Balanced ball game between Orlando City and Nashville SC expected

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sat 01.April
Match begins: 23:30 (UTC)
Venue: Exploria Stadium (25527 seats)

Nashville SC have come here for an action-packed battle against the home side Orlando City. Prepare for the game with this thorough Major League Soccer preview!

Insights:
  • Nashville SC have the fewest conceded goals (2) in Major League Soccer

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

Orlando City have played 3 Major League Soccer games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).

A strong away win for Orlando City against Philadelphia Union the last match, as Angulo and Ojeda were on target. Finally, a league victory after three matches without. Ojeda (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.33/10. Ojeda scored one goal, served one assist and hit two key passes.

Ahead of that match, Orlando lost 1-2 at home to Charlotte.

This is expected to be a close game, with Orlando City perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Orlando City as a small favourite), we find 15 games. Orlando City has won 5 of these, drawn 4 and lost 6.

Orlando City have scored {2 league goals} here from 3 matches, not a lot. Orlando City are not conceding a lot of goals here at Exploria Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 2 from 3 matches.

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Nashville SC form and stats

Still no away game victory in the Major League Soccer for Nashville SC with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.

The attacking players of Nashville SC have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 181 minutes.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, the home defeat versus Cincinnati with 0-1 on the scoreboard. Nashville goalkeeper Willis could enjoy a terrific shift against Cincinnati, but despite achieving six saves the beating could not be helped.

Prior to that match, the Nashville SC manager Smith faced defeat when travelling to New England and losing 0-1.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 19 similar matches played by Nashville SC in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Nashville SC, 10 draws and 5 defeats.

Considering a bet on a low-scoring game? 5 league matches in a row with this side have had at most two goals.

{0 goals} so far away for Nashville SC, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 1. All from 2 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

Nashville SC have avoided defeat in the last 7 matches (2-5-0) facing Orlando.

Top Goalscorers

Orlando CityM. Ojeda
M. Ojeda
2 goals
Nashville SCJ. Shaffelburg
J. Shaffelburg
2 goals
Orlando CityF. Torres Pérez
F. Torres Pérez
1 goals

Orlando City missing players

Nashville SC missing players

Orlando City Nashville SC
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
5 3 0 Played P 1 2 5
2 1 0 Won W 0 0 2
2 1 0 Drew D 0 1 1
1 1 0 Lost L 1 1 2
5 2 0 Scored S 0 0 4
4 2 0 Conceded C 1 1 2
80% 67% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 50% 80%
60% 33% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 40%
40% 33% 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%
60% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
40% 67% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 60%
20% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 100% 60%
 
3.8 4.3 0 Corners for (avg) C F 8 6.5 6.6
3.8 2.3 0 Corners against (avg) C A 3 3 3.2
1.8 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 3 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.6 10.7 0 Shots (avg) S ( 16 10.5 11.8
3.4 3 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 1.5 2.8
29% 22% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 29%
 
15 11 0 Shots against (avg) S A 10 9 10
4.6 4 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4 3.4
Key stats in Major League Soccer this season:
  • Nashville SC have failed to score a single goal away.
  • Nashville SC have the fewest conceded goals (1) away in Major League Soccer
  • Nashville SC have the fewest conceded goals (2) in Major League Soccer
  • Nashville SC have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in Major League Soccer
  • Nashville SC have the fewest matches over the total-line (0) in Major League Soccer
  • Nashville SC have the most matches under the total-line (5) in Major League Soccer
  • Nashville SC have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Nashville SC have yet to win a game away.
Orlando City Last season Nashville SC
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
35 17   Played P   18 35
14 9   Won W   7 13
6 0   Drew D   5 11
15 8   Lost L   6 11
44 26   Scored S   22 52
55 28   Conceded C   21 42
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 97%
74% 76%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   72% 80%
54% 71%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   39% 51%
26% 29%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   22% 26%
17% 18%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   6% 9%
57% 53%   BTTS BTTS   56% 63%
26% 24%   Clean Sheets C S   22% 26%
20% 24%   Failed to Score F T   22% 14%
 
4.3 4.6   Corners for (avg) C F   3.6 4.7
4.5 3.6   Corners against (avg) C A   5.9 4.8
2.4 2.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.3 2.1
3 1   Red cards R C   1 2
 
11.7 14.4   Shots (avg) S (   10.7 13
3.8 4.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.8 4.8
33% 32%   Goal Efficiency G E   32% 31%
 
12.2 10.5   Shots against (avg) S A   13.9 12.9
4.1 3.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.5 4.4

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

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