Orlando City SC vs Houston Dynamo, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Orlando City SC vs Houston Dynamo — MLS at Exploria Stadium.
- Orlando City SC 15 games · 14 pts (2026/26)
- Houston Dynamo 14 games · 22 pts (2026/26)
Match Details
- Referee Pierre-Luc Lauziere (Canada)
- Assistant 1 Nick Uranga
- Assistant 2 Rhett Hammil (USA)
6 games this season 🟨 2.3/game ⚽ 5.2 goals/gameStandings
# Team P Pts 1 Nashville SC 14 33 2 Internacional CF Miami 15 31 3 Chicago Fire FC 14 26 4 New England Revolution 14 25 5 New York Red Bulls 15 22 6 Charlotte FC 15 21 7 FC Cincinnati 15 20 8 New York City FC 15 19 9 D.C. United SC 15 18 10 Columbus Crew SC 15 16 11 Toronto FC 14 14 12 Montreal Impact FC 14 14 13 Orlando City SC 15 14 14 Atlanta United FC 14 11 15 Philadelphia Union 15 7 16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 14 32 17 San Jose Earthquakes 15 32 18 Real Salt Lake 14 26 19 FC Dallas 15 25 20 Los Angeles FC 15 24 21 Seattle Sounders FC 13 24 22 Houston Dynamo 14 22 23 Minnesota United FC 15 22 24 Los Angeles Galaxy 15 20 25 San Diego FC 15 17 26 Colorado Rapids SC 15 16 27 St. Louis City 14 16 28 Portland Timbers 14 14 29 Austin FC 15 14 30 Sporting Kansas City 14 11 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 18 Apr Houston Dynamo H 0–1 L 12 Apr Columbus Crew SC A 1–1 D 05 Apr Los Angeles FC A 0–6 L 21 Mar Nashville SC A 0–5 L 14 Mar Montreal Impact FC H 2–1 W 07 Mar New York City FC A 0–5 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 18 Apr Orlando City SC A 1–0 W 12 Apr Colorado Rapids SC A 2–6 L 05 Apr Seattle Sounders FC H 0–1 L 22 Mar FC Dallas A 3–4 L 15 Mar Portland Timbers H 3–2 W 01 Mar Los Angeles FC H 0–2 L Season Stats
Orlando City SC Houston Dynamo #13 Position #22 14 Points 22 15 Played 14 4 / 2 / 9 W / D / L 7 / 1 / 6 23 Scored 19 44 Conceded 23 -21 GD -4 0.93 PPG 1.57 27% Win % 50% Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (4 games)50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history7% Clean Sheets
Orlando City SC this season29% Clean Sheets
Houston Dynamo this seasonOrlando City SC are 13th (14 pts). Houston Dynamo are 22nd (22 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
Orlando City SC0-151/216-304/431-45–/546-603/261-752/276+1/8■ Scored ■ ConcededHouston Dynamo0-15–/216-301/231-453/246-602/361-753/276+2/2■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The game is set. Orlando City SC kicks off things out of here…
- 5' Tyrese Spicer needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 10' It looks like no one’s ball. Houston Dynamo is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 15' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 18' The referee shows Orlando City SC player a card on 18.
- 23' Houston Dynamo looks like a favorite considering 1 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Hector Herrera scoring 1 goals.
- 28' It’s gonna be a card for Felipe.
- 33' It looks surprising Orlando City SC does not make any changes. Agustin Bouzat has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 38' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 1 times this season with Houston Dynamo winning 100% of all matches.
- 43' It’s high time Ben Olsen made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 46' The supporters are chanting for Jimmy Maurer. He replaces Jonathan Bond on 46 minute.
- 51' Supporters expect more eagerness from Felipe, as he is very good at scoring at Exploria Stadium with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 56' Orlando City SC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 58' Another substitution for Orlando City SC to replace Tyrese Spicer by Justin Ellis on 58 minute.
- 63' Artur is replacing Diadie Samassekou for the Houston Dynamo side.
- 68' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 73' 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.
- 75' Goal! Hector Herrera scores his 17 goal in 491 matches.
- 78' Houston Dynamo player sees a card in front of him.
- 80' The Orlando City SC manager makes a substitution. Zakaria Taifi departs to be replaced by Harvey Sarajian.
- 85' Artur has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 15 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 90' A meaty challenge results in booking for Braian Ojeda on 90.
- Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 0-1.
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Lineups
Orlando City SC Lineups
3-4-1-2Starting XI
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- 20
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- 77
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14
Tyrese Spicer ↓ Justin Ellis 58'
- 57
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19
Zakaria Taifi ↓ Harvey Sarajian 80'
Bench
- 12
- 29
- 25
- 5
- 65
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22
Justin Ellis ↑ 58'
- 21
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23
Harvey Sarajian ↑ 80'
Coach Óscar ParejaHouston Dynamo Lineups
4-4-1-1Starting XI
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31
Jonathan Bond ↓ Jimmy Maurer 46'
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16
Hector Herrera ↓ Agustin Bouzat 80'
- 10
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18
Diadie Samassekou ↓ Artur 63'
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- 19
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21
Franco Negri ↓ Sam Vines 63'
- 11
- 36
- 34
Bench
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1
Jimmy Maurer ↑ 46'
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6
Artur ↑ 63'
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30
Agustin Bouzat ↑ 80'
- 28
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13
Sam Vines ↑ 63'
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Ercan Kara 2 Hector Herrera 1 Romell Quioto 1 Romell Quioto 1 Alberth Elis 1 Christian Ramirez 1 Dom Dwyer 1 Carlos Ferreira 1 Head to Head
Orlando City SC Form
Houston Dynamo Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy2 / 41.64 Orlando City SC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.81 Houston Dynamo xGI would bet for: Orlando City SC or Houston Dynamo 74% + Both teams to score 67%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Houston Dynamo winBoth Teams to Score
✗ WrongAvg goals/match: 3.45Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✗ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 95% 5% ± 1.5 86% 14% ± 2.5 66% 34% ± 3.5 45% 55% ± 4.5 27% 73% Double Chance
Orlando City SC or Draw 61%Draw or Houston Dynamo 65%Orlando City SC or Houston Dynamo 74%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 10.3%1 – 2 8.2%2 – 1 7.4%2 – 2 6.7%0 – 2 5.2%0 – 1 Actual1 – 3 5%0 – 0 4.6%1 – 0 4.5%2 – 0 4.3%2 – 3 4.1%3 – 1 4%Asian Handicap — Orlando City SC
Handicap Orlando City SC covers Push Houston Dynamo covers -2.5 7% — 93% -2 7% 10% 83% -1.5 17% — 83% -1 17% 17% 66% -0.5 34% — 66% +0.5 59% — 41% +1 59% 19% 23% +1.5 77% — 23% +2 77% 13% 10% +2.5 90% — 10% Clean Sheet
Orlando City SC keeps clean sheet 17% ✓Houston Dynamo keeps clean sheet 20% ✗Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.