The Orlando City & New York RB bosses Gómez and Struber are both worrying about and feeling excited about this very important fixture in the higher part of the Major League Soccer league table.
- Orlando City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- New York RB have the most points (9) away in Major League Soccer
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.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Orlando City form and stats
Orlando City have collected 6 points from their Major League Soccer home games so far after 2-0-2.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Pedro David Gallese Quiroz not having conceded a league goal in 180 minutes.
Orlando's previous match was a US Open Cup game also played at their own stadium, finishing 2-1 versus Tampa Bay Rowdies. The home side are looking to repeat that performance.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Columbus Crew and winning 2-0.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 15 matches with the results: Won six, drawn four and lost five.
Orlando City have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Exploria Stadium with 6 goals in 4 league matches. Orlando have conceded 6 from these games.
New York RB form and stats
New York RB are yet to lose a point on their Major League Soccer travels this season with 3 wins from 3 away games. Having won their last three away games New York RB has no reason to fear anyone.
Two away matches in a row for New York RB, whose boss Struber could celebrate last time after the US Open Cup win against Hartford Athletic.
A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Dallas in the Major League Soccer.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with New York RB playing away and similar expectations, we found 15 relevant matches. Results were seven York wins, three draws and five defeats.
Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 8 goals in 3 league games away this season. It's not easy to score on New York RB as they have only conceded 2 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Orlando City three wins, two draws and New York RB five victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Morgan 3 goals |   O. de Almeida Júnior 2 goals |  A. Rodrigues da Silva 2 goals |
Orlando City missing players
New York RB missing players
| Orlando City | New York RB | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 6 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 8 | 10 |
| 7 | 6 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 88% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 86% |
| 62% | 75% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 57% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 67% | 43% |
| 12% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 67% | 29% |
| 12% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 14% |
| 38% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 67% | 57% |
| 62% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| 4.8 | 5.8 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5.3 | 6 |
| 5 | 3.2 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6 | 3.9 |
| 2.5 | 2.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 3.3 | 3.1 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11.4 | 14.8 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 15.7 | 15.9 |
| 4.4 | 5.8 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 8.3 | 6.3 |
| 29% | 26% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 32% | 23% |
| 11.8 | 9.2 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 9.3 | 8 |
| 3 | 3.2 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.7 | 2.4 |
- New York RB have scored in all their away matches so far.
- New York RB have the most points (9) away in Major League Soccer
- New York RB have the the best goal difference (+6) away in Major League Soccer
- New York RB have won all their away games so far.
- Orlando City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Orlando City have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Orlando City have won significantly more corners at home than away.
- 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 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 16 |
| 2 | Orlando City | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 |
| 3 | New York RB | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 4 | Atlanta United | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| 5 | Toronto | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 11 |
| 6 | Chicago Fire | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | Montreal Impact | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 13 | -3 | 10 |
| 8 | Charlotte | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -3 | 9 |
| 9 | Columbus Crew | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| 10 | New York City | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| 11 | New England | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -3 | 7 |
| 12 | Cincinnati | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 7 |
| 13 | Inter Miami | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -8 | 7 |
| 14 | DC United | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 6 |
