Orlando City SC vs New York City FC, MLS 2021 REGULAR SEASON

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New York City FC

Sat 8 May 2021 · 22:00 UTC Exploria Stadium HT 45' · FT 45'

Kyle Smith 34' Y

Y 64' James Sands

Overview

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Orlando City SC vs New York City FC — MLS at Exploria Stadium.

Orlando City SC 34 games · 46 pts (2026/26)
New York City FC 34 games · 42 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 20 games · Avg 3.1 goals New York City FC

Last 5 meetings

2021-05-08 Orlando City SC 1–1 New York City FC 2020-11-21 Orlando City SC 1–1 New York City FC 2020-10-14 Orlando City SC 1–1 New York City FC 2020-07-15 New York City FC 1–3 Orlando City SC 2019-04-27 New York City FC 1–1 Orlando City SC

Recent Form

Orlando City SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
08 May	New York City FC	H	1–1	D
01 May	FC Cincinnati	H	3–0	W
23 Apr	Sporting Kansas City	A	1–1	D
17 Apr	Atlanta United FC	H	0–0	D
29 Nov	New England Revolution	H	1–3	L
21 Nov	New York City FC	H	1–1	D

New York City FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
08 May	Orlando City SC	A	1–1	D
01 May	Philadelphia Union	A	2–0	W
24 Apr	FC Cincinnati	H	5–0	W
18 Apr	D.C. United SC	A	1–2	L
21 Nov	Orlando City SC	A	1–1	D
08 Nov	Chicago Fire FC	A	4–3	W

Season Stats

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

Key Stats

70% Both Teams to Score
H2H (20 games)

55% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

18% Clean Sheets
Orlando City SC this season

18% Clean Sheets
New York City FC this season

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

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

Top Scorers (This Season)

Orlando City SC

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

New York City FC

Nicolas Fernandez Marcau	16 G	6 A
Agustin Ojeda	5 G	5 A
Hannes Wolf	5 G	1 A

Events

Match Events

0' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Orlando City SC and New York City FC has kicked off!
5' It is a cagey affair so far. Orlando City SC in their trying to find a way past New York City FC's compact .
10' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 10 minutes.
15' New York City FC are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
20' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Óscar Pareja will be considering his options from the bench.
25' Ecuador international Jhegson Mendez has been a key figure this campaign — 0 goals and 0 assists in the Array this season.
30' New York City FC has dominated the recent head-to-head record, winning 1 of the last 2 meetings.
34' Kyle Smith was booked on 34.
39' It’s high time Ronny Deila made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
44' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with New York City FC winning 50% of all matches.
46' Ruan makes way for Joao Moutinho at the 46 minute mark. A tactical switch from Orlando City SC.
51' named a earlier, and opted for a in response. A fascinating tactical duel is developing.
52' A stunning finish from Nani — that came from absolutely nowhere!
57' Pedro Gallese has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 0 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
62' Both keepers have barely been tested. Orlando City SC and New York City FC are cancelling each other out in the centre of the park.
64' James Sands picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
65' New York City FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Ismael Tajouri-Shradi is hanging Andres Jasson on the field on 65 minute.
70' The referee is likely to let players tackle, as he already missed some meaty challenges during opening seconds. He is still to establish what should not be done by the players and what is acceptable on the pitch. It’s going to be a tough game for Anton Tinnerholm suffering a number of foals already.
72' A tactical swap from Orlando City SC — Benji Michel on, Tesho Akindele off on 72 minutes.
74' The New York City FC manager makes a substitution. Anton Tinnerholm departs to be replaced by Sebastien Ibeagha.
75' Fresh legs for New York City FC! Sebastien Ibeagha comes on to replace Anton Tinnerholm.
77' Valentin Castellanos has been a constant threat and now delivers with a goal on 77 minutes.
80' Another change for Orlando City SC made on 80 minute. Chris Mueller leaves to be changed by Silvester van der Water.
81' Andres Perea has so much to prove this time. He replaces Mauricio Pereira on 81 minute.
86' James Sands is a natural defensive midfielder and has been asked to do a very specific job for New York City FC tonight.
90' It is a substitution in New York City FC team. Keaton Parks is replaced by Tony Rocha on 90 minute.
1-1 the final result. will be bitterly disappointed.

Lineups

Orlando City SC Lineups

Starting XI

25
Antonio Carlos
2
Ruan ↓ Joao Moutinho 46'
17
Nani
15
Rodrigo Schlegel
13
Tesho Akindele ↓ Benji Michel 72'
1
Pedro Gallese
8
Jhegson Mendez
11
Junior Urso
24
Kyle Smith
9
Chris Mueller ↓ Silvester van der Water 80'
10
Mauricio Pereira ↓ Andres Perea 81'

Bench

Coach Óscar Pareja

New York City FC Lineups

Starting XI

3
Anton Tinnerholm ↓ Sebastien Ibeagha 74'
11
Valentin Castellanos
4
Maxime Chanot
6
Alexander Callens
19
Jesus Medina
1
Sean Johnson
16
James Sands
55
Keaton Parks ↓ Tony Rocha 90'
26
Nicolas Acevedo
20
Gudmundur Thorarinsson ↓ Malte Amundsen 65'
21
Andres Jasson ↓ Ismael Tajouri-Shradi 65'

Bench

Coach Ronny Deila

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

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

Head to Head

Orlando City SC Form

2021-05-08 Orlando City SC 1–1 New York City FC D 2021-05-01 Orlando City SC 3–0 FC Cincinnati W 2021-04-23 Sporting Kansas City 1–1 Orlando City SC D 2021-04-17 Orlando City SC 0–0 Atlanta United FC D 2020-11-29 Orlando City SC 1–3 New England Revolution L 2020-11-21 Orlando City SC 1–1 New York City FC D

New York City FC Form

2021-05-08 Orlando City SC 1–1 New York City FC D 2021-05-01 Philadelphia Union 0–2 New York City FC W 2021-04-24 New York City FC 5–0 FC Cincinnati W 2021-04-18 D.C. United SC 2–1 New York City FC L 2020-11-21 Orlando City SC 1–1 New York City FC D 2020-11-08 Chicago Fire FC 3–4 New York City FC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

2 / 4

1.55 Orlando City SC xG

Expected Goals

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

1.58 New York City FC xG

I would bet for: Orlando City SC or New York City FC 73% + Both teams to score 63%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Orlando City SC38% Draw27% New York City FC35%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes63% 0% No37%

Avg goals/match: 3.13

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	94%	6%
± 1.5	82%	18%
± 2.5	60%	40%
± 3.5	38%	62%
± 4.5	21%	79%

Double Chance

Orlando City SC or Draw

64%

Draw or New York City FC

62%

Orlando City SC or New York City FC

73%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Orlando City SC28% Draw43% New York City FC29%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

Actual

1 – 2

8.1%

2 – 1

2 – 2

6.3%

0 – 1

6.1%

0 – 0

1 – 0

0 – 2

5.4%

2 – 0

5.2%

1 – 3

4.3%

3 – 1

4.1%

2 – 3

3.4%

Asian Handicap — Orlando City SC

Handicap	Orlando City SC covers	Push	New York City FC covers
-2.5	7%	—	93%
-2	7%	11%	82%
-1.5	18%	—	82%
-1	18%	18%	64%
-0.5	36%	—	64%
+0.5	62%	—	38%
+1	62%	18%	19%
+1.5	81%	—	19%
+2	81%	11%	8%
+2.5	92%	—	8%

Clean Sheet

Orlando City SC keeps clean sheet

21% ✓

New York City FC keeps clean sheet

22% ✓

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