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New York City FC vs Orlando City SC, 2018

MLS · 2018
New York City FC
2 – 0
Full Time
Orlando City SC
Sat 17 Mar 2018 · 19:30 UTC HT 45' · FT 45'

Overview

Match Preview

New York City FC vs Orlando City SC — MLS .

Match Details

  • Referee Daniel Radford
  • Referee Jose Carlos Rivero
  • Referee Brian Poeschel
  • Referee Brian Dunn

Standings

# Team P Pts
1 Nashville SC 34 77
2 Internacional CF Miami 34 60
3 New England Revolution 34 58
4 Chicago Fire FC 34 55
5 Charlotte FC 34 54
6 Philadelphia Union 34 50
7 Columbus Crew SC 34 47
8 FC Cincinnati 34 46
9 Orlando City SC 34 46
10 New York City FC 34 42
11 New York Red Bulls 34 42
12 Toronto FC 34 39
13 Atlanta United FC 34 33
14 D.C. United SC 34 33
15 Montreal Impact FC 34 26
16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 34 64
17 FC Dallas 34 58
18 St. Louis City 34 54
19 San Jose Earthquakes 34 52
20 Houston Dynamo 34 51
21 Los Angeles FC 34 47
22 Portland Timbers 34 46
23 Seattle Sounders FC 34 46
24 Real Salt Lake 34 45
25 Minnesota United FC 34 44
26 Los Angeles Galaxy 34 44
27 Colorado Rapids SC 34 43
28 San Diego FC 34 38
29 Austin FC 34 34
30 Sporting Kansas City 34 26

Head-to-Head

10
8
2
New York City FC 20 games · Avg 3.1 goals Orlando City SC
Last 5 meetings
2018-03-17 New York City FC 2–0 Orlando City SC

Recent Form

New York City FC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
17 Mar Orlando City SC H 2–0 W
11 Mar Los Angeles Galaxy H 2–1 W
05 Mar Sporting Kansas City A 2–0 W
Orlando City SC
DateOpponentH/A ScoreResult
17 Mar New York City FC A 0–2 L
11 Mar Minnesota United FC H 1–2 L
04 Mar D.C. United SC H 1–1 D

Season Stats

New York City FC Orlando City SC
#10 Position #9
42 Points 46
34 Played 34
10 / 12 / 12 W / D / L 13 / 7 / 14
49 Scored 63
45 Conceded 78
+4 GD -15
1.24 PPG 1.35
29% Win % 38%

Key Stats

70% Both Teams to Score
H2H (20 games)
55% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history
18% Clean Sheets
New York City FC this season
18% Clean Sheets
Orlando City SC this season

New York City FC are 10th (42 pts). Orlando City SC are 9th (46 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

New York City FC
0-15
5/2
16-30
6/5
31-45
6/8
46-60
5/6
61-75
5/6
76+
5/10
■ Scored ■ Conceded
Orlando City SC
0-15
5/5
16-30
10/10
31-45
5/8
46-60
10/10
61-75
7/5
76+
13/15
■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

New York City FC
Nicolas Fernandez Marcau 16 G 6 A
Agustin Ojeda 5 G 5 A
Hannes Wolf 5 G 1 A
Orlando City SC
Martin Ojeda 16 G 4 A
Antoine Griezmann 14 G 6 A
Tyrese Spicer 6 G

Events

Match Events

  • 0' Three points are at stake. New York City FC host Orlando City SC — let the battle begin!
  • 5' A moment of individual brilliance could settle this. Both teams are waiting for that decisive action.
  • 10' It’s high time Jason Kreis made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
  • 15' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Jason Kreis will be considering his options from the bench.
  • 20' The travelling Orlando City SC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 25' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Orlando City SC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 30' Yoshimar Yotun has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
  • 35' New York City FC are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against Orlando City SC's shape.
  • 40' Orlando City SC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
  • 45' Orlando City SC fans have not had much to celebrate tonight. Their side is struggling to get forward.
  • 50' Orlando City SC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
  • 55' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 60' Orlando City SC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 60.
  • 65' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Richie Laryea made 302 appearances and scored 16 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • 70' The referee has had an easy afternoon — neither side has been overly physical in the tackle.
  • 75' Orlando City SC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
  • 80' Maxi Moralez has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 34 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
  • 85' Orlando City SC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
  • 90' New York City FC looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Jonathan Shore scoring 1 goals.
  • Full Time. New York City FC beats Orlando City SC

Lineups

New York City FC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Patrick Vieira

Orlando City SC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Jason Kreis

Predictions

Prediction accuracy
2 / 4
2.21 New York City FC xG
Expected Goals
Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo
0.8 Orlando City SC xG
I would bet for: New York City FC to win 66% + Over 2.5 goals 57%

Match Result

✓ Correct
New York City FC66% Draw21% Orlando City SC13%
Actual: New York City FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct
Yes49% 0% No51%
Avg goals/match: 3.01
Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5
Line Over Under
± 0.5 93%
7%
± 1.5 80%
20%
± 2.5 57%
43%
± 3.5 35%
65%
± 4.5 19%
81%

Double Chance

New York City FC or Draw
87%
Draw or Orlando City SC
34%
New York City FC or Orlando City SC
79%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong
New York City FC49% Draw40% Orlando City SC11%
Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12
2 – 0
Actual
1 – 0
10.5%
1 – 1
9.4%
2 – 1
9.3%
3 – 0
8.6%
3 – 1
6.9%
0 – 0
6.5%
4 – 0
4.7%
4 – 1
3.9%
2 – 2
3.7%
1 – 2
3.3%
0 – 1
3.3%

Asian Handicap — New York City FC

Handicap New York City FC covers Push Orlando City SC covers
-2.5 24% — 76%
-2 24% 21% 55%
-1.5 45% — 55%
-1 45% 23% 32%
-0.5 68% — 32%
+0.5 89% — 11%
+1 89% 8% 3%
+1.5 97% — 3%
+2 97% 3% 1%
+2.5 99% — 1%

Clean Sheet

New York City FC keeps clean sheet
45% ✗
Orlando City SC keeps clean sheet
12% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.