The manager R. Deila looks to inspire New York City win against Orlando City

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sun 25.July
Match begins: 22:00 (UTC)
Venue: Yankee Stadium (47309 seats)

Orlando City can not expect any pleasantries from their host New York City in this Major League Soccer game. Here's our full preview!

Insights:
  • New York City have the most dropped points from leading position (11) in Major League Soccer
  • Orlando City have scored in all their away matches so far.

It's no vacation for neither York nor Orlando City as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1700 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

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New York City form and stats

When playing at home in the Major League Soccer, New York City have managed 4 wins, 1 draw and suffered 2 defeats from 7 games. There’s a good atmosphere here at Yankee Stadium after three straight home wins.

New York City's last game was hosting Montreal Impact (placed 5th) and winning 1-0. Ismael Tajouri-Shradi (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.03/10. Tajouri-Shradi scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, hit one key pass and dribled passed the opponent 2 of 4 times.

A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Columbus Crew.

A decent goal production from York in their home games so far, with 13 goals from 7 league matches. York's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 7 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 3-2-2 so far.

Benji Michel and Andrés Perea scored in Orlando City's previous match, the home game against Philadelphia Union that ended 2-1. Midfield player Andrés Perea was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.8/10. Perea scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 41 successful passes (of 47 total).

A 1-1 draw at Toronto's stadium before that.

Orlando are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 10 away goals from 7 games (in the league). 10 goals have been conceded by Orlando City in these games.

Head 2 Head

The teams have played each other before this season, with the result Orlando City - York 1-1 entered in the official records. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two York victories, six draws and two Orlando City wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

New York CityJ. Medina Maldonado
J. Medina Maldonado
6 goals
Orlando CityL. Almeida da Cunha
L. Almeida da Cunha
6 goals
New York CityI. Tajouri-Shradi
I. Tajouri-Shradi
5 goals

New York City missing players

Orlando City missing players

New York City Orlando City
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
13 7 1 Played P 2 7 14
6 4 0 Won W 1 3 7
2 1 0 Drew D 0 2 4
5 2 1 Lost L 1 2 3
21 13 2 Scored S 2 10 23
15 7 3 Conceded C 2 10 14
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
85% 71% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 86% 79%
62% 57% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 57% 57%
15% 29% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 29% 21%
15% 29% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 14%
69% 57% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 86% 64%
31% 43% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 14% 36%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 7%
 
4.7 4.7 7 Corners for (avg) C F 2.5 4.3 3.9
4.2 4.7 5 Corners against (avg) C A 8 6 5.3
2.1 1.4 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 2.6 1.9
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
15 15.7 16 Shots (avg) S ( 6 11.1 11.9
5.2 5.7 9 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 4.6 4.6
31% 32% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 31% 35%
Key stats in Major League Soccer this season:
  • New York City have scored in all their matches so far.
  • New York City have the fewest matches under the total-line (5) in Major League Soccer
  • New York City have the most dropped points from leading position (11) in Major League Soccer
  • New York City have the most scored goals in the second half (15) in Major League Soccer
  • New York City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Orlando City have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • 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 15 9 3 3 28 18 6 5 0 1 12 7 9 4 3 2 16 11 10 30
2 Orlando City 14 7 4 3 23 14 7 4 2 1 13 4 7 3 2 2 10 10 9 25
3 Nashville SC 14 5 8 1 21 14 10 5 5 0 19 10 4 0 3 1 2 4 7 23
4 Philadelphia Union 15 6 5 4 19 15 7 4 1 2 9 6 8 2 4 2 10 9 4 23
5 Montreal Impact 14 6 4 4 19 16 7 4 2 1 13 9 7 2 2 3 6 7 3 22
6 Columbus Crew 14 5 6 3 15 12 7 4 3 0 11 5 7 1 3 3 4 7 3 21
7 New York City 13 6 2 5 21 15 7 4 1 2 13 7 6 2 1 3 8 8 6 20
8 New York RB 13 5 3 5 18 16 6 4 1 1 10 4 7 1 2 4 8 12 2 18
9 DC United 14 5 2 7 20 18 6 4 0 2 11 4 8 1 2 5 9 14 2 17
10 Atlanta United 14 2 8 4 14 17 6 2 3 1 8 6 8 0 5 3 6 11 -3 14
11 Cincinnati 13 3 4 6 17 26 5 0 2 3 5 9 8 3 2 3 12 17 -9 13
12 Chicago Fire 14 3 3 8 16 25 9 3 3 3 14 12 5 0 0 5 2 13 -9 12
13 Toronto 14 2 4 8 18 31 6 1 3 2 8 9 8 1 1 6 10 22 -13 10
14 Inter Miami 12 2 2 8 9 22 6 0 1 5 4 16 6 2 1 3 5 6 -13 8

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.