New York City FC vs Orlando City SC, MLS 2026 MLS IS BACK GROUP STAGE

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Orlando City SC

Wed 15 Jul 2020 · 00:00 UTC ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex HT 45+5' · FT 45+10'

Valentin Castellanos 18' Y

Y 22' Robin Jansson

James Sands 37' Y

Alexander Ring 52' Y

Y 56' Joao Moutinho

Y 73' Pedro Gallese

Y 79' Mauricio Pereyra

Overview

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New York City FC vs Orlando City SC — MLS at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex.

New York City FC 27 games · 33 pts (2026/26)
Orlando City SC 27 games · 34 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee M. de Oliveira
Referee Robert Sibiga
Referee Logan Brown
Referee Ramy Touchan
Referee Jose Da Silva

6 games this season 🟨 2.0/game ⚽ 7.8 goals/game

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	27	60
2	Internacional CF Miami	27	46
3	New England Revolution	27	46
4	Charlotte FC	27	43
5	Chicago Fire FC	26	42
6	Philadelphia Union	27	39
7	Orlando City SC	27	34
8	New York City FC	27	33
9	FC Cincinnati	26	33
10	New York Red Bulls	26	33
11	D.C. United SC	26	30
12	Columbus Crew SC	27	29
13	Toronto FC	27	29
14	Atlanta United FC	27	27
15	Montreal Impact FC	27	24
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	26	50
17	FC Dallas	27	47
18	San Jose Earthquakes	27	45
19	St. Louis City	26	44
20	Houston Dynamo	27	44
21	Los Angeles FC	28	41
22	Colorado Rapids SC	27	36
23	Los Angeles Galaxy	28	36
24	Seattle Sounders FC	26	35
25	San Diego FC	27	32
26	Portland Timbers	27	32
27	Real Salt Lake	27	32
28	Austin FC	27	31
29	Minnesota United FC	27	29
30	Sporting Kansas City	26	21

Head-to-Head

New York City FC 19 games · Avg 3.0 goals Orlando City SC

Last 5 meetings

2020-07-15 New York City FC 1–3 Orlando City SC 2019-04-27 New York City FC 1–1 Orlando City SC 2019-03-02 Orlando City SC 2–2 New York City FC 2018-07-27 Orlando City SC 0–2 New York City FC 2018-06-02 New York City FC 3–0 Orlando City SC

Recent Form

New York City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
15 Jul	Orlando City SC	H	1–3	L
09 Jul	Philadelphia Union	H	0–1	L
07 Mar	Toronto FC	A	0–1	L
01 Mar	Columbus Crew SC	A	0–1	L
23 Oct	Toronto FC	H	1–2	L
06 Oct	Philadelphia Union	A	2–1	W

Orlando City SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
15 Jul	New York City FC	A	3–1	W
09 Jul	Internacional CF Miami	H	2–1	W
08 Mar	Colorado Rapids SC	A	1–2	L
29 Feb	Real Salt Lake	H	0–0	D
06 Oct	Chicago Fire FC	H	2–5	L
29 Sep	FC Cincinnati	A	1–1	D

Season Stats

New York City FC		Orlando City SC
#8	Position	#7
33	Points	34
27	Played	27
8 / 9 / 10	W / D / L	10 / 4 / 13
41	Scored	48
36	Conceded	64
+5	GD	-16
1.22	PPG	1.26
30%	Win %	37%

Key Stats

68% Both Teams to Score
H2H (19 games)

53% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

19% Clean Sheets
New York City FC this season

19% Clean Sheets
Orlando City SC this season

New York City FC are 8th (33 pts). Orlando City SC are 7th (34 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

New York City FC

0-15

5/2

16-30

4/4

31-45

5/5

46-60

4/4

61-75

4/6

76+

2/7

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Orlando City SC

0-15

2/3

16-30

8/8

31-45

1/7

46-60

8/6

61-75

7/4

76+

9/11

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

New York City FC

Nicolas Fernandez Marcau	15 G	4 A
Agustin Ojeda	5 G	5 A
Hannes Wolf	5 G	1 A

Orlando City SC

Martin Ojeda	13 G	1 A
Antoine Griezmann	8 G	4 A
Tyrese Spicer	6 G

Events

Match Events

0' The ball is rolling at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex. New York City FC are looking to make home advantage count against Orlando City SC.
4' Christopher Mueller adds to his 0 season tally! Orlando City SC lead 0-1 — and this changes everything.
9' Orlando City SC are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
10' Against the run of play, Christopher Mueller has scored! This game has turned on its head.
15' 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.
18' Controversy at the stadium! Valentin Castellanos argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
22' The referee has no hesitation. Robin Jansson is booked for Orlando City SC — Yellow card on 22.
27' New York City FC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 1 meetings.
32' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with New York City FC winning 100% of all matches.
37' New York City FC receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 37.
38' Jesus Medina adds to his 0 season tally! New York City FC lead 1-2 — and this changes everything.
43' New York City FC currently sit in the Array table. A result here could be decisive in the race for the top positions.
46' New York City FC make a change. Gudmundur THorarinsson trudges off to be replaced by Ismael Tajouri on 46 minutes.
51' New York City FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 51.
52' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Alexander Ring.
56' Orlando City SC player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
61' Orlando City SC make a change. Dom Dwyer trudges off to be replaced by Tesho Akindele on 61 minutes.
65' Jhegson Mendez is ready to make an impact after coming on for Oriol Rosell at the 65 minute mark.
68' The New York City FC manager makes a substitution. Jesus Medina departs to be replaced by Alexandru Mitrita.
73' A meaty challenge results in booking for Pedro Gallese on 73.
78' Pedro Gallese has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
79' Controversy at the stadium! Mauricio Pereyra argues furiously but the Yellow card stands.
80' Orlando City SC make a change. Mauricio Pereyra trudges off to be replaced by Andres Perea on 80 minutes.
81' A goal from the Canada international Tesho Akindele! He fires home on 81 to make it 1-3!
86' Orlando City SC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
87' The New York City FC bench stirs into life. Valentin Castellanos is withdrawn and Gary Mackay-Steven gets his opportunity.
The final whistle goes. A composed, disciplined performance from Orlando City SC to claim maximum points.

Lineups

New York City FC Lineups

Starting XI

20
Gudmundur THorarinsson ↓ Ismael Tajouri 46'
3
Anton Tinnerholm
11
Valentin Castellanos ↓ Gary Mackay-Steven 87'
22
Ronald Matarrita
4
Maxime Chanot
8
Alexander Ring C
6
Alexander Callens
19
Jesus Medina ↓ Alexandru Mitrita 68'
1
Sean Johnson
16
James Sands ↓ Keaton Parks 68'
9
Heber

Bench

Coach Ronny Deila

Orlando City SC Lineups

Starting XI

25
Antonio Carlos
2
Ruan
17
Nani C
4
Joao Moutinho
1
Pedro Gallese
10
Mauricio Pereyra ↓ Andres Perea 80'
20
Oriol Rosell ↓ Jhegson Mendez 65'
14
Dom Dwyer ↓ Tesho Akindele 61'
9
Christopher Mueller ↓ Benji Michel 80'
6
Robin Jansson
11
Junior Urso

Bench

Coach Óscar Pareja

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Maxi Moralez	5
Christopher Mueller	4
Ismael Tajouri	3
Maxi Moralez	3
Hannes Wolf	3
Tesho Akindele	3
Nani	3
Ismael Tajouri	3

Head to Head

New York City FC Form

2020-07-15 New York City FC 1–3 Orlando City SC L 2020-07-09 New York City FC 0–1 Philadelphia Union L 2020-03-07 Toronto FC 1–0 New York City FC L 2020-03-01 Columbus Crew SC 1–0 New York City FC L 2019-10-23 New York City FC 1–2 Toronto FC L 2019-10-06 Philadelphia Union 1–2 New York City FC W

Orlando City SC Form

2020-07-15 New York City FC 1–3 Orlando City SC W 2020-07-09 Orlando City SC 2–1 Internacional CF Miami W 2020-03-08 Colorado Rapids SC 2–1 Orlando City SC L 2020-02-29 Orlando City SC 0–0 Real Salt Lake D 2019-10-06 Orlando City SC 2–5 Chicago Fire FC L 2019-09-29 FC Cincinnati 1–1 Orlando City SC D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.96 New York City FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.58 Orlando City SC xG

I would bet for: New York City FC or Orlando City SC 74% + Both teams to score 68%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

New York City FC43% Draw26% Orlando City SC31%

Actual: Orlando City SC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes68% 0% No32%

Avg goals/match: 3.54

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	87%	13%
± 2.5	68%	32%
± 3.5	47%	53%
± 4.5	28%	72%

Double Chance

New York City FC or Draw

68%

Draw or Orlando City SC

57%

New York City FC or Orlando City SC

74%

Half-Time Result

✗ Wrong

New York City FC35% Draw40% Orlando City SC25%

Actual: Orlando City SC win at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

9.8%

2 – 1

8.5%

1 – 2

6.9%

2 – 2

6.6%

2 – 0

5.6%

3 – 1

5.5%

1 – 0

5.1%

3 – 2

4.4%

0 – 0

4.3%

0 – 1

0 – 2

3.7%

1 – 3

Actual

Asian Handicap — New York City FC

Handicap	New York City FC covers	Push	Orlando City SC covers
-2.5	12%	—	88%
-2	12%	14%	74%
-1.5	26%	—	74%
-1	26%	19%	54%
-0.5	46%	—	54%
+0.5	69%	—	31%
+1	69%	16%	15%
+1.5	85%	—	15%
+2	85%	9%	6%
+2.5	94%	—	6%

Clean Sheet

New York City FC keeps clean sheet

21% ✓

Orlando City SC keeps clean sheet

15% ✓

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