Orlando City vs DC United: Soccer match betting guide

Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sat 02.October
Match begins: 23:30 (UTC)
Venue: Exploria Stadium (25527 seats)

This looks to be an action-packed match as Orlando City have their presumed home advantage, while DC United are ahead 1 point in the Major League Soccer standings.

Insights:
  • DC United have the most matches over the total-line (17) in Major League Soccer

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Orlando and DC United.

DC United have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 4800 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

D L L L L

Orlando City form and stats

7-4-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Major League Soccer numbers at home for Orlando City so far this season.

An away draw last time out for Orlando, facing Nashville SC in a game that ended 2-2. Midfield player Mauricio Pereyra got a match rating of 7.33 in that game, the max score being 10. Pereyra hit four key passes and had 74 successful passes (of 89 total).

Heartbreak before that as Orlando lost 1-2 at New England's place.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Orlando handle that role? We have found 17 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are seven wins, five draws and five defeats.

A decent goal production from Orlando in their home games so far, with 23 goals from 13 league matches. Orlando have conceded 13 in these home matches.

W W L W D

DC United form and stats

DC United have only collected 10 points from their away games in the Major League Soccer, after 2-4-8 (14 played).

DC United had fun at their own home (Exploria Stadium) last time out, beating Minnesota United 3-1. Júnior Moreno, Julian Gressel and Ola Kamara scored. Midfield player Julian Gressel was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.41/10. Gressel scored one goal and hit two key passes.

Prior to that match, a home win 4-2 against Cincinnati.

DC United are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, three draws and eight defeats. From a total of 13 matches.

DC United find the net regularly in their away games. 20 goals from 14 away fixtures in the league. DC United have conceded 28 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The previous H2H meeting ended DC United - Orlando City 0-1, played this season. Head to head statistics (for the former ten meetings): Orlando City won four games, two matches ended in a draw and DC United got four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five

Top Goalscorers

DC UnitedO. Williams Kamara
O. Williams Kamara
17 goals
Orlando CityL. Almeida da Cunha
L. Almeida da Cunha
8 goals
Orlando CityD. Dike
D. Dike
5 goals

Orlando City missing players

DC United missing players

Orlando City DC United
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
27 13 1 Played P 5 14 27
10 7 0 Won W 1 2 12
9 4 1 Drew D 1 4 4
8 2 0 Lost L 3 8 11
39 23 1 Scored S 8 20 48
40 13 1 Conceded C 10 28 39
93% 85% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 86% 93%
81% 69% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 79% 70%
59% 54% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 71% 67%
33% 31% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 60% 50% 41%
22% 31% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 40% 36% 26%
67% 54% 100% BTTS BTTS 80% 71% 63%
26% 46% 0% Clean Sheets C S 20% 21% 26%
15% 15% 0% Failed to Score F T 20% 21% 19%
 
4.1 4.2 5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 4.6 5
5.1 5.3 3 Corners against (avg) C A 4.8 3.9 4.1
2 1.3 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.4 2.3 2
3 2 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
11.9 12.9 11 Shots (avg) S ( 13.2 12.3 14.2
4.4 4.8 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 4.4 5
32% 37% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 42% 32% 35%
Key stats in Major League Soccer this season:
  • DC United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • DC United have the fewest matches under the total-line (9) in Major League Soccer
  • DC United have the most matches over the total-line (17) 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 England 29 20 5 4 57 34 14 11 2 1 28 15 15 9 3 3 29 19 23 65
2 Nashville SC 27 11 13 3 46 26 15 8 7 0 33 16 12 3 6 3 13 10 20 46
3 DC United 27 12 4 11 48 39 13 10 0 3 28 11 14 2 4 8 20 28 9 40
4 New York City 27 11 6 10 44 32 13 8 2 3 29 12 14 3 4 7 15 20 12 39
5 Philadelphia Union 26 10 9 7 33 26 14 8 3 3 19 10 12 2 6 4 14 16 7 39
6 Atlanta United 27 10 9 8 36 31 14 8 3 3 21 11 13 2 6 5 15 20 5 39
7 Orlando City 27 10 9 8 39 40 13 7 4 2 23 13 14 3 5 6 16 27 -1 39
8 Montreal Impact 27 10 7 10 38 36 13 7 3 3 23 18 14 3 4 7 15 18 2 37
9 Columbus Crew 27 9 7 11 32 36 13 7 3 3 23 18 14 2 4 8 9 18 -4 34
10 Inter Miami 26 9 5 12 25 41 14 5 2 7 17 31 12 4 3 5 8 10 -16 32
11 New York RB 26 8 7 11 32 30 13 5 5 3 16 11 13 3 2 8 16 19 2 31
12 Chicago Fire 28 7 6 15 28 43 16 6 5 5 22 18 12 1 1 10 6 25 -15 27
13 Toronto 27 5 7 15 31 53 12 3 5 4 17 18 15 2 2 11 14 35 -22 22
14 Cincinnati 26 4 8 14 28 51 11 1 5 5 9 13 15 3 3 9 19 38 -23 20

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.