Major League Soccer prediction and preview: Orlando City modest favorites to beat Real Salt Lake

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sat 29.February
Match begins: 23:00 (UTC)
Venue: Spectrum Stadium (25500 seats)

It's the first game of the new season for Orlando City and Real Salt Lake. The canvas is blank, the possibilities endless.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

It's quite the trip for Real Salt Lake when visiting Orlando City as the cities are 3700 kilometers apart.

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Orlando City form and stats

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Orlando City have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found seven games) they have won two times, drawn two and lost three.

With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Orlando City friendly games in pre-season: Orlando City played six friendlies, won 5, drew 0 and lost 1. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Orlando City scored 10 goals and conceded 4 in these six games.

Last season, Orlando City's league statistics were 9 wins, 10 draws and 15 losses, resulting in a 11th position in the Major League Soccer. Over these 34 matches they scored 44 goals and conceded 52. Playing at home last season Orlando City managed 6-3-8 (win-draw-lost) with 26 goals and 29 conceded.

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Real Salt Lake form and stats

Real Salt Lake are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, one draw and six defeats. From a total of seven matches.

Let's have a look at how Real Salt Lake performed last season in the Major League Soccer: They landed a 4th position in the league table after playing out 16 victories, 5 draws and 13 defeats. In total they scored 46 and conceded 41 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 4 and lost 9 with 15/26 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last five meetings): Orlando City won two games, two matches ended with a draw and Real Salt Lake has one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / two

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Total First Half Second Half
Orlando City Real Salt Lake
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Orlando City Last season Real Salt Lake
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   18 36
9 6   Won W   4 17
10 3   Drew D   4 5
15 8   Lost L   10 14
44 26   Scored S   15 48
52 29   Conceded C   28 44
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   89% 94%
74% 65%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   67% 75%
47% 53%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   50% 56%
29% 47%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   22% 19%
15% 24%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   11% 8%
59% 53%   BTTS BTTS   44% 47%
21% 24%   Clean Sheets C S   22% 33%
21% 24%   Failed to Score F T   44% 25%
 
5 5.4   Corners for (avg) C F   2.8 3.4
6.4 6.3   Corners against (avg) C A   6.7 6
1.8 1.7   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.8 1.9
3 3   Red cards R C   4 6
 
388 232   Total Shots T S   206 449
130 76   Shots on Target S O   77 168
34% 34%   Goal Efficiency G E   19% 29%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Atlanta United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Chicago Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Cincinnati 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Columbus Crew 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 DC United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Inter Miami 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Montreal Impact 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 New England 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 New York City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 New York RB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Orlando City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Philadelphia Union 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Toronto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season 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 York City 34 18 10 6 63 42 17 11 5 1 34 16 17 7 5 5 29 26 21 64
2 Atlanta United 34 18 4 12 58 43 17 12 3 2 36 14 17 6 1 10 22 29 15 58
3 Philadelphia Union 34 16 7 11 58 50 17 10 4 3 36 19 17 6 3 8 22 31 8 55
4 Toronto 34 13 11 10 57 52 17 9 4 4 34 26 17 4 7 6 23 26 5 50
5 DC United 34 13 11 10 42 38 17 7 6 4 25 22 17 6 5 6 17 16 4 50
6 New York RB 34 14 6 14 53 51 17 9 3 5 29 18 17 5 3 9 24 33 2 48
7 New England 34 11 12 11 50 57 17 8 4 5 23 19 17 3 8 6 27 38 -7 45
8 Chicago Fire 34 10 12 12 55 47 17 8 7 2 37 18 17 2 5 10 18 29 8 42
9 Montreal Impact 34 12 5 17 47 60 17 8 3 6 23 22 17 4 2 11 24 38 -13 41
10 Columbus Crew 34 10 8 16 39 47 17 6 5 6 21 22 17 4 3 10 18 25 -8 38
11 Orlando City 34 9 10 15 44 52 17 6 3 8 26 29 17 3 7 7 18 23 -8 37
12 Cincinnati 34 6 6 22 31 75 17 3 3 11 15 36 17 3 3 11 16 39 -44 24

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Atlanta United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Chicago Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Cincinnati 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Columbus Crew 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 DC United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Inter Miami 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Montreal Impact 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 New England 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 New York City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 New York RB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Orlando City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Philadelphia Union 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Toronto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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