Home advantage could prove decisive in Orlando City - Inter Miami battle

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Thu 05.August
Match begins: 00:00 (UTC)
Venue: Exploria Stadium (25527 seats)

Orlando City - Inter Miami. 2nd place against 14th place. Nothing is certain - get a full match preview here!

Insights:
  • Orlando City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Inter Miami have the fewest scored goals (12) in Major League Soccer

The visiting Inter Miami played their last game only four days ago, a Major League Soccer match.

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Orlando City form and stats

Orlando City are steadily winning Major League Soccer games and points here at Exploria Stadium. 5 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 8 games. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Orlando after consecutive victories at their own ground.

The Orlando supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Atlanta United in Major League Soccer and win 3-2. The attacker Nani was "man of the match" for Orlando with a rating of 8.83/10. Nani scored one goal, served one assist, hit four key passes, dribled passed the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 28 successful passes (of 35 total).

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting New York City (0-5).

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Orlando have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 15 games) they have won seven times, drawn four and lost four.

Orlando City are traveling soon after this match as the Major League Soccer match at Cincinnati awaits in three days.

The Orlando City manager Ó. Pareja Gómez has got the team scoring with 16 from 8 home games in the league. Orlando City have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Inter Miami form and stats

2-1-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Inter Miami, who have the fewest scored goals (12) in Major League Soccer, in their Major League Soccer matches away. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on P. Neville, the Inter Miami manager, as the last three away games were defeats.

Inter are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the Major League Soccer against Montreal Impact (placed 7th). The attacker Gonzalo Higuaín got a match rating of 8.41 in that game. Higuaín scored two goals and hit one key pass.

Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Philadelphia Union.

We have checked recent matches where Inter have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those four games were one victory, one draw and two defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Nashville SC in just four days.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Inter as they have only managed to score 5 times from 6 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 6 goals have been conceded by Inter in these games. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Inter Miami - Orlando 1-2. Head-2-head stats last five meetings: three - zero - two (Orlando wins - draws - Inter Miami wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), zero had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Orlando CityL. Almeida da Cunha
L. Almeida da Cunha
7 goals
Inter MiamiG. Higuaín
G. Higuaín
7 goals
OrlandoT. Akindele
T. Akindele
3 goals

Orlando City missing players

Inter Miami missing players

Orlando City Inter Miami
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
16 8 4 Played P 1 6 14
8 5 3 Won W 0 2 3
4 2 1 Drew D 1 1 3
4 1 0 Lost L 0 3 8
26 16 7 Scored S 0 5 12
21 6 2 Conceded C 0 6 24
94% 88% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 83% 93%
81% 75% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 33% 71%
62% 62% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 33% 50%
31% 25% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 21%
25% 25% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 21%
62% 50% 25% BTTS BTTS 0% 33% 50%
31% 50% 75% Clean Sheets C S 100% 17% 7%
12% 12% 25% Failed to Score F T 100% 67% 50%
 
4.1 3.8 4.2 Corners for (avg) C F 5 3.7 5
5.2 4.5 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 6 6.7 4.2
1.8 1.1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 3.2 2.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
11.7 12.9 14.2 Shots (avg) S ( 6 6.2 10.1
4.8 5.2 5.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2.5 3.2
34% 38% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 33% 27%
Key stats in Major League Soccer this season:
  • Inter Miami have the fewest scored goals (12) in Major League Soccer
  • Inter Miami have the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in Major League Soccer
  • Inter Miami have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Orlando City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Orlando City have scored more than double the goals of Inter Miami.

  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 17 11 3 3 33 21 7 6 0 1 14 8 10 5 3 2 19 13 12 36
2 Orlando City 16 8 4 4 26 21 8 5 2 1 16 6 8 3 2 3 10 15 5 28
3 New York City 15 8 2 5 30 16 9 6 1 2 22 8 6 2 1 3 8 8 14 26
4 Nashville SC 15 6 8 1 24 14 11 6 5 0 22 10 4 0 3 1 2 4 10 26
5 Philadelphia Union 16 6 6 4 20 16 7 4 1 2 9 6 9 2 5 2 11 10 4 24
6 Columbus Crew 16 6 6 4 17 16 7 4 3 0 11 5 9 2 3 4 6 11 1 24
7 Montreal Impact 16 6 4 6 21 20 7 4 2 1 13 9 9 2 2 5 8 11 1 22
8 DC United 16 6 3 7 21 18 7 5 0 2 12 4 9 1 3 5 9 14 3 21
9 New York RB 15 5 3 7 20 20 7 4 1 2 12 7 8 1 2 5 8 13 0 18
10 Atlanta United 16 2 8 6 16 21 7 2 3 2 8 7 9 0 5 4 8 14 -5 14
11 Cincinnati 15 3 5 7 17 29 6 0 3 3 5 9 9 3 2 4 12 20 -12 14
12 Toronto 15 3 4 8 20 32 6 1 3 2 8 9 9 2 1 6 12 23 -12 13
13 Chicago Fire 15 3 3 9 17 27 10 3 3 4 15 14 5 0 0 5 2 13 -10 12
14 Inter Miami 14 3 3 8 12 24 8 1 2 5 7 18 6 2 1 3 5 6 -12 12

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