Orlando City are psyched for a new test after their 2-2 vs Columbus Crew last time out. New York City are coming to play!
- Orlando City have the fewest points (7) at home in Major League Soccer
- New York City have the fewest points (2) away in Major League Soccer
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for New York City, who are travelling more than 1700 kilometers to play this game.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Orlando City and New York City.
Orlando City form and stats
The story so far in the Major League Soccer for Orlando City at their home stadium (Exploria Stadium) is 2 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.
An away draw last time out for Orlando, facing Columbus Crew in a game that ended 2-2. The result was a bit lucky as the match had an xG (expected goals) of 3.47 - 1.09. There was plenty of action in the dying minutes of the game against Columbus Crew as McGuire's goal in the 90th minute completed a cancellation of 0-2 and secured a draw after 90 minutes. The hometeam coach Gómez made a successful contribution in the game against Columbus Crew, bringing on McGuire who scored the equalizer in the 2-2 draw. Midfield player Torres got a match rating of 8.24 in that game, the max score being 10. Torres served one assist, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 4 times and had 28 successful passes (of 33 total).
Before that, a loss in the away fixture against Charlotte in the US Open Cup. 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 16 games. Orlando City has won 6 of these, drawn 3 and lost 7.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Orlando as they are travelling to their away game against Inter Miami in the Major League Soccer. That match is three days after this one.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Orlando City here at Exploria Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (5 from 6 games). Orlando City have conceded 7 in these home matches.
New York City form and stats
There's been little loot from New York City's travels as they have only collected 2 points from 7 away games in the Major League Soccer. New York City only have 0 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 2 draws. Three has not been a lucky number for New York City as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Dallas match.
York lost away at New York RB (0-1) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Martins, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.24. Martins won 5 of 6 duels.
A defeat, in the US Open Cup away at Cincinnati, earlier. So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with New York City playing away and similar expectations, we found 13 relevant matches. Results were 2 New York City wins, 2 draws and 9 defeats.
The attacking power of York when travelling is not overwhelming with 4 goals scored from 7 league matches away. New York City have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head data (for the previous ten meetings): Orlando City won two games, six matches ended with a draw and New York City have two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five.
Top Goalscorers
  D. McGuire 4 goals |   S. Rodríguez Molina 4 goals |  T. Bacelar Martins 3 goals |
Orlando City missing players
New York City missing players
| Orlando City | New York City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 6 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 7 | 12 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 14 |
| 14 | 7 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 10 | 15 |
| 91% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 82% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 57% | 67% |
| 45% | 33% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 14% | 33% |
| 18% | 17% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 17% |
| 55% | 33% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 43% | 58% |
| 27% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 27% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 57% | 33% |
| 5.3 | 6 | 9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5.1 | 4.4 |
| 4.4 | 3 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4.4 | 4.7 |
| 1.9 | 1.8 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.1 | 2.2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12.1 | 12.8 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 8.4 | 10.9 |
| 3.7 | 4.3 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.4 | 3.8 |
| 29% | 19% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 24% | 30% |
| 13.8 | 10.7 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 9.9 | 10.3 |
| 4.5 | 3.8 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.3 | 3.9 |
- New York City have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- New York City have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- New York City have the fewest points (2) away in Major League Soccer
- New York City have yet to win a game away.
- New York City haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Orlando City have the fewest points (7) at home in Major League Soccer
| 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 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 24 |
| 2 | Cincinnati | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 24 |
| 3 | Nashville SC | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 19 |
| 4 | Atlanta United | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 18 |
| 5 | Philadelphia Union | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 17 |
| 6 | Columbus Crew | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 15 |
| 7 | DC United | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 15 |
| 8 | Inter Miami | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 15 |
| 9 | New York City | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 10 | -1 | 15 |
| 10 | Orlando City | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | -2 | 15 |
| 11 | Charlotte | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | -6 | 15 |
| 12 | Montreal Impact | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 14 | -6 | 15 |
| 13 | Chicago Fire | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -2 | 14 |
| 14 | New York RB | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -3 | 12 |
| 15 | Toronto | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -4 | 12 |
