The season has been a rollercoaster for these participants so far, good and bad leading to mid-table spots so far. Clear the decks for Orlando City - New England!
- Orlando City have the fewest scored goals in the second half (12) in Major League Soccer
- New England is in the worst form (0-4-2)
Orlando City's stadium, Exploria Stadium, has a grass surface. New England have artifical turf on their own stadium. This might or might not make a difference, and to help evaluate that we give you the recent performance numbers for New England when playing on grass; 14 wins, 2 draws and 11 losses from 27 matches. They have scored 48 goals in these games and conceded 41.
These teams have little in common geographically as New England have to travel 2000 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.
Both squads have had ample time to rest since their previous game. Let's hope for an animated fixture!
Orlando City form and stats
When playing at home in the Major League Soccer, Orlando City have managed 5 wins, 0 draws and suffered 6 defeats from 11 games.
Orlando City lost their last game at DC United (placed 14th) after a 1-2 scoreline. Heartbreak for Orlando City in their last match as DC United's Fountas scored the winning goal deep into overtime. Midfield player Pato got a match rating of 7.44 in that game, the max score being 10. Pato served one assist, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 8 times and had 24 successful passes (of 29 total).
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Orlando City have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won 3, drawn 4 and lost 6.
Orlando are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 15 goals in 11 games. Orlando City have conceded 20 from these games.
New England form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for New England so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 2-4-5 (win-draw-lose).
New England have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 209 minutes ago. Bou was the goal scorer. New England have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Dorde Petrovic. It's been 191 minutes since they last conceded in Major League Soccer.
England's last game was the home draw against Toronto (0-0). Petrović (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 8.42. Petrović saved a penalty and topped it up with a clean sheet.
Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to Columbus Crew.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 17 similar matches played by New England in our archives, and the results are: 8 wins for New England, 4 draws and 5 defeats.
Betting related statistic: Both sides have scored goal(s) in 10 of this club's last 13 league games.
The travelling fans enjoy New England's attacking play in away games, having scored 17 goals in 11 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
It's not the first time these two sides meet this campaign, as the statistics show this recent match: New England - Orlando 1-1. Previous ten meetings featuring these contenders: Orlando City won two, New England were winners in four and we saw four draws. eight games with over 2,5 goals, two matches with less than 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  E. Kara 7 goals |   G. Bou 7 goals |  A. Buksa 7 goals |
Orlando City missing players
New England missing players
| Orlando City | New England | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 23 | 11 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 22 |
| 8 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 9 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 27 | 15 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 17 | 32 |
| 33 | 20 | 2 | Conceded | C | 2 | 22 | 34 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 82% | 86% |
| 70% | 73% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 82% | 77% |
| 43% | 64% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 82% | 64% |
| 22% | 27% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 64% | 45% |
| 13% | 18% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 36% | 23% |
| 57% | 55% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 82% | 73% |
| 30% | 27% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 18% | 23% |
| 17% | 18% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 18% | 18% |
| 4.1 | 4.5 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.9 | 5.4 |
| 5.2 | 3.7 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.1 |
| 2.5 | 2.1 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.2 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10.8 | 12.8 | 17 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 13.6 | 13.4 |
| 3.7 | 4.1 | 6.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 5 | 4.5 |
| 32% | 33% | 15% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 31% | 33% |
| 12.7 | 10.8 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.5 | 15.4 | 13 |
| 4.1 | 3.8 | 2.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.9 | 4.5 |
- New England have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- New England have the most dropped points from leading position (24) in Major League Soccer
- New England is in the worst form (0-4-2)
- Orlando City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Orlando City have the fewest scored goals in the second half (12) in Major League Soccer
- Orlando City have the most conceded goals in the second half (24) in Major League Soccer
- Orlando City have the the worst goal difference (-5) at home in Major League Soccer
- Orlando City haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Philadelphia Union | 23 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 40 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 26 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 25 | 45 |
| 2 | New York City | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 41 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 20 | 42 |
| 3 | New York RB | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 34 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 9 | 36 |
| 4 | Montreal Impact | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 36 | 36 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 0 | 36 |
| 5 | Columbus Crew | 21 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 27 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 30 |
| 6 | Orlando City | 23 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 13 | -6 | 30 |
| 7 | Cincinnati | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 37 | 42 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 23 | -5 | 29 |
| 8 | New England | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 32 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 22 | -2 | 27 |
| 9 | Chicago Fire | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 20 | -4 | 27 |
| 10 | Charlotte | 22 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 25 | 31 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 24 | -6 | 26 |
| 11 | Inter Miami | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 26 | 37 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 17 | -11 | 26 |
| 12 | Atlanta United | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 29 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 18 | -4 | 25 |
| 13 | Toronto | 23 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 30 | 39 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -9 | 23 |
| 14 | DC United | 21 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 28 | 44 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 24 | -16 | 21 |
