The Major League Soccer league table might not tell the truth so early on, but it's the best truth we have so far. Orlando City and New York City are placed 3rd and 2nd respectively.
- Orlando City have the most clean sheets (2) at home in Major League Soccer
- New York City have the most scored goals (8) 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.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for New York City, who are travelling more than 1700 kilometers to play this game.
Orlando City form and stats
Only two Major League Soccer home games for Orlando City so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 1 draw and 0 defeat.
Orlando City's previous game was a Major League Soccer match also played at home, ending 3-0 versus Cincinnati (placed 14th). The home side are looking to build on that result. A 1-1 draw away before that, with Sporting KC the opponent.
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 have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won five, drawn three and lost five.
Orlando City has scored 3 goals so far and conceded 0 goals from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
New York City form and stats
New York City, who have the most scored goals (8) in Major League Soccer, are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Major League Soccer, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).
226 minutes! That's how long the York goalkeeper Sean Johnson and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Two travels in a row for New York City, whose manager R. Deila could celebrate last time after the Major League Soccer win against Philadelphia Union. Before that, York secured a home win against Cincinnati with the score 5-0.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with York playing away and similar expectations, we found 17 relevant matches. Results were seven New York City wins, four draws and six defeats.
New York City have the goal stats of 3-2 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Orlando City-New York City H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Orlando City two wins, New York City three wins, five draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  J. Medina Maldonado 3 goals | V. Castellanos Giménez 3 goals |   L. Almeida da Cunha 2 goals |
Orlando City missing players
New York City missing players
| Orlando City | New York City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 67% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 33% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 33% |
| 67% | 100% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 67% |
| 33% | 50% | 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 |
| 1.3 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.5 | 2.3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14.7 | 16.5 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 17 | 17.3 |
| 4 | 4.5 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4.5 | 5.7 |
| 33% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 47% |
- New York City have the most scored goals (3) away in Major League Soccer
- New York City have the most scored goals (8) in Major League Soccer
- New York City have the most scored goals in the second half (5) in Major League Soccer
- New York City have the the best goal difference (+6) in Major League Soccer
- Orlando City have the most clean sheets (2) at home in Major League Soccer
| Orlando City | Last season | New York City | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 29 | 16 | Played | P | 14 | 26 | ||
| 13 | 9 | Won | W | 6 | 13 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Drew | D | 4 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | ||
| 48 | 31 | Scored | S | 17 | 42 | ||
| 33 | 18 | Conceded | C | 14 | 30 | ||
| 90% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 86% | 92% | ||
| 83% | 88% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 62% | ||
| 59% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 29% | 50% | ||
| 34% | 44% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 42% | ||
| 14% | 19% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 15% | ||
| 83% | 88% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 54% | ||
| 17% | 12% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 27% | ||
| 10% | 6% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 27% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.2 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 11.9 | 12.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.4 | 15.7 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 6.2 | ||
| 40% | 48% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 24% | 26% | ||
| 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 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | New York City | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | Orlando City | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | Montreal Impact | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | Atlanta United | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | New York RB | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Inter Miami | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | DC United | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 3 |
| 9 | Nashville SC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Columbus Crew | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Toronto | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 1 |
| 12 | Philadelphia Union | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 |
| 13 | Chicago Fire | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 1 |
| 14 | Cincinnati | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | -8 | 1 |