max score being 10. Gil scored one goal, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
In the match before that, England hosted Columbus Crew and drew the game 1-1.The manager B. Arena will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Montreal Impact in only four days.
With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (26 in 13 games), England's attacking play is working. England have conceded 14 in these home matches.
Orlando City form and stats
3 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Orlando City playing as the away team in the Major League Soccer this season. It's a growing despair in Orlando as they have recorded three consecutive losses.
Orlando play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-3 to Philadelphia Union (placed 7th). Attacker Mauricio Pereyra got a player rating of 7.63 in the game. "Man of the match" Pereyra served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
The game before that, was lost at home, a 2-4 defeat against Montreal Impact.Orlando City have another match away in just four sleeps, a Major League Soccer game versus Nashville SC. A hard diary for the visitors!
The visiting Orlando City have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 13 goals from 12 games. In the opposite end, Orlando have conceded 23 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Stats for the prior ten meetings involving these two squads are: four wins for England, two draws and four wins for Orlando City. Over 2,5 goals: nine times; under 2,5 goals: one game.Top Goalscorers
  G. Bou 12 goals | A. Buksa 11 goals |   L. Almeida da Cunha 8 goals |
New England missing players
Orlando City missing players
| New England | Orlando City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 13 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 12 | 25 |
| 18 | 10 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 51 | 26 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 13 | 36 |
| 32 | 14 | 1 | Conceded | C | 6 | 23 | 36 |
| 96% | 92% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 78% | 77% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | 80% |
| 63% | 69% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 58% | 56% |
| 41% | 38% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 33% | 32% |
| 30% | 31% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 17% | 24% |
| 67% | 77% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 75% | 64% |
| 26% | 23% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | 28% |
| 11% | 8% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 17% | 16% |
| 6.1 | 6.1 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 4.2 | 4.2 |
| 5.3 | 4.6 | 3.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 5.1 | 5.2 |
| 1.7 | 2.2 | 3.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 14.3 | 15.4 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 10.6 | 11.8 |
| 5.3 | 5.5 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.1 | 4.5 |
| 36% | 36% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 17% | 27% | 32% |
- New England have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- New England have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in Major League Soccer
- New England have the most points (32) at home in Major League Soccer
- New England have the most scored goals (51) in Major League Soccer
- New England have the most scored goals in the first half (26) in Major League Soccer
- Orlando City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Orlando City haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 England | 27 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 51 | 32 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 18 | 19 | 59 |
| 2 | Nashville SC | 25 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 44 | 24 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 31 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 20 | 44 |
| 3 | New York City | 25 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 44 | 29 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 15 | 39 |
| 4 | Orlando City | 25 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 36 | 36 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 23 | 0 | 38 |
| 5 | Montreal Impact | 25 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 36 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 37 |
| 6 | Atlanta United | 25 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 35 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 5 | 36 |
| 7 | Philadelphia Union | 24 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 31 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 35 |
| 8 | DC United | 25 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 41 | 36 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 5 | 34 |
| 9 | Inter Miami | 25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 25 | 40 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 9 | -15 | 32 |
| 10 | Columbus Crew | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 30 | 35 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 18 | -5 | 31 |
| 11 | New York RB | 24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 30 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 19 | 1 | 27 |
| 12 | Chicago Fire | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 26 | 43 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 25 | -17 | 23 |
| 13 | Cincinnati | 24 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 44 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 31 | -20 | 20 |
| 14 | Toronto | 25 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 28 | 51 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 35 | -23 | 18 |