Delightful dogfight as daring Orlando City duels with determined New York RB

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sat 03.July
Match begins: 23:30 (UTC)
Venue: Exploria Stadium (25527 seats)

Orlando City prepare for this after their 2-1 result against Inter Miami, a game they learned a lot from. How will they do against New York RB?

Insights:
  • Orlando City have the the best goal difference (+11) in Major League Soccer
  • New York RB have yet to win a game away.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

It's quite the trip for New York RB when visiting Orlando as the cities are 1700 kilometers apart.

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Orlando City form and stats

When playing at home in the Major League Soccer, Orlando City, who have the the best goal difference (+11) in Major League Soccer, have managed 3 wins, 2 draws and suffered 0 defeats from 5 games. The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Exploria Stadium.

A good away victory last time out for Orlando, who won 2-1 against Inter Miami (placed 12th). Midfielder Nani was the best player on the team with a rating of 8.84 (out of ten) in that game. Nani scored one goal, served one assist and hit two key passes.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting SJ Earthquakes in a game that was won 5-0.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Orlando handle that role? We have found 14 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are six wins, four draws and four defeats.

The manager Ó. Pareja Gómez will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Chicago Fire in only four days.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (10 in 5 games), Orlando's attacking play is working. As for guarding their own goal, Orlando City have only let in 1 goal at home.

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New York RB form and stats

The visitors are W0-D1-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Major League Soccer.

York are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 0-0 draw at Atlanta United (placed 10th). Kyle Duncan got a match rating of 7.35 in that game, top player of the team. Duncan dribled passed the opponent 3 of 4 times.

A 2-3 defeat away at New England before that.

We have checked recent matches where York have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 13 games were one victory, two draws and ten defeats.

The visiting York have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 5 goals from 5 games. New York RB have conceded 10 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: New York RB - Orlando City 2-1. Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Orlando City won four games, two matches ended with a draw and New York RB has four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six

Top Goalscorers

Orlando CityL. Almeida da Cunha
L. Almeida da Cunha
5 goals
New York RBC. Clark
C. Clark
4 goals
OrlandoT. Akindele
T. Akindele
3 goals

Orlando City missing players

New York RB missing players

Orlando City New York RB
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
10 5 0 Played P 3 5 10
6 3 0 Won W 0 0 4
3 2 0 Drew D 0 1 1
1 0 0 Lost L 3 4 5
18 10 0 Scored S 3 5 14
7 1 0 Conceded C 7 10 13
90% 80% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 90%
70% 60% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 60% 80%
50% 40% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 60% 50%
20% 20% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 60% 30%
20% 20% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 40% 20%
50% 20% 0% BTTS BTTS 67% 60% 50%
50% 80% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 40%
10% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 40% 20%
 
3.7 3.6 0 Corners for (avg) C F 8 6.4 5
5.7 5 0 Corners against (avg) C A 6 4.4 4.2
1.9 0.8 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.6 2.1
0 0 0 Red cards R C 2 2 2
 
11.9 14.2 0 Shots (avg) S ( 14.7 13 12.7
4.4 5.2 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 3.8 4.6
41% 38% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 26% 30%
Key stats in Major League Soccer this season:
  • New York RB have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • New York RB have won significantly more corners away than at home.
  • New York RB have yet to win a game away.
  • Orlando City have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Orlando City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Orlando City have the fewest conceded goals (1) at home in Major League Soccer
  • Orlando City have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (3) in Major League Soccer
  • Orlando City have the most clean sheets (4) at home in Major League Soccer
  • Orlando City have the the best goal difference (+11) in Major League Soccer
  • Orlando City have the the best goal difference (+9) 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 11 7 2 2 18 13 5 5 0 0 10 4 6 2 2 2 8 9 5 23
2 Orlando City 10 6 3 1 18 7 5 3 2 0 10 1 5 3 1 1 8 6 11 21
3 Philadelphia Union 11 5 4 2 15 10 6 3 1 2 7 5 5 2 3 0 8 5 5 19
4 New York City 10 5 2 3 18 11 6 3 1 2 12 7 4 2 1 1 6 4 7 17
5 Nashville SC 10 3 6 1 13 11 7 3 4 0 11 7 3 0 2 1 2 4 2 15
6 Columbus Crew 10 4 3 3 9 7 4 3 1 0 7 2 6 1 2 3 2 5 2 15
7 New York RB 10 4 1 5 14 13 5 4 0 1 9 3 5 0 1 4 5 10 1 13
8 Montreal Impact 10 3 4 3 11 10 4 1 2 1 5 4 6 2 2 2 6 6 1 13
9 DC United 11 4 1 6 10 13 5 3 0 2 4 3 6 1 1 4 6 10 -3 13
10 Atlanta United 10 2 6 2 11 10 5 2 3 0 8 5 5 0 3 2 3 5 1 12
11 Cincinnati 9 3 1 5 9 17 3 0 0 3 2 6 6 3 1 2 7 11 -8 10
12 Inter Miami 10 2 2 6 9 16 5 0 1 4 4 11 5 2 1 2 5 5 -7 8
13 Toronto 10 1 2 7 12 20 4 1 1 2 6 7 6 0 1 5 6 13 -8 5
14 Chicago Fire 10 1 2 7 7 17 6 1 2 3 6 9 4 0 0 4 1 8 -10 5

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Major League Soccer (often known simply as MLS) is the top level of football (soccer) in the United States and Canada. MLS has 24 teams divided into two conferences, Eastern and Western. Each team play 34 fixtures to decide a league table champion. The top fourteen teams then compete in playoff to crown a MLS Cup champion.