Orlando City have performed better than New York City so far this season, but every game starts at 0-0. Here's all you need to know about the upcoming game:
Orlando City and New York City should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 1700 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Orlando City form and stats
Orlando City are steadily winning Major League Soccer games and points here. 7 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 11 games.
The Orlando fans got no joy from their last match, a Major League Soccer game also here: A 2-3 defeat against Nashville SC. Ahead of that match, Orlando won a home game hosting Columbus Crew (2-1).
The defeat against Nashville SC was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored three minutes into stoppage time (by J. Cadiz).
Orlando can score goals in their home matches. After 11 league matches they have found the net 24 times. On the other hand, Orlando have conceded 12 goals.
New York City form and stats
The visitors, who have the fewest conceded goals (12) away in Major League Soccer, are W5-D3-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Major League Soccer. The fact that New York City have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but York are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.
York play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 4-3 victory visiting Chicago Fire. Before that, York secured a home win against New York RB with the score 5-2.
As you can tell from the result, the match against Chicago Fire was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today?
New York City are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 12 games (in the league). York have conceded 12 goals in these away matches. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Orlando - New York City 1-1 earlier this season. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Orlando City won two games, four matches ended with a draw and New York City has four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / fiveTop Goalscorers
  C. Mueller 10 goals | D. Dike 8 goals |  L. Almeida da Cunha 7 goals |
Orlando City missing players
New York City missing players
| Orlando City | New York City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 13 | 25 |
| 13 | 9 | 3 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 46 | 29 | 9 | Scored | S | 5 | 16 | 41 |
| 29 | 14 | 5 | Conceded | C | 6 | 13 | 29 |
| 89% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 85% | 92% |
| 81% | 86% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 40% | 46% | 60% |
| 59% | 64% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 31% | 52% |
| 33% | 43% | 75% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 31% | 44% |
| 15% | 21% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 15% | 16% |
| 81% | 86% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 38% | 52% |
| 19% | 14% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 38% | 28% |
| 11% | 7% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 38% | 28% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.1 | 1.8 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 316 | 169 | 50 | Total Shots | T S | 63 | 161 | 382 |
| 114 | 60 | 22 | Shots on Target | S O | 25 | 63 | 152 |
| 40% | 48% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 25% | 27% |
- New York City has the fewest conceded goals (12) away in Major League Soccer
- Orlando City has the most scored goals in the first half (24) in Major League Soccer
- Orlando City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Orlando City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded 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 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 44 | 20 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 24 | 47 |
| 2 | Toronto | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 44 |
| 3 | Columbus Crew | 23 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 36 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 41 |
| 4 | Orlando City | 23 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 40 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 41 |
| 5 | New York City | 23 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 37 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 39 |
| 6 | New York RB | 23 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 19 | -2 | 32 |
| 7 | Nashville SC | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 24 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 32 |
| 8 | New England | 23 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 26 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 32 |
| 9 | Montreal Impact | 23 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 33 | 43 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 22 | -10 | 26 |
| 10 | Inter Miami | 23 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 25 | 35 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 21 | -10 | 24 |
| 11 | Chicago Fire | 23 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 33 | 39 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 21 | -6 | 23 |
| 12 | Atlanta United | 23 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 23 | 30 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 18 | -7 | 22 |
| 13 | DC United | 23 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 25 | 41 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 20 | -16 | 21 |
| 14 | Cincinnati | 23 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 36 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 26 | -24 | 16 |