Major League Soccer preview: Can Orlando City edge out victory against Montreal Impact?

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sun 27.February
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: Exploria Stadium (25527 seats)

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These teams have little in common geographically as Montreal Impact have to travel 2300 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

Montreal Impact could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a CONCACAF Champions League game only four sleeps ago.

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Orlando City form and stats

Last season, Orlando City's league results were 13 wins, 12 draws and 9 losses, resulting in 6th place in the Major League Soccer. During these 34 matches they scored 50 goals and gave away 48. Performing as the host team in the last season Orlando City managed 8-7-2 (win-draw-lost) with 29 goals and 18 conceded.

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 City have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 17 games) they have won seven times, drawn six and lost four.

Orlando have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and six practice matches played. These training games have ended with 1 win, 3 draws and 2 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Orlando City scored 10 goals and let in 10 goals during these six games.

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Montreal Impact form and stats

Let's have a look at how Montreal Impact performed last season in the Major League Soccer: They landed a 10th position in the league table after playing out 12 victories, 10 draws and 12 defeats. In total they scored 46 and conceded 44 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 3 - drew 6 and lost 8 with 17/21 goals scored/conceded.

We have checked recent matches where Montreal Impact have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eight games were three victories, one draw and four defeats.

Montreal Impact played three friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 2 victories, 1 draw and 0 defeats. In these three matches Montreal Impact scored 6 and conceded 4 goals.

Head 2 Head

Statistics for the last ten meetings involving these two contenders are: four wins for Orlando, one draw and five wins for Montreal Impact. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Orlando City missing players

Montreal Impact missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Orlando City Montreal Impact
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Orlando City Last season Montreal Impact
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
35 17   Played P   17 34
13 8   Won W   3 12
12 7   Drew D   6 10
10 2   Lost L   8 12
51 29   Scored S   17 46
51 18   Conceded C   21 44
94% 88%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   94% 91%
83% 76%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   71% 74%
57% 53%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   35% 47%
34% 29%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   12% 24%
20% 24%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   6% 12%
69% 65%   BTTS BTTS   59% 59%
26% 35%   Clean Sheets C S   18% 24%
11% 12%   Failed to Score F T   29% 26%
 
4.4 4.5   Corners for (avg) C F   3.9 5
5.2 5.4   Corners against (avg) C A   5.1 4.3
2 1.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.8 1.9
3 2   Red cards R C   1 5
 
12.1 13.1   Shots (avg) S (   10.4 12.2
4.2 4.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.1 4.3
35% 39%   Goal Efficiency G E   33% 32%
 
12.9 11.8   Shots against (avg) S A   14.6 12.5
4.3 3.4   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.4 4.1

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Atlanta United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Charlotte 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Chicago Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Cincinnati 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Columbus Crew 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 DC United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Inter Miami 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Montreal Impact 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 New England 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 New York City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 New York RB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Orlando City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Philadelphia Union 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Toronto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Atlanta United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Charlotte 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Chicago Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Cincinnati 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Columbus Crew 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 DC United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Inter Miami 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Montreal Impact 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 New England 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 New York City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 New York RB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Orlando City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Philadelphia Union 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Toronto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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