Orlando City SC vs FC Cincinnati, MLS 2023 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2023

Orlando City SC

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FC Cincinnati

Sun 5 Mar 2023 · 00:30 UTC Exploria Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Wilder Cartagena 28' Y

Overview

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Orlando City SC vs FC Cincinnati — MLS at Exploria Stadium.

Orlando City SC 34 games · 46 pts (2026/26)
FC Cincinnati 34 games · 46 pts (2026/26)

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

Orlando City SC 15 games · Avg 2.6 goals FC Cincinnati

Last 5 meetings

2023-03-05 Orlando City SC 0–0 FC Cincinnati 2022-06-24 FC Cincinnati 1–0 Orlando City SC 2022-03-13 Orlando City SC 1–2 FC Cincinnati 2021-10-16 FC Cincinnati 0–1 Orlando City SC 2021-08-07 FC Cincinnati 1–1 Orlando City SC

Recent Form

Orlando City SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
05 Mar	FC Cincinnati	H	0–0	D
26 Feb	New York Red Bulls	H	1–0	W
17 Oct	Montreal Impact FC	A	0–2	L
09 Oct	Columbus Crew SC	H	2–1	W
06 Oct	Internacional CF Miami	A	1–4	L
02 Oct	New York City FC	A	1–2	L

FC Cincinnati

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
05 Mar	Orlando City SC	A	0–0	D
26 Feb	Houston Dynamo	H	2–1	W
21 Oct	Philadelphia Union	A	0–1	L
15 Oct	New York Red Bulls	A	2–1	W
09 Oct	D.C. United SC	A	5–2	W
01 Oct	Chicago Fire FC	H	2–3	L

Season Stats

Orlando City SC		FC Cincinnati
#9	Position	#8
46	Points	46
34	Played	34
13 / 7 / 14	W / D / L	12 / 10 / 12
63	Scored	67
78	Conceded	75
-15	GD	-8
1.35	PPG	1.35
38%	Win %	35%

Key Stats

60% Both Teams to Score
H2H (15 games)

40% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

18% Clean Sheets
Orlando City SC this season

18% Clean Sheets
FC Cincinnati this season

Orlando City SC are 9th (46 pts). FC Cincinnati are 8th (46 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

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

FC Cincinnati

0-15

6/3

16-30

5/11

31-45

10/11

46-60

8/13

61-75

6/7

76+

17/9

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Orlando City SC

Martin Ojeda	16 G	4 A
Antoine Griezmann	14 G	6 A
Tyrese Spicer	6 G

FC Cincinnati

Kevin Denkey	17 G	2 A
Evander	14 G	13 A
Tom Barlow	10 G	4 A
Pavel Bucha	6 G	3 A

Events

Match Events

0' Packed stands, loud atmosphere — Orlando City SC and FC Cincinnati get this one started.
5' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering FC Cincinnati that had 264 games and scored 381 goals.
10' The 26-year-old Roman Celentano has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
15' Orlando City SC are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined FC Cincinnati backline.
20' It looks surprising FC Cincinnati does not make any changes. Kyle Smith has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
25' Junior Moreno has been one of the livelier players on the pitch with 0 goals to his name this season.
27' Orlando City SC receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 27.
28' Wilder Cartagena has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 28.
33' named a 4-2-3-1 earlier, and opted for a 5-3-2 in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
38' Orlando City SC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 2 meetings.
43' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Yuya Kubo made 308 appearances and scored 18 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
46' The Orlando City SC manager makes a substitution. Mauricio Pereira departs to be replaced by Cesar Araujo.
51' 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.
56' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with Orlando City SC winning 50% of all matches.
60' Martin Ojeda is replacing Facundo Torres Perez for the Orlando City SC side.
65' The crowd applauds Ercan Kara as he leaves the pitch. Ivan Angulo steps in for Orlando City SC.
68' The FC Cincinnati manager makes a substitution. Junior Moreno departs to be replaced by Yuya Kubo.
69' Another change for FC Cincinnati made on 69 minute. Junior Moreno leaves to be changed by Yuya Kubo.
71' A change in the Orlando City SC ranks — Michael Halliday exits the field as Luca Petrasso enters on 71.
76' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
81' FC Cincinnati come into this ranked 8 in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
86' Time for substitution for FC Cincinnati. Brandon Vazquez is replaced by Dominique Badji.
90' Time for substitution for FC Cincinnati. Luciano Acosta is replaced by Marco Angulo.
The points are shared — Orlando City SC 0-0 FC Cincinnati. Honours even.

Lineups

Orlando City SC Lineups

4-2-3-1

Starting XI

15
Rodrigo Schlegel ↓ Robin Jansson 46'
1
Pedro Gallese
16
Wilder Cartagena
24
Kyle Smith
22
Gaston Gonzalez
9
Ercan Kara ↓ Ivan Angulo 65'
26
Michael Halliday ↓ Luca Petrasso 71'
10
Mauricio Pereira ↓ Cesar Araujo 46'
17
Facundo Torres Perez ↓ Martin Ojeda 60'
23
Dagur Dan Thorhallsson
28
Abdi Salim

Bench

11
Martin Ojeda ↑ 60'
8
Felipe Martins
31
Mason Stajduhar
3
Rafael Santos
6
Robin Jansson ↑ 46'
77
Ivan Angulo ↑ 65'
20
Luca Petrasso ↑ 71'
5
Cesar Araujo ↑ 46'

Coach Óscar Pareja

FC Cincinnati Lineups

5-3-2

Starting XI

21
Matt Miazga
4
Nick Hagglund
10
Luciano Acosta ↓ Marco Angulo 90'
93
Junior Moreno ↓ Yuya Kubo 68'
19
Brandon Vazquez ↓ Dominique Badji 86'
31
Alvaro Barreal
5
Obinna Nwobodo
9
Brenner da Silva ↓ Sergio Santos 69'
15
Yerson Mosquera
28
Raymon Gaddis ↓ Alvas Powell 68'
18
Roman Celentano

Bench

7
Yuya Kubo ↑ 68'
14
Dominique Badji ↑ 86'
2
Alvas Powell ↑ 68'
1
Alec Kann
17
Sergio Santos ↑ 69'
29
Arquimides Ordonez
32
Ian Murphy
8
Marco Angulo ↑ 90'

Coach Pat Noonan

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Evander	4
Nani	4
Tesho Akindele	3
Junior Urso	3
Kenji Mboma	2
Luciano Acosta	2
Brenner da Silva	2
Ramiro Enrique	2

Head to Head

Orlando City SC Form

2023-03-05 Orlando City SC 0–0 FC Cincinnati D 2023-02-26 Orlando City SC 1–0 New York Red Bulls W 2022-10-17 Montreal Impact FC 2–0 Orlando City SC L 2022-10-09 Orlando City SC 2–1 Columbus Crew SC W 2022-10-06 Internacional CF Miami 4–1 Orlando City SC L 2022-10-02 New York City FC 2–1 Orlando City SC L

FC Cincinnati Form

2023-03-05 Orlando City SC 0–0 FC Cincinnati D 2023-02-26 FC Cincinnati 2–1 Houston Dynamo W 2022-10-21 Philadelphia Union 1–0 FC Cincinnati L 2022-10-15 New York Red Bulls 1–2 FC Cincinnati W 2022-10-09 D.C. United SC 2–5 FC Cincinnati W 2022-10-01 FC Cincinnati 2–3 Chicago Fire FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

1.84 Orlando City SC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.76 FC Cincinnati xG

I would bet for: Orlando City SC or FC Cincinnati 75% + Both teams to score 69%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Orlando City SC40% Draw25% FC Cincinnati35%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes69% 0% No31%

Avg goals/match: 3.6

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	87%	13%
± 2.5	69%	31%
± 3.5	48%	52%
± 4.5	29%	71%

Double Chance

Orlando City SC or Draw

65%

Draw or FC Cincinnati

60%

Orlando City SC or FC Cincinnati

75%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Orlando City SC31% Draw40% FC Cincinnati29%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

9.7%

2 – 1

7.9%

1 – 2

7.5%

2 – 2

6.8%

3 – 1

4.8%

2 – 0

4.7%

1 – 0

4.5%

1 – 3

4.4%

0 – 2

4.3%

0 – 1

4.2%

3 – 2

4.2%

0 – 0

Actual

Asian Handicap — Orlando City SC

Handicap	Orlando City SC covers	Push	FC Cincinnati covers
-2.5	10%	—	90%
-2	10%	12%	78%
-1.5	22%	—	78%
-1	22%	18%	60%
-0.5	40%	—	60%
+0.5	64%	—	36%
+1	64%	17%	19%
+1.5	81%	—	19%
+2	81%	11%	8%
+2.5	92%	—	8%

Clean Sheet

Orlando City SC keeps clean sheet

18% ✗

FC Cincinnati keeps clean sheet

17% ✗

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