With their 5 point advantage in the league table, Orlando City followers hope to see their adored players get all points from this game versus LA Galaxy.
- Orlando City have the fewest scored goals (3) at home in Major League Soccer
- LA Galaxy have yet to win a game away.
These teams have little in common geographically as LA Galaxy have to travel 4000 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
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.
Orlando City form and stats
Orlando City have played 5 Major League Soccer games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-1-3 (wins-draws-losses). With Orlando having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager Gómez.
Orlando City's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-3 versus DC United (placed 8th). The gifted forward McGuire edged out all teammates in that game and got a match rating of 7.35 out of 10. McGuire scored one goal.
Before that match, a win away at Minnesota United.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Orlando City handle that role? We have found 18 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 9 wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Orlando here at Exploria Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (3 from 5 games). Orlando City's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 7 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
LA Galaxy form and stats
The visitors are W0-D2-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Major League Soccer.
LA Galaxy had fun at their own home (Exploria Stadium) last time out, beating Austin 2-0. Hernández and Puig scored. Yippee; their first victory in the league after seven matches not winning. Midfield player Puig was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.11/10. Puig scored one goal, hit three key passes and had 63 successful passes (of 72 total).
Preceding that, the 2-3 home loss versus Los Angeles FC.Galaxy are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 3 draws and 9 defeats. From a total of 13 matches.
Goals are few and far between in LA Galaxy's away league games. Only {1 goals} from 4 travels. In the opposite end, Galaxy have conceded 6 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Previous six meetings with these contenders: Orlando City won three, LA Galaxy were winners in three and we saw zero draws. four games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  D. McGuire 3 goals | I. Angulo Cortés 2 goals |  M. Ojeda 2 goals |
Orlando City missing players
LA Galaxy missing players
| Orlando City | LA Galaxy | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | 3 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 10 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 6 | 12 |
| 88% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 50% | 75% |
| 75% | 60% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 75% |
| 50% | 40% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 12% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 62% | 40% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 50% |
| 25% | 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 38% |
| 25% | 40% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 75% | 38% |
| 5.5 | 6.4 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5.5 | 8.6 |
| 4 | 2.4 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5.5 | 4.8 |
| 1.8 | 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3.2 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | 12.6 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 13.5 | 16.8 |
| 3.8 | 4 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.8 | 5.2 |
| 27% | 15% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 7% | 17% |
| 13.5 | 9.8 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 16 | 14.2 |
| 4.4 | 4 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.8 | 4.4 |
- LA Galaxy have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- LA Galaxy have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- LA Galaxy have yet to win a game away.
- Orlando City have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Orlando City have scored at least twice as many goals at home as LA Galaxy have scored away.
- Orlando City have the fewest scored goals (3) at home in Major League Soccer
- Orlando City have the the worst goal difference (-4) at home in Major League Soccer
- Orlando City have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
| 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 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 20 |
| 2 | Cincinnati | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | Atlanta United | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 15 |
| 4 | New York City | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 15 |
| 5 | Columbus Crew | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 14 |
| 6 | Nashville SC | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 7 | Philadelphia Union | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 11 |
| 8 | DC United | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -2 | 11 |
| 9 | Orlando City | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | -2 | 11 |
| 10 | Chicago Fire | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| 11 | Toronto | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 9 |
| 12 | Charlotte | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -6 | 9 |
| 13 | New York RB | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | -3 | 8 |
| 14 | Inter Miami | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | -3 | 6 |
| 15 | Montreal Impact | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 14 | -12 | 6 |
