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 27 games · 34 pts (2026/26)
FC Cincinnati 26 games · 33 pts (2026/26)

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

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
#7	Position	#9
34	Points	33
27	Played	26
10 / 4 / 13	W / D / L	8 / 9 / 9
48	Scored	55
64	Conceded	64
-16	GD	-9
1.26	PPG	1.27
37%	Win %	31%

Key Stats

60% Both Teams to Score
H2H (15 games)

40% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

19% Clean Sheets
Orlando City SC this season

15% Clean Sheets
FC Cincinnati this season

Orlando City SC are 7th (34 pts). FC Cincinnati are 9th (33 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

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

FC Cincinnati

0-15

4/3

16-30

5/9

31-45

9/9

46-60

5/11

61-75

4/4

76+

13/7

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

Orlando City SC

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

FC Cincinnati

Kevin Denkey	14 G	1 A
Evander	13 G	7 A
Tom Barlow	7 G	2 A
Pavel Bucha	6 G	3 A

Events

Match Events

0' Both captains have shaken hands and the referee is ready. We are underway at Exploria Stadium!
5' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
10' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Facundo Torres Perez made 21 appearances and scored 48 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
15' Mauricio Pereira has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 22 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
20' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Orlando City SC and FC Cincinnati are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
25' Matt Miazga is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for Orlando City SC tonight.
27' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Wilder Cartagena.
28' Wilder Cartagena is having his name booked by the referee on 28.
33' FC Cincinnati started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 33.
38' Orlando City SC are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined FC Cincinnati backline.
43' It looks surprising Orlando City SC does not make any changes. Ercan Kara has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
46' Cesar Araujo is replacing Mauricio Pereira for the Orlando City SC side.
51' Wilder Cartagena needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Yellow cards this season.
56' It’s high time Pat Noonan made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
60' A change in the Orlando City SC ranks — Facundo Torres Perez exits the field as Martin Ojeda enters on 60.
65' Ivan Angulo has so much to prove this time. He replaces Ercan Kara on 65 minute.
68' Yuya Kubo gets the nod from FC Cincinnati. He replaces Junior Moreno and will look to change the dynamic.
69' It is a substitution in FC Cincinnati team. Junior Moreno is replaced by Yuya Kubo on 69 minute.
71' Orlando City SC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Luca Petrasso is hanging Michael Halliday on the field on 71 minute.
76' Orlando City SC have won 438 goals from 290 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
81' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
86' It is a substitution in FC Cincinnati team. Brandon Vazquez is replaced by Dominique Badji on 86 minute.
90' The FC Cincinnati manager makes a substitution. Luciano Acosta departs to be replaced by Marco Angulo.
The final whistle. It looks like we are having a draw.

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
Junior Urso	3
Tesho Akindele	3
Brenner da Silva	2
Ramiro Enrique	2
Brandon Vazquez	2
Martin Ojeda	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

1.96 Orlando City SC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.91 FC Cincinnati xG

I would bet for: Orlando City SC or FC Cincinnati 76% + Over 2.5 goals 73%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Orlando City SC40% Draw24% FC Cincinnati36%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes73% 0% No27%

Avg goals/match: 3.87

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	97%	3%
± 1.5	90%	10%
± 2.5	73%	27%
± 3.5	53%	47%
± 4.5	34%	66%

Double Chance

Orlando City SC or Draw

64%

Draw or FC Cincinnati

60%

Orlando City SC or FC Cincinnati

76%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Orlando City SC31% Draw39% FC Cincinnati30%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✗ 0–0 not predicted

0 – 0

Actual

1 – 1

8.6%

2 – 1

7.4%

1 – 2

7.3%

2 – 2

3 – 1

4.8%

1 – 3

4.6%

3 – 2

4.5%

2 – 3

4.5%

2 – 0

4.1%

0 – 2

3.9%

1 – 0

3.6%

0 – 1

3.5%

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%	17%	61%
-0.5	39%	—	61%
+0.5	62%	—	38%
+1	62%	17%	21%
+1.5	79%	—	21%
+2	79%	11%	9%
+2.5	91%	—	9%

Clean Sheet

Orlando City SC keeps clean sheet

16% ✗

FC Cincinnati keeps clean sheet

15% ✗

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