This looks to be an absorbing game as Orlando City have their expected home advantage, while New York City have an edge of 9 points in the Major League Soccer table.
- Orlando City have the fewest points from losing position (1) in Major League Soccer
- New York City have the most clean sheets (13) 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.
This could be an exciting fixture with lots of fun and excitement as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Let's get started!
Orlando City form and stats
When playing at home in the Major League Soccer, Orlando City have managed 5 wins, 0 draws and suffered 7 defeats from 12 games.
A strong away win for Orlando against Charlotte the last match, as Akindele and Kara were on target. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of Gómez when Akindele scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 79th minute. Midfield player Torres got a match rating of 7.6 in that game, the max score being 10. Torres hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times.
In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting New York RB.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.
Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Major League Soccer game versus Seattle Sounders in only three days. This game is also played here at Exploria Stadium.
Orlando City are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 15 goals in 12 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Orlando have conceded 23 from these games.
New York City form and stats
Playing away, New York City have won 5 games, drawn 3 and suffered 5 defeats in the Major League Soccer this season.
Two away games in a row for New York City, whose manager Cushing could celebrate last time after the win against Chicago Fire. Those three points felt good as this side had gone four league matches without winning. Midfield player Pereira was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.6/10. Pereira scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.
A 1-3 loss hosting Charlotte before that.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 22 similar matches played by New York City in our archives, and the results are: 6 wins for York, 5 draws and 11 defeats.
A quick return to home after this game, as New York City are hosting DC United in the Major League Soccer only three days away.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far New York City have scored 17 goals in 13 league games away. 15 goals have been conceded by York in these games.
Head 2 Head
New York City have won at least one point in the last 4 matches (1-3-0) versus Orlando City.Top Goalscorers
  V. Castellanos Giménez 13 goals |   E. Kara 8 goals |  H. Araujo dos Santos 6 goals |
Orlando City missing players
New York City missing players
| Orlando City | New York City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 13 | 26 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 13 |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 10 | 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 30 | 15 | 2 | Scored | S | 8 | 17 | 48 |
| 37 | 23 | 4 | Conceded | C | 10 | 15 | 30 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 85% | 88% |
| 69% | 75% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 54% | 69% |
| 46% | 67% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 38% | 46% |
| 19% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 23% | 35% |
| 12% | 17% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 100% | 23% | 27% |
| 54% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 38% | 42% |
| 31% | 25% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 54% | 50% |
| 19% | 25% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 23% | 19% |
| 4.2 | 4.4 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.7 | 4.8 | 5.5 |
| 5 | 3.7 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 5.5 | 4.9 |
| 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 2.4 | 2.3 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10.8 | 13.3 | 7.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.7 | 12.1 | 15.1 |
| 3.7 | 4 | 1.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.5 | 5.7 |
| 32% | 31% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 53% | 29% | 33% |
| 12.6 | 10.8 | 12.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.3 | 12.2 | 11.1 |
| 4 | 3.9 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7 | 3.9 | 3.9 |
- New York City have the most clean sheets (13) in Major League Soccer
- New York City have the most clean sheets (7) away in Major League Soccer
- Orlando City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Orlando City have the fewest points from losing position (1) 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 | 27 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 51 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 30 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 31 | 51 |
| 2 | Montreal Impact | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 47 | 41 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 25 | 6 | 46 |
| 3 | New York City | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 48 | 30 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 18 | 45 |
| 4 | New York RB | 27 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 41 | 33 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 41 |
| 5 | Orlando City | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 30 | 37 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 14 | -7 | 36 |
| 6 | Inter Miami | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 34 | 42 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 23 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 19 | -8 | 36 |
| 7 | Columbus Crew | 25 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 34 | 29 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 35 |
| 8 | New England | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 38 | 40 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 28 | -2 | 34 |
| 9 | Cincinnati | 26 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 43 | 46 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 24 | -3 | 34 |
| 10 | Charlotte | 27 | 10 | 2 | 15 | 34 | 42 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 21 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 30 | -8 | 32 |
| 11 | Atlanta United | 26 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 36 | 40 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 22 | -4 | 30 |
| 12 | Toronto | 27 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 40 | 47 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 22 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 25 | -7 | 30 |
| 13 | Chicago Fire | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 28 | 36 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 26 | -8 | 30 |
| 14 | DC United | 26 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 28 | 55 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 26 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 29 | -27 | 22 |
