Major League Soccer information and preview: Seattle Sounders moderate favoured to get the better of Orlando City

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Competition: USA Major League Soccer
Competition: Sun 25.Jun
Match begins: 02:30 (UTC)
Venue: CenturyLink Field (68000 seats)

A glance at the Major League Soccer standings shows that this is top- versus mid-table, but there's a lot more data to take in. Read our Seattle Sounders - Orlando City match guide!

Insights:
  • Seattle Sounders have the most clean sheets (9) in Major League Soccer
  • Orlando City have the most scored goals (14) away in Major League Soccer

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Orlando City, who are travelling more than 4200 kilometers to play this game.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Sounders and Orlando City.

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Seattle Sounders form and stats

When playing at home in the Major League Soccer, Seattle Sounders have managed 5 wins, 2 draws and suffered 3 defeats from 10 games.

Seattle Sounders faced defeat in their previous match, away at Los Angeles FC (0-1). Ragen was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.35 out of 10. The defender Ragen hit two key passes and won 8 of 10 duels.

Before that, Seattle Sounders played out a draw 3-3 when visiting Charlotte.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Sounders 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 7 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats.

Seattle Sounders has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 10 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Seattle Sounders have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Orlando City form and stats

The visitors are W4-D2-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Major League Soccer.

There were no winners in Orlando's previous match, the home game that ended 2-2 vs Philadelphia Union. It looked so good for Orlando City vs Philadelphia Union, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 2-2 draw. Midfielder Ojeda was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.12. Ojeda scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and had 18 successful passes (of 22 total).

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against New England wasn't a success with a 1-3 loss.

Orlando City are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 4 wins, 7 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 16 matches.

Orlando has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 14 goals from 8 games. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 11 goals have been conceded by Orlando City in these games.

Head 2 Head

Stats for the previous six meetings involving these two teams are: four wins for Sounders, one draw and one win for Orlando City. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: one game.

Top Goalscorers

Seattle SoundersJ. Morris
J. Morris
9 goals
Orlando CityD. McGuire
D. McGuire
6 goals
Orlando CityF. Torres Pérez
F. Torres Pérez
5 goals

Seattle Sounders missing players

Orlando City missing players

Seattle Sounders Orlando City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
19 10 3 Played P 0 8 18
8 5 1 Won W 0 4 7
4 2 0 Drew D 0 2 6
7 3 2 Lost L 0 2 5
24 13 3 Scored S 0 14 25
18 5 3 Conceded C 0 11 22
84% 80% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 94%
53% 50% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 89%
42% 40% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 75% 50%
21% 10% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 38% 28%
16% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
32% 20% 33% BTTS BTTS 0% 75% 61%
47% 70% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 28%
37% 30% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 12% 17%
 
5.6 6.9 7.3 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3.5 4.8
4.7 4.2 3.3 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5.4 4.4
1.8 1.8 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 2.2 2.1
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.6 12.2 18.7 Shots (avg) S ( 0 11.2 12
3.7 4.3 6.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3.5 4.2
34% 30% 15% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 50% 33%
 
10.7 8.2 7.3 Shots against (avg) S A 0 15.2 12.5
3.4 2.8 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 4.2 4.1
Key stats in Major League Soccer this season:
  • All of Orlando City's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Orlando City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Orlando City have the most scored goals (14) away in Major League Soccer
  • Orlando City have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Orlando City haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Seattle Sounders have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Seattle Sounders have the most clean sheets (7) at home in Major League Soccer
  • Seattle Sounders have the most clean sheets (9) in Major League Soccer
  • Seattle Sounders have the most matches under the total-line (11) in Major League Soccer
  • Seattle Sounders have won significantly more corners at home than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Los Angeles FC 17 9 5 3 26 16 9 6 2 1 16 6 8 3 3 2 10 10 10 32
2 St. Louis City 18 9 2 7 35 23 10 6 1 3 24 10 8 3 1 4 11 13 12 29
3 Seattle Sounders 19 8 4 7 24 18 10 5 2 3 13 5 9 3 2 4 11 13 6 28
4 Houston Dynamo 18 8 3 7 24 22 9 7 1 1 17 3 9 1 2 6 7 19 2 27
5 SJ Earthquakes 19 7 6 6 22 24 9 6 3 0 13 5 10 1 3 6 9 19 -2 27
6 Dallas 19 7 5 7 21 22 9 5 2 2 14 9 10 2 3 5 7 13 -1 26
7 Real Salt Lake 19 7 5 7 23 29 9 2 3 4 9 14 10 5 2 3 14 15 -6 26
8 Vancouver Whitecaps 17 5 7 5 27 21 10 5 4 1 21 9 7 0 3 4 6 12 6 22
9 Austin 18 6 4 8 21 27 10 4 3 3 13 10 8 2 1 5 8 17 -6 22
10 Portland Timbers 19 5 6 8 21 26 9 4 2 3 13 9 10 1 4 5 8 17 -5 21
11 Sporting KC 20 5 6 9 23 29 9 4 1 4 15 12 11 1 5 5 8 17 -6 21
12 Minnesota United 17 5 5 7 15 22 7 1 5 1 6 6 10 4 0 6 9 16 -7 20
13 LA Galaxy 17 3 5 9 16 29 8 2 2 4 11 13 9 1 3 5 5 16 -13 14
14 Colorado Rapids 18 2 7 9 14 27 8 0 4 4 5 9 10 2 3 5 9 18 -13 13

Read more about Major League Soccer

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.