Orlando City duel Chicago Fire, who have the fewest conceded goals (1) in Major League Soccer, for prestige and football prosperity.
- All of Orlando City's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Chicago Fire have the fewest conceded goals (1) in Major League Soccer
Chicago Fire have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1800 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Orlando City form and stats
Three Major League Soccer home games done for Orlando City, who are not happy collecting 3 points from these matches. Orlando City are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Exploria Stadium, having lost their two previous games here.
Orlando City's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 2-4 versus Los Angeles FC. Moutinho was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.0 out of 10. The defender Moutinho scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 7 of 10 duels.
Before that, Orlando played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Portland Timbers.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Orlando City's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played five games, won three matches, drawn two and lost zero.
The Orlando City fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 5 goals in 3 league matches.
Chicago Fire form and stats
Four points from two away games for Chicago Fire, meaning one draw and one victory in the Major League Soccer so far.
Chicago's last game was the home draw against Dallas (0-0). Navarro, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.45. Navarro hit one key pass and won 7 of 11 duels.
Before that, Chicago Fire secured a home win against Sporting KC with the score 3-1.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Chicago Fire playing away, we found eight games. Results were one away win, zero draws and seven home wins.
Chicago Fire have the goal stats of 2-0 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
It's not the first time these sides meet this season, as the fixture list show this recent match: Chicago Fire - Orlando 0-0. Head to head totals (for the prior ten meetings): Orlando City won two games, three matches ended with a draw and Chicago Fire managed five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / fourTop Goalscorers
  O. de Almeida Júnior 2 goals |  A. Rodrigues da Silva 2 goals |   K. Przybyłko 2 goals |
Orlando City missing players
Chicago Fire missing players
| Orlando City | Chicago Fire | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 83% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 50% | 40% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 50% | 40% |
| 33% | 67% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 17% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 17% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 67% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 100% | 80% |
| 17% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 60% |
| 4.3 | 5.7 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 3 | 3.4 |
| 5.5 | 3.7 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 6.5 | 3.6 |
| 2.5 | 2.7 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 12 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 13.5 | 11.2 |
| 4 | 5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7 | 4 | 3.4 |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 25% | 29% |
| 11.5 | 9.7 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8 | 13 | 9.2 |
| 3.2 | 3.3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 3 | 2.2 |
- All of Orlando City's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Chicago Fire have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
- Chicago Fire have not yet lost a game.
- Chicago Fire have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Chicago Fire have the fewest conceded goals (0) away in Major League Soccer
- Chicago Fire have the fewest conceded goals (1) in Major League Soccer
- Chicago Fire have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in Major League Soccer
- Chicago Fire have the most clean sheets (4) in Major League Soccer
- Orlando City have won significantly more corners at home than 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 | Philadelphia Union | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| 2 | New York RB | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | Atlanta United | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| 4 | Chicago Fire | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | Columbus Crew | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 6 | Orlando City | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 7 | Toronto | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 7 |
| 8 | DC United | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | Charlotte | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -3 | 6 |
| 10 | Cincinnati | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 6 |
| 11 | New York City | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 4 |
| 12 | New England | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | -3 | 4 |
| 13 | Montreal Impact | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | -5 | 4 |
| 14 | Inter Miami | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -10 | 1 |
