Orlando City vs Cincinnati preview: Away side will have a hard task at Exploria Stadium

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sun 13.March
Match begins: 00:30 (UTC)
Venue: Exploria Stadium (25527 seats)

Orlando City look forward to do battle with Cincinnati in this Major League Soccer fixture. All you can learn about the fixture is located right here!

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.

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Orlando City form and stats

The story so far in the Major League Soccer for Orlando City at their home stadium (Exploria Stadium) is 1 win, 0 draws and 0 defeats.

The Orlando City goalkeeper Pedro David Gallese Quiroz is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 180 minutes without conceding a goal in the Major League Soccer.

Orlando City shared the glory with Chicago Fire in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. The goalie Gallese was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.84 out of ten. Gallese topped it up with a clean sheet.

Before that, Orlando had a home game versus Montreal Impact which ended with a victory 2-0.

At Exploria Stadium, Orlando City has the goal stats of 2-0 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.

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Cincinnati form and stats

The visitors' first away game in the Major League Soccer ended in defeat. Last season Cincinnati had these away match statistics: Played 17; won 3, drew 3 and lost 11.

Cincinnati are looking to quickly end their 249 minutes long goal drought in the Major League Soccer.

This match can not go any worse than the last one, the home defeat versus DC United with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Attacker Acosta got a player rating of 7.64 in the game. "Man of the match" Acosta hit five key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times.

Preceding that game, the 0-5 loss visiting Austin's place.

Cincinnati have the goal stats of 0-5 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Head to head totals (for the former six meetings): Orlando City won three games, three matches ended in a draw and Cincinnati got zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / three

Top Goalscorers

OrlandoB. Michel
B. Michel
1 goals
Orlando CityA. Rodrigues da Silva
A. Rodrigues da Silva
1 goals

Orlando City missing players

Cincinnati missing players

Orlando City Cincinnati
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
2 1 1 Played P 0 1 2
1 1 1 Won W 0 0 0
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 1 2
2 2 2 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 5 6
50% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 100% 50%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 100%
 
3 3 3 Corners for (avg) C F 0 5 6
6 7 7 Corners against (avg) C A 0 3 3.5
3 4 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2 1.5
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8 9 9 Shots (avg) S ( 0 12 14.5
2.5 3 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2 4.5
40% 67% 67% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
10 10 10 Shots against (avg) S A 0 18 14.5
4.5 4 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 7 4.5
Orlando City Last season Cincinnati
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
35 17   Played P   17 34
13 8   Won W   3 4
12 7   Drew D   3 8
10 2   Lost L   11 22
51 29   Scored S   20 37
51 18   Conceded C   45 74
94% 88%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 91%
83% 76%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   88% 76%
57% 53%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   71% 56%
34% 29%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   53% 38%
20% 24%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   41% 29%
69% 65%   BTTS BTTS   53% 53%
26% 35%   Clean Sheets C S   18% 18%
11% 12%   Failed to Score F T   35% 38%
 
4.4 4.5   Corners for (avg) C F   3.8 4
5.2 5.4   Corners against (avg) C A   6.3 6
2 1.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.8 2.2
3 2   Red cards R C   1 3
 
12.1 13.1   Shots (avg) S (   11.4 12.4
4.2 4.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.9 4.1
35% 39%   Goal Efficiency G E   30% 27%
 
12.9 11.8   Shots against (avg) S A   17.6 15.9
4.3 3.4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   6.5 5.9

  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 RB 2 2 0 0 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 7 2 5 6
2 DC United 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 6
3 Columbus Crew 2 1 1 0 7 3 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 4 4
4 Orlando City 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 4
5 New England 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 4
6 Philadelphia Union 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
7 Atlanta United 2 1 0 1 3 4 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 -1 3
8 Chicago Fire 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
9 New York City 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 -1 1
10 Toronto 2 0 1 1 2 5 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 -3 1
11 Inter Miami 2 0 1 1 1 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 5 -4 1
12 Montreal Impact 2 0 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -3 0
13 Charlotte 2 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 -4 0
14 Cincinnati 2 0 0 2 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 5 -6 0

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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.