National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Orlando City or New York RB that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for New York RB, who are travelling more than 1700 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 Orlando City and New York RB.
Orlando City form and stats
The complete Major League Soccer stats at home this season for Orlando City are 5-0-6 (wins-draws-losses).
The Orlando City crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Philadelphia Union here at Exploria Stadium. Defender Jansson got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.41/10. Jansson won 5 of 9 duels.
A 1-1 draw away in the Major League Soccer before that, with Colorado Rapids the opponent.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 14 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 4 and lost 6.
There will be little rest for Orlando after this match as they are travelling to DC United for a Major League Soccer game in only four days.
Orlando City are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 15 goals in 11 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Orlando City defense is not exactly impregnable. 20 goals conceded from 11 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
New York RB form and stats
7 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of New York RB playing as the away team in the Major League Soccer this season.
Two travels in a row for York, whose manager Struber could celebrate last time after the win against Austin. An off the wall fixture with an abundance of goals last time out for New York RB, as mentioned above. 7 goals in that fun game, will this fixture be as enjoying? World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Struber when Barlow scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 61st minute. The attacker Harper got a match rating of 7.83 in that game. Harper scored one goal and hit one key pass.
Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus New York City.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 6 New York RB wins, 4 draws and 5 defeats.
York are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 20 times in 12 away games so far. 14 goals have been conceded by New York RB in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - two - five (Orlando City wins - draws - New York RB wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Morgan 9 goals |   E. Kara 7 goals |  L. Lima Linhares 5 goals |
Orlando City missing players
New York RB missing players
| Orlando City | New York RB | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 8 | 13 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 9 | 7 | Lost | L | 3 | 6 | ||
| 31 | 20 | Scored | S | 22 | 42 | ||
| 38 | 27 | Conceded | C | 14 | 26 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 76% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 80% | ||
| 48% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 15% | 20% | ||
| 12% | 13% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 16% | ||
| 68% | 73% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 13% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 28% | ||
| 12% | 13% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 24% | ||
| 4.5 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.7 | ||
| 4.8 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 3.7 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.9 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 4 | ||
| 11.3 | 13.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.9 | 13.9 | ||
| 4 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.5 | ||
| 31% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 31% | ||
| 12.2 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.9 | 9 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.3 | ||
| 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 | 22 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 34 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 42 |
| 2 | New York City | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 41 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 20 | 41 |
| 3 | New York RB | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 34 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 9 | 36 |
| 4 | Montreal Impact | 21 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 36 | 36 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 0 | 35 |
| 5 | Columbus Crew | 21 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 27 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 30 |
| 6 | Orlando City | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 11 | -5 | 30 |
| 7 | Cincinnati | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 33 | 38 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 19 | -5 | 28 |
| 8 | New England | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 32 | 34 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 22 | -2 | 26 |
| 9 | Chicago Fire | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 24 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 20 | -4 | 26 |
| 10 | Charlotte | 22 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 25 | 31 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 24 | -6 | 26 |
| 11 | Inter Miami | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 22 | 33 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 17 | -11 | 25 |
| 12 | Atlanta United | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 29 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 18 | -4 | 24 |
| 13 | Toronto | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 30 | 39 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -9 | 22 |
| 14 | DC United | 20 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 26 | 43 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 24 | -17 | 18 |
